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To: harrypolo who wrote (626)2/20/1998 5:12:00 PM
From: Arrow Hd.  Read Replies (1) of 1069
 
The New York Times had an article on the FAA and its antiquated
air traffic control system a few weeks back. It was a scary article
but true. The IBM mainframes that control the towers are 3083s that
are not being tested for Y2K readiness due to the fact that they are
old iron from the early 80s and the skills just arent there plus there
are known microcode problems which are difficult to trouble shoot. So
the recommendation was replace the iron with compliant processors that
are Y2K ready. Problem is that the FAA budget and resources are
committed to other projects which probably come under some kind of
Congressional oversight so what do they do. Cancel the current
projects and upgrade to compliant hardware platforms or take a
chance that the digit problems in the code dont cause airport
problems. No one knows yet what will happen. No decisions have been
made. This is why the Y2K problem is far from over.
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