IBM WORKPADC3 manual Year 2000 Readiness and Instructions

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Year 2000 Readiness and Instructions

A product is Year 2000 Ready if the product, when used in accordance with its associ- ated documentation, is capable of correctly processing, providing and/or receiving date data within and between the 20th and 21st centuries (the years 1999 and 2000), provided all other products (for example, software, hardware, and firmware) used with the prod- uct properly exchange date data with it.

This IBM hardware product has been designed to process four-digit date information correctly within and between the 20th and 21st centuries (the years 1999 and 2000). If your IBM computer is on when the century changes (the year changes to 2000), you should turn it off and then back on again once, or restart the operating system, to ensure that the internal clock resets itself for the year 2000. The date and time utilities for the IBM WorkPad platform use 32 bits to store seconds, starting at January 1, 1904. This ap- proach allows the correct representation of dates up to 6:28:15 A.M. on February 6, 2040. Provided the product is still being sold, IBM will make software enhancements to re- move this limitation to the IBM WorkPad platform well in advance of this date.

This IBM PC product cannot prevent errors that might occur if software you use or ex- change data with is not ready for the Year 2000. IBM software that comes with this prod- uct is Year 2000 Ready. However, software from other companies might come with this IBM PC product. IBM cannot take responsibility for the readiness of that software.

You should contact the software developers directly if you wish to verify readiness, un- derstand limitations, or look for any software updates.

To learn more about IBM products and the Year 2000, visit our Web site at http://www.pc.ibm.com/year2000.

The information and tools there can help you with your Year 2000 transition plan, espe- cially if you have multiple IBM PCs. IBM encourages you to check periodically for up- dated information.

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