Re: Early Apple II games

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Gondolin Remailer writes ...
> 
> (I think this got losted, so I'm trying it again.  Has to do with a
> SerialPro card if you don't remember the original thread)
> 
> Rubywand opined:
> 
> <<Me neither. Usually, Y2k problems seem to relate less to hardware and
> more to the way system and application software uses the information it
> gets from a clock chip or board.>>
> 
> Hmmmm....I personally would consider a clock chip or board HARDWARE.
 ....

     Well, yes. If a chip or board screws up when we hit the next millenium, then
that's that. Have you heard that any dedicated clock/calendar chips or boards used
in Apple II's is going to bomb?



> We've got a couple of options as far as i can see, and one she'll do now
> as far as I'm concerned:  update to ProDOS 2.0.3 and run PDCLOCKUP (I saw
> it on the Trenco site), and/or 2 wait another couple of months and see
> what happens.  :)
 ....

     The software which accesses the clock hardware does seem to be where the main
trouble is.



Rubywand