Evans & Sutherland Y2K scrapyard heads-up

From: William Fulmor <wpfulmor_at_dimensional.com>
Date: Mon Dec 21 22:32:36 1998

On Mon, 21 Dec 1998, Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner wrote:

> -spc (Can't comprehend what would break on a Unix system come 2000 ... )

Well, on the unixpc (att 7300/3b1), it is not possible to set a date >
12/31/99 thru either the setup screen or the 'date' utility. it is
possible to 'walk' the date into 2000 by setting 12/31/99 23:59. Once
over the hump it is then possible to advance to 23:59 12/31/00, etc. But
two digit dates in 2000 display mm/yy/100 (sic). Does that count as
broke? :).

Date arithmetic seems to work OK beyond 01/01/00 tho.

Moral: Install a new clock battery for Xmas '99 and keep goin'.

Bill
Received on Mon Dec 21 1998 - 22:32:36 GMT