Simonsen, Larry wrote:

> our site in Australia is telling us that the sales people there are
> saying that the classic machines are not year 2000 ready.  i checked
> page
> http://www.hp.com/wcso-support/30vinyear.html and it tells me the
> Release 3P is ready.

yes, that's true.

> so i tried something, i called our local office
> and they said that none of the classic systems where even going to be
> tested for year 2000.  i pointed them to this page and it was dead
> silence on the phone with a we will have to get back to you.

oh like that's a big surprise :-)

> what is the real scoop?  i have rebooted the classic system and entered
> a date of 2/29/2000 and the system seems to work just fine.
> am i the only one with this kind of a question/problem?

the only one?  goodness, no but anyhow....
the word i've got from hp is: the operating system 3p or better
is y2k compliant.  hp, however, has/will not test or assure the
readiness of the hardware.  we (longs) feel confident enough
in the hardware, that we're continuing to process on micro gx's
and xe's.  our series 42's (yes, 42's! :-) however, we're
replacing *but* mostly because they are soooo old and they're
becoming a maintenance headache.   hth         - d

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