Every mac ever made is Y2K ready. If you have a mac, don't sweat it. Most PC's
factory loaded with
Win98 are ready. Win95-It depends on the manufacturer. Pre-Win95 probably not.
In any case it can't hurt your hardware. Avoid doing business
transactions(cash is cool) on gotcha dates.
Dr. Pat
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>From: JT McBride <mcbride@abac.com>
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: Re: DML: RE: *NON-DAK* Y2K
>Date: Wed, Jan 6, 1999, 8:21 AM
>
>>Whats this 9999 stuff Ive been hearing about? Anyone heard anything? On
>>9-09-99 the comps may shut off then to? Whatever!
>
>Hi Eric -
> There are several dates that are potential gotchas this year, and
>for several decades after >>1900<<(sic). September 9, 1999 is one, because
>all the date fields will be nines, and some silly programmer may have set
>that up as an error flag [Weīre talking COBOL programmers, after all].
> Itīs quite likely that a whole rash of accounting failures will
>crop up on April Foolīs Day, because a lot of companies will start fiscal
>year 2000 then. And interesting things may happen on August 21-22nd when
>the GPS system has itīs week-rollover (BTW, the GPS satellites broadcast
>time, which is used instead of the WWV signal some places where HF
>reception is poor).
> I think 2038 is the UNIX date rollover.
> A lot of the quick fixes being applied today will expire in 2049,
>when ī50 (and above) can no longer be interpreted as 1950 (to 1999).
>
> I donīt think itīd be a bad move to buy computer stocks, as a lot
>of older machines that are not Y2K-compliant will be getting replaced soon.
>Already happening, but the pace will pick up over the next few months as
>more and more systems are tested.
>
>Jim
>ī93 4x4 CC V8
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