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To: RAVEL who wrote (17512)	5/22/1998 7:27:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 31646

'You will have to do as I have done and hammer the heck out of each and every vendor for several month' 'Creighton Burgher wrote in message <35646CD8.D5EF0514@aracnet.com>... >I am looking for a good source of information regarding "smart" field >instruments used in the facilities of manufacturing plants, and factory >floor automation systems. I have seen many articles and web pages >describing the need to investigate the problem, but no real single >source for statistical information. > >I have several specific collections of data I am looking for: >1) A database of the instruments which have been tested to date, >2) A statistical summary of OK vs BAD devices by device type, >3) An approximate cost per instrument for y2k projects, etc. > >creighton.burgher@harrisgrp.com > Allow me to be the first to disappoint you in your quest. Such repositories do not exist. You will have to do as I have done and hammer the heck out of each and every vendor for several months. Be prepared for many more disappointments along the way. I hope they are paying you confiscatory wages, for you shall deserve every penny by the time you're through. Ciao, Scott Secor ____ Subject: Re: Embedded Systems - Facilities Monitoring and Factory Floor Automation From: "D. Scott Secor - Millennial Infarction Mitigator" <y2k@uswest.net.NO$PAM> Date: 1998/05/22 Message-ID: <35650824.0@news2.uswest.net> Newsgroups: comp.software.year-2000 [More Headers] [Subscribe to comp.software.year-2000] x10.dejanews.com