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To: John Mansfield who wrote (9198)	1/22/1998 11:48:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 31646

US lagging UK in awareness on Y2K in embedded software - II fei.org.uk 'The Federation of the Electronics Industry (FEI) is the lead UK Trade Association for companies in the Information Technology, Communications and Electronics Industries, in Defence and Civil Electronics and in Office Equipment and Furniture. ' ---- Embedded systems and the Year 2000 fei.org.uk The following information was obtained from presentation material created by Mr A Parish, Director General, FEI. What distinguishes embedded systems from IT Where are they to be found What types of failure can occur Some things to look out for What are the risks Validating existing systems Embedded systems and your Year 2000 programme <snip> 'Use consultants Microprocessor control specialists Building maintenance firms BCS, IEE or Semiconductor Business Association can help you find them '

To: John Mansfield who wrote (9198)	1/22/1998 1:28:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

INTERESTING LINKS to Y2k embedded software information 'SCADA Sources on the WWW': iinet.net.au Try this!! ===>>>> 'SCADA Year 2000 sites' <<<==== You will find a lot of links to co's with statements about y2k in embedded systems: Motorola, Bellcore, Yokogawa ===>> (http://www.yokogawa.co.jp/Information/Solution/2000-e.html) Bowards (http://www.scada.co.uk/index.html), Rockwell Software (http://www.software.rockwell.com/Index.HTM) Texas Instruments (http://www.ti.com/corp/docs/year2000/index.htm) Foxboro Datastream (http://www.dstm.com/) .... -------- compinfo.co.uk : many links to relvant embedded sw sites/pages: ' Embedded Software Design Designer's Mailing Lists (Microtek International) Dynamic Real-Time Distributed Computer Systems (E. Douglas Jensen) Embedded Systems Internet Resources Embedded Systems and Applications (OSAF (Software Architecture Forum for the Open Microprocessor systems Initiative)) Embedded Systems discussion forum: Chips Embedded Systems - Internet Resources Embedded Systems Programming--1996 Buyer's Guide ESOFTA Directory Table of Contents Intel Technology in the Embedded Systems Market Internet Directory of Embedded Development Products and Services Internet Resources - Embedded, DSP, MCU MPU Realtime Operating Systems on the Web Real-Time Computing Internet Resources Real-Time Encyclopaedia, the reference for Real-Time Realtime Operating Systems - Vendor Links Real time systems (Comdale Resources) Selected Real-Time Computing Resources ' ----- compapp.dcu.ie This is a page that contains lots of interesting links on embedded sw! 'News Groups - General comp.arch.embedded comp.realtime comp.robotics sci.engr.control comp.risks' <JM: I do a fulltext search on 'y2k' now and then on www.dejanews.com; I will watch out more closely for entries on those news groups; might be interesting!>