RE: Y2K Switchoff

John W. Cirocco
Director, Information Technology
Pierce & Stevens Corp.
710 Ohio Street
Buffalo, NY 14203
John_Cirocco@PierceStevens.com
Phone 716-856-4910 Ext. 201
Pager 1-800-670-7039
   or 6707039@pagemci.com


>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Colin Williams [mailto:MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 3:54 AM
>> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
>> Subject: RE: Y2K Switchoff
>>
>>
>>
>> Sorry, of course. I just assumed that the power companies
>> would not have
>> any problems. If the power companies go down wont there be anarchy
>> everywhere anyway!
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: John Cirocco [mailto:john_cirocco@piercestevens.com]
>> >Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 6:19 PM
>> >To: Colin Williams
>> >Subject: RE: Y2K Switchoff
>> >
>> >
>> >Colin,
>> >
>> >   We are bringing our plants mission critical pieces Friday
>> >and bringing
>> >them up Sunday morning.  We have been told that the local
>> >energy supplier
>> >expects no MAJOR problems but there is always the possibility of
>> >localized problems.  Since my UPS has minutes vs. hours of
>> uptime, we
>> >felt it best to shut the stuff down.
>> >
>> >Regards,
>> >John
>> >
>> >John W. Cirocco
>> >Director, Information Technology
>> >Pierce & Stevens Corp.
>> >710 Ohio Street
>> >Buffalo, NY 14203
>> >John_Cirocco@PierceStevens.com
>> >Phone 716-856-4910 Ext. 201
>> >Pager 1-800-670-7039
>> >   or 6707039@pagemci.com
>> >
>> >
>> >>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>> From: Colin Williams [mailto:MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com]
>> >>> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 10:15 AM
>> >>> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
>> >>> Subject: Y2K Switchoff
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> I have heard of a company that is switching off their 400 on
>> >>> the Friday
>> >>> before Y2K and then switching it on again on the
>> Saturday. For some
>> >>> reason they believe this will stop any Y2K problems with the
>> >>> machine.
>> >>>
>> >>> This seems very strange to me, as I would think most Y2K
>> >>> problems would
>> >>> relate to applications, and not AS/400 hardware or OS stuff.
>> >>>
>> >>> Anyone heard of any other companies doing a similar  thing.
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