>> So you say that "4 GB is enough for anyone!" Let's check that out. If we
>> assume that RAM will increase in the same speed as it has (eg. M$ is still
>> in buissness)
>At that time this limited will be moved. IIRC this limit has changed at
>least twice, and everything is still compatible, so over 4 GB is
>probably not a final limit neither.
Of course, I just wanted to find out. 24GB will bereached in 2016 BTW ;)
>> Interesting in a magazine (not computer magazine, but scientific) I saw
>> that, and I quote, "The important OS will only have memmory for the date
>> until this day" - it was 2032 (or whatever it is Linux has, I checked up
>DOS & Windows & Linux & many other Unix based OS's (yes, in the end Windows
>is a Unix clone as well) all use the same system to track time. Count days
>since a certain date 1 januari 1971 IIRC. The counter just runs out somewhere
>around 2032 for Mac this is 2079 (again IIRC). Just using a bigger counter
>fixes this problem. Some Unices already do this, most other OS's will soon
>follow as it raises less compatibility problems as Y2K.
I's 1970 IIRC. DOS has been reportedly run 100% correctly after 2032 (but
not after 2099). Win95 reportedtly crashes 2002 (or 2003) and Win98 at 1
00-01-01 00:00
I also remember Mac as beeing workable until 2079 or something like it.
Win95 starts at 94-01-01 00:00 (or atleast defaults to that since that was
the year it was planned to come out).
>> BTW: When does OS/2 stop work? (3.x and 4.x)
>As it's Unix based as well (Unix->MS Irix->(MS & IBM cooperation)->NT + OS/2
That isn't necisary, they might have choosen a bigger size, or started from
another year. Besides shouldn't it be:
OS/2 + Windows ? win 1.x came from that working now didn't it? And OS/2 was
out before Win 1.x (IIRC)
//Bernie
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