11 Nov
2011
11 Nov
'11
11:06 a.m.
Or at least my BeBox does: the Time control panel won't let me enter the
year 2011. I set it to 2005 since that was the calendar match.
I can't find anywhere that addresses this for R5 -- anyone know? The epoch
seems to start in 1965, so assuming it is a 32-bit time counter, internally
it should still be able to handle that.
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11 Nov
11 Nov
11:37 a.m.
From: Cameron Kaiser
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 11:07 AM
Or at least my BeBox does: the Time control panel
won't let me enter
the year 2011. I set it to 2005 since that was the calendar match.
Technically, of course, the calendar match for 2011 is 1983. 28 year
cycle, you know.
Rich Alderson
Vintage Computing Sr. Server Engineer
Vulcan, Inc.
505 5th Avenue S, Suite 900
Seattle, WA 98104
mailto:RichA at vulcan.com
mailto:RichA at LivingComputerMuseum.org
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11:57 a.m.
Or at least my
BeBox does: the Time control panel won't let me enter
the year 2011. I set it to 2005 since that was the calendar match.
Technically, of course, the calendar match for 2011 is 1983. 28 year
cycle, you know. 
16 Nov
16 Nov
2:34 p.m.
Re:
Although current_year - 28 always works, there's usually one other year
more recent than that that will be a calendar match for the current year.
In this case, 2005 is indeed a match for 2011. Prove for yourself:
cal 2005 > foo.2005
cal 2011 > foo.2011
diff foo.2005 foo.2011
2012 has no later match than 1984, but 2013 has a match of 2002,
and 2014 matches 2003.
Stan
Or at least my
BeBox does: the Time control panel won't let me enter
the year 2011. I set it to 2005 since that was the calendar match.
Technically, of course, the calendar match for 2011 is 1983. 28 year
cycle, you know.
11 Nov
11 Nov
11:39 a.m.
Or at least my BeBox does: the Time control panel
won't let me enter the
year 2011. I set it to 2005 since that was the calendar match.
I can't find anywhere that addresses this for R5 -- anyone know? The epoch
seems to start in 1965, so assuming it is a 32-bit time counter, internally
it should still be able to handle that.
Answered my own question. /bin/date will set it past 2010. Still, seems
very weird.
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3:59 p.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
Yes, me too - was 'beeb' a common US-ism for BeBox?
(Anyone have any theories as to why the end of 2010 is a limit for the UI?)
cheers
Jules
maybe just
your Beeb's world will end in 2011. Zappo zzzzzzzsssssttt
That confused me at first becasue 'Beeb' has a totally differnt (and
possibly classic-computer-related) meaning over here...
4:09 p.m.
maybe just your Beeb's world will end in 2011.
Zappo zzzzzzzsssssttt
That confused me at first becasue 'Beeb' has a totally differnt (and
possibly classic-computer-related) meaning over here... (Anyone have any theories as to why the end of 2010 is
a limit for the UI?)
Those nutty Be folks. Next thing you know, they'll be putting haiku error
messages in the web browser.
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15 Nov
15 Nov
9:55 a.m.
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Cameron Kaiser <spectre at floodgap.com> wrote:
Yes, me too - was 'beeb' a common US-ism for BeBox?
I'd never heard it.
Nor have I. To me, even in the States, "beeb" is a BBC Micro (we
supported it along with the Apple II and C-64 at the company I wrote
games for in 1984 - the only Beeb I ever saw in person was our
development box. Never saw one in someone's home.)
-ethan
maybe just
your Beeb's world will end in 2011. Zappo zzzzzzzsssssttt
That confused me at first becasue 'Beeb' has a totally differnt (and
possibly classic-computer-related) meaning over here... 
12:53 p.m.
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Cameron Kaiser <spectre at floodgap.com> wrote:
I'd never heard it.
Nor have I. To me, even in the States, "beeb" is a BBC Micro (we
Over here 'Beeb' or 'The Beeb' or even 'Auntie Beeb' is a common
name for
the BBC -- one of the major television and radio broadcasting companies.
By extension the name got used to man the BBC microcomputer (as you
understnad it).
-tony
> maybe just your Beeb's world will end in
2011. Zappo zzzzzzzsssssttt
That confused me at first becasue 'Beeb' has a totally differnt (and
possibly classic-computer-related) meaning over here...
Yes, me too - was 'beeb' a common US-ism for BeBox? 
9:28 a.m.
If your BeBox is like my x86 installation, you'll find that the year can
still be set properly (and is probably still right if you didn't apply
anything from the applet) from a terminal session. File dates are correct,
etc., so it seems to just be a limitation of the config panel.
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Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 2:07 PM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: BeOS R5 believes the end of the world happens in 2011
Or at least my BeBox does: the Time control panel won't let me enter the
year 2011. I set it to 2005 since that was the calendar match.
I can't find anywhere that addresses this for R5 -- anyone know? The epoch
seems to start in 1965, so assuming it is a 32-bit time counter,
internally it
should still be able to handle that.
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