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Strategies & Market Trends : Roger's 1998 Short Picks -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Oeconomicus who wrote (10147)6/16/1998 9:18:00 PM
From: Roger A. Babb  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 18691
 
Bob, if I were worried about my Otis elevator, I would be much more likely to call Otis than TAVA. As an electrical engineer and one-time designer of imbedded stuff, I can offer one easy test for the possible existance of y2k harware problems:

Does the device allow you to enter the date by some means and, if so, does the year enter as two digits? If the answer is "no" to either part, then it is almost certain that you have no problems. If yes to both, then you "might" have a problem and better do some testing.



To: Oeconomicus who wrote (10147)6/16/1998 9:48:00 PM
From: drsvelte  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 18691
 
"does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care?"

Bob -- you be listnen' to too many bad Chicago tunes!



To: Oeconomicus who wrote (10147)6/17/1998 1:53:00 PM
From: BelowTheCrowd  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 18691
 
Bob,

Interesting note on HVAC systems. They are definitely designed to be day of week and time sensitive. I can imagine that they would also be sensitive to the month or "season" in some other way. Of course, as soon as you need a calendar, you're probably tracking the year, even if it isn't really a key concern.

mg