Re: Year 2000

[Glenn Ericson <Glenn-Ericson@xxxxxxx>]

Booth

I'm a  know da'  36  is  a like a  Timex - But a  please
What about the answer to the sliding windows and other items in this
segment  of your original reply to Dean?  Also try testing the applications
and utilities ( DFU QRY  and EIS  stuff) lot of surprises.  Peek at EDI
[electronic trading partners- anyway you do it]  and intra system
applications.

Original reply to Dean: ""<snippet>""
""
 Sys/36 uses sliding window y2k in the operating system.  It won't fall
 over dead on 03 Jan 2000.  Unless the user's files are heavily indexed and
 sorted on dates he'll be able to run with a few silly looking quirks and a
 few downright bad-things.  If the user is running a Sys/36 it is probably
 a very static situation.  I see hurt coming and embarassment, but any
 company that fails because of Y2K was on the banana peel anyway. ""

><Glenn-Ericson@att.net> said:
>
>
>
I  just do not recall any feature in the  *normal* S/36 Operating system.
>
VASP  had  some snap on offerings and some  restraints. 
>
At 01:12 AM 9/28/97 +0000, Papa Booth  Replied:
>
>I don't know what to say Glenn.  I have a 5362 and a 5364, both with VASP
>installed and I set the IPL date to 3 Jan 2000 and let it run.  No sparks,
>no smoke.  Everything ran just fine.  I didn't run for long, nor test
>every piece of software mounted, but essentially all that I did run ran
>just fine.  Of course I have been avoiding date-for-keys for a long time
>anyways, and I did not try aging Accounts Receivable.
>
>----------------------------------------------------
>Booth Martin       Contract Programming, Inc.
>---------------------------------------------------
 Was there any licensed, passwords, files that expired - no symptoms of any
grief?
What applications do these machines do for the business?


Glenn
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