> Before worrying about Y2K issues, I would try to find out what a
> SPARCbook uses to preserve PROM-level settings - the analog of the
> NVRAM on a desktop - and get a replacement, or do (the analog of) the
> add-your-own-battery trick that works so well for desktop machines with
> flat NVRAM batteries.

i think so too, the easiest way is to check if the NVRAM is dead.
Check if your NICs MAC Address is a valid number. Not FFFFFFFFFF or
000000000 or something like this.

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