Y2K: the year 2000 problem. Here is a collection of
information and resources to help you along. This section will
be included in each Beacon this
year and is the most up-to-date site of its kind.
Please note that neither the
Chebucto Community Net or
the Beacon is responsible
for any off-site page content and the listing of any site, product or
service does not constitute any form of endorsement.
December 1999 - January 2000 Edition
Y2K: An Overview
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What's going on? What does it mean to me? What can I do?
Some answers to these questions can be found here in this updated
article.
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Y2K and Your PC Hardware
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Is your PC computer year 2000 compliant? Here's a step-by-step
guide for you to test it yourself.
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Y2K PC Test Programs
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A listing of sites with programs to test your PC
computer for you.
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Y2K Fixes
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So you tested your computer and it thinks next year is 1900.
Here's what you can do about it.
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Y2K and Microsoft Windows
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What you need to do to fix Microsoft Windows versions
98,
95,
CE,
3.11, and
3.1.
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Hardware Vendors and Y2K
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A listing of computer hardware vendors and their web sites.
Where do you go to find information on your computer
equipment? Try looking here.
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Software Vendors and Y2K
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A listing of computer software vendors and their web sites.
Are your computer's programs Y2K compliant? See what the
makers have to say.
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Year 2000 Information Links
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The Beacon list of
Year 2000 web sites divided up into Local (Nova Scotia),
National (Canada) and International categories. See for yourself
what the leading business, government and consumer sites have to
say. Regularly
Updated!
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Y2K and Other Computers
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Not every computer is a PC.
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This section written by
Andrew D. Wright
with contributed links from
Norman De Forest,
Edward Dyer,
Audrey Samson,
and
Arved Sandstrom.
You may direct comments or suggestions about this
feature to:
Andrew D. Wright, au141@chebucto.ns.ca
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