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Subject: Re: what VESA/vga *AM* I useing?
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From: floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson)
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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 08:37:34 -0800
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John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> wrote:
>Floyd L. Davidson writes:
>> The only way I know when the switch takes place is when I notice my
>> computer is an hour different than my wall clock.
>
>Same here with the BIOS clock set to UTC.  So what is the advantage of
>setting it to local time and having to change it manually twice a year?

So why would anyone manually change it?

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Floyd L. Davidson                         http://www.apaflo.com/
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)                      floyd@apaflo.com