These are software packages and systems hardware most commonly used at the Institute of Tropical Ecosystems Studies and their Y2K compliance.
| SOFTWARE | |||||||||||
| ITEM | COMPANY | CATEGORY | COMPLIANT? | ISSUES? | UPGRADABLE? | LATEST VERSION / SYSTEM | MAKER'S WEB SITE ON YEAR 2000 | RELATED NSTL WEB SITE | COMMENTS | ||
| BORLAND PARADOX FOR DOS V. 4.5 | Borland (now Inprise) | software application | no | N/A | yes | Corel Paradox V.8 | Newest version: sold as part of Corel Word Perfect Suite 8 | ||||
| BORLAND QUATTRO PRO FOR DOS (ALL VERSIONS) | Borland (now Inprise) | software application | no | N/A | yes | Corel Quattro Pro V.8 | Newest version: sold as part of Corel Word Perfect Suite 8 | ||||
| BORLAND QUATTRO PRO FOR WINDOWS (ALL VERSIONS) | Borland (now Inprise) | software application | no | N/A | yes | Corel Quattro Pro V.8 | Newest version: sold as part of Corel Word Perfect Suite 8 | ||||
| NORTON UTILITIES V. 2.0 FOR WINDOWS 95 | SYMANTEC | software application | yes | no | yes | Norton Utilities V. 3 for Windows 95 | |||||
| NOVELL NETWARE SERVER 3.11 | NOVELL | operating system | no | N/A | yes | Novell Netware 3.2 or 5.0 | |||||
| NOVELL NETWARE SERVER 3.2 | NOVELL | operating system | yes | no | yes | Novell Netware 5.0 | |||||
| NOVELL NETWARE SERVER 5 | NOVELL | operating system | yes | no | ? | ? | Features: True Internet technology | ||||
| OFFICE PROFESSIONAL 97 8.0 (ENGLISH) - 32-BIT WIN SR 1 | MicroSoft | software applications | yes | no | ? | ? | Components: Excell, Word, Access , Power Point, Photo Editor, Office Binder and Outlook 97 // No specific SR is required, though SR 2 is recommended | ||||
| PAPYRUS FOR DOS/WINDOWS V.7.0.0 - 7.0.11d | Research Software Design | software application | yes | no | yes | Papyrus version 7.0.16a | |||||
| WINDOWS 95/PLUS | MicroSoft | operating system | not fully | yes | yes | Windows 98 | |||||
| WINDOWS 98 | MicroSoft | operating system | not fully | yes | yes (must) | Downloadable Year 2000 Update for Windows 98 | Web site accessible from system with Windows 98 and Internet | ||||
| WORDPERFECT 7 FOR WINDOWS 3.1 | COREL | software application | not fully | major | yes | Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 Pro for Win 95/Win NT | |||||
| WORDPERFECT 6.1 FOR WINDOWS 3.X | COREL | software application | not fully | yes | yes | WordPerfect 8 WIN 95 | |||||
| WORDPERFECT SUITE 8 PRO FOR WIN95/WIN NT | COREL | software applications | yes | no | ? | ? | Components: WordPerfect 8, Quattro Pro 8, Presentations 8, CorelCENTRAL 8, Corel Paradox 8 | ||||
| HARDWARE | |||||||||||
| GATEWAY 2000 (INTEL PENTIUM BASED SYSTEM) | GATEWAY | PC system | yes | no | yes | Pentium III | http://www.gateway.com/ (and Click) | http://www.nstl.com/html/gateway_y2k_compliant.html | |||
| GATEWAY 2000 (OLDER 486 BASED SYSTEM) | GATEWAY | PC system | not fully | yes | yes | Pentium based system | http://www.gateway.com/ (and Click) | http://www.nstl.com/html/gateway_y2k_compliant.html | Dates will rollover to year 2000 and function properly until rebooted; to correct real-time clock has to be reseted. | ||
| DELL (SHIPPED before JAN 1, 1997 with NSTL Y2K Compliance logo) | DELL | PC system | yes | no? | yes | several | http://support.dell.com/filelib/year2000.asp | http://www.nstl.com/html/dell_y2k_compliant.html | These systems are "eligible to carry the "NSTL Hardware Tested Year 2000 Compliant" logo by virtue of formal testing with, and sompletion of , the NSTL YMARK2000test" | ||
| DELL (SHIPPED on or after JAN 1, 1997 with upgradable BIOS) | DELL | PC system | not fully | yes | yes | several | http://support.dell.com/filelib/year2000.asp | http://www.nstl.com/html/dell_y2k_compliant.html | Dell makes available a BIOS upgrade. Dell beleives that the hardware will passthe YMARK2000 test, provided the appropriate BIOS is properly loaded. | ||
| MICRON (SOLD on or after AUG 26, 1996) | MICRON | PC system | yes | no | yes | several | http://support.micronpc.com/year2000/index.html | http://www.nstl.com/html/micron_y2k_compliant.html | "You don't need to do anything else to these machines in terms of the century change." | ||
| MICRON (SOLD prior to AUG 26, 1996) | MICRON | PC system | not fully | yes | yes | several | http://support.micronpc.com/year2000/index.html | http://www.nstl.com/html/micron_y2k_compliant.html | Two options to adjust the date on January 1, 2000: (1) Manually reset the clock following steps for "setting your clock" for the year 2000; (2) Use downloadable free-of-charge utility | ||
| QUANTEX (before 1997) | QUANTEX | PC system | ? | ? | ? | several | NONE | http://www.nstl.com/html/quantex_y2k_compliant.html | THERE IS NO INFORMATION ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS' COMPL;IANCY ON THEIR WEB . General Information was faxed to me. Check NSTL information on this company. | ||
| QUANTEX (since 1997) | QUANTEX | PC system | yes | no | yes | several | NONE | http://www.nstl.com/html/quantex_y2k_compliant.html | THERE IS NO INFORMATION ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS' COMPL;IANCY ON THEIR WEB . General Information was faxed to me. Check NSTL information on this company. | ||
| DTK (before 1997) | DTK Computer, Inc. | PC system | ? | ? | ? | several | http://www.dtkcomputer.com/certificates.html | http://www.nstl.com/html/dtk_y2k_compliant.html | |||
| DTK (since 1997) | DTK Computer, Inc. | PC system | yes | no | yes | several | http://www.dtkcomputer.com/certificates.html | http://www.nstl.com/html/dtk_y2k_compliant.html | |||
| *NSTL = NATIONAL SOFTWARE TESTING LABORATORY, browse on Web | |||||||||||