10 Sep
2001
10 Sep
'01
9:36 a.m.
While IBM, HP, Dec, Intel, Microsoft, and a cast of thousands have
been duking it out for the past 31-3/4 years, UNIX time() (ref: man 3 time)
has been steadily plodding along and has quietly ticked past 1 billion seconds
within the last day or so.
10 Sep
10 Sep
10:32 a.m.
Re:
While IBM, HP, Dec, Intel, Microsoft, and a cast of
thousands have
been duking it out for the past 31-3/4 years, UNIX time() (ref: man 3 time)
has been steadily plodding along and has quietly ticked past 1 billion seconds
within the last day or so.
and, some programs/products have died/aborted/fouled up because
the # of seconds now takes 10 digits to represent instead of 9!
(Sigh)
Stan Sieler sieler(a)allegro.com
www.allegro.com/sieler/wanted/index.html www.allegro.com/sieler
12:27 p.m.
On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Stan Sieler wrote:
programs/products have died/aborted/fouled up because the # of seconds
now takes 10 digits to represent instead of 9!
So... what are the most outstanding examples of classic systems whose
timekeeping mechanisms have withstood the passage of time (including any
that would have if they were still running today)?
--
Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)subatomix.com
4:51 p.m.
On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 07:27:53PM -0500, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
So... what are the most outstanding examples of
classic systems whose
timekeeping mechanisms have withstood the passage of time (including any
that would have if they were still running today)?
Speaking of which, does anybody have URL/info on the rumor I keep hearing
of an OpenVMS system with a TEN YEAR uptime back in the 80s?
Bill
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Bill Bradford
mrbill(a)mrbill.net
Austin, TX
11 Sep
11 Sep
5:58 a.m.
So... what are
the most outstanding examples of classic systems whose
timekeeping mechanisms have withstood the passage of time (including any
that would have if they were still running today)?
Speaking of which, does anybody have URL/info on the rumor I keep hearing
of an OpenVMS system with a TEN YEAR uptime back in the 80s? 
7 a.m.
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10 Sep
10 Sep
12:24 p.m.
Excellent!
Peace... Sridhar
On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Lance Costanzo wrote:
While IBM, HP, Dec, Intel, Microsoft, and a cast of
thousands have
been duking it out for the past 31-3/4 years, UNIX time() (ref: man 3 time)
has been steadily plodding along and has quietly ticked past 1 billion seconds
within the last day or so.
11 Sep
11 Sep
3:43 p.m.
Lance Costanzo skrev:
While IBM, HP, Dec, Intel, Microsoft, and a cast of
thousands have
been duking it out for the past 31-3/4 years, UNIX time() (ref: man 3 time)
has been steadily plodding along and has quietly ticked past 1 billion
seconds within the last day or so.
So, what other epochs are there for us to celebrate?
The Amiga's timekeeping routine starts AFAIK at 1978 (which is a lot of time
before the Amiga was actually made. Could it be intended to coincide with the
invention of the PET or another C= micro?).
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