Mac OS Classic forum: Mac OS date limits

There was this old system where the years ended long ago but they wanted to keep using it. Since they just wanted the month, day and day of week to work they figured out that there is a pattern to that and by setting the year to a year that matched the need they could keep using the app.

Funky, but worked.
Bob

Yes, that's my plan.
Just let the system change the date (correctly) by itself.

Not a 24/7 problem, only an issue when the PRAM battery is changed,
and if I clip another PRAM voltage source on while doing this, the date should remain.
Otherwise, iterate the year rollover to get to the correct year.

So I've 'downgraded' the problem from a future problem to a future annoyance !

But to answer your question,
I use my Mac SE's and Powerbook 145b's for stock analysis and investment tracking.
It's not just a novelty thing, but a real tool, and I'm not much interested in upgrading.
For example, I did a TAO TE CHING translation on them,
and developed a definition of Investment Risk showing that
Risk and Reward are INVERSELY proportional !
Luminaries such as Scheinman and John Bogle waffle on the true definition of stock market risk.
(approx. 20 pages - ask me for a copy, if you are interested in such things)

It might be interesting to query Apple about this,
phrasing the question as 'What would it require to ...' just to see their response.
It can't be rocket science to fix this.

But thanks for your reply.
I appreciate your input.

Karl Kromal

So I owe a lot to my OS 7.1 computers.
I have a large stock of them for repair parts,
and plan to use them until the last bolt falls out of the last working unit.

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I still have two working, quite often, SE/30's and I have to smile when I read about how fast a machine will boot with an SSD installed.
My old Mac's boot in around 18 seconds!

That said, although the PRAM battery supplies the power for the date and time, as long as the machine is powered up the date and time will continue to be kept, even if the battery is as dead as a dodo.

I believe I have the service manuals for those machines, although you seem to know them inside out already.
If I can find them, would you be interested?

P