480p — Y2k

“It’s okay,” she said.

He saved the file to a ZIP disk, then another. He wrote “Y2K SURVIVOR” on a piece of masking tape and stuck it to the external drive. Then he went upstairs, hugged his dad, and drank a plastic cup of flat Sprite. y2k 480p

The monitor went black. Then, with a hum , it rebooted. The POST screen appeared. Memory check. Hard drive detect. And then, the date: Sat, Jan 1, 00:00:01 2000 . “It’s okay,” she said

The chants upstairs erupted into cheers. Horns blared. Champagne corks popped. hugged his dad