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Re: Older GPS devices are facing their own mini Y2K bug

From not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Newsgroups comp.misc
Subject Re: Older GPS devices are facing their own mini Y2K bug
Date 2019-04-06 01:57 +0000
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
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Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
> 
> Not hopeful about firmware updates for my Magellan GPS 300, circa
> 1999...

Actually, besides now insisting that it's the 21st of August 1999
(date of the last epoch), the coordinates still match my map
perfectly.

Seems it might just affect tamestamps and other clock-related
functions. Perhaps the reported location-related problems are due to
GPS maps being syncronised with the GPS date (my GPS 300 is
unburdened by such complexities).

https://www.gps-repeaters.com/blog/gps-week-number-rollover-april-6th-2019/

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Older GPS devices are facing their own mini Y2K bug not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-04-06 00:12 +0000
  Re: Older GPS devices are facing their own mini Y2K bug not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-04-06 01:57 +0000
  Re: Older GPS devices are facing their own mini Y2K bug Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> - 2019-04-06 07:05 +0100

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