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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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Wed, 20 Jan 1999 21:49:46 GMT
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Janet and Carl McIver <JNCMCIVR@GTE.NETspamcake>
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I hate to be part of such an obese thread, but while the discussion so
far has centered on the RCX, which is NOT susceptible to Y2K issues, how
does the Mindstorms software fare? Has Lego considered this, or is this an
issue?
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Forrest <davef@shmoopie.com>
To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Date: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 7:23 AM
Subject: Re: is Mindstorm/RCX Y2K Compliant???
> "....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 computers and software as has been
> more widely reported. 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?"
>
> from http://www.tmn.com/~frautsch/y2k2.html
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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