DeZeus   11 #1 Posted December 22, 2018 Did you Buy yourself a New Computer due to this Hype? Does it still work for You? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
geared   317 #2 Posted December 22, 2018 Nearly 19 years ago now?? What makes you think anyone still cares?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
alarmingmark   32 #3 Posted December 22, 2018 Or use a computer from 2000 ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
swarfendor437   14 #4 Posted December 22, 2018 (edited) When this issue raised it's head (my job at the time involved installing the Y2K fix to one of the Council's Department's entire inventory) I was curious to see what the Amiga BIOS date went up to - 2099! I'll be long gone! Edited December 22, 2018 by swarfendor437 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Cyclone   10 #5 Posted December 23, 2018 There were no real issues with home computers anyway, the issues were with software running on older system (mainframes commonly) where the year was stored as 2 digits. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
swarfendor437 Â Â 14 #6 Posted December 23, 2018 Here's an interesting read if you have the time and the inclination - the next bug is 2038; interesting that it's the same year that Alexa predicted the end of the world! Â https://it.slashdot.org/story/17/06/15/2047244/trump-orders-government-to-stop-work-on-y2k-bug-17-years-later Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
the_bloke   17 #7 Posted December 29, 2018 I was working on a short contract doing Y2K work in 1998 for a well known builders merchant, as part of a thank you for doing the work (which didn't uncover anything serious that wasn't fixed with patches/replacement) I was gifted a rather sexy desk clock with both an analogue and digital display that displayed the date. It wasn't Y2K compliant and as soon as it hit 2000 the date rolled back to 1970 even though it was four digits.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
DeZeus   11 #8 Posted January 2, 2019 Lol...what a lovely present... Maybe they hadn't thought that one through else maybe they got it cheap from....in China?   I personally never had any involvement with Amiga's, but I did like my Atari ST, which I still retain. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
swarfendor437 Â Â 14 #9 Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) On 1/2/2019 at 2:13 PM, DeZeus said: Lol...what a lovely present... Maybe they hadn't thought that one through else maybe they got it cheap from....in China? Â Â I personally never had any involvement with Amiga's, but I did like my Atari ST, which I still retain. I never bothered with the keyboard variety - I was determined to get a box proper - Amiga 1500, 1 Mb of onboard RAM, 2 amiga floppy disks - later upgraded it with 2 Mb Zip RAM on Oktagon SCSI controller with 1 Gb SCSI hard drive - it booted quicker than my AMD 400 rig with 128 Mb RAM. And shut down time? The time it takes to reach to the back of the box and use the rocker switch. Perfick! Edited January 4, 2019 by swarfendor437 typo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
