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Guy,
Find a "spare computer". Set its date ahead eg 10 Jan 2000. Append a few
2000 records to a test security using Downloader 6.52. Then make torough
tests in the Metastock Dos program.
The only chance I see it work with minimum risk is if the 2-char date range
was already a
26/25 handled as 1926/2025 (or any similar design eg 30/29 as 1930/2029) at
that time the Dos program was written.
If it was a 00/99 (for 1900/1999) scheme instead, then 1 Jan 2000 will
older than 31 Dec 1999 for all Metastock Dos modules relying on the date
(if any).
Would really interesting to know. I never came to the original
Metastock/Computrac spec document, and already read 2 date ranges flavours
from Equis, one from CSI, and yet another mention of yy=00/99.
-- Alain
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At 18:06 22/02/99 -0800, Guy Tann wrote:
>Equis
>
>I ran MS 4.5 today for the first time against the results of the Downloader
>6.52 update and all worked fine. since I don't use any of your indicators
>or experts and just process my own indicators, I'll be a happy camper as
>long as it keeps the data in the proper sequence.
>
>I'm still going to try and convert my stuff one last time before just
>relegating MS to a charting program and using Visual Basic or whatever to
>run my system.
>
>Regards
>
>Guy
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Equis Support
>Sent: Monday, February 22, 1999 12:00 PM
>To: 'metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
>Subject: RE: Y2K solution for Metastock for DOS
>
>
>MetaStock for Dos may run after January 1, 2000. However, there have
>not been and will not be any code changes made to make indicators, etc.
>work past December 31, 1999. We will not support the product after
>December 31, 1999 either.
>
>If you continue to use any MetaStock version prior to version 6.52 of
>MetaStock for Windows 95/NT or MetaStock Professional, we will not
>provide support nor will we make any warranty regarding the results of
>any calculations.
>
>Equis Support
>http://www.equis.com/
>http://www.equis.com/customer/support/
>Please include previous email answers and questions in your response.
>
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>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Guy Tann [mailto:grt@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Monday, February 22, 1999 10:38 AM
>To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: Y2K solution for Metastock for DOS
>
>
>As far as I know, there are no plans to make Y2K compliant data bases
>available to MS for DOD. I have updated DL with the latest patch which
>supposedly makes it Y2K compatible, so I need to run a test using MS for
>DOS
>with the new data and see if it works.
>
>Guy
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Lian PL
>Sent: Monday, February 22, 1999 12:22 AM
>To: Guy Tann
>Cc: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: Y2K solution for Metastock for DOS
>
>
>I am interested in the Y2K code for DOS too. If you don't mind, I should
>be pleased to know the solution too.
>
>On Sun, 21 Feb 1999, Guy Tann wrote:
>
>> Lionel
>>
>> I sent you a private e-mail because I was babbling on.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Guy
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Lionel and Gail
>Issen
>> Sent: Saturday, February 20, 1999 4:14 PM
>> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: Y2K solution for Metastock for DOS
>>
>>
>> Guy:
>> Will you sell or post your VB code?
>>
>> Lionel
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Guy Tann <grt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Saturday, February 20, 1999 12:36 AM
>> Subject: RE: Y2K solution for Metastock for DOS
>>
>>
>> >Arun
>> >
>> >I only wish they had Y2K support for v4.5 MS DOS. Even though I have
>all
>> of
>> >the newer versions. I'm going to try to get my stuff running under
>6.52
>> but
>> >it never ran under 6.0 so I don't have high hopes. I actually ran
>the
>> >automated conversion moving over to MS for Windows and my stuff
>didn't
>> >execute well. The DOS version runs at least 30 times faster than the
>WIN
>> >version, not counting the disk thrashing. I'm going to rekey
>everything
>> >from scratch and see if this helps. If not, I'm moving everything
>over
>to
>> >Visual Basic and quit screwing around with MS except to use for
>charting.
>> >
>> >Regards
>> >
>> >Guy
>> >
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >[mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Arun Verma
>> >Sent: Friday, February 19, 1999 9:28 PM
>> >To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >Subject: Y2K solution for Metastock for DOS
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Though I have all versions of Metastock, my preferred TA software
>> >is still Metastock for DOS. There are many many users like me
>> >around the world who still prefer to use Metastock for DOS, simply
>> >because they are used to it and have used it for donkey years.
>> >
>> >Has Equis got any Y2K solution for them also????.
>> >
>> >
>> >Arun Verma
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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