> >VCR SETTING: > >If your VCR has a year setting on it, which > >most do, you will not be able to use the programmed > >recording feature after 12/31/99. > > > >Don't throw it away. Instead, set it for the year 1977 (the days are > >the same as the year 2000.) > >The manufacturers won't tell you. > >They want you to buy a new Y2K VCR. Pass this along to allyour friends. Good trick. However, I think 2000 is a leap year, which 1977 was not. Our Yellow Pages lists 2000 being the same as 1972, but I haven't researched it further. ---------------------------------- Lawrence Becker, RPT College-Conservatory of Music University of Cincinnati ----------------------------------
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