ML> IM>All the versions of DOS and Windows that I've tested are safe for
ML> >Y2K, and all of my documentation implicitely indicates that _all_
ML> >versions of DOS are safe for Y2K.
ML>
ML> You must have tested on new hardware.  DOS and the DOS-based
ML> versions of Windows use the BIOS driver for the real-time clock, and
ML> old hardware has a bug in its RTC BIOS.

Perhaps I should clarify my question here. [:) I'm far less concerned 
with RTC roll-over as I am with whether the O/S will be able to 
accurately report dates beyond 31 December 1999. [:) Do you know of 
_any_ versions of OS/2 which will have trouble doing that?


ML> Without an add-on software fix for the machine's BIOS, the century
ML> value for the RTC will not turn over on 1/1/2000. [...] It is only
ML> when you shut down and reboot that you will find out whether or not
ML> you have the BIOS bug.

I've no wish to begin a thread/discussion or to argue with you, but just 
for the sake of expressing a point of view, I disagree with the point of 
view of there being a "bug" in so-called "older hardware". My point of 
view here is that since the limitations of the RTC were well-known at 
the time it was implemented into the AT, and that since this limitation 
was well-known to those who implemented the BIOS, and that since both 
the RTC and the BIOS are both performing exactly the way that they are 
intended and expected to, that there is no "bug".

JMO. [:)


ML> The basic OS/2 operating system (at least since Warp 3) takes care
ML> of "buggy BIOS" machines, and the OS/2 system clock (which is the
ML> RTC, not a separate set of counters) will not die until the end of
ML> 2079 ("end of time" for OS/2 as presently written).

Is this true of _all_ versions of OS/2, that they all use the RTC for 
for their TOD clock? (Is the 2079 a C thing?)


ML> However, there is
ML> an IBM Web site that might answer your questions:
ML> http://www.ibm.com/software/year2000/alert/

Thanks for the tip. Take care and TTYL.

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