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I actually got flak an hour after midnight. Everything went so well that my boss said to me "now convince me that there really was a problem to fix" .. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Lewis" <clewis@iquest.net> To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2000 7:57 AM Subject: Re: Hey Folks ! New Year's Eve/Day Rollover Feedback ?? !! > I've heard from a few folks that they had started getting flack about the money > spend on Y2K !! One friend said they kept a few 486's and several old servers and > volunteered to hook them back up and SHOW them what they would have had ! > > No problem here with the fact that they/we had to purchase an AS/400 and 3rd > party software to be OK for Y2K. We came in this morning and they looked at the > old NCR Unix that USED to run the business (we converted over ONE year ago this > past weekend) and the console said "Asleep until 1970" !!!! > > Chuck > > Roger Boucher wrote: > > > The first work-related laugh of the New Year!!! > > =) > > > > Roger Boucher > > Standard Pacific Corp. > > rboucher@stanpac.com > > 714-668-4326 > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: boothm@earth.goddard.edu [mailto:boothm@earth.goddard.edu] > > Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2000 9:12 AM > > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > > Subject: Re: Hey Folks ! New Year's Eve/Day Rollover Feedback ?? !! > > > > I had a dreadful disaster. I am reluctant to call it Y2K-related but it was > > a disaster. Everything was in place, all plans were made, all testing was > > done, nothing more to do but to sit and wait. > > > > So, I decided to watch a little TV. My remote was broke and wouldn't fire > > up. Technical diagnostics soon determined the batteries were not checked > > for Y2K, and they were refusing to function. I checked our emergency > > back-up stores and discovered we had overlooked purchasing a spare remote. > > Even worse, the family Purchasing Agent had cached a backup supply of > > Y2K-certifed batteries but not in the AA size. Matters became worse as > > midnight approached and the weather worsened. My immediate plan was to > > scavenge for batteries from the children's remote, but that plan failed upon > > implementation. Finally, in a desperate attempt to be able to watch the New > > Years celebrations from my lounger I went to the store and purchased new > > batteries, including an extra set in case the first set proved inadequate. > > Thankfully all went well from that point forward. > > > > Wife said that televisions also have controls on them so the TV will work > > without a remote. I felt it best to explain to her then about Urban Legends > > and how the internet perpetrates them so that she wouldn't be embarrassed > > later in front of knowing people. > > _______________________ > > Booth Martin > > boothm@earth.goddard.edu > > http://www.spy.net/~booth > > _______________________ > > > > Steve_Roncskevitz@GriffinLLC.com > > Sent by: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com > > > > 01/01/2000 10:58 AM > > Please respond to MIDRANGE-L > > > > > > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > > cc: > > Subject: Re: Hey Folks ! New Year's Eve/Day Rolloever > > Feedback ?? !! > > > > No problem in Valdosta, Georgia. > > > > I think it has been more hype than anything else. > > > > James_Turnbull@kaz.com.au on 12/31/99 10:57:00 PM > > > > Please respond to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > > > > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > > cc: (bcc: Steve Roncskevitz/Griffin_Corp) > > > > Subject: Re: Hey Folks ! New Year's Eve/Day Rolloever Feedback ?? !! > > > > Twelve hours post the rollover in Sydney, Australia and not a problem to be > > found. > > > > James Turnbull > > KAZ Computer Services > > > > Chuck Lewis <clewis@iquest.net> on 31/12/99 14:14:33 > > > > Please respond to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > > > > To: Midrange Mailing List <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com> > > cc: (bcc: James Turnbull/Sydney/KAZ/AU) > > Subject: Hey Folks ! New Year's Eve/Day Rolloever Feedback ?? !! > > > > Hi Everyone on the list from ALL over the world ! > > > > How 'bout we let everyone know what "area" (world/country) we are in and > > pop a message to the list on the rollover status at our shops during the > > transition ??? > > > > Chuck > > > > (In Indianapolis, IN, USA) > > > > +--- > > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com > > +--- > > +--- > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com > +--- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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