The number of people fretting about the Year 2000 causing problems with the Master 128 has been increasing. All of the disk user groups, such as EUG and 8BS, have had articles. But I can assure you not to worry.

I have produced a ROM that will correct the problem and also extend the century range available to January 1st, year 1800 until December 31st 2199. These can now be ordered for my usual ROM prices, £4, including instructions.

The program comes on an 8K ROM and uses Acorn-documented calls only. If you're not using a Master, but do have a real-time clock, check in your manual before ordering whether it supports OSWORD 14 and 15 and OSBYTES 161 and 162. There is also a program on this disk to detect whether these calls are supported whch you should try before ordering.

Not only does it include the date fixer but also a *DRIVE to *DIR: converter to help ADFS run programs written with DFS in mind (This patch is also available from my web page).

As a bonus, there's a current working directory command, which shows the CWD if you use *DIR with the drive parameter missing. This is also on my web page, along with many other titles.

If you're not using a Master, you'll find the built-in *ROMS command and *SHOW command very handy.

To improve reverse compatability from Master to BBC, the *CLOSE command has also been included.

An additional *CONFIGURE command sets the current timezone, which can be used to toggle between BST and GMT.

Please note that this should NOT be run ROM Sideways RAM.

Please state when ordering:

1. Your name
2. The return address
3. Whether you are using a Master/other

All in all this looks to be a very handy ROM. After all, time is literally ticking away...

Robert Sprowson, EUG #31