"THOMA, RICHARD S [PHR/1005]" wrote:
>
> To all users of the ABI 494 HT Protein Sequencer,
>
> I have noticed a Y2K glitch in the Protein Sequencing Software
> Version 1.1a. During the bottle change routine, the date adds only one 0
> for the year instead of an axpected 00. One can manually add that second 0
> if wanted. This glitch doesn't seem to affect anything else in the bottle
> change routine. Though, probably not a problem for now, I am curious what
> will happen next year. Bob Apfelzweig at ABI is looking into this glitch
> presently. Hopefully they can come up with a patch for all users of this
> software.
>
> Rich Thoma
A similar thing happened to one of our Macs on a DNA Sequencer. I believe
the 494 also works on a Mac. We fixed it by activating the four-digit
year format (Control Panels-->Date & Time, click on 'Date Formats...' and
select 'Show Century'). Run folders now include '2000' instead of just
'0'. It's not clear to me what version(s) of software are affected thusly.
I've been busy with other comp issues. See separate email concerning the
G4 bug on DNA Sequence Analysis, coming soon.
Bob Lyons
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Robert Lyons, Ph.D.
Director, DNA Sequencing Core
University of Michigan
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