Now you have tested your PC, and possibly found that it is not Year 2000 compliant, what can you do? In April 1997, Fernlink began shipping a unique and much-needed hardware product for PC's THE MILLENNIUM BIOS BOARD(TM). This board has been specifically designed to fix the hardware "bug" which causes the date function in many existing PC's, to:- "Hang" completely as it changes to 1st January, 2000, or Revert to 1st January, 1980, (OR EVEN A RANDOM YEAR!) For end users and IT Managers alike, the MILLENNIUM BIOS BOARD gives 100% peace of mind. It is a permanent "fix" for their hardware, whereas the only other options, until now, were to discard the PC prior to the year 2000, or install a software fix on the hard disk which stands a good chance of being deleted or overwritten before 2000 arrives! Also, if a non-compliant PC is replaced by a new, compliant PC, the next owner would simply inherit the same problem. THE MILLENNIUM BIOS BOARD(TM) is manufactured exclusively in the UK with embedded software from AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. (makers of the world famous AMIBIOS) It works with all correctly constructed PC BIOSs, not just those from AMI. The Fernlink MILLENNIUM BIOS BOARD(TM) is simple to install, even for the inexperienced, non-technical user. The package includes clear concise instructions, and is as simple as a video card to install. The card fits into any spare 8 or 16 bit ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) Expansion Bus Slot. The software installs itself into the first available area for BIOS extensions in the Upper Memory Blocks, with a set of jumpers on the Board to allow the end user to adjust the position in memory should this be desirable. With the Fernlink MILLENNIUM BIOS BOARD the end user can simply: * Insert the board in the expansion bus of their PC, * Affix the sticker provided to the front of the machine declaring "Hardware Millennium Compliant" * FORGET the problem !!! An additional, permanent, reminder to the user is the following on-screen message shown at boot-up:- "Millennium BIOS Board Installed". Of course, it would be possible to produce a software-only fix for this problem, but this software, once loaded, would have to reside on a hard disk drive, and which IT Manager would be confident that this software "fix" would remain on the hard disk up to and beyond the year 2000? Re-formatting the hard disk, upgrading the hard disk, installing new (as yet unwritten) software, could all be ways of invalidating or corrupting the software "fix". The Suggested Selling Price for the MILLENNIUM BIOS BOARD(TM) is only: £59.99 ex VAT (£ is pounds sterling) £70.49 inc VAT. CALL FERNLINK or Implement FOR QUANTITY DISCOUNTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fernlink: Telephone 44 (0)1202 522324 Fax 44 (0)102 522745 email FERNLINK@ol.com Implement: Telephone 44 (0)1442 251534 Fax 44 (0)1442 213226 email msapsard@implement.co.uk **************** * NEW PRODUCTS * **************** Due in OCTOBER 1997, F2000 PRO - the Professional version of this software, containing all the features of this free software plus all the additions you could want: Independent of the target PC operating system, Works only from a floppy drive, Checks for virus contamination of the boot floppy disk, Uses no target PC resources other than cpu, memory & FDD, Will not write to any hard drive, Will not clash with any other software, Will not cause hard disk corruption, Will not create network connections, CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE **************** * NEW PRODUCTS * **************** F2000 PRO - continued Allows entry of asset description, Allows entry of asset location, Allows entry of asset ID, Records detectable BIOS and BIOS date information, Tests and record CMOS, BIOS, and DOS responses for all tests, Checks whether the target PC can reliably hold dates if set to 01/01/2000 or later, Checks whether the target PC can "Roll over" if switched OFF, Checks whether the target PC can "Roll over" if switched ON, Checks whether the target PC can handle Leap Years correctly, specifically 2000, 2001, 2004, 2100 **************** * NEW PRODUCTS * **************** The F2000 PRO software has an additional module - the ANALYSIS MANAGER This allows the most intricate analysis of the results from the PRO software. As the PRO software can test unlimited numbers of PCs, this extra module allows detailed collation, analysis, and presentation of all the results gathered. You can then decide and track what you wish to do with each PC. **************** * NEW PRODUCTS * **************** MCA version of the MILLENNIUM BIOS BOARD(TM) - first quarter of 1998. PCMCIA version of the MILLENNIUM BIOS BOARD(TM) - as above. (Filedate 23/SEP/1997)