Re: [NTLK] Our newts die in 2010?

From: Marisa Giancarla <fstltna_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed Sep 03 2008 - 20:18:43 EDT

The problem is that the Newton stores numbers as 30-bits instead of 32,
and in 2010 the number of seconds since the "epoch" of 1901 or whatever
date it is runs out of bits to keep track of the date.

Marisa

-- http://pulpfictionportal.com - Main Website --
-- http://pulpfictionauctions.com - eBay Auctions --
-- http://tinyurl.com/5vfp9h - Direct Link to Newton forum --
-- http://www.linkedin.com/in/marisagiancarla - My LinkedIn profile --

David Lawrence wrote:
> Thanks for the links, everyone.
> Can anyone point to a good source as to WHY this fix is needed? What's up
> with 2010, and why will our Newts crash? Is there a site that explains it?
> Thanks!
> dave @ NP
>

====================================================================
The NewtonTalk Mailing List - http://www.newtontalk.net/
The Official Newton FAQ - http://www.splorp.com/newton/faq/
The Newton Glossary - http://www.splorp.com/newton/glossary/
WikiWikiNewt - http://tools.unna.org/wikiwikinewt/
====================================================================
Received on Wed Sep 3 20:20:38 2008

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.8 : Wed Sep 03 2008 - 20:30:00 EDT