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Re: Y2K Prodos or GS/OS Patch
- Subject: Re: Y2K Prodos or GS/OS Patch
- From: supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)
- Date: 2000/01/28
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
- References: <Tq5k4.125$dx4.10624506@alpha.sky.net>
jmholmes@swbell.net (John) wrote:
>Didn't I read something on here about some kind of patch that would be
>good to install on a ProDOS or GS/OS machine back before the big Y2K scare??
>:) Just curious since I can't find the posting in my archives but could swear
>that I saw something to that effect.
GS/OS is Y2K compliant, luckily. The IIGS' clock routines expire
on January 1, 2040. Run the clock forward and take a look. ;-)
ProDOS is a different story. I don't know the full story, but I think
ProDOS 8 sometimes thinks 00 is either NO DATE or that 00 is
before 99.