[WEB4LIB] RE: Y2K and 486's

[Trupiano, Anna]

You may have to "manually set" that date/time with every
power failure you experience as well.  

There are many many different versions of BIOSs out there.  
And I'd be very wary (in fact I am very wary) of these all-
conclusive statements.

To use a 486 as a telnet computer is fine... but HARDWARE
IS an issue.  People need to check each and every type
(manufacturer name and date) of their computers and 
determine what needs to happen from there.

I've seen 486's not roll-over, be manually set to a date after
2000, and keep that date and increment that date, and
even with a simple power flux -- "go back to 1/1/80"  --
and the battery is good.

 

> ----------
> From:
> lkleckner at park-ridge.lib.il.us[SMTP:lkleckner at park-ridge.lib.il.us]
> Reply To: 	lkleckner at park-ridge.lib.il.us
> Sent: 	Thursday, August 05, 1999 12:58 PM
> To: 	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: 	[WEB4LIB] RE: Y2K and 486's
> 
> 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
> 
>