heh Yep - I hardly know where my head is from day to day ;-)

Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: L. A. Barnes <[log in to unmask]>
To: william l brandt <[log in to unmask]>
Cc: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 12:11
Subject: Re: Don & Micro XE; free old classic stuff


>If you set the date to Jan 31, 1999 and it flipped over, you've got
trouble!
>Don't you mean Dec. 31, 1999?
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>william l brandt wrote:
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>> Don - finally a question I feel comfortable answering. it is probably the
HP
>> 3000 Series 37, internal code name 'Mighty Mouse". It was pretty small as
I
>> recall. Someone else was asking if MPE V-E was Y2K compliant; our version
>> certainly wasn't - the OS wouldn't boot to Jan 1 2000 - but here's the
>> interesting thing - a friend of mine experimented and set it to Jan 31,
1999
>> and it **did** flip over. So I guess if you never had a power failure and
>> never had to power down you could use V-E into the bext millenium!
>>
>> I know offering free classic stuff is like trying to give coals to
>> Newcastle, but I did call HP with our list of recyclable stuff to pick up
>> and if anyone would like processor boards (42), ADCCs, heck, even an ET
>> terminal (you pay shipping ;-) ) - well, email me.
>>
>> Still learning about out 917 which is a true mighty mouse. Had a strange
>> thing last night - it's a 917LX which I believe limits you to 8 sessions
>> and/or jobs and it wouldn't let me log on last night with 2 heavy jobs
>> running. Only 2 sessions were running.
>>
>> But I continue to be amazed by the throughput of this thing. I think it
is
>> even better than the old Series 70.
>>
>> Bill
>> William L. Brandt
>> Sacramento, CA USA
>> 1986 300E
>> 1986  MR2
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