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There are many PC related problems associated with the coming
of the new century. One of the main issues is that, until recently, many
of the motherboard BIOS produced would not properly handle the calendar
update that will occur at midnight on the last day of the year 1999. The
result of this limitation is that the motherboard BIOS will revert to the
default date stored within its firmware. This could be any date. One thing
is certain, it won't be the right one. This may cause some software to
crash. At the very least, every record created until the system calendar
is corrected will carry the wrong date information.
Sales receipts, archived data, electronic transactions,
patient records, data files, all contain critical information that requires
accurate date tracking. All will carry erroneous dates if created or modified
after the end of 1999 on a system with a BIOS that will not roll over into
the year 2000. Unless, of course, there is a technician standing by at
the stroke of midnight, December 31, 1999 to reset the calendar of each
PC that can't do so on its own.
With Micro Century 2000's Centurion card, there is no longer
any need for concern about whether or not a system will continue with the
proper date into the new millennium, IT WILL. The Centurion will allow
any IBM compatible personal computer with a BIOS that does not handle the
transition into the year 2000 to continue maintaining an accurate calendar.
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With its on board clock and internal lithium battery, the
Centurion will continue to keep the date and time accurately for up to
30 years, 10 years without external power. This ensures that Centurion
will be waiting, ready to update the system calendar when it's needed.
In addition, the Centurion is hardware, making it impervious to circumstances
that might adversely affect software corrections for the year 2000 BIOS
limitation. Things such as viruses or the incorrect modification of autoexec.bat
or config.sys files during a software installation or upgrade.
Unlike a replacement for a motherboard BIOS which must be
matched to the motherboard and keyboard controller,
the Micro Century 2000 Centurion will work on any IBM compatible motherboard.
All that is required is an available 8-bit ISA or EISA bus slot.
The Centurion is easy to configure and install. There are
only three jumpers to set. These control the selection of the primary or
alternate I/O address and one of four possible ROM addresses. The compact
design of the half-height, 8-bit adapter ensures that there will be no
difficulty in making room for the Centurion in a PC.
Once installed, setting or changing the time and date
for the Centurion is accomplished by a single command. This will execute
a DOS based file that will copy the time and date from the motherboard
Real Time Clock.
Micro Century 2000's freeware utility will test your system
for Year 2000 compatibility and problems computers may have in the coming
leap years. This software is freeware. Please download and distribute it
to anyone who may have the Year 2000 problem with their PC's. Check out
our test area for information on how our
software tests your system for Year 2000 compliance, and to download
our free software.
Note:
The Micro Century 2000 Centurion is designed
to fix the hardware aspect of the Year 2000 problem. Micro Century 2000
recommends that date sensitive software and applications should STILL be
updated for Year 2000 compliancy. We offer a FULL Year 2000 compliance
package that includes our Centurian card, full software compliance testing,
manufaturer patches to update applications to year 2000 compliance, and
the installation of a software package that will safe guard against non
compliant software applications being executed on the compliant system.
Check our "Products" area for available compliance packages.
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