YEAR 2000 and ITES

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                  



Last Updated on 2/26/99
By Eda C. Melendez
Email: emelend@SUNCEER.UPR.CLU.EDU