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- Date2000 and Test2000 Date Correction Utilities Release Notes
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- Copyright (C) 1996,97 SchoolHouse Computers Limited
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- Test2000
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- Test2000 is a short test that will check the integrety of a PC's internal
- date system. Test2000 works by running from a bootable floppy disk.
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- To create a bootable floppy diskette that can be used to test any PC's
- internal date for the year 2000 problem:
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- * Place a write ENABLED floppy diskette in drive A:
- * Log to the directory on your hard drive where T2000FP.EXE and
- CRBOOT.BAT exist and type 'CRBOOT A:', like so:
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- C:\> cd\xxxxx
- C:\xxxx> CRBOOT A:
- * Wait while the Test2000 diskette is created.
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- BE WARNED: This will overwrite any data that is on the floppy diskette.
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- Once the diskette is created, turn the PC off, place the Test2000 disk in
- drive A, and turn on the PC. this will start the Test2000 software.
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- Test2000 will then run a series of tests on the PC's date system - just
- follow the intructions on the screen. After the tests have completed,
- Test2000 will suggest a course of action to fix any problems it found.
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- You are free to copy and use Test2000 in any way you see fit.
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- Date2000
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- A simple Setup program is supplied to install Date2000, but essentially,
- all it does is to copy the Date2000 programs onto the hard drive and place
- two lines at the top of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Whenever the PC boots, two
- messages are displayed to confirm that the Date2000 software is running;
- first DATE2000.EXE introduces itself and shows the status of the internal
- date, and then TSR2000.COM announces that it has been installed.
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- To install Date2000, log to the directory where DATE2000.EXE exists and
- type 'SETUP'. Follow the intructions on the screen, noting that you have the
- option of installing the boot or the real-time software. These are
- Date2000.EXE and TSR2000.ESE respectively. Test2000 will tell you which needs
- to be installed on your PC.
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- DATE2000.EXE is a non-memory resident program that checks and, if necessary,
- corrects that internal date at boot time.
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- TSR2000.COM is a memory resident program that takes just over 330 bytes in
- RAM, and adds very little overhead to the PC. It corrects the date in the
- case when the PC is running at the time of the flip to the year 2000.
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- The Date2000 software (DATE2000.EXE and TSR2000.COM) is FREE FOR PERSONAL
- USE ONLY. Business licensing agreements are available. Telephone us on
- (44) 1283 551509 in the UK for details, or visit our web site at
- http://www.schoolhs.demon.co.uk. If you prefer, you can e-mail us at
- date2000@schoolhs.demon.co.uk, and please make your subject text
- 'Licence Enquiry'.
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- We strongly suggest that you thoroughly test Date2000 with your existing
- software to find out if there is a compatibilty problem, as we cannot
- take any responsibility for the behaviour of Date2000 when other software
- runs alongside it.
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