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Subject: 
Is Super Car Y2K Compliant? [was: is Mindstorm/RCX Y2K Compliant???]
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Fri, 1 Jan 1999 10:39:55 GMT
Original-From: 
Tony Firshman <tony@firshman.demonIHATESPAM.co.uk>
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In article <dbaum-3112982109230001@usrx2-189.chi-focal.enteract.com>,
Dave Baum <lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com> writes
> In article <F4uvyF.D7s@lugnet.com>, kekoa@pixel.Stanford.EDU (Kekoa
> Proudfoot) wrote:
> 
> > Dave Forrest <davef@shmoopie.com> wrote:
> > > I was wondering if there will be any problem using the RCX and
> > > the computer software from Lego when we roll over to the
> > > year 2000.
> > 
> > Along those lines, does anybody know if the 8880 Super Car has any Y2K
> > problems?  That is one of my favorite sets, and I don't want it to break
> > a year from now.
> > 
> > -Kekoa
> 
> Sorry, #8880 isn't Y2K compliant.  The original (non-notched) #2 axles
> will spontaneously combust on 2/29/00.
You got the worng date - it should be 04/01/00

(I had to think _very_ hard to get that into the US format!)
> You should upgrade all older
> Technic sets to use the newer notched #2 axles which are Y2K compliant.

OK we are not serious (aren't we (8-)#  ), but a lot of people out there
believe that traffic lights will stop working.............
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  Re: Is Super Car Y2K Compliant? [was: is Mindstorm/RCX Y2K Compliant???]
 
(...) Sorry, #8880 isn't Y2K compliant. The original (non-notched) #2 axles will spontaneously combust on 2/29/00. You should upgrade all older Technic sets to use the newer notched #2 axles which are Y2K compliant. Dave (28 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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