Re: Weird IIgs Rom 01 bug

[Gust L Friedemann <gf@tx0.org>]

Jayson Smith wrote:
> Wow, I just came upon this old message I posted years ago. I just tested 
> this on my ROM 3, and the same thing holds. But have no fear! If there are 
> still any Apple IIgs's in the hands of collectors ticking away in the year 
> 2040, you can keep the clocks right! Just set them back twenty-eight years, 
> to 2012. The year won't be right, but everything else, including weekdays 
> and leap year information, will. And, if there are still any IIgs's ticking 
> away in 2068 when those that got set back once before would again hit the 
> 2040 rollover, just set them back to 2012 again! It's not quite that easy in 
> 2096, because 2100 isn't a leap year.
> Jayson

See, this was *really* the event that the Aztecs saw...