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To: James Strauss who wrote (20508)	7/13/1998 1:34:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 31646

'Stop Y2K bug before it gets into your building The Year 2000 -- or Y2K -- millennium bug can be a significant pest for those who own, lease, manage, rent or finance real estate. Many computer programs and embedded computer chips recognize only two digits when interpreting the year and may well assume that Jan. 1, 2000, is Jan. 1, 1900. As a result, computers may make incorrect computations about any time-sensitive programming, such as the day of the week, date, month, time of day or year. ... amcity.com

To: James Strauss who wrote (20508)	7/13/1998 1:39:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 31646

'For utilities, there are two species of the Year 2000 bug: software-related programming bugs and ''embedded'' bugs. The latter are particularly nettlesome because they reside in the chips that contain computers' hardwired operating instructions. Embedded systems, which run many of the ''mission critical'' components of power plants, are such a big worry for utilities that the Electric Power Research Institute set up an information-sharing program devoted to that concern. Embedded systems are found in load dispatch computers, nuclear power plant safety systems and fossil plant boiler control systems, to name a few places. ... pilotonline.com