Although I said:
> To my knowledge (at least on StarMax machine), Network card doesn't
> work if the date is set too away old.

After I wrote above, I remember it was not on StarMax but was on iBook.
Hitting F2 so many times resets system date to the year of 1904 etc.

emanuel> THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED !

But it should be also true on StarMax,

emanuel> THANKS !
You are welcome.
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Makoto Fujiwara, (Chiba Japan)
http://www.ki.nu/software/NetBSD/iBook2/