All MS-DOS machines I've ever used ask for the date and time upon boot.
This includes all 808x machines I've ever used.
So, yes... they do have built-in clocks. They just don't have any battery
to store the time and date.
I imagine it would be more a software issue (OS issue) 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
> > > 8088-10/12MHz systems collecting dust. These systems may be not heading
> > > to dumpster if there such a solution.
> > >
> >
> > I suspect the built in hardware clocks of these machines will not survive
>
> Built in clock? I have a good dozen 8088s around, including the IBM PC
> that I'm using right now, and I don't think any have a built in clock.
> They should all be 100% Y2K compliant because the only issue should be
> software, and if that ends up being a problem, I'll just find software
> that works.
>
> > the rollover, and may not work again afterwards, but assuming the machines
> > can still boot after Y2K, ELKS does not rely on the CMOS clock. Any method
>
> Still boot? I don't see how having the wrong date would affect booting.
> If the machine booted when new in 1981, then I'll set the date to 1981 and
> it should operate as new :) The only issue that I know of would be
> programs getting the wrong date or weekday due to an incorrect year being
> reported by the OS.
>
> > or querying a central server. You could even set the clocks back 10 years
> > deliberatly, and then configure ELKS to add 10 years to the time it reads
> > from the hardware clock.
>
> There is actually an offset that will cause both the day of the week and
> leap year to be correct. I don't recall the exact date, I want to say
> it's 27 years back, but that might not be correct.
>
> Dan
>
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