RE: TI-H: HAPPY Y2K


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RE: TI-H: HAPPY Y2K




I had quite a few systems to prepare, but none of them had any problems.

IBM AS/400 (midrange database and applications server) had absolutely no 
problems.  And it's the only mainframe-like machine we got -- all our 
'millions of lines of cobol code' (ya right) went over without a hitch.

Infogenesis store controller, for restaurants and gift shop:  it's old 486 
hardware, so we *did* have to bring it down, set the date ahead to 2000, 
and bring it up again.  No problems other than that.

IGT slot marketing and accounting system:  we *did* have people calling us, 
saying their shift was expired and the system wasn't letting them in...but 
that lasted for all of 60 seconds.  :)

Linux internet firewall (that I built) -- no problems.  Actually the 
hardware clock was wrong and it made the Y2K rollover about an hour and a 
half early.  :)  I'm pretty sure a __time_t doesn't roll over until 2037 
anyway.

Crisco...I mean Cisco routers...no problems. :)  Do they even know what 
time it is?  Probably not.  :)

Kronos time clocks:  no problems.

Hitachi telephone switch & digital phones:  no problems here either.

However, I *guarantee* we would have had serious problems if we hadn't 
applied vendor patches and been paying attention to our systems in the days 
before the rollover.  It's definitely an avoided tragedy, not an imagined 
one.

Oh, and my calculators are fine.  :)

--Michael Spencer Jr.
LAN Administrator Trainee
Ameristar Casino Council Bluffs

-----Original Message-----
From:	Bernard [SMTP:npfs@cybcon.com]
Sent:	Tuesday, January 04, 2000 12:02 PM
To:	ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
Subject:	Re: TI-H: HAPPY Y2K


hey check in here....

who here did anything other than a normal backup of there system to keep
their computers running?
I didn't do anything for my computer apsolutely nothing and when i did a
rollover on Sunday NOTHING HAPPENED i didn't even go olnine to download any
of those y2k tests or patches NOTHING!!!   the computers were always y2k
compliant it was just a big for them to make a few more dollars!!!   so now
not only can i sit back and laugh people about buying anything for y2k i 
can
also laugh at them for doing anything!!!   HAHAHA!!!

oh ya, they say there might be a problem for Feb. cuase usually this would
be a leap year but...   ...the rule also says that the 00 years don't leap
years (for some reason or another just a small problem where you can just
set your clockes foward a day).

Bernard
----- Original Message -----
???: "Giles Pollock" <glp71s@mailandnews.com>
???: <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
????: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 02:57
??: Re: TI-H: HAPPY Y2K


>
> April? April fool? probably happen...
>
> Bernard wrote:
>
> > i thought they said it would be in april...
> > Bernard
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > ???: "Giles Pollock" <glp71s@mailandnews.com>
> > ???: <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
> > ????: Saturday, January 01, 2000 23:53
> > ??: Re: TI-H: HAPPY Y2K
> >
> > >
> > > for some reason, im getting emails from one person only which are
dated in
> > 1998...
> > > could everyone check their clocks?
> > >
> > > Rob Smith wrote:
> > >
> > > > now on the radio, people are saying y2k bugs will show up in MAY!
> > HAHAHA!
> > > > stupid people.
> > > >
> > > > At 08:54 PM 1/1/00 +1100, you wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >yea, absolutely nothing happened... im going to have a lot of
people to
> > laugh
> > > > >at when i go back to school... someone i know bought a water tank
and
> > im still
> > > > >considering trying to buy it from him for 50 bucks...
> > > > >
> > > > >RoniBarrett@aol.com wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > HA HA HA!!! NOTHING HAPPENED.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I was online when the clock rolled over, aol didnt crash,
windows
> > didnt
> > > > > > crash, the lights are on, the water is running, the fireworks
are
> > blazing,
> > > > > > and my drunken neighbor is shooting windows out of houses with 
a
> > double
> > > > > > barrel 12 guage.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I keept saying nothing would happen, sorry
anyone
> > wasted
> > > > > > their money on generators, and batteries, and food and water 
and
> > etc.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Jeff Barrett
> > > > >
> > > >
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>
>




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