What a crazy time it was 25 years ago on this night when we didn’t know what would happen when the internal calendar on our computers turned to 2000.
My RR decided to run a commemorative train to mark the day and celebrate the 25th anniversary.
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I spent Y2K rollover in a network operations center rebooting computers that we couldn’t allow to just roll over at midnight. Spent YEARS updating software.
was called in for overtime. i remember everone had a handlight at the ready in case the power went out. we didn’t know if our emergency generator would come on line. fortunately, nothing happened
Work for a year preparing a debt collection business for Y2K. Unfortunately, my named popped up on the system as owing a debt and they were not to kind to me about it. MUH!
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
I too was working for a software company at the time. It was real panic! Eleven years later, at a different company as an IT Manager, I had to deal with default dates all over their systems of 11/11/11!
11 Years ago I celebrated by running an all New Haven consist on the railroad…
Happy New Year!
My railroad was pretty sparse back then. A lot of structures and scenic areas have been developed since; and the house was painted! Most of this train left the property before Christmas this year and now runs at the Wilton Historical Society in their Christmas display.
in 1999 i was in a group, developing an “educational” browser-game (using java-script) for preppers.
we stopped to work on the project, because we “knew” reality would take over.
turned out, that - maybe - we were wrong.
Used to work at N&W’s computer center in Roanoke, VA (As a technical writer). I left in 1985, but a lot of my coworker friends who had retired by 1999 made some extra money by coming back to fix programs for Y2K.
Regards, David Meashey
Y2K was certainly a crazy time for concern but luckily no panic.
I too was working for a software company that had a mechanical design side. when nothing happened they started going belly up, got a nice coat for Christmas, but remember sheriffs visits to the plant and a lean on the one project i worked on for them, as the parent company was not paying the rent. my last act for them was over seeing the installation of the equipment in NJ.
AL P.
That was just before the “Tech Bust” of 2001; no connection to Y2K as far as I know. I was laid off my full-time tech job in 2001 and never took another full-time job. Essentially retired in my 50s.
A Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year to all.