DIAMOND MULTIMEDIA and the Year 2000
Why is the Year 2000 issue significant?
Whereas people see time as an endless continuum, computers
and many applications record time and dates as just another number. As time progresses,
the time number gets bigger. So a future date is always larger than a past date. However,
many computer and software systems have been tracking and storing dates represented by
only two digit years (e.g., 96 versus 1996). Without the century digits the last day of
this millennium will be 99-12-31, and after the stroke of midnight many computers and
programs will see January 1, 2000, as 00-01-01; which is a smaller number than the day
before. Time will appear to have reversed causing miscalculations and inaccurate
information to be reported.
What is "Year 2000 compliance"?
Year 2000 compliance is a term that indicates the way
computers should perform before, during, and after the millennium rollover from 1999 to
2000.
Are Diamond's products Year 2000 compliant?
Yes, all of Diamond's Products are Year 2000 compliant. The
issue really revolves around computer system level BIOS, and not add-on cards or their
drivers.
Are the software applications bundled with Diamond's
products Year 2000 Compatible?
Diamond Multimedia cannot guarantee that each and every
application ever bundled with one of our products is Year 2000 Compliant. If you have any
concerns, please contact the manufacturer of the application(s) for an update.
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