RE: Air Traffic Problems in North East USA- UNK if Y2K related

As early as the late 60's early 70's we were installing all transistorized
computer gear in the FAA sites.
Perhaps you speak of some other components?

Who knows why these new Systems failed. Certainly they are not telling us. So far as can be seen it is just , all the change, testing as usual. Nothing new. FAA did have a contingency plan but a lethargic one if aircraft were grounded for hours.


At 03:51 PM 01/06/2000 -0800, Joel Fritz wrote:
>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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