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From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Subject: Re: Fwd: Linux on a small memory PC
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Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
> By the way, I wonder whether anyone decided to store year data in
> binary format as a signed 8-bit value where 0 = 1900? If so, some
> software might find itself back in the 18th century come 2028.

Oh, err 20th century actually (-0 = 1900).

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