9/9/99 is the end of Unix time. Unix has a counter that counts seconds
since it was first started I don't know how many years ago. on 9/9/99 the
size alloted for the counter will be filled and unix will stop (assuming
it was never upgraded to fix this problem.
James Nazarian
'71 B roadster
'74 BGT bastardization with big aluminum heart :)
'63 Buick 215 cubic inch 'heart'
On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Dave Houser wrote:
> Friends,
> As I sign off tonite, I'm reminded that my birthday tomorrow has a
> special meaning in the old computer code leading to possible Y2K probs.
> At 9/9/99, programs were scheduled to stop. Is this so?
> Thanks goodness, there's no chips in my MGs.
> Cheers,
> Dave Houser
>
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