When the first computers came about, space was a fairly limited commodity. They used punch cards for memory, and in order to save room, the programmers chose to designate chronological dates with a simple two number variable. The year 1964 would be represented as 64, and so forth. This all worked fine until the end [...]
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BAD COMPUTERS – Y2K
Posted in Bad Computers, tagged Bad Computers, Y2K on December 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
