Message-Id: <01BD3DE0.3E85B2C0.peaslpw@poa.mmc.org>
From: "Paul \"Bo\" Peaslee" <peaslpw AT poa DOT mmc DOT org>
Reply-To: "peaslpw AT poa DOT mmc DOT org" <peaslpw AT poa DOT mmc DOT org>
To: "opendos AT delorie DOT com" <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: RE: questions please.
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 09:16:35 -0500
Organization: Maine Medical Center
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Me too!  Will this new fix negate the need for a BIOS upgrade for my 1987 
Compaq 386-25?  If not, does anyone know of an add-in clock board that will 
circumvent the BIOS problem?  Hate to shut her down just because her clock 
doesn't work anymore.  She's a fine beast.

Bo


On Thursday, February 19, 1998 5:18 AM, Travis Siegel 
[SMTP:tsiegel AT softcon DOT com] wrote:
> Hmm.  I'm a little puzzled.  Why does dos need a special y2K fix?  My
> understanding was that the software would work just fine up to 2059.  A
> quick browsing of the source code shows this to be so.  (because of the
> way it handles dates and times)  What's the y2k fix? And, why is it
> necessary?
>
>