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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jeff Mizer who wrote (4154)	2/27/1999 4:03:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

'... These statements are not all that rare. I've come across the same things on some Siemens equipment. They stated that user-testing, specifically date rollover testing may cause the license (which is timed internally) to expire, and once expired, it cannot be reset. Just one example.. Tom Drew CBET ( tdre-@mwmc.org ) Biomedical Engineer Merle West Medical Center 2865 Daggett Ave. Klamath Falls, OR 97601 Phone 1-541-883-6022 FAX 1-541-883-4167 . -----Original Message----- Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 20:07:36 -0600 To: healthcar-@mail.rx2000.org , roleigh_for_web@egroups.com From: Roleigh Martin < roleigh.martin--@tc.umn.edu > Reply-To: healthcar-@mail.rx2000.org At 08:12 1999-02-24 -0600, you wrote: This is the page for the Coulter MAXM complete blood count machine as found on the Beckman-Counter website. I thank Mark Frautschi for the information. coulter.com drjack10-@aol.com There's an unusual paragraph in this statement: ------- "Customer Year 2000 compliance testing and/or verification is not recommended or supported, and might cause a disruption in the operation of the product that is not related to Year 2000 compliance. Potential disruptions might include loss of calibration, quality control and/or meter information and expiration of on-board reagents. Customers are responsible for consumables and service fees resulting from customer compliance testing." ------- I have never seen a compliance statement say, "Don't test our stuff yourself, and if you do, whatever happens is your own fault." This warning ought to be right at the top in a big bold red blinking font! Instead, it's buried down at the bottom in the proverbial fine print. Makes me wonder about other specialized equipment, especially when (as is the case with this Coulter counter) the "brains" of the machine is a standard PC driving the device. Pam Phystad