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Re: three questions about //e
On Sat, 09 Jun 2001 06:12:54 +0200, Linards Ticmanis wrote:
> David Empson wrote:
>
>> (The clock chip actually contains a 32-bit second counter, which is
>> divided down by the system software to produce a calendar date. I don't
>> know what "epoch" is used by the IIgs, but given the evidence it is
>> probably 1/1/1940.)
>
> That would be odd, as most OS manufacturers chose 1 January of the
> year they started implementing.
Yeah but remember the Yanks regarded Pearl Harbour as a disaster so anything
before 1941... :-)
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