On 12/13/2017 12:18 PM, Ron Natalie wrote:
The TOPS-10 software ran out
in 1975 or so if I recall.
Nope, I can boot a 7.03 monitor and it understands Y2K and higher. I
had to edit SYSTAT.MAC to make it print the currect year after 2000,
but everything else just worked.
I believe a 6.03A monitor also behaves correctly.
Although, I believe the year is coming soon when it will implode and
wrap back around. I don't recall the specifics of that.
../simh/simhv28/pdp10 ks10.cfg.gold
PDP-10 simulator V2.8-4
Listening on socket 6
Modem control activated
sim> boot rp0
BOOT V3(47)
BOOT>
[Loading from DSKB:SYSTEM.EXE[1,4]]
LIRICS Timesharing Gold 07-08-01
Why reload: PM
Date: <ENTER here takes date from hardware
clock>
Time: <ENTER here takes time from hardware
clock>
Startup option: go
<snip>
.SYS
Status of LIRICS Timesharing Gold at 12:59:09 on 13-Dec-2017
Uptime 3:17, 99% Null time = 99% Idle + 0% Lost, 0% Overhead
12 Jobs in use out of 128. 12 logged in, 10 detached.
<snip>
.
Monitor LIRICS Timesharing Gold
System uptime :04:08
Current date/time 13-Dec-2017 13:00:00 <-- This time is
spewed by the monitor directly which I did not have to change>