RE: [Y2K-Rollover-Watch] Air Traffic Problems in North East USA- UNK if Y2K related

[Joel Fritz <JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Two thoughts on the vacuum tube electronics in the air traffic control
computers:

1.)  The air traffic controllers' strike back in the 80s pretty much showed
how much we're willing to pay.<smirk>

2.)  There is the audio myth(?) of "tube sound."  (Some folks swear by it; I
don't have enough high frequency hearing to rate telephones.)<stupid grin>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boring, David M [mailto:david.boring@eds.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 3:28 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: [Y2K-Rollover-Watch] Air Traffic Problems in North East
> USA- UNK if Y2K related
> 
> 
> Could this be due to the fact that most FAA traffic control 
> centers got new
> computer systems within the last year? Before that, a lot of 
> them still had
> computers that required vacuum tubes to operate (your tax 
> dollars hard at
> work). These new systems probably still have a few bugs in 
> them that will be
> found and fixed over the next year or so.
> 
> Just a thought.
> 
> David Boring
> Systems Engineer - Advanced
> EDS E.solutions consulting
> Direct: (562) 809-5460
> E-mail: david.boring@eds.com
> 
> 
> 
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