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I started to call this "off topic," but surprisingly (to me) found a link
between the 3000 and the new "euro" currency.

HP's main page has a link to 'euro' information, just as it has for y2k.

        < http://www.europe.hp.com/euro/ >

Historians may debate the hype (?) of the statement

       "[The euro] is the most important development within the
        European Union since the Treaty of Rome in 1957."

which appears near the top of the referenced web page.


Anyway, on to the "on topic" part of this post.

In the middle of the only paragraph on how the euro affects the 3000
appears:

       "Both the storage of the EURO
        character and recognition of the EURO's attributes (meaning,
        value, sort, sequence, etc.) by Native Language Support (the sole
        software running on the HP 3000 that can interpret the meaning of
        characters composed of unique bit combinations) will be complete
        in the first half of 1999."

Does anyone plan on using NLS to implement support for the euro?
Given the statement on a linked page that

       "[I]n addition to the Y/2K program, it is vital to ensure that
        in-house IT systems are able to handle the euro from 1 January
        1999."

this NLS feature seems a bit late.

It's interesting to note that the section related to the 9000 is MUCH
longer, including the server, workstations, X-terminals, printing, and
plotting.  Also, it notes that Java--which uses Unicode--will support
the symbol "at a later date."

I haven't seen much traffic on this list concerning the euro, and I have
no personal experience with this, so I don't know anything about the
effort involved.

--Glenn Cole
  Software al dente, Inc.
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