[Tfug] IBM 5100

[Brian Murphy]

Quoting sitkaa at email.arizona.edu:
> This post is in relation to a previous post, one that appears not to 
> have made
> it thru the TFUG server, perhaps because of an attachment.
>
> What started this path was a comment on the 32 bit time stamp problem
> coming up
> in 2038. The move to 64 bit is expected to make the limitation moot. However,
> some computers will neccessarily still be operating at 32 bit, if for 
> no other
> reason than migrating the code is gonna be put off until too late. A scenario
> for this to be the case is referred to. (see www.johntitor.com for the full
> scenario - a rather far-out website)
>
> The IBM 5100 has be hypothesized as being able to translate the "legacy
> code". I
> am curious what y'all think of this.


meh.  I think the problem doesn't matter.  Ask again in 25 years.

Brian

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