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Re: PLASMA 2.0

From Brian Patrie <bpatrie@bellsouth.spamisicky.net>
Newsgroups comp.sys.apple2.programmer
Subject Re: PLASMA 2.0
Date 2018-04-04 04:38 -0500
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On 2018-04-03 13:47, Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> Brian Patrie <bpatrie@bellsouth.spamisicky.net> wrote:
>> On 2018-04-02 00:02, Brian Patrie wrote:
>>> On 2018-04-01 15:12, Michael J. Mahon wrote:
>>>> if the global page date or time is zero,
>>>> then a ProDOS-compatible clock is not present.
>>>
>>> Well, if the date is zero.
>>> If the time is zero, it might just be midnight.  :)
>>
>> Come to think of it, it's also worth mentioning that the presence of a
>> valid date and time should not be taken as evidence of a real-time
>> clock, as it can be set manually.
> 
> Right. It’s just a heuristic—I’d guess it’s right in the vast majority of
> cases.
> 
> Apple actually suggested the possibility of the user setting the date/time
> bytes as a way to get ProDOS to time/date stamp files to a user-selected
> value.

Yup.  I did that, routinely, before i got a No-Slot-Clock.  Wrote a 
doohickey that remembered the last date, so all i had to do was tweak 
it.  (Lost to the sands of time and disk failure, sadly.)

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PLASMA 2.0 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2018-03-16 11:43 -0700
  Re: PLASMA 2.0 Steve Nickolas <usotsuki@buric.co> - 2018-03-16 20:47 -0400
    Re: PLASMA 2.0 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2018-03-17 07:06 -0700
  Re: PLASMA 2.0 John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2018-03-16 18:00 -0700
    Re: PLASMA 2.0 Antoine Vignau <antoine.vignau@laposte.net> - 2018-03-16 22:18 -0700
      Re: PLASMA 2.0 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2018-03-17 07:36 -0700
    Re: PLASMA 2.0 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2018-03-17 07:34 -0700
      Re: PLASMA 2.0 Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2018-03-17 10:05 -0500
        Re: PLASMA 2.0 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2018-03-17 20:56 -0700
          Re: PLASMA 2.0 Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2018-03-18 00:59 -0500
            Re: PLASMA 2.0 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2018-03-18 07:47 -0700
              Re: PLASMA 2.0 Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2018-03-21 00:23 -0500
      Re: PLASMA 2.0 John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2018-03-18 01:10 -0700
        Re: PLASMA 2.0 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2018-03-18 08:06 -0700
          Re: PLASMA 2.0 John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2018-03-18 12:20 -0700
            Re: PLASMA 2.0 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2018-03-18 13:56 -0700
              Re: PLASMA 2.0 John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2018-03-18 17:35 -0700
  Re: PLASMA 2.0 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2018-03-23 13:32 -0700
    Re: PLASMA 2.0 Antoine Vignau <antoine.vignau@laposte.net> - 2018-03-23 14:07 -0700
      Re: PLASMA 2.0 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2018-03-23 17:22 -0700
  Re: PLASMA 2.0 Michael Mann <gmail@ware4.com> - 2018-03-23 16:44 -0700
    Re: PLASMA 2.0 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2018-03-23 17:20 -0700
      Re: PLASMA 2.0 mmphosis <mmphosis@macgui.com> - 2018-03-24 01:13 +0000
        Re: PLASMA 2.0 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2018-03-23 19:09 -0700
      Re: PLASMA 2.0 Steve Nickolas <usotsuki@buric.co> - 2018-03-23 21:55 -0400
        Re: PLASMA 2.0 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2018-03-23 19:12 -0700
          Re: PLASMA 2.0 Antoine Vignau <antoine.vignau@laposte.net> - 2018-03-24 00:34 -0700
            Re: PLASMA 2.0 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2018-03-24 07:51 -0700
  Re: PLASMA 2.0 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2018-03-28 15:39 -0700
    Re: PLASMA 2.0 Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2018-03-28 20:52 -0500
      Re: PLASMA 2.0 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2018-03-29 07:17 -0700
        Re: PLASMA 2.0 Zellyn <zellyn@gmail.com> - 2018-03-29 08:12 -0700
          Re: PLASMA 2.0 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2018-03-29 22:19 -0700
  Re: PLASMA 2.0 Tom Porter <laseractiveguy@gmail.com> - 2018-03-28 23:02 -0700
    Re: PLASMA 2.0 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2018-03-29 07:21 -0700
  Re: PLASMA 2.0 "Frank M." <frank_o_rama@hotmail.com> - 2018-03-29 08:25 -0700
    Re: PLASMA 2.0 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2018-03-29 22:21 -0700
    Re: PLASMA 2.0 "Frank M." <frank_o_rama@hotmail.com> - 2018-04-01 07:48 -0700
      Re: PLASMA 2.0 "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2018-04-01 13:12 -0700
        Re: PLASMA 2.0 Brian Patrie <bpatrie@bellsouth.spamisicky.net> - 2018-04-02 00:02 -0500
          Re: PLASMA 2.0 Brian Patrie <bpatrie@bellsouth.spamisicky.net> - 2018-04-03 00:07 -0500
            Re: PLASMA 2.0 MG <guidero@gmail.com> - 2018-04-02 22:35 -0700
            Re: PLASMA 2.0 Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2018-04-03 13:47 -0500
              Re: PLASMA 2.0 Brian Patrie <bpatrie@bellsouth.spamisicky.net> - 2018-04-04 04:38 -0500
  Re: PLASMA 2.0 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2018-03-30 15:46 -0700
    Re: PLASMA 2.0 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2018-03-31 13:25 -0700
  Re: PLASMA 2.0 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2018-04-12 18:43 -0700
  Re: PLASMA 2.0 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 08:43 -0700
    Re: PLASMA 2.0 Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2018-04-14 21:26 -0500
      Re: PLASMA 2.0 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2018-04-15 07:35 -0700
        Re: PLASMA 2.0 "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2018-04-15 16:24 -0700
          Re: PLASMA 2.0 Michael Pohoreski <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com> - 2018-04-23 23:01 -0700
    Re: PLASMA 2.0 John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2018-04-15 00:24 -0700
      Re: PLASMA 2.0 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2018-04-15 08:10 -0700
        Re: PLASMA 2.0 John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2018-04-15 10:22 -0700
          Re: PLASMA 2.0 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2018-04-15 13:00 -0700
            Re: PLASMA 2.0 John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2018-04-15 15:17 -0700
  PLASMA 2.0 Michael Pohoreski <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com> - 2018-04-24 08:54 -0700
    Re: PLASMA 2.0 David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2018-04-25 06:37 -0700

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