05 Sep 15 10:25, you wrote to me:   
      
    ml>> if you are using AMU, which you mentioned before, and it is the cause   
    ml>> then AMU can be fixed since it is open source and the C++ code is   
    ml>> available... the problem with that is that i am not a C/C++ coder...   
    ml>> i find the freeware version of AMU is 3.20... a quick look at the   
    ml>> available source code shows that AMU apparently only has structures   
    ml>> for up to RA v2.02... if that's the case, then definitely stop using   
    ml>> AMU until it can be fixed for the version of RA you are running...   
      
    MA> AMU work with 2.52 structures (i think)... are the same as 2.62.1?   
      
   no... i have the following structure files...   
      
    *  struct.111     v1.10/v1.11/noncommercial   
    *  struct.200     v2.00   
       struct.202     v2.02 (unofficial)   
    *  struct.250     v2.50Gamma (1996)   
       structra.250   v2.50beta (1995, unofficial)   
    *  struct.262     v2.62 (2002)   
       struct.26P     v2.62Gamma (2000)   
      
   the ones with * are official and valid for the version noted up to the next   
   version... v2.62 brought some changes necessary to handle y2k concerns and the   
   storage of a complete four digit year instead of only two digit years... the   
   user record in 2.62 changes size due to LastTime, FirstDate, BirthDate,   
   SubDate fields being made larger to store the additional first two digits of   
   the year... that affects the user data file... the exitinfo.bbs file did not   
   change as previously unused space was employed to hold the leading year   
   digits... the timelog and event files also changed sizes because of the   
   additional leading year digits...   
      
    ml>> aside: i personally don't know why one would need a tool like AMU...   
    ml>> i've never used it and never had any need to... with the default   
    ml>> available tools and some scripting, everything that must be done can   
    ml>> be done...   
      
    MA> I use AMU for daily bulletins too.   
      
   yeah, i have a few tools here that generate bulletins... most of what i used   
   to use i had to drop because of y2k problems and data structure changes as   
   noted above... i have a stats program that i need to try to get back to and   
   get finished to replace the one that has been used that has an ugly y2k bug...   
   the fun of development was lost when so many left for the internet :(   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
   ... Relax.  It's only ones and zeroes.   
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