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Re: Thunderclock - Y2K Compatible
- Subject: Re: Thunderclock - Y2K Compatible
- From: oaaland@aol.com (O Aaland)
- Date: 2000/01/22
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
- References: <oH7i4.22322$L4.44811033@rmnws01.ce.mediaone.net>
Stephen B. Field writes:
>
>Is the Thunderclock capable of working in the Year 2000?
>I was thinking on bidding on one.
>
>Thanks
>
The Thunderclock does not have any provision for keeping
track of any year data. ProDOS reads the day of the week
and month/date information and calculates the correct year
from an internal table. That is why ProDOS needs to have a
clock patch applied every six years or so.