Hello,

Here is a small offering for the VTC: an example of how Boston University deals with the Y2K problem.

A user of a non-compliant PC was provided with an obvious solution; she was told to simply set the date back to 1980, as shown by the e-mail headers below (the name has been changed to protect the identity of the victim).

> From user@bu.edu Wed Dec 8 11:42:04 1999 > Date: Mon, 08 Dec 1980 12:44:39 > To: Carol Neidle <carol@louis-xiv.bu.edu>

Personally, I think this is an ingenious solution. This way her PC can last for another 20 years!

AND they fixed this problem weeks (or decades) in advance...

Cheers, Carol

====================================================================== Carol Neidle Boston University, MFLL carol@louis-xiv.bu.edu 718 Commonwealth Ave. http://www.bu.edu/asllrp/carol.html Boston, MA 02215 phone and fax: 617-353-6218