North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: The Y2K glitches start being reported
I've seen this personally, I've also see a POS machine crash hard around a year ago when my renewed VISA card with a 00 expiry date was swiped. > > > And it begins, the early reports from England on a particular POS machine. > Although this glitch was related to Y2K, POS machines are flaky on the best > of days. > > >There have been some problems with a small percentage (5%) of point of sale > >terminals (the card readers in shops that are used to process credit and debit > >card transactions). The affected terminals show an error message which simply > >needs to be cleared to allow the transaction to be processed. Although there > >is a simple workaround, details were not immediately available to all affected > >retailers, so consumers were inconvenienced yesterday. Now that the details > >have been widely disseminated, consumers are much less likely to be affected. > > > >The problem is restricted to some of the machines produced by Racal Electronics > >plc. Although the fault relates to the Y2K bug, it will disappear on 1.1.2000. > > > >This is only a minor glitch. It is typical of the sort of problem that it was >expected would need to be dealt with over this period. This problem does not >affect any other point of sale terminals, ATMs, the cards themselves or other >methods of payment, and does not lead us to expect any significant problems in >the financial sector. > > > > -- Neil J. McRae - Alive and Kicking. [email protected]
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