Y2K

The Y2K problem affects almost every computer system in some way. Because of the age we live in, it is safe to assume that Society rely on computers to a large degree The problem started out innocently enough. Well intentioned programmers using two digits to represent the year instead of four. Using the full four digits would have expanded the date field by one third at a time when memory was very expensive. The …

…common for programmers testing and debugging their systems. The date was used because it was an invalid future date, but could cause problems once the date becomes valid. , and Old micro computers will be the hardest hit. Most PCs track their dates in BIOS. Pre-1997 PCs will need to have their BIOS replaced or risk faulty dates and lock-ups. Even with BIOS fixed, many DOS systems will return to an error date of 1/1/80 on January 1, 2000.