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Subject: Re: Last two posts I read...
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Date: 13 Apr 91 22:03:00 GMT
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	Rocky in an earlier article writes...

>>    I don't expect the II to last "forever", but the year 2000 isn't
>> unreasonable.

> Maybe this year 2000 date was a set goal for Apple.  Notice that
> Appleworks will not allow a year 2000 date to be entered.
 
	Nahh, I don't think that Apple even thought it was going to last
that long. Way back in 1981-1982, when the Apple /// and Lisa were the
Apple's experiments, the first few versions of ProDOS could only handle
dates from 1981-1984. So when 1984 came rolling around, everyone's clock
reset back to 1981!!!! {Well hey, after the Lisa came out, no one would
in their right mind would by a II, right?}

						- Hal

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