On Thu, 10 Sep 1998, Hugh Vandervoort wrote:
#I have two programs which puport to deal with the Y2K problem:
#Express 2000, which identifies hardware and software problems and is
#designed to be used in a network environment, and Fix 2000 which claims to
#read machine language and repair any non-compliant program.
#
Hugh,
I have no experience with either program, however, as someone
who spent many years writing assembly language, the idea that
a program is able to read machine language as being a solution seems
slightly comical.
(Having said this, someone is now sure to point out how I have grossly
put my foot in my mouth...in which case, please do, and add to my
education!)
Reading machine language would only be helpful if the following is
true:
1) there is a date in the computer at a fixed place in memory
(which is more than likely)
2) *all* references to time or dates are made by referring to
this memory location
(less likely, but there is some hope here)
This would only find references to the current date, however,
and would not detect references coming out of databases, etc.
3) All references are "literal" addresses referenced in the
software (that is, by reading machine code, you could detect
when this address is put into a register or when it is used
as an address reference.
Of course, the question is, what does the program do once it
finds time references?
So...it's not an unreasonable approach, but it won't help with
references to date fields in databases and other files...
Judy
#Does anyone have any experience with these programs? Do you know of any
#programs which work well?
#
#We plan to use these programs in a number of office and personal situations
#to identify/repair Y2K problems.
#
#Thank you,
#
#Hugh Vandervoort
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