>>>This is only in America, the land of the free and the stupid.
Free?!?!? FREE!!! Heh! We have the best politicians money can buy!
Peter L. Berghold Lehman Brothers Unix Engineering
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>This is only in America, the land of the free and the stupid.
Poor America! I'm glad I live in Norway, Europe.
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Thor`n
On Sat, 20 Nov 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> That's SICK! How the h... can anyone take a patent on a time format?!
This is only in America, the land of the free and the stupid.
Davey
> This is patented. It is not legal to use this algorithm to deal with y2k
> issues. See this link for more info:
> http://slashdot.org/articles/99/11/01/2047228.shtml ;-)
That's SICK! How the h... can anyone take a patent on a time format?!
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Thor`n
e.
My 8086 actually uses four 1,5 volt batteries for the CMOS clock. The manual
of the computer says the clock should work past y2k ;-)
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Windows Multitasking: screwing up several things at once
> issue, though, whether or not they are y2k compliant.
Probably
Bye for now,
Matt
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Dan Olson writes:
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> > > Aren't most of the legacy systems going to have trouble Y2K? I am very
> > > interested if you have a solution/answer because I have a ton of
> > > 8088-10/12MHz systems collecting dust. These systems may be not heading
> &g
om: Dan Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Jonathan Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 25, 1999 4:39 PM
Subject: Re: 808x machines and Y2K?
> > All MS-DOS machines I've ever used ask for the date and time upon boot.
> > Thi
e are optional clock cards available for these machines, I thought the
machines somehow calculated time by dividing CPU frequency, and that a
true clock was an option.
>
> I imagine it would be more a software issue (OS issue) than a hardware
> issue, though, whether or not they are y2k co
than a hardware
issue, though, whether or not they are y2k compliant.
On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Dan Olson wrote:
> > > Aren't most of the legacy systems going to have trouble Y2K? I am very
> > > interested if you have a solution/answer because I have a ton of
> > &g
> > Aren't most of the legacy systems going to have trouble Y2K? I am very
> > interested if you have a solution/answer because I have a ton of
> > 8088-10/12MHz systems collecting dust. These systems may be not heading
> > to dumpster if there such a solution.
>
> The hw clocks will drop back to 1900 in most cases. Linux itself uses an
>
> if(year < 1970)
> year +=100
>
> rule to correct stuff like that
I've been astonished by how many clocks on old AT compatibles support
date past Y2K. Most won'
> I suspect the built in hardware clocks of these machines will not survive
> the rollover, and may not work again afterwards, but assuming the machines
The hw clocks will drop back to 1900 in most cases. Linux itself uses an
if(year < 1970)
year +=100
rule to correct st
Matt Burleigh writes:
>
> Aren't most of the legacy systems going to have trouble Y2K? I am very
> interested if you have a solution/answer because I have a ton of
> 8088-10/12MHz systems collecting dust. These systems may be not heading
> to dumpster if there such a sol
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