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Internet Week: Y2K Fix Overrides Outdated PCs

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 8, 1998

The About Time Group, an Atlanta start-up, has introduced PCfix
2000, a software fix for PCs that fail Y2K tests.

The software works each time a PC boots up, intercepting the
date from the CMOS clock and passing it on to the BIOS and
operating system.

It works with DOS, OS/2, Windows 3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98,
as well as Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0. Unix and Linux versions are
being considered.

Now why do I feel that the __demand__ for a Linux version is
really starting to build up? 🙂

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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