Apple Inc. says Apple II OK w/year 2000

[adrissmn@gopher.science.wayne.edu (Avi Drissman)]

This _is_ getting rather sad when I jump when Apple mentions the Apple II,
but see

<http://product.info.apple.com/pr/letters/1997/961210.pr.ltrs.macos2000.html>

Here's the relevant part:

Before introducing the Macintosh, Apple delivered several models of the
Apple
               II computer, a number of which are still in use today. The
ability of Apple II
               computers to handle dates after the year 2000 vary by
model. For example, an
               Apple IIgs, running System 6.0 or later and GS-specific
software, should have
               no problems with dates beyond the year 2000; whereas users
of an Apple IIgs
               systems running 8-bit applications will need to load ProDOS
8 Version 2.0 or
               later to ensure that the applications continue to handle
those dates correctly. The
               Apple II, II+, IIe, IIc, and IIc+ do not have a system
clock, but third-party
               clocks are available that can correctly handle the year
2000 and beyond.

I'm sure that this is nothing new to everyone here, but it's good for the
people who never dropped by or who were scared away by the flamage.

Avi

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