[time-nuts] Austron 2201 Firmware past Y2K

[paul swed]

proc board u13 and 29.
Sort of good and bad news the batteries built in.
Bad news who knows what V they are at.
My system powers up and does remember its settings so they are good but
thats one old set of batteries in that IC.

On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 9:23 PM, paul swed <paulswedb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Tom
> As I recall I had to put my location in.
>
>
> On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Tom Knox <actast at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Thanks everyone for all the help. Two more related questions.
>> 1. There is oscillator set up required. Does anyone have an Austron 1121
>> data sheet? Or know the tuning perimeters?
>> 2. Where is the battery located?
>> Thanks for all the input. Mine also lockes to Oct 10 1992 but locat.
>> Thomas Knox
>>
>>
>>
>> > Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 11:31:31 -0400
>> > From: paulswedb at gmail.com
>> > To: time-nuts at febo.com
>> > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Austron 2201 Firmware past Y2K
>> >
>> > Hello to the group did that quite a while ago they are on the KO4BB
>> website.
>> > Memory is a terrible thing to forget
>> > Regards
>> > Paul
>> >
>> > On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 3:44 AM, Magnus Danielson <
>> > magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > > On 05/26/2012 05:09 AM, paul swed wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> Also make sure your batteries are not dead on the CPUs as I recall
>> mine
>> > >> was
>> > >> replaced it.
>> > >>
>> > >
>> > > Maybe it's time to backup the EPROMs.
>> > >
>> > > Also, it should not be too hard to extend the life-time by slight
>> > > modification of the software, and there is still people that know the
>> 68010
>> > > good enough for it.
>> > >
>> > > Cheers,
>> > > Magnus
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 11:08 PM, paul swed<paulswedb at gmail.com>
>>  wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >>  yes you have to get the week right thats why the calculator is
>> useful.
>> > >>> Also set the time. May fire the 2201 up tomorrow and can email you
>> the
>> > >>> week
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Tom Knox<actast at hotmail.com>
>>  wrote:
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>> Hi Paul;
>> > >>>> First, I received the Austron Antenna and it works.
>> > >>>> So you are saying that I should setback 1024 weeks to July 16 1992
>> and
>> > >>>> the rec will recognize the almanac?. Now July 17th?
>> > >>>> Thanks;
>> > >>>> Thomas Knox
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> Ascent Concepts and Technology
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> 4475 Whitney Place
>> > >>>> Boulder Colorado 80305
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> 1-303-554-0307
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>  Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 15:54:57 -0400
>> > >>>>> From: paulswedb at gmail.com
>> > >>>>> To: time-nuts at febo.com
>> > >>>>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Austron 2201 Firmware past Y2K
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> Yepper
>> > >>>>> Simply set the date back by rollover time
>> > >>>>> there is a gps date converter online that I use to figure it out
>> > >>>>> http://csrc.ucsd.edu/scripts/**convertDate.cgi?time=1992+07+**16<
>> http://csrc.ucsd.edu/scripts/convertDate.cgi?time=1992+07+16>
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> Regards
>> > >>>>> Paul
>> > >>>>> WB8TSL
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Tom Knox<actast at hotmail.com>
>>  wrote:
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>>> Hi;
>> > >>>>>> I have finally found a 70MHz IF GPS ant only to find the Austron
>> 2201
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>> is
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>> not Y2K complaint. Has anyone found a solution for this problem?
>>  I
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>> have
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>> looked at past threads and come up short, but thought I saw this
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>> problem
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>> addressed in the past.
>> > >>>>>> Thanks;
>> > >>>>>> Thomas Knox
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>
>> > >>>>>>
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