Here is a follow-up to the X-32 Y2K question I posted a while back. I have
not tried the rdate but I did try the method listed at the bottom of the
Bruker newsletter and this works fine. The only thing that doesn't seem to
work exactly right is that on the plots, it prints the date for, e.g., June
16, 2000 as 1000616. This is probably not a problem since I doubt that
anyone was actually plotting NMR spectra in Y1K((:>). Many thanks to Rudi
and Mick!
Brian
On 15 Jun, Brian Killday wrote:
= Greetings all,
= I have a follow up question on the following post from the archives:
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= The Y2K conformity table at Bruker's website:
= http://www.bruker.com/y2000/docucntr/docu0002/nmr.htm
= states that:
=
= For AMX/ARX with X32 running UXNMR 970101 and UNIX 960101: it is
PARTIALLY
= compliant. "UXNMR 970101 is fully compliant. Also the date rolls over
= correctly, but after a reboot the 'date' routine doesn't allow to set
dates
= beyond end of 1999. Please see your local Bruker representative for your
= upgrade options. We recommend to upgrade to a contemporary SGI computer."
= I believe that Bruker is saying that the hardware/software will roll over
= fine and work as long as you never reboot the computer, but if you do need
= to, there is no way to reset the date past 1999 merely because of the
'date'
= routine. It seems to me that a patch could be supplied that would allow
= this routine to set dates past 2K since the hardware and other software
= seems to support it. Has anyone looked into this?
= Of course, the recommended fix, upgrading to a SGI, requires an additional
= $30 to $50K plus the cost of the computer, which may soon be no longer
= supported if they migrate completely to PC platforms. (note recent
postings
= on the AMMRL concerning compatibilities of different IRIX versions,
= different XWIN-NMR versions, etc.) I seriously doubt that the majority of
= AMX owners have this type of cash just laying about.
= Thanks in advance for your input on this issue. I will post a summary of
= responses. Please let me know if you wish to remain anonymous or do not
= want your reply posted.
=
= Yours in resonance,
= Brian
=
=
= K. Brian Killday
= Research Specialist
= Division of Biomedical Marine Research
= Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution
= 5600 U. S. 1, North
= Ft. Pierce, FL 34946
=
= Phone: 561-465-2400 ext. 456
= Fax: 561-461-2221
= Email: killday@hboi.edu
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Brian,
The 'rdate' program I mentioned on BUM a few weeks ago does let you set
the date past 1999. This can be used as a partial solution.
You are probably correct that the 'date' program could be patched. In
addition, the /etc/rc2.d/.DATETIME is also broken. That, I think, is the
bigger problem. I am looking into a solution for both.
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Date sent: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 09:14:00 -0400
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Subject: Bruker NMR Software News
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Bruker NMR Software News No.12 / April 1999
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Contents:
- Security issue
- Year 2000 reminder
- Printing problems with SGI O2
- Utilites for AC spectrometers equipped with BACS
- Recent changes in bug database
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Year 2000 reminder
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The year 2000 is approaching rapidly, and we at Bruker are very aware of
customer concerns regarding NMR spectrometer functionality in the new
millenium. Bruker has already published a WEB page with information on the
y2k product compliance.
We would like to take this opportunity of reminding you of the
possible problems which could arise, while at the same time giving you
some helpful advice on how you may circumvent or solve them on your
particular NMR spectrometer environment.
For NMR spectrometers, the date plays a role when displaying,
printing, or plotting parameters. Parameter lists usually contain the
acquisition date and time of a data set. Depending on your computer,
operating system, and NMR software version, the date and time information
in the parameter list could be wrong. In the worst case, printing and
plotting could be aborted. This could also affect macros and AU programs
based on such commands.
The date also plays a role when examining the file creation and
modification times using the operating systems 'dir' or 'ls' commands.
In general, year 2000 compliance is defined by the following 4 rules:
Rule 1:
No value for current date will cause any interruption in operation.
Rule 2:
Date-based functionality must behave consistently for dates prior to,
during and after year 2000.
Rule 3:
In all interface and date storage, the century in any date must be
specified either explicitly or by unambiguous algorithms or
inferencing rules.
Rule 4:
Year 2000 must be recognized as a leap year.
According to these rules, Bruker NMR spectrometers deemed to be y2k
compliant are equipped as follows:
A) Silicon Graphics computers, where
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- the IRIX operating system has been updated with the proper year
2000 patches proposed by Silicon Graphics (cf. respective SGI WEB
page)
- NMR Suite 2.0 or later is used for data acquisition, processing,
and plotting
B) PCs, where
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- the Windows NT 4.0 operating system has been updated with the
proper year 2000 patches proposed by Microsoft (see the
respective Microsoft WEB page)
- NMR Suite 2.5 or later is used for data acquisition, processing,
and plotting
Bruker offers computer upgrades for NMR spectrometers equipped with
X32 or AspectStation computers. Please contact your Bruker office for
details.
X32, AspectStation, and Aspect 3000 computers are not formally year
2000 compliant. However, you will be able to continue to run your
spectrometer beyond 2000.The following items show the respective
provisions to take for the different computer systems.
We strongly recommend that you test the behavior of your spectrometer if
it is equipped with an AspectStation, X32, or Aspect 3000 using proposals
1), 2) or 3), repectively. You can simulate the year 2000 by advancing
the date using the operating system's date setting command ('date' for
UNIX, 'DAT' for ADAKOS). Please refer to the supplier if the test reveals
y2k problems inherent to peripherals such as printers and plotters.
1) Aspect 3000:
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On Jan. 1, 2000 and on Feb. 29, 2000 you must manually set the ADAKOS date
correctly using the DAT command. In NMR parameter listings, the date will
be displayed in the following form: 2-1-0 (for Jan 2, 2000) and 3-2-1 (for
Feb. 3, 2001).
2) AspectStation running XWIN-NMR 1.3 and X32 running UXNMR < 970101:
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If the acquisition date/time is displayed or plotted wrong after 2000, you
must remove the 'Date' entry from the files
/u/exp/stan/nmr/form/acqu.l/norm*
3) X32 running UXNMR 970101:
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The date is displayed correctly in parameter lists. However, X32
systems require a special procedure to set the date after the year
2000:
Switch to the year 2000:
type date 1231235999
wait one minute
the date will change to Jan 01, 2000.
Now you can set date in the year 2000, e.g. Jun 16 11.45 AM:
type date 06161145
Switch to the year 2001
switch to the year 2000 as described above
type date 12312359
wait one minute
the date will change to Jan 01, 2001.
Now you can set any date in the year 2001, e.g. Apr 02 16.55 PM:
type date 04021655
Switch to the year 2002
switch to the year 2001 as described above
type date 12312359
wait one minute
The date will change to Jan 01, 2002
Now you can set any date in the year 2002, e.g. Oct 15, 22.44 PM:
type date 10152244
etc.
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