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Re: is Mindstorm/RCX Y2K Compliant???
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Tue, 19 Jan 1999 13:52:38 GMT
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Original-From:
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Pete Hardie <pete.hardie@dvsg.STOPSPAMsciatl.com>
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Jasper Janssen wrote:
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> On Thu, 31 Dec 1998 19:53:26 GMT, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Russell
> Nelson) wrote:
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> > Did you *tell* it which year it was??
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> > Then why do you think it cares??
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> It's a microcontroller. Therefore it has an internal clock. Therefore
> it can suffer from Y2K, if it hasn't been removed.
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 anything like Quicken that might be doing
date-related math will have trouble.
--
Pete Hardie | Goalie, DVSG Dart Team
Scientific Atlanta |
Digital Video Services Group |
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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| (...) It's a microcontroller. Therefore it has an internal clock. Therefore it can suffer from Y2K, if it hasn't been removed. (...) No it's not. We're not even close to getting everything away. How do you think we will fare if the world's (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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