Re: 808x machines and Y2K?

[Anonymous]

> 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't roll over correcly, but many allow post-Y2K
dates to be entered in setup.

I haven't even tried it on most of my XT compatibles/w clock cards yet.

Eric