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To: John Mansfield who wrote (2494)	8/29/1998 2:27:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

' Bug could gridlock millennial travel By Richard Burnett of The Sentinel Staff Published in The Orlando Sentinel, August 29, 1998 Left unchecked, the so-called millennium bug could jam Orlando's highways on New Year's Day 2000. The city has discovered its central traffic-light computer is clueless when tested with dates beyond Dec. 31, 1999. When the date was rolled over in a test, traffic signals worked in only one mode. Specific programs for rush-hour, holiday and weekday traffic were wiped out. The potential result: gridlock. But the city has a solution, says John Matelski, manager of Orlando's year 2000 program. When the rest of the world rolls into 2000, Orlando's traffic system will be in 1972. ''That's the year that best fits the date scheme of the year 2000,'' Matelski said. ''Unless our vendor comes up with something different, we'll have to roll the clock back.'' ... orlandosentinel.com