Re: XyWrite III+

[leslie bialler lb136@xxxxxxxx]

Peregrine@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> I tried this (see below), too, and here's what I got in XyWrite III+ by
> advancing my system date to November 2000. This is a partial directory
> listing, with the file DATETEST created in the simulated year 2000:
>
> DATETEST        9  11-10-100  9:11p
> TESTING       1091  11-05-99  8:47p
> TESTDATE        9  11-10-99  9:10p
> ___________________________________________
>
> So that's a little odd, but tolerable to me. As Leslie advised, the display
> when calling the date in a text file is correct, and reads: 11 10 2000
>

Yep. That's what we were told to expect.

>
> Nothing blew up. All functions within XyWrite seemed unaffected. But when I
> shut off the computer later and went upstairs, aliens had disemboweled my
> ferret. So I will be better prepared for that next time.
>

Aliens? I hardly think so. Clearly this is the work of Budweiser Louie.

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