> From: Aaron Ardiri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> > >It's clearly stored as a 7-bit value, meaning that it
> > >can contain anything from 0 to 127 (hmmm...unsigned?).
>
> actually... considering the space limitations of the Palm Pilot..
> why is this a problem?
Alan: 2 digit years were coded for exactly that reason: save on expensive
hard disk resources. Now it's a problem.
>
> the designers probably wanted to use as little space as possible.
> i am sure my Palm III will be of no use in 2000. 2Mb is not enough,
> and i am not going to pay for the memory upgrade - so i will
> buy another one.
Alan: I, along with lots of customers, will no doubt be using it. I would
still be using my PalmPilot Pro if I didn't need a III for development.
Throw away technology is soon going to meet up with a backlash.
> i am sure that when 3COM releases a new Palm Pilot in 2031, it
> will have an updated ROM so it will be able to handle the dates
> outside the current limitations.
Alan: So perhaps we should learn a lesson from the current Y2K issue and fix
the problem now rather than wait until 2031.
> just my 2c.
Alan: Mine 2 :)
Alan Johnson
Handsbreadth, Inc.
