Hi Roger,
>Are the IBM/XT, IBM/AT and PS/2 computers hardware Y2K
>compliant?
According to a recent thread in the PS/2 newsgroup, all PS/2s should be broadly
Y2K compliant, though some machines may need their times resetting on 1/1/2000
depending on the OS they're running.
PC/XT class machines generally have no clock hardware in them as standard.
DOS/whatever simply use a regular interrupt to update a software clock, so you
need to know if the OS you're using is compliant.
All AT class machines have a clock chip inside, a 14818 (or something similar,
I forget), or an emulation of one. The chip only stores the last two digits on
the year, so it will correctly roll over to "00" for "2000". However, what your
operating system will make of that is another matter....
In each case, it all boils down to your OS. The easiest way to find out if it's
compatible is to set your clock to a few minutes before midnight, December 31st
and wait and see what happens when the time rolls over past midnight.
TTFN - Pete.
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Received on Thu Aug 05 1999 - 15:03:14 BST