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Re: is Mindstorm/RCX Y2K Compliant???
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 19 Jan 1999 00:25:51 GMT
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On Thu, 31 Dec 1998 19:53:26 GMT, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Russell
Nelson) wrote:
> Did you *tell* it which year it was??
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> Then why do you think it cares??
It's a microcontroller. Therefore it has an internal clock. Therefore
it can suffer from Y2K, if it hasn't been removed.
> Sheesh, this Y2K panic is getting completely out of hand.
No it's not. We're not even close to getting everything away. How do
you think we will fare if the world's stockmarkets can't function
anymore because of a comp crash? or, which is a more likely scenario,
the stockmarket will just crash completely because of companies going
belly up when they're not prepared...
Jasper
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Message has 7 Replies:
 | | Off topic [was Re: is Mindstorm/RCX Y2K Compliant???)
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| (...) The most likely scenario is that so many people are in such a tizzy about Y2K that there will be runs on banks throughout the civilized world before the end of the year, causing total economic collapse. Ignorance, not computer bugs, are the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: is Mindstorm/RCX Y2K Compliant???
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| Jasper Janssen writes: > On Thu, 31 Dec 1998 19:53:26 GMT, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Russell > Nelson) wrote: > > >Did you *tell* it which year it was?? > > > >Then why do you think it cares?? > > It's a microcontroller. Therefore it has an internal (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | RE: is Mindstorm/RCX Y2K Compliant???
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| This is getting way out of hand... (...) If it doesn't know what year it is, then it can't have a Y2K problem! And even if it would know about the year, and even if there was a Y2K bug, I don't think it would matter much. In the worst case, your (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: is Mindstorm/RCX Y2K Compliant???
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| (...) No, just because it has a microcontroller in it doesn't mean it will stop working in 2000. Russell is absolutely right. If it doesn't know what the year is (you never tell it) it doesn't know when Y2K is going to happen. There are too many (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: is Mindstorm/RCX Y2K Compliant???
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| (...) What do you mean by "internal clock?" You seem to indicate that the microcontroller inside the RCX somehow knows the date. It does not. The only "clock" inside the microcontroller is a counter that counts cycles. It starts at zero when you (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: is Mindstorm/RCX Y2K Compliant???
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| A more likey reason for a crash is that people will actually believe all these predictions that the markey will crash and try to convert everything to cash. Jasper Janssen wrote in message <36a3cf2e.46618061@l...et.com>... ... (...) ... (25 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: is Mindstorm/RCX Y2K Compliant???
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| (...) Only, ONLY, if it uses date arithmetic that crosses the Y2K boundary. Your ancient PC, that has not been upgraded, will function just fine on Jan 1 2000, regardless. It may not be showing you the correct date, because of the rollover, and (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: is Mindstorm/RCX Y2K Compliant???
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| David Forrest writes: > Given all the attention regarding Year 2000 compliance, > see: > (URL) > > I was wondering if there will be any problem using the RCX and > the computer software from Lego when we roll over to the > year 2000. Did you *tell* (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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