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

[Art Baker <Art_Baker@xxxxxxxx>]

They where using vacuum tubes on purpose. In a nuclear explosion the
magnetic radiation in the air will wipe out any solid state devices. Vacuum
tube keep working.
        About ten years ago a soviet defected to Japan with a Mig fighter
jet. Everyone laughed because it had a vacuum tube radio in it. After
research they found this magnetic radiation theory proved true and now we
have vacuum tube radios in our fighter jets.
Art 

-----Original Message-----
From: Boring, David M [mailto:david.boring@eds.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 4:28 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


-----Original Message-----
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 16:18:10 -0500
From: Glenn Ericson <Glenn-Ericson@att.net>
Subject: Re: [Y2K-Rollover-Watch] Air Traffic Problems in North East USA-
UNK if Y2K related

Thats  strange the  an FAA Air Trafffic Control Bug occurred in the 
North east  NYC  area  earlier this week.  It caused several hours of 
outage and grounded aircraft. It too  remains unexplainable

Glenn
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Glenn Ericson,    
IBM Certified Specialist  
Phoenix Consulting LLC
East Elmhurst, NY USA  
Phone 718 898 9805       Fax 718 446 1150

mailto:Glenn-Ericson@att.net
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