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Technology Stocks : Year 2000 (Y2K) Embedded Systems & Infrastructure Problem -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Mansfield who wrote (114)	2/22/1998 3:23:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 618

How the year 2000 affects industrial automation and process control 'For industrial control, the Y2K time change may result in temporary and/or long-term automation and control interruptions until the problem is corrected. ' 'The critical dates listed below must be tested. ' 'From awareness comes management acceptance, funding, and approval to proceed. According to Warren Welling, Y2K project manager at Shell Canada, at Shell, the year 2000 problem is being taken very seriously. We are actively seeking answers and solutions. We will solve the year 2000 issues before the year 2000. Shell needs all vendors to help and welcomes networking from others on how or what to do.' 'About the Author Vernon Bachor has more than 25 years of experience in the information technology field. Since 1995, he has been the manager of business development (information systems) at Kenonic Controls (Calgary, Alberta).' isa.org

To: John Mansfield who wrote (114)	2/22/1998 3:29:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 618

The Automotive Industry Action Group has released an informational Year 2000 video and a compliance checklist. 'APAA's Electronic Commerce Committee is identifying issues and solutions related to "Year 2000" programming problems. The following Web sites provide extensive information on these problems. Additional information specific to the automotive aftermarket will be posted on this site in the future. The Automotive Industry Action Group has released an informational Year 2000 video and a compliance checklist. The video works to help suppliers understand the cause, magnitude and potential implications of the year 2000. The video can be ordered for $25 from AIAG at 248-358-3003. Or, go to AIAG's Web site at www.aaig.org ' ______________________________ apaa.org

To: John Mansfield who wrote (114)	2/25/1998 12:35:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 618

Interesting dialog about FDA position on Y2K x5.dejanews.com

To: John Mansfield who wrote (114)	2/25/1998 12:41:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 618

Rick Cowles on utilities: '. It's a given that there will be system failures.' <snip> 'Two New Features: The list keeps growing. Over the next few months, you'll see the editorial content of the EUY2K website shift more toward the subject of contingency planning. At this point, all companies need to be thinking in terms of system recovery post-01 January 2000. It's a given that there will be system failures. Rather than debating that issue, it's time to consider the magnitude and breadth of the failures. Both will vary from company to company. The two new topics added this month are: Contingency Planning Industry Documents' <snip> x10.dejanews.com Subject: EUY2K Update, 23 January 1998 From: rcowles@waterw.com (Rick Cowles) Date: 1998/01/24 Message-ID: <34c9803f.22992449@snews.zippo.com> Newsgroups: comp.software.year-2000,misc.industry.utilities.electric

To: John Mansfield who wrote (114)	2/25/1998 12:54:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 618

SIM: Cash register compliance information 56. Author: David C. Hall ( dhall ) Date: Feb. 24 12:18 AM 1998 NCR cash registers, model 2760, is noncompliant and the company web site states they will not be developing compliance patches for it. There are reports of workarounds, but NFI at this time. Dave Hall dhall@enteract.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 57. Author: Bruce Hevner ( aceracer ) Date: Feb. 24 2:42 PM 1998 ThanksDave, The NCR site is www3.ncr.com lots of info on their products. I have a model ER246 Royal cash register which I have tested and won't work properly either. I wonder how many small retailers out there have registers like this that will have problems in Y2K. How many of them know about it? Have you asked any of your local merchants about it? I asked 6 local resturants about it back in Dec. Out of 6 one of them (a new one) was OK. Try it yourself and see how many of them have a clue what you are talking about. It would be interesting to see the results here.