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To: lkj who wrote (6075)8/13/1999 3:11:00 PM
From: Snowshoe   of 10309
 
>>You are assuming that there is a Y2K problem
in other people's OS, something that I would
disagree.<<

Y2K problems with embedded systems may be because of the chip or the app instead of the OS. For example, I read that Los Angeles (city or county?) law enforcement agencies are junking a bunch of old breath analyzers because the printed output is a six-digit date. This means they have to buy new matchines that hypothetically could be using a 32-bit chip with a COTS RTOS.

BTW, someone in my state figured out how to fix it's machines for Y2K with a 4-dollar replacement chip.
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