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that there are no initialized Data Floppy Disks available upon transition to January 1, 2000, the
system date can be set to a date prior to January 1, 2000 in the “AUXILIARY/CURRENT
DATE AND TIME” menu. Disks can then be initialized using the “FLOPPY INITIALIZE”
menu. Should this procedure be required, the date must be returned to the then-current date and
time prior to analysis in the “AUXILIARY/CURRENT DATE AND TIME” menu. In addition,
pre-initialized Data Floppy Disks will be available from Olympus after January 15, 2000. An
updated version of software will be provided at no charge by June 1, 2000.
- Re-using a Data Floppy Disk containing data stored after December 31, 1999 will result in an
interruption in program execution. As a result, program status information may appear on the
PC monitor. Patient data residing in the system hard drive is NOT affected. Furthermore,
operation can be easily resumed by re-booting the system. Disks can be re-used; however, disks
containing data stored after December 31, 1999 must be initialized using the “FLOPPY
INITIALIZE” menu and using a system date earlier than January 1, 2000. An updated version of
software will be provided at no charge by June 1, 2000.
® The “DATA DOWN LOAD TO FD” menu saves data onto a floppy disk in a form that will
allow review or editing on the OLYMPUS AU800 and OLYMPUS AU1000 systems. This
method will function using disks initialized before and after January 1, 2000. This is the
recommended action for data archive purposes.
¯ Floppy disk file date stamps will be recorded on the disk as “53” during the year 2000. In
addition, years subsequent to 2000 will be displayed as “54”, “55”, etc. Information stored on
the disks will not be affected. File date stamps are displayed only when viewed outside the
AU800/AU1000 application. There will be no software update available to resolve this
condition; however, this condition has no impact on system functionality.
° The impact of the aforementioned conditions on overall system operation is limited and only
applies to the operating conditions described above.
• OLYMPUS AU600 Automated Chemistry Analyzer:
Much of the information contained in the following paragraph has been gleaned from Hewlett-
Packard and certain independent test laboratories. Olympus has relied upon the information
provided by Hewlett-Packard and these independent test laboratories.
The OLYMPUS AU600 utilizes a number of different Hewlett-Packard personal computers. If the
computer installed with a system is a Hewlett-Packard Vectra VL 5/133 or higher clock speed unit,
no corrective action will be required. OLYMPUS AU600 units which utilize these higher clock speed
computers are year 2000 compliant. Within the OLYMPUS AU600 software program, on systems
utilizing Hewlett-Packard computers with slower clock speeds (5/75 and 5/120 units), the display date
with two-digit year code located in the upper right-hand portion of the screen changes from
“12/31/99” to “01/01/00”. The date display is for convenience purposes only and does not affect
the system’s functionality. However, the data index and printout dates within the system program
software contain a four-digit year code. Consequently, upon powering off, the computer’s internal
clock will revert to 1980 when the system is next powered on. Therefore, those Hewlett-Packard
computers with slower clock speeds will require manual updating of the current date by using the MS-
DOS “DATE” command to set the date to 2000 upon initial use AFTER 12:00 a.m. on January 1,
2000. No action should be taken prior to 12:00 a.m. on January 1, 2000. Please follow the Year
2000 Conversion Instructions and Test Procedures attached to this Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure
Statement. This update MUST be performed on all Hewlett-Packard computers with clock speed
slower than the Hewlett-Packard Vectra VL 5/133.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: