IP: The very last Y2K bug?

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 05:42:32 +0100 (CET)
>From: Gunnar Helliesen <gunnar@bitcon.no>
>To: Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>
>
>Prof. Farber,
>
>The very last Y2K bug?
>
>As reported(1) by the Norwegian newspaper VG, Norwegian Rail had big
>problems with their latest, greatest, mosts expensive new trains(2) when
>the clocks on the onboard computers rolled over to Dec. 31 2000 (yes, NYE,
>not the new year).
>
>The problem? The trains wouldn't move an inch.
>
>The solution? Set the onboard clocks back one month.
>
>The manufacturer of the trains, ADtranz in Germany(3), say they're not
>sure exactly what caused the problem, but they're suspecting leap year
>trouble.
>
>I guess no one saw that one coming. ;-)
>
>
>1) <http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=3095840>
>2) <http://www.nsb.no/signatur/index.htm>
>3) <http://www.adtranz.de/>
>
>
>Gunnar
>
>--
>Gunnar Helliesen   | Bergen IT Consult AS  | Open Source activist
>Systems Consultant | Bergen, Norway        | Jaguar enthusiast
>gunnar@bitcon.no   | www.bitcon.no/~gunnar | Märklin collector



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