The year 2000 problem as seen by manufactures

The Y2K problem has many facets due mainly to two reasons. the extremely wi de use of microcomputers: and the complexity of automation in modem industr ial plants. For the past two years, Siemens AG has been checking the Y2K co nformity of its products. The result of these investigations is this: All a utomation equipment, almost without exception, is in conformity with the ye ar 2000 requirements as it works without the date function causing the erro rs. A few occasional malfunctions were discovered in older computer-support ed operating and monitoring stations and in process computer applications. However, malfunctions are not going to cause failures of the system but onl y make its use more difficult.