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5th April 2019, 09:52 AM
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Sat Navs. Etc.
Tomorrow the timing system on older satnavs rolls over, suppliers are unsure what affect the time rollover we'll have on the electronics.
Vic
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5th April 2019, 10:13 AM
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Re: Sat Navs. Etc.
Vic, good job it’s not a leap year to further aggravate the problem of not knowing. Remember something similar at the turn of the century when all computer systems were supposed to run amok . What happened ? Zilch. JS
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6th April 2019, 06:03 AM
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Re: Sat Navs. Etc.
There has been some talk here of a Y2000 happening again as a result of this.
But as one guy pointed out the Y2000 never happened.


Happy daze John in Oz.
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