[COMP] Fwd: Testing for Y2K

Just thought I'd pass this along:


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Try this-it's very comprehensive, tests the next 5 leap years on your
BIOS...

In cooperation with Insight Magazine, American Megatrends, makers of the
AMIBIOS,
presents information about how the Year 2000 Bug manifests itself in
a PC system. The lecture discusses the root problem of the PC's Real
Time Clock, the several layers of a PC that can either propagate the or
trap the Year 2000 BIOS problem, and the pro's and con's of industry
available solutions. View the presentation.

http://www.ami.com/y2k/cts/sld001.htm

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dclug@xxxxxxx [mailto:owner-dclug@xxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
> Przemek Klosowski
> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 12:26 PM
> To: dclug@xxxxxxx; eleptsk@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Testing for Y2K
>
>
>    How can I test a PC running on LINUX for Y2K
>
> Linux is mostly y2k compliant; individual applications may have
> problems, though. The most serious issue is BIOS, and here the
> tests are independent of the OS; there are diskettes that you
> boot off, and which check BIOS compliance.
>   p
>


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