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                    The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
                            Computation Center

                            News bulletin #144
                             5-November-1999


Today's topics:
- IMSL, SPSS and Y2K problem.
- Usefull URLs for Y2K problems.


o IMSL, SPSS and Y2K  problem:   Some  systems  in  the  university  are
  running  old  versions  of  IMSL and SPSS which are not Y2K compliant.
  According to the companies the software should continue  functionning,
  but dates might appear incorrectly.  Please make sure you double check
  the output of these programs where the date is important.

                                                      __Yehavi:


o Some Useful links on Year 2000 Bug
  -----------------------------------

  If you are looking for Information, the following is a short list of
  links
  related with year 2000 Bug.

  1)The Hebrew University site
  http://helpdesk.huji.ac.il/y2k includes internal and general
  information
  Free Y2k software can be find at ftp://ftp.md.huji.ac.il

  2)PC Hardware
  http://www.tyler.net/tyr7020/y2kinput.htm

  3)Embedded systems
  http://2000.jbaworld.com/embed/

  4)A General Product Compliance Catalog
  http://www.mitre.org/research/cots/COMPLIANCE_CAT.shtml

  5)Microsoft
  a. http://www.microsoft.com/year2000/
  b. http://www.microsoft.com/israel/year2k/default.htm (in Hebrew)

  6)General Links
  a. http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/zdy2k/
  b. http://www.y2k.com/
  c. http://www.year2000.com

  7)the State of Israel and Year 2000
  http://www.mof.gov.il/2000/

  Dr. Diego Kramer
  The Computer Authority
  Ein Kerem Branch
  Hebrew University