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To: Pruguy who wrote (24132)	6/26/1999 4:08:00 PM
From: Vendit™	Respond to of 41369

OT about Y2K Y2K NEWS MONITOR Banks Worldwide Make Confident Y2k Test Leap Banks in 19 countries around the world took a virtual step into the future Saturday as they simulated the first day of business in 2000 to test if their computer systems could keep the millennium bug at bay. "Everything has gone very well for us so far", said Deutsche Bank vice-president and millennium expert Gerhard Singer. The global exercise, involving at least 190 banks, is intended to ensure that whatever else happens the backbone of international payment systems worldwide will function normally on December 31, 1999. The test was designed to see whether computer upgrades - in which banks have invested billions of dollars - are "understood" by the computers operated by banks on the opposite end of global transactions. Deutsche's Singer and Commerzbank millennium expert Detlev Kirchner said they had tested their financial messaging and clearing systems and they had worked smoothly. In the simulated environment, Saturday became Monday, January 3, 2000. and Sunday was Tuesday, January 4. In the U.S., the New York Clearing House reported that payment settlements were processed without any problems. "I think this will go a long way to show the world that the world payment system is intact and ready for 2000" said New York Clearing House Senior Vice President and Director of Information Clearing Systems George Thomas. The New York Clearing House and major banks in Germany and other countries have already carried out extensive simulations within their national boundaries to test their systems, but this weekends' drill is the first worldwide exercise. (Reuters) FAA Successfully Completes Y2K Test Federal Aviation Administration officials are confident the U.S. aviation system will withstand the Year 2000 computer glitch after successfully completing a live test of their software fixes early Sunday. As clocks on test systems at Denver-International Airport clicked toward the pretend witching hour of midnight December 31, 1999, an air traffic controller and the pilot of an FAA plane on its final approach to the airport held a conversation that bridged the gap of the new century. A minute later, after the clocks read January 1, 2000, the controller called back, You are now flying in the Year 2000 in our test system. How do you read this transmission? The pilot replied, "It's loud and clear." There were similarly successful results across an array of FAA computers, including those that track ground traffic, airport weather and the status for landing lights and remote radios beacons. FAA Administrator Jane Garvy, who stayed up well past 2 a.m. MDT to watch the end of the four-hour test, was pleased. FAA officials had staged a dress rehearsal on March 27 and lesser tests on three prior occasions. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------