Re: How to determine the age of a computer ?

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From: Edward
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 15:32

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just check the BIOS date. It's not accurate but it's close enough.

"Skybuck Flying" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> This might seem a strange question:
>
> How to determine the age of a computer ?
>
> It would be cool if a programmer could find out how old a computer is. (
For
> example processor age, or motherboard age )
>
> Down to a few seconds :)
>
> It should not be possible for software/users to change the age... it
should
> be something in the hardware :D
>
> Bye,
>   Skybuck.
>
>

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