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Re: Railways and the Millennium Bug
- To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
- Subject: Re: Railways and the Millennium Bug
- From: Alex Borodin <alex.borodin@qr.com.au>
- Date: Wed, 06 May 1998 16:25:24 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: QR
- References: <01bd7307$1e85ea60$694c0acb@davibenn.pcug.org.au> <6i610n$d67@metro.usyd.edu.au> <6i67mi$co2$1@news.mel.aone.net.au> <6i6e25$s25@metro.usyd.edu.au> <3547EF22.40EA11DF@qr.com.au> <35480F9E.96DF0413@klever.net.au> <354813AD.3FEE7024@qr.com.au> <6iauaj$mn212@atbhp.corpmel.bhp.com.au> <6ib96h$oaf$1@mirv.unsw.edu.au> <354E91CE.3F29A46C@qr.com.au> <6im531$dg62@atbhp.corpmel.bhp.com.au>
Chris Stratton wrote:
> The original point of the discussion was "the Millenium Bug" and I
> was merely attempting to illuminate the main source of this "bug".
>
> The portion of the BIOS firmware which handles the system clock in
> most PC systems is stored in ROM, as it is an extremely basic
> function.
> --
> I was arguing with Geoff Lambert, not you. I was agreeing with you.
:-) :-) Oh yeah? Well I don't care because I came here to argue
with EVERYBODY! :-) :-)
Cya
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Alex Borodin - Software and Systems Engineer - Queensland Rail
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