Date   : Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:20:20 -0000
From   : John Simpson <Simpson.J@...>
Subject: Re: Warning: BBC Master not Y19C compliant

On Friday, January 21, 2000 9:12 AM, Fraser, Colin J
[SMTP:Colin.Fraser@...] wrote:
> Found a fault in the Master OS last night.
> It incorrectly believes the year 1900 to be a leap year.
> 
> This should mean I can render the OS Y2K compliant by replacing a '19' in
> the rom with a '20' - assuming the date is stored as 2 digits, and TIME$
> always prepends the 19.
> Anyone know whereabouts I'll find this ?
> 
> Colin f

There is a patch to do just what you describe somewhere on the net. I think
that The BBC Lives! has a link to it.

john