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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (3116)	1/1/1999 2:56:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

'Problems on the rails But the U.S. railroad system, oil and gas pipelines and segments of the power grid remain a top concern. ''We are deeply concerned about the railroads,'' Koskinen says. ''We have no indication that they are going to make it.'' The rails maintain their own telecommunications system, which provides computerized operation for vital systems, such as switches and warning signals, Koskinen says. If railroads are forced to slow down so automated functions can be carried out manually and to provide a greater margin of safety, then a broad cross section of the economy, from heavy industry to fresh foods, could be affected. The computerized systems that control the flow of various energy products, oil, natural gas and electricity throughout the USA are still being examined. There is no way to know how well the power grid will hold up because it can't be shut down for testing. Similarly, large banks that control their own financial networks are given a far greater chance at success than small banks or credit unions, which are dependent on others' facilities and lack the resources to pay for costly renovations.' .... usatoday.com

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (3116)	1/1/1999 3:01:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

Links to interesting sites Ratings: C = commercial H = Half commercial N = Non commercial T - Technical ________________________________________________________ Content - Y2K and embedded systems - General Y2K sites - Links to link sites - UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada - Healthcare - Legal - Government related - Y2K related Investments - Silicon Investor Y2k threads - Europe ________________________________________________________ Y2K and embedded systems IEE N T iee.org.uk Roleigh Martin N ourworld.compuserve.com Gary North's - 'non-compliant chips' N garynorth.com. Rick Cowles site on electric Utilities N euy2k.com euy2k.com Rick Cowles' posts on newsgroup comp.software.year-2000: x10.dejanews.com. ________________________________________________________ General sites Ed Yardeni N yardeni.com Ed Yourdon - clock on 'Time Bomb 2000' N yourdon.com EPRI H T epriweb.com AIAG 'The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) is a not-for-profit trade association of North American vehicle manufacturers and suppliers' aiagy2k.org Chrysler, Ford, Volve, GM have a logo on this site ________________________________________________________ General Y2K sites Peter de Jager - articles N year2000.com Gary North - latest articles garynorth.com SIM - society N year2000.unt.edu You need to register here. Low volume; but high value site. A lot of information available on embedded software y2k. Comlinks H comlinks.com Westergaard's Y2K N y2ktimebomb.com ________________________________________________________ UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada: Irish Computer Society N iol.ie CIC links to embedded y2k N support2000.com UK Computer Services and Software Association N cssa.co.uk Whats new: fm6.facility.pipex.com UK Action2000 N open.gov.uk open.gov.uk UK CIC N compinfo.co.uk ISA is the international society for measurement and control ISA links to many articles and sites N isa.org isa.org Australia Home: y2k.gov.au New: y2k.gov.au Search: y2k.gov.au Canada: Canadian site N globalmf.org Canada federal Y2K site - N The Chief Information Officer Year 2000 Project Office info2000.gc.ca ________________________________________________________ Links to link-sites Girod's bookmarks N kode.net Many links N erols.com Mother of All Year 2000 (Y2K) Link Centers N pw2.netcom.com Web Y2K ring - many sites N/H/C webring.org ________________________________________________________ Healthcare RX2000 N rx2000.org ________________________________________________________ Legal y2k.com H ________________________________________________________ Government related Federal Federal Reserve Board N bog.frb.fed.us US States Links to y2k sites in different states N state.pa.us Washington State Y2K N Year 2000 Program Process Control Devices and Embedded Microprocessors wa.gov MITRE mitre.org N mitre.org ITAA Y2K N General: it2000.com States: it2000.com Federal: it2000.com Defense: it2000.com ________________________________________________________ Y2K related Investments Y2K Investor N y2kinvestor.com Yahoo C search.main.yahoo.com ________________________________________________________ Silicon Investor Silicon Investor - investment discussion H Subject 2448 My Search page: Message 4391075 C.K. Houston's index N Message 3634526 Year 2000: Impact on Stock Market & Society Subject 16203 Year 2000 (Y2K) Embedded Systems & Infrastructure Problem Subject 18990 Y2K (Year 2000) Personal Contingency Planning Subject 20268 Y2K (Year 2000) INDEX - No Discussions; No Stock Info Subject 20812 Y2K Denial on SI Subject 21650 ________________________________________________________ Europe Switserland / Prof. Knolmeyer N ie.iwi.unibe.ch EC N ispo.cec.be