Xref: utzoo unix-pc.general:6696 comp.sys.att:11044 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!uunet!shelby!apple!portal!cup.portal.com!thad From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att Subject: Re: Mondo Combo Card *opinions* [was: Re: SCSI for 3b1: myth or Message-ID: <36499@cup.portal.com> Date: 3 Dec 90 21:28:01 GMT References: <1990Nov9.045731.20756@yenta.alb.nm.us><1990Nov16.063841.26139@ cbnews.att.com> <1329@icus.ICUS.COM><36444@cup.portal.com> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 26 ryan@berlin-gw.diag.stratus.com (Dan Guilderson) in writes: >In article <36444@cup.portal.com> thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes: > > As I keep telling people, there is still considerable life in the 3B1, and > I expect mine to be still operating 'til at least 2000 A.D. > >Won't the unix-pc die after 1999? :-) > >When I powered up my system, it prompted me for the date and time and >only allowed a year between 84-99!! Time is quickly running out! Naw! The menu choices for year in the UA menus is simply an ASCII file for which additional values can be edited-in. The "internal" UNIX date&time can go out way beyond 2000 A.D. Already, in 1990, I'm seeing UNIX systems whose "date" program permits the specification of a 4-digit year; this will be ALL that's required to re-invent for the 3B1 sometime during the next 10 years. If you'll note (by typing date) , the present ctime() already produces a 4-digit year, so there's no problem there. Thad Floryan [ thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad ]