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Technology Stocks : Y2K (Year 2000) Stocks: An Investment Discussion
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To: GoodQ who wrote (9985)3/11/1998 12:21:00 AM
From: C.K. Houston  Read Replies (2) of 13949
 
GQ,

<NO Y2K problems for PC -- This was known a few years back.>

In September Dept of Defense took delivery of 600+ brand new pentiums --- NASA about 100. NONE were Y2K compliant. They tracked problem down to RTC'S.

Found out company who built the motherboards built them with non-Y2K compliant RTC's from Dallas Semiconductor.

Dallas Semiconductor has been selling both compliant and non-compliant RTC's since 1992. Y2K compliant ones were $.60 more.

I'm sure DOD & NASA are not the only ones who got some lemons.

Cheryl
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