[comp.sys.dec.micro] Default date on Rainbow

lacroix@sobmips.UUCP (d.lacroix) (10/06/89)

 Is there a way to change the default date at start when one does'nt answer
 to the DATE prompt ? Maybe with BEGUG.
 The reason is to impose a recent date (at least) for lazy users!
 The very last definition (that may be kept in a file) would more useful than
  sometime in 1983...

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wb8foz@ibiza.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) (10/07/89)

lacroix@sobmips.UUCP (d.lacroix) writes:

> The reason is to impose a recent date (at least) for lazy users!

Why not find Q_start, or a similar program written by the RNP
and Smartkey port author - "Biff Jones"
Both present the date/time, let you change them with the arrow
keys, then SAVE it to a file. The next time, the date/time
presented needs to be bumped up one {day, hour, minute}
depending on how often you crash the box ;-}
"Biff"'s saves it to itself, while Q_start uses a separate
data file. Alas, the latter was quickly written in 
frustration,  and did not count leap years, so the DAY is one
off. 

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