11/93 rebuild

[Glen Slick]

On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 11:26 AM Paul Koning <paulkoning at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Looks like f$cvtime is failing, that's presumably a Y2K issue.
>
> > $ File = F$Left(Today, 2) + F$Mid(Today, 4, 2) + F$Right(Today, 7)
> > $ File = F$Left(Today, 2) + F$Mid(Today, 4, 2) + F$Right(Today, 7)
> >                ^
> > ?Undefined symbol
>
> "today" is undefined because the previous line was supposed to define it but failed.
>
> > $ _if F$Search("OMS$:REQLOG.OMS") .nes. "" Then -
> > Continue:       _Rename/NoWarn OMS$:REQLOG.OMS 'File'
> > $ _if F$Search("OMS$:REQLOG.OMS") .nes. "" Then         _Rename/NoWarn
> > OMS$:REQLOG.OMS 'File'
> >
> >          ^
> > ?Undefined symbol
>
> "file" is undefined because the line that defined it got an error.
>
> So it looks like an error cascade started with a Y2K bug.  You might try starting with a 20th century date like 1999, I'd expect it to be clean then.
>
>         paul
>

Changing the date to 1999 before startup did resolve the issues.


RSTS V10.0-L RSTS   (DU0) INIT V10.0-0L

;9.05.27 11:33

Start timesharing? <Yes> NO

Option: <Start> DATE

Today's date? <;9.05.27> 99.5.27

Current time? <11:34>

Option: <Start>

Disk is being rebuilt - wait ...

99.05.27 11:34
Proceed with system startup? <YES>

 Beginning RSTS/E system startup...
99.05.27  11:34      Installing monitor overlays
99.05.27  11:34      Mounting disks
99.05.27  11:34      Assigning logical names
99.05.27  11:34      Starting error logging
99.05.27  11:34      Setting system characteristics
27-May-99 11:34 AM   Installing run-time systems and libraries
27-May-99 11:34 AM   Starting Operator/Message Services

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  OMS V10.0-K  27-May-99 11:34 AM  <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Message 1 from OMS, user [1,2], Detached, job 3
Starting Operator/Message Services
27-May-99 11:34 AM   Setting terminal characteristics
27-May-99 11:34 AM   Defining system commands
27-May-99 11:34 AM   Setting printer characteristics
27-May-99 11:34 AM   Starting spoolers

*** From [1,2] on KB0: at 11:34 AM 27-May-99
** RSTS/E is on the air...

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  OMS V10.0-K  27-May-99 11:34 AM  <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Message 2 from user [1,2] on _KB0:, job 2
The system startup is complete