From:	"Ojaste,James [NCR]" <James.Ojaste@**.GC.CA>
Subject:	Re: Real-Life Computing ...
Date:	Wed, 27 May 1998 10:18:50 -0400

Ereskanti wrote:
>> > Intel is going to begin selling chips to the consumer market sometime in
>> the
>> > year 2000 ...
>> >
>> That's if and a big IF they get the 2k bug squashed. Hell wont that be
>> funny. "we'll sell ya a chip that might work in the year 2000." But i
>> wonder what happened in SR to cope with the year 2k bug? any ideas?
>> --
>The solution to the 2K bug already exists and all Intel chips above the 200
>MHZ speeds are resolved beyond the problem already. Software that is before
>the year 97 is also in need of checking. Beyond that, I don't know if I
>care.

There's nothing 2k specific in the CPUs - CPUs don't deal with dates.
CPUs deal with data. The BIOS in the machine deals with dates, so old
machines may have incompliant BIOSes. The OS also deals with dates,
so they can be flawed.

Personally, I don't care. Y2K doesn't bother me one bit - sure, one or
two of my electronic appliances may stop working, but there's usually
a feature to set the date...

>I already know that the stuff I have is "2K Proof"...

The whole problem has been blown *way* out of proportion. I expect
that the most interesting thing happening on Jan 1, 2000 will be lots
of people getting drunk and watching the big apple drop. :-/

James Ojaste