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Mon, 26 Apr 1999 21:29:27 -0700
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Re: 286 4 the kids
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Why worry about Y2K on a DOS machine. Just set the date to 1980, and all
will be fine. Who cares about the date stamp on files that are not
compatible with newer computers anyway! Let the kids use it if it serves
some function.

Peter Shkabara
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http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Lab/8342

-----Original Message-----
  I did mean to mention that even if he could get Windows 3.x to run on this
machine, there would not be *any* support from Microsoft for any Y2K issues
encountered.  Thank you for reminding us.

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