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To: Yorikke who wrote (22527)	11/10/1998 2:35:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (2) of 116762

<I develop and sell software. Most of the machines I've tested using standard Y2K tests are compliant. I don't see a lot of my clients being forced to buy new systems. Even the 486's I've tested are compliant.> <Talk of disaster is, in my opinion, a bit over blown. It makes a good hustle, the naive can be scared by technical jargon into spending large sums of money, but in reality most people have about as much chance of a major problem as they do of dying from the plague.> In Nov '97, 600 brand-new 200 MHz Pentium computers purchased by NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) ... FAILED Y2K roll-over test. You might want to re-test your computers with most recent testing software. NRC & NASA computers intitially passed Y2K roll-over test. They re-tested with updated testing software. That's when they ALL failed. It was an RTC problem. See following: Message 2833670 "Dallas Semiconductor readily admits that the real-time clocks used in the NRC PCs are not compliant. The company has been manufacturing chips with and without a 'century counter' that provides Year 2000 compliance, said Jim Lott, senior product manager for Dallas Semiconductor's timekeeping group." "The noncompliant clock, which cost 60 cents less per chip, is contained on the board manufactured by EliteGroup. Lott said the differerence appears small but makes a big difference to volume manufacturers when they buy components." NASA: 72% PC FAILURE RATE ON Y2K ROLL-OVER TEST "A check of 61 PC models at NASA's Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, determined that 72 percent are not Year 2000 compliant ..." fcw.com FEDERAL COMPUTER WEEKLY Cheryl

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