Re: THE CLOCK by Mountain Computer Inc.

[Jonathan Schattke <wizwom@ripco.com>]

Perry Dueck wrote:
> 
> One of my Apple ][ Plus computers came with THE CLOCK by Mountain Computer
> Inc. installed in one of the expansion slots...
> 
> Is this thing Y2K compliant? Not that it really matters to me, but I'm
> just curious if it will be of any use after the end of this year, or if I
> should just drill a hole in the card and hang it on the wall as a
> conversation piece.
> 
> Come to think of it...are any brand clock cards and/or no slot clock chips
> Y2K compliant on the 8 bit Apple II platform?

The question is answered "yes", no matter what.

The clock itself, if it gives a 2 digit or a 4 digit year, is
"compliant", in that it will continue to keep time, as long as it's
battery lasts.

The software for it may or may not be, depending on what it does with a
"00" date: does it window on a reasonable date (1970, 1975, whatever),
or does it assume a "19"?

For old stuff like this, the best way to find out is to try: tell it
that it's date is 5/23/00 or some such, and then see what the date
reads.

Likely outcomes:
	5/23/00		compliant: does not care about century
	5/23/1900	trouble.  Try putting in 5/23/2000
	5/23/2000	compliant: windowed dates
	1/1/1980 (or other fixed day)	non compliant: chip thought it lost power

Have fun.

Jonathan Schattke
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