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==General==
==General==
All the KC-85 clones have the same routine holding the century digits, though appearing at different addresses. A Y2K patching rule that applies the same to all machines is to just search for a certain string of bytes wherever it happens to appear, and edit.
All the KC-85 clones have the same routine holding the century digits, though appearing at different addresses in different system roms.
 
A Y2K patching rule that applies the same to all machines is to just search for a certain string of bytes wherever it happens to appear, and edit.


Using the hex-editor of your choice:
Using the hex-editor of your choice:

Revision as of 21:07, 7 April 2021

"Model T computer" system rom Y2K patches

General

All the KC-85 clones have the same routine holding the century digits, though appearing at different addresses in different system roms.

A Y2K patching rule that applies the same to all machines is to just search for a certain string of bytes wherever it happens to appear, and edit.

Using the hex-editor of your choice:

Search for this sequence: 23 36 31 23 36 39
Replace it with this: 23 36 32 23 36 30

TRS-80 Model 100

0x5A53 0x31 -> 0x32
0x5A56 0x39 -> 0x30

Olivetti M10, NorthAmerica

0x5A5B 0x31 -> 0x32
0x5A5E 0x39 -> 0x30

File:M10 System ROM NorthAmerica.orig.bin
File:M10 System ROM NorthAmerica.y2k.bin

Kyotronic KC-85

0x575E 0x31 -> 0x32
0x5761 0x39 -> 0x30

File:KC-85.orig.bin
File:KC-85.y2k.bin

NEC PC-8201A, PC-8300

NEC has a second place that must be edited in addition to the same rule as all the rest.

0x5D91 0x31 -> 0x32
0x5D94 0x39 -> 0x30
0x7E30 0x33 -> 0x31
0x7E31 0x38 -> 0x30

References

http://www.muppetlabs.com/~chris/model100/y2000.html
https://www.web8201.net/default.asp?content=NECY2K.asp