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Technology Stocks : Y2K (Year 2000) Stocks: An Investment Discussion
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To: michael tantleff who wrote (9950)3/10/1998 2:23:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston  Read Replies (1) of 13949
 
Michael,
<QUESTION what about compaq and intel as y2k plays. i have assumed that as many as 50 percent of pc s will ned to be replaced because of bad bios chips. this will result in a huge upgrade cycle that is not being talked about yet.>

I ... TOTALLY ... agree with you. Particularly Intel. Besides PC's, there's gonna be a LOT of manufacturing & process control embedded systems requiring new chips.

CHRISTINE:
<Maybe 100% compliant PCs are not such an easy thing to create, eh?>

Actually they DO already exist. Almost ALL Pentiums are Y2K compliant.

Problem's been some manufacturers, instead of using Y2K compliant RTC's (which have been around since 1992 - but cost $.60 more), had still been using non-compliant RTC's.

Cheryl

RTC = Real Time Clock
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