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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues
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To: John Mansfield who wrote (750)12/21/1997 1:01:00 PM
From: John Mansfield   of 9818
 
Y2K-EMBEDDED - C.S.Y2K "Building Death"

Found on C.S.Y2K

Interesting and very detailed description of embedded systems in buildings, and possible y2k problems in them. Thanks to Harlan Smith, Blake Allan.

It is a long posting, so I present only someparagraphs. Search fo
' "Embedded Systems" in Buildings' in www.dejanews.com; posting:

Subject: "Embedded Systems" in Buildings
From: "Harlan Smith" <hwsmith.nowhere@cris.com>
Date: 1997/12/15
Message-ID: <01bd09ad$a8f591a0$2642adce@CRC3.concentric.net>
Newsgroups: comp.software.year-2000

John
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'I have been given permission to share the following dialog with you
regarding the Y2K remediaton of "embedded systems" in buildings.

Other relevant terms are "HVAC" (Heating Ventialting and Air Conditioning) and IBC (Intelligent Building Control).
...
Blake Allan:

'I am going to describe an embedded system using an example of a system that I have been involved with since installation a few years ago. This system controls Heating Ventilation and Air-conditioning (HVAC) in an industrial office warehouse facility. This is typical of probably thousands of similar facilities worldwide.'

<then follows a detailed description of how these systems functions, and the y2k problems in them - JM>
....
>>This just boggles my mind.
I'm thinking of a coining a new expression here "Building Death".<<
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