Re: Apple IIGS to last another 39 years

[labelas@hotmail.com (Labelas Enoreth)]

AFAIK, the Macs had that same 'bug' up until MacOS 8 introduced the new
date/time format...I remember the lisa had an odd date bug too, but I'm
thinking it only went up to 199x anyway.
But Anyway...do any of us honestly to expect to be using a IIgs in almost
40 years? Why...? It's not as if one could claim they will be even
remotely useful at that point, except as history, and then who cares about
the date bug? Ah well...

> Fellow Apple IIGS users, our IIGSes have crossed the
> Y2K boundary with no problem.  Today, though, I had
> the clock advanced year by year.  Take a look at what
> happens after 2039.
> 
> From 2000, advance the clock:
> 
> 2001
> 2002
> 2003
> .
> .
> .
> 2038
> 2039
> 1940
> 1941
> 
> That's right folks, the Apple IIGS' equivalent of the Y2K
> bug is coming.  In 39 years.  After that, the IIGS is
> history (mid 20th century...1940 history to be precise).
> 
> Can GS/OS or the Toolbox be patched to change this
> rollover?
> 
> On a parallel note, the Y2K fixes for PCs...did they
> just change the Y2K bug into a 2100 bug?