Notices

Notices

References

in this publication

to IBM

products,

programs,

or

servic

do

not

imply

that

IBM

 

intends

to

make

these

available

in

all

countri

in

which

IBM

operates.

Any

reference

to an IBM product, program,

service

is not intended to state or

imply that only IBM's product,

program, or service may be used. Any functionally equivalent

 

 

 

product,

program, or service that does not infringe any of

 

IBM's

i

lectual

property

rights

may

be

used

instead

of

the

IBM

 

product,

program,

or service. Evaluation and verification of

operation

 

in con-

junction

with

other products, except those expressly

designated

by

IBM, are the

user's

responsibility.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IBM may have patents or pending patent applications covering

 

 

 

subject

matter in this document. The

furnishing

of

this document

 

does not give you any license to these

patents.

You

can

 

send

 

license inquiries, in writing, to the IBM Director of Licensing, IBM

Corporation,

500

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Avenue,

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U.S.A.

 

 

 

 

Year 2000 readiness

and

instructions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

product

 

is Year

2000

Ready

if

the

product,

when

used

in

accor

ance

with

 

its associated documentation, is capable of correctly pr

essing, providing

and/or

receiving

date

data

within

and

between the

20th and 21st centuries, provided all other products (for example,

software, hardware, and firmware) used with the product properly

 

exchange date data with it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This

IBM

PC

hardware product

has

been designed to process four-

 

digit date information correctly within and between the 20th and 2

centuries.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This

IBM

PC

product

cannot prevent

errors that might

occur

if

soft-

ware

you

 

use or exchange data with is not ready for the Year

 

IBM

software that comes with this product is Year 2000 Ready.

 

However,

software

from

other

companies

might

come

with

this

IBM

 

PC

product.

Although

IBM

cannot

take responsibility

for

the

read-

 

iness

of that software, these companies have stated

that

it

is

r

You

should

contact

the

software

developers

directly

if

you

wish

t

verify readiness, understand limitations, or look for any software updates.

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IBM i Series 1200, i Series 1300 manual Year 2000 readiness Instructions

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