Sorry if this is a repeating post, but this is an insightful paper from the commerce department regarding what it takes to test embedded systems. For those who believe pre-1980 devices don't have embedded systems, therefore no need for testing, this may be an eye opener. I'm thinking old nuclear reactors, refineries, chemical plants....

http://www.nist.gov/y2k/embeddedarticle.htm

-- TA (sea_spur@yahoo.com), November 29, 1999

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Oops -- not a commerce dept article. Found the link within a commerce dept article.

Sorry about the inaccurate reference.

-- TA (sea_spur@yahoo.com), November 29, 1999.

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-- hiding in plain (sight@edge. of no-where), November 29, 1999.

Here's a link to the commerce dept article from whence the article link came....

National Institute of Standards and Technology says it's possible "many important systems have not been tested adequately..."

-- TA (sea_spur@yahoo.com), November 29, 1999.