Re: hwclock

[Jan M.Dziewulski <jan@dziewulski.com>]

--On Friday, June 09 2000, 09:52:02 Michael Schmitz schmitz@opal.biophys.uni-
duesseldorf.de wrote:

>> AFAIK, macs don't have a y2k problem. And even on an SE/30, I think the 
>clock 
>> should last until 2038 or so. I can't remember when they switched from 
>32bits 
>> to 64bits...
>
>They don't, neither had Unix (1970 -> 203x, Mac starts with 1972 IIRC).
>That's all 32 bits, 64 bits will literally last forever, or until the
>world ends, whichever comes first.

32bits will only last until 2038 or so. That means there IS a problem. OTOH, 
if the SE/30 uses 64bits, then that's fine.

 -Jan

PS. The world will end far before the 64bit end. :)