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IYONIX pc 2012 date problem

Steve Revill — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:22:00 +0000

Many of you will be aware of a bug in the handling of a year counter in the IYONIX pc which means that the date on some machines changes to 2012 when they are booted. This is a software problem and a number of work-arounds already exist.

However, Castle Technology feel that this is a sufficiently severe fault to justify starting work on the next official release of RISC OS 5 for the IYONIX pc – RISC OS 5.15.

The latest version will not only address the date problem mentioned above, but will include many of the changes and improvements implemented since RISC OS 5.14 was released back in April 2009. Once it is available, users should program the new release into their machines using a supplied flash programmer to ensure that the date bugfix is correctly installed.

Keep an eye on the RISC OS Open web site over the next week or two for further news on the testing and release process.

Note to developers: the development version of RISC OS will move to 5.16 (beta) as soon as the new official version is released.

"IYONIX pc 2012 date problem" by Rik Griffin (98)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:21:39 +0000

Right, sorry about that, I’ll RTFM next time :)

"IYONIX pc 2012 date problem" by Andrew Hodgkinson (6)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:34:23 +0000

It seems it wasn’t made clear from the original press release but it is vital that you flash the ROM to get the clock fix. Otherwise your old ROM boots, screws up the clock, then loads the new ROM, which by now only has the invalid clock data to go on. The result is the time ends up even more distant from the correct value.

Rob’s already moaned at us about the ambiguity :-)

https://www.riscosopen.org/forum/forums/2/topics/316

"IYONIX pc 2012 date problem" by Rik Griffin (98)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:24:46 +0000

Is it possible that there’s still a problem with the RTC in 5.16? I’m running 5.16 (softloaded) and this morning the Iyonix thought the year was 2110, until the Nettime module corrected it.

"IYONIX pc 2012 date problem" by Steve Revill (20)

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:05:05 +0000

No word from Castle yet on branding.

Please note: the official release we are about to make will be 5.16. All development builds will then be version 5.17, until the following official release – 5.18, and so on.

So: odd numbered versions are development and even numbers are official, tested releases.

"IYONIX pc 2012 date problem" by Michael Drake (88)

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:11:19 +0000

Was there any word from Castle Technology on whether we can alter the branding of ROOL ROM releases, as per http://www.riscosopen.org/forum/forums/2/topics/209 ?

"IYONIX pc 2012 date problem" by Steve Revill (20)

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:25:08 +0000

5.15 shouldn’t need the CMOS reset but if you have any problems, it’s a good thing to try first. Of course, when you do that, you’ll need to set the time and date! :)

"IYONIX pc 2012 date problem" by Andrew Hodgkinson (6)

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:15:34 +0000

Jumping straight to 5.15 should be fine. I’m sure Steve or Ben will correct me if I’m wrong, but I think it would be wise to do a CMOS reset after the upgrade – hold down Delete before powering on and wait until the start-up beep before releasing it.

I upgraded from 5.11 to 5.14 without trouble and didn’t do a CMOS reset, but it’s possible that modules have moved around a bit in 5.15 which could invalidate the unplugged module list. Doing a reset plays it safe.

"IYONIX pc 2012 date problem" by George T. Greenfield (154)

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:00:21 +0000

I’m still running 5.13: will I need to upgrade to 5.14 before upgrading to 5.15 (once it is formally released) or will it be possible to jump straight to 5.15?