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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 (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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"....even when only relative time is required by the OEMs, this may often be derived from chips that keep absolute time internally. Those chips that represent absolute time using two digit dates are subject to Year-2000 failures just as with (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Ohmigod! That means my dishwasher, dryer, refrigerator, microwave, toaster and egg-timer are going to crash! DAMN YOU KENMORE!! Folks, think. How does the RCX use time? It uses it as an internal clock for operations. Think of it as a (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) this is a complete crock. The H8 inside the RCX does not fall into the category of chips that "keep absolute time internally." See the H8 specs for details. In fact, this thread is a complete joke. -Kekoa (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) microcontroller in the RCX does this, or not. Jasper (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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