Re: Hey Folks ! New Year's Eve/Day Rollover Feedback ?? !!

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)
> >
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