Y2K

From: Miles O'Neal <meo_at_netads.com>
Date: Wed Jan 6 09:34:59 1999

The whole Y2K thing is a disgusting farce.

In 1981, I was working on a MODCOMP mini. I was taking data
from a realtime database and doing the reports. Because we
had only 20MB of hard disk (compared to the whiners at banks
with hundreds of MB), we really had to make every byte count.

I spent an extra day or two making sure that the thing would
work just fine when it rolled over midnight between Dec 31,
1999 and Jan 1, 2000.

I have to admit, my boss laughed at me.

I guarantee he isn't laughing today.

But he went along with it. And that code also ended up being
used in the control software as well as the report software.
SO the Howard Frankland bridge accident detection and traffic
rerouting software will work just fine.

Assuming the power and telecomm software works, it will even
do its job...

-Miles

The 16-bit MODCOMP. We also had some Classic II 32-bit systems
for other jobs. 10MB fixed disk, 10MB removable. I forget if
we had 64KW or 128KW main memory, but I do remember we had at
least three levels of overlays...
Received on Wed Jan 06 1999 - 09:34:59 GMT