The Pictorview software is 'date independent' using the current time supplied by
the computer hardware..

For center and goto it relies on the LX200 on-board computer for locations,
object identification, and the actual goto implementation.


Ralph


EDWARD REGISTRATO wrote:

> Hi Everyone...
>
> I have been out with the flu for about two weeks now. While I was sick, a
> friend of mine gave me a software package that checks for Y2K compliance. I
> ran it on the computer that runs my pictor software for my 416XT. Test said
> the computer would not automatically roll over to 1/1/2000 BUT... date
> could be manually set. Leap years tested fine beyond 2000. Then it went on
> to say:
>
> DO NOT RELY ON THIS COMPUTER TO RUN DATE SENSITIVE PROGRAMS
>
> My question now is how DATE SENSITIVE is Pictor 6.5?
>
> I do use it to center objects, and GOTO objects while the 416 is on the
> telescope.
>
> ED REGISTRATO

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