Jan.04,1980

[John M. Formsma]

I think someone may have mentioned this already--if so, forgive me for
cluttering up the list with it.

Computers have replaceable BIOS chips which control the date problem
mentioned below.  There are companies that sell new BIOS chips, which are
rather easy to replace.  When I checked a couple of years ago, I think they
were around $30, but they might be cheaper than that now.  Rather than
junking an older computer, it might make financial sense to replace the
BIOS.

I might have to do this with my sister's 486, so I can post what I find to
the list if anyone wants that info.  You should be able to go to any search
engine and enter in "BIOS" to find those companies who sell them.

John Formsma
Blue Mountain, MS



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
Of Rodney Pritchett
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2000 10:20 PM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: Re: Jan.04,1980




Ron Berry wrote:

> My newer computers did fine but the 486 had to be told it was 2000.

And my new computers, both pentiums, had the date as Jan. 4, 1980, while my
486 had Jan. 1, 2000.  So go figure. . . I guess that kind of thing is why
we say ymmv.

Rodney Pritchett
Marietta, GA