Year 2000 Solutions
 
Y2K - What does this mean to you?
 
The Millennium Bug (Y2K) could be responsible for
the downfall of western technology. What have
you done about your computer? Both at work and at
home?



It is time to run some routine checks to see that
you don't get caught out when midnight on
31st December, 1999 rolls around.

 
Is there a solution?
The solution is fairly straight forward, if you
understand what the problem is. What is the problem
you might well ask?

The problem is simple too. If
you have a computer that was made before 1996, there
is a good chance you have a problem. In the 60's
and 70's, when computers were being developed,
programmers anticipated much of their work would
be obsolete by the year 2000 or didn't even
consider the problems that would occur. In
programming terms adding the additional "19" simply
meant additional work additional storage space.

This meant that all dates were reduced to the
last two digits i.e. 1983 became simply 83. What
was not anticipated was the fact that in the year
2083, there would be no distinction. This is
ultimately the problem faced by older computer
systems. On January 1st, 2000, computers will
register "00" as the date code and in some
instances this will be recognized as 1900, while
in some instances it will be recognized as another
date altogher, depending on the program.

 
Some simple solutions and their costs.
The problem is solvable, but at what cost to the
personal and corporate user.


This will be determined by several factors;


(a) The age of the computers

(b) The age of the software being used

(c) The combination of both


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will be updated regularly.

 
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