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to: JEFF BRIELMAIER
from: SAM IZZO
date: 1998-02-02 03:01:00
subject: Re: Year2000 problem

 -=> Quoting Jeff Brielmaier to Sam Izzo <=-
 JB> The year is stored in CMOS byte 09h and the Century is stored in CMOS
 JB> byte 32h.
Ahh, ok, that clears up that!  I missed that bit in the CMOS.LST file.
 JB> This indicates that the Real Time Clock (RTC) chip in your computer is
 JB> not Year2000 compliant.  (not surprising)
Hrm.. So most modern PCs aren't compliant, then?  But generally, operating
systems will make it all work out alright, though?  I presume that the OSs
calculate the day of week, rather than reading it from the CMOS.
Sam
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