digdugnate Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 I thought you guys would get a kick out of this- I booted up my 'Weight Control and Nutrition' cart just to see if it works/mess around with it, only to find that I cannot enter the number 17 as a year field. I couldn't catch it in between blinks, but there's a question mark where the '7' goes and the TI goes 'boop' (thanks Tursi for defining the sound!) when you try to. C'mon, TI! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Just choose a year from the late 20th century (such as 1995 or 1989) with the same starting weekday and the same number of days as the year 2017. Here is a handy reference. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share Posted July 13, 2017 Just choose a year from the late 20th century (such as 1995 or 1989) with the same starting weekday and the same number of days as the year 2017. Here is a handy reference. I just thought it was funny I figure if i really wanted to mess with it i'll do something similar to what you suggest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Heh ... I guess TI never anticipated that anyone would still be interested in the 99/4A into the 21st century. They must have assumed that we will have moved on to the 99/64 by this time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 odds are that is written in tibasic and could be fixed.. hard to put in a GROM again but not impossible with a ubergrom board or finalgrom99 Greg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Personal Record Keeping also has this problem, but Household Budget Management works just fine with 2017 as a valid year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeBo Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 You'll find that is a problem with a great many TI application cartridges. Do a search on "date repeat years" and you'll find the best compatible year to chose instead of 2017. I kinda love it... I've actually loadeda cart or two to demonstrate to doubtful youg-uns that the Y2K bug really did exist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted July 14, 2017 Author Share Posted July 14, 2017 You'll find that is a problem with a great many TI application cartridges. Do a search on "date repeat years" and you'll find the best compatible year to chose instead of 2017. I kinda love it... I've actually loadeda cart or two to demonstrate to doubtful youg-uns that the Y2K bug really did exist! I had to explain to my kids what Y2K was- 'it was a dark time, my children- those were dark days indeed.' lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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