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Re: is Mindstorm/RCX Y2K Compliant???
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 20 Jan 1999 17:07:45 GMT
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JR Conlin <jrconlin@emailSTOPSPAM.com>
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> The logic "It does not need to keep dates,
> therefore it does not keep dates." has no basis in the internal operation
> of the chip. This has resulted in a number of systems being declared
> Year-2000-compliant when in fact their firmware has not been tested.
> The question is not "Does it need a date?" the question is "Does it use
> time in any way?"
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 metronome. It can display the time because a little hack
in the OS knows how to count hours, minutes and seconds from a given mark.
Are metronomes going to suddenly halt at midnight on Dec. 31st? (Well,
according to some cults they are, but that's a different matter).
If it is a serious concern to you, just do the test that many banks,
industries and agencies have done. Duplicate the process on a testbed
machine and set it's clock forward to Dec. 31, 1999.
And if you find a way to do that with an RCX. Let us know.
Aloha,
JR
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 | | 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 (...) (28 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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