-Caveat Lector-
Thank you, my friends...I'LL DO IT MYSELF!
On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, MICHAEL SPITZER wrote:
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> Would one of you please post this to list...I seem to have
> reached my quota of posts for the day.
>
> Thanks
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 05:08:42 -0700 (MST)
> From: MICHAEL SPITZER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: OOOPS!: Is Your PC Y2K Ready? ("make it SO" in 7 easy steps) (fwd)
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> Seems I was wrong:(
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> Seems there's a lot more to it than I had originally thought:(
>
> I got a few responses that I feel I must share.
>
> First, albeit rude (not half as rude as my reply...to which I
> apologize), but to-the-point:
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 08:13:44 -0400
> From: YnrChyldzWyld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Is Your PC Y2K Ready? ("make it SO" in 7 easy steps)
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> I would suggest people actually LEARN something about computers
> before disseminating such garbage....
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> How a date DISPLAYS has absolutely NOTHING to do with how it is
> defined to the operating system...
>
> An OS can be Y2K compliant, and still display a 2-digit date...if
> it is compliant, it will correctly interpret 01/01/00 as January
> 1, 2000....
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> If it is NOT compliant, setting it to display a 4-digit date
> won't matter, as it will rollover to January 1, 1900 (or whatever
> earliest year the BIOS recognizes, usually sometime in the early
> 1980s)
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> --end forward--
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> Same list, other end of the spectrum (and I thank you for
> recognizing that I meant well):
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 13:01:47 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Xena - Warrior Princess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Is Your PC Y2K Ready? ("make it SO" in 7 easy steps)
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> This is a misconception about how Win9* stores dates; while there
> are y2k issues with some older versions, or perhaps other
> software, making this change doesn't solve the problem, if it
> exists, and the problem is solved for you, if it doesn't.
>
> --end forward--
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>
> And, another from the first responder (again, please accept my
> apology), more on what the problem is (yet still nothing of real
> practical use...at least practical for "us dumb asses"):
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 06:21:51 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Ynr Chyldz Wyld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Is Your PC Y2K Ready? ("make it SO" in 7 easy steps)
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> It works because it's a non-issue...as I said, how the date
> DISPLAYS has nothing to do with whether the PC's OPERATING SYSTEM
> is date compliant or not...
>
> If the operating system IS compliant, then it will interpret
> 01/01/00 correctly as January 1, 2000...setting the date to
> display a 4-digit year won't change it; if the operating system
> is NOT compliant, then setting the date to display a 4-digit year
> still matters not a whit, since it will display January 1, 1900,
> or perhaps roll back to the original BIOS date, some of which are
> a late 1970s date, some of which are an early 1980s date...
>
> --end forward--
>
>
> And, now for the only two I got that had any "practical value for
> dummies":
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 11:17:29 -0600
> From: Don Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Proper Y2K tests to do on your machine
>
> Microsoft has posted on it's site that the "4 digit date" info
> being posted on mailing lists is a _hoax. Just changing the
> display date in the Control Panel doesn't do anything except
> "look cosmetic" and make the gullible "feel better".
>
> The only way to *properly* determine if you PC is truly Y2K
> compliant is to perform a series of tests at the DOS and BIOS
> level. Boot your PC with a start-up disk directly to DOS, type
> "Date" and "Time". Set both to a minute before midnight on Dec
> 31, 1999. Let your machine sit for at least a couple of minutes
> beyond the rollover. Type "Time" and "Date" again. See what it
> displays. Re-boot the machine, again using the start-up disk
> directly to DOS. Re-type "Time" and "Date". Observe what it
> displays. If it reverts to "1980", your machine has problems.
> Next, do this test again, except turn OFF your machine. Leave it
> off for awhile and then turn it back on and re-enter DOS. See
> what the date and time displays.
>
> If it reflects the date and time properly to the year 2000, your
> machine is Y2K compliant at the _DOS_ level.
>
> Next, re-boot the machine and intercept it before it's gets to
> DOS. You want to enter the BIOS. Once in the BIOS setup, change
> the time and date to just a couple of minutes before midnight on
> Dec 31, 1999. WATCH the time and date for the rollover. If you
> see the rollover perform successfully to 2000, leave the new time
> and date in place, turn your machine OFF, leave it off for a few
> minutes and then turn it back on and re-enter BIOS. If, on
> re-entering BIOS, you see the new time and date are still there
> (ie, Jan. 01, 12:18am, 2000) THEN and ONLY THEN can you claim
> your machine is truly Y2K compliant at _both_ the DOS and BIOS
> level.
>
> If it doesn't rollover, your machine definately has a problem and
> NO amount of cosmetic trickery with the clock display of 4-digit
> dates in the Control Panel will fix it.
>
> There's no halfway measure to this people. Your machine is either
> compliant or it isn't. Flaming others won't fix it. DO the tests
> on your machine and see what happens. I suggest you leave Windows
> out of it and go directly to DOS. This doesn't mean drop to a DOS
> prompt. Don't even load Windows, go directly to DOS and BIOS
> level.
>
> Good luck on your mission. Remember, Failure is NOT an option.
>
> http://www.fwpd.net/dona/tesla/teslacoil.htm
>
> --end forward--
>
>
> And finally, my friend Mikey has the best offer at help/advice
> (and, as usual, the most practical).
>
> [Mike, sorry if you get too many responses. If you would like,
> give me the pat response you had in mind, and all the e-mail
> addy's of those that responded to you as a result of this post,
> and I'll reply to them all for you...i.e., I realize that your
> offer was just for AWers...and I owe you BIG time:) ]
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 10:39:04 +0200
> From: Mikey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Is Your PC Y2K Ready? ("make it SO" in 7 easy steps)
>
> <snip>
>
> I have a program which I download from the Net that checks the
> hardware for compliance. If anyone is interested contact me
> off-list.
>
> Michael Brass,
> Archaeology Honours student: University of Cape Town,
> History (BA): U.C.T.,
> Chairman: The Archaeological Field Club of U.C.T.,
> Member: The Egyptian Society of South Africa,
> The South African Archaeological Society,
> ICQ # : 44563988
>
> ----------------------
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> <http://users.iafrica.com/m/mi/mikeyb>
>
> --end forward--
>
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> And, good luck, one and all....especially the ones like
> me...i.e., the "ignorant ones."
>
> Best,
>
> Mike
>
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