Sam,

IF (and that's a big if) she is only doing word-processing and web surfing,
then Y2K will not pose a problem for her.  Of course, her system's calendar
will most likely have problems, but that won't prevent her from typing a
letter and printing it.

It's unfortunate, but television news shows always over dramatize even the
most trivial of stories just to entice you to tune in again tomorrow.  This
compulsive need to sensationalize tends to blow everything way out of
proportion.  Some TV reporters very clearly demonstrated their total lack of
knowledge by calling it the "Y2K BUG".

A "non-Y2K" computer will not blow up or melt down at the turn of the
century.  Nor will it defrost your freezer in the middle of the night and
erase all your video tapes.  It will just be confused about what year it is.
In certain circumstances, it will not be able to tell whether it is the year
2000 or the year 1900, that's all.

To give you some examples:
If you ask it for the date, it will display 02/07/00 which for many purposes
is fine -- February 07, (but 1900 not 2000).
If you ask it how many days are there between 12/15/99 and 01/15/00....
NOW it will be confused.  It will think that the starting date is 99 years
beyond the ending date.
If you ask it how many days are there between 12/15/1999 and 01/15/2000, it
may --- depending on the software --- be able to give you a correct answer,
because you specified the complete 4 digit year.

Oh... and leap years will be wrong.  But, again, if she is just banging out
a letter or surfing the web..... what difference is it if it's a leap year
or not?

Jim Meagher
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From: Lonranger <[log in to unmask]>

> Dear Fellow Listies:
>
> I know this topic has been posted before, but do not recall the answer to
> it.  I am a computer consultant in Calgary, Canada and a client of mine
has
> recently had a system crash.  She was running Win95 but because of her
lack
> of knowledge of computers and fear of crashes and things, she has decided
> to go back to
> Dos/Win 3.xx as she is only running a 386 processor.
>
> What I need to know is this:  Is Dos and Windows 3.xx Y2K and will she
have
> any problems getting through to the next year and if so, what could she
> possibly experience.  She is only doing basic word processing and some
surfing.
>
> Any and all help is appreciated.
>
> TIA
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
>
> Sam Reiner
> a.k.a. Lonranger
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