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echo: os2
to: Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
from: Leonard Erickson
date: 1999-12-13 02:13:01
subject: SIO and Y2K

 -=> Quoting Jonathan de Boyne Pollard to Leonard Erickson <=-

 FS>> Does anyone know if there are any y2k issues with the SIO drivers?
 
 LE> It's hard to see *how* serial drivers *could* have y2k issues. 
 
 LE> Think about it. When do they *ever* deal with the date or even the
 LE> time?

 JdBP> The unregistered version of SIO creates a hidden file in the root of
 JdBP> all drives that contains date and time information so that it can
 JdBP> determine how many days it has been used for. 

Ok, *that* could mess up. But as long as the OS and hardware return
correct date/time, the worst that SIO could do is miscalculate how long
it's been running. So unless it it crippleware, you'd just get nag
screens at the wrong time.



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