Wednesday, January 03, 2001

The Y2K Issue Shows Up, a Year Late The Y2K computer problem hit Norway's national railroad a year later than expected.

The problem was discovered when none of the company's 16 new airport express trains or 13 high-speed, long-distance Signatur trains would start early in the morning of Dec. 31.

Apparently, the computers on the trains did not recognize the date, something not anticipated by experts who had checked the systems thoroughly before Jan. 1, 2000, a spokesman for the train manufacturer said.

The problem was quickly solved temporarily by resetting the computers to Dec. 1, 2000, and the trains started upon ignition.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/03/world/03NORW.html

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