[time-nuts] Austron 2201 Firmware past Y2K

Sun May 27 01:53:10 UTC 2012

On 5/26/2012 6:33 PM, paul swed wrote:
> 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.
If that is a clock IC or a memory IC with the battery built in, That 
voltage should be 3 Volts. I had a SUN computer
with that battery problem and the instructions was on the web, how cut 
into the IC and wire an external battery.
I glued a coin cell to the top of the IC

Bill K7NOM
> 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
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>   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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