There were a number of machines which would not roll over into 2k, and it took a new BIOS chip to upgrade them. I changed mine out, to the tune of about $80, then reflashed it using the floppy disk they had sent, a scary operation for a relative newby. Not sure what happened to that floppy disk, but I was afraid to even leave it close to the pc ; )
lol! the good ol days!
When I first got online, sometimes software programs would conflict with each other, and a pop-up box would say "this computer has performed an illegal operation, and will be shut down". The first time I saw that it flipped me out, I shut down the PC, unplugged the phone, shut off the lights, and set there waiting for the FBI to come knocking on the door.
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