Y2K was as it turned out was a lot of hype over nothing.
I know. I was one of them. I did Y2K remediation research and resolution for several companies. If we’d done nothing it would have actually been catastrophic. A couple of guys I worked with actually bought property out in the sticks because they didn’t think we’d fix it all in time.
That is true. I worked on several Y2K projects for some very big banks. Some couldn't make the deadline so they merged with others that were gonna be OK.
The big problems were in the financial industries running mainframes.
There was a lot of hype about toasters and elevators though.
I was also one of them. I spent years in Y2k remediation projects. The group I was involved with had everything handled by mid 99 but most of us had to spend NYE 1999 in the computer room. There were couple of minor systems that blipped and needed restarted but all the important stuff flipped over and kept on trucking.
When I started hearing "it was all just hype" from clueless morons, I wanted to start bashing some heads.
As an old COBOL programmer, I well remember the YYMMDD format and wondered if the programs would be corrected in time. I read that companies were scouring rest homes looking for retired COBOL programmers, as by then, most everyone was into the newer programs.
There was also much angst over dates in chips that ran various devices, like elevators, fire alarm/sprinkler systems, etc.
Was surprised at how well things ran. Thank You.
As a sidebar, I read that there was a sheriff in Iowa who wanted to deputize gun owners (CCWs?) so that he could draw on them if TSHTF. It brought up an interesting question to my mind - how many guys would answer the call and leave their families unprotected? Made me respect the 1776 Minutemen all the more.