As you know, I frequently ask for manufacturer/model numbers when claims are made concering embedded device "hard failures" (failure to function).

In fairness therefore, I will supply this information and even a link to my extraordinary claim of being the first World Reknowned Embedded System Y2.1K Expert to identify a Year 2100 problem:

Litton-Marine has reported that their Model MK 37 VT Gyrocompass has a leap year problem - in the year 2100.

Fortunately, this will not cause the device to malfunction, but the date will have to be manually set. You are hereby forewarned.

Regards,

-- Anonymous, August 17, 1999

Answers

That's some sense of humor. Was trying to think of what else you might find funny. The scores of non-compliant product cycles listed in detail on Lucent's, Motorola's, et. all's web pages perhaps. Needed something a little closer to the electric industry though. Here's another good one for you. The punchline on this one happens a bit earlier though.

Honywell lists the compliance status of it's industry related products at

http://www.honeywell.com/year2000/IAC/Readiness.stm

If you download the excel spreadsheet look at row 257: Product: SCADA Version: All Ready Status: N Customer Action/Comment: No plans to test. No replacement.

Maybe N stands for Nominal, huh.

-- Anonymous, August 18, 1999

Let's try that again.

Product: SCADA

Version: ALL

Ready Status: N

Customer Action/Comment: No plans to test. No replacement

-- Anonymous, August 18, 1999

joke received on this end :>)

-- Anonymous, August 21, 1999