[WEB4LIB] RE: Y2K and 486's

[lkleckner at park-ridge.lib.il.us]

Just because a PC fails the "rollover" test, and many of them do, does not
mean that it will not keep correct time and date when manually set. I would
think that there are many other reasons for replacing 486's, this doesn't
have to be one of them, unless you need an excuse. . .

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Thomas Edelblute
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 1999 10:46 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: Y2K and 486's


All of our 486s have failed our Y2K tests and are being replaced.  To
replicate
our test, go to a DOS prompt and change the date to 12/31/1999 and set the
time
to 23:58.  Turn the computer off and wait two minutes.  Turn the comptuer on
and
check the date.  If it is Y2K compliant, it will say 1/1/2000. Our 486s have
reported back 1/1/1986.

Before you conclude that it is indeed Y2K compliant, do this again for a
leap
year test to see if it knows February 29, 2000.

 If  you want to use them like dumb terminals, a regular telnet connection
should suffice.

lkleckner at park-ridge.lib.il.us wrote:

> Old 486's should work just fine, just remember to reset the clock on them
on
> the 1st, as they most likely won't roll over without help.
> (There is a joke there somewhere...but I'm not touching it)
>
> Larry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of CharmngDyk at aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 1:22 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Y2K and 486's
>
> Hello!
>           i was wondering if someone had an answer to a Y2K question.  is
> there any easy way to make an old 486 Y2K compliant (hardware)?  would i
be
> able to use the machines as 'dumb terminals'?   Thanks, Gail



--
Thomas Edelblute
Anaheim Public Library