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To: John Mansfield who wrote (8633)1/8/1998 2:15:00 PM
From: John Mansfield  Read Replies (2) of 31646
 
Y2K-EMBEDDED - the local General Electric plant in Salem, Va had to shut down for an extra week'

Found on C.S.Y2K; thanks to Ron Rogers.

This will happen more often in 1998; it will increase awareness about embedded y2k problems.

Regards,

John

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>Our local NBC affiliate, WSLS, Channel 10 in Roanoke, Virginia, reported this
>evening that the local General Electric plant in Salem, Va had to shut down for
>an extra week because of computer problems (after at least a week -- maybe two
>--off for the holidays). The problem was related to upgrades of production
>floor computers to take care of the year 2000 problem. Workers were told they
>could apply for unemployment for the extra week off.

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