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To: C.K. Houston who wrote (1238)	3/12/1999 2:37:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1361

CK, EXPLAIN THIS, from Shell: Petroleum Industry: Y2K Bug Won't Bite Into Fuel Flow February 19, 1999 ens.lycos.com snip: >>>One discovery that emerged from the survey is that embedded chips do not pose a significant problem for the oil and gas industries, said Ron Quiggins, director, Year 2000 Program, Shell Services Corporation and chairman of the American Petroleum Institute Year 2000 Task Force. "We're not finding the embedded chip failures that we thought we had," he said.<<<

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (1238)	3/12/1999 10:19:00 PM
From: Jim	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1361

The only chips that may be at risk are those that are "date sensitive". If a chip is "date sensitive" it MUST have a provision to input a new date if the chip loses power, or the battery runs out or is defective. If you accept this fact, this rules out problems with toasters, microwaves, cars etc. The only chips or systems that need to be tested are those which need to have the date reset after a power failure. These should be easy to find and are a lot less then "millions".