*** Sam Izzo wrote in a message to All:
SI> Hmm.. I always thought that generally speaking, PCs were
SI> fine when it came to the so-called Year 2000 problem. 
SI> However, while perusing the CMOS memory map that comes with
SI> Ralf Brown's interrupt listing, I noticed it said that the
SI> year in the CMOS is stored as a BCD ranging from 00 to 99. 
SI> Has this been fixed in more recent CMOSs, or are they all
SI> like this?  I figured they would all have to be like that,
SI> because otherwise Ralf would've had it in his list. 
SI> It would seem, then, that most PCs, even up to this day,
SI> have a problem.  Of course, I could be completely wrong. Can
SI> anyone shed some light on all of this? 
There's an entire echo on the subject, the area name is 2000.
Most BIOSes up to maybe a year ago are NOT compatible, it seems.  And the 
BIOS in a computer is usually a bit older than the computer itself, so even 
if you have a brand new computer, it may not be compatible.
--Scott.
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