BOS 2 Year 2000 Compliance
BOS 2.0 on DPX2/200

Last content update: February 22, 1999 (see Notice)
Change history  for BOS 2 pages

Operating system

(1) BOS 2.0 is not Year 2000 ready (See BOS 2 Overview). Nevertheless, the continued and limited use of BOS 2.0 requires application of the upgrade BOS_EVOL0200_Y2K to extent interfaces for some commands such as date, touch, ..., ftp, uft. For more detailed information or to get the BOS 2.0 upgrade, please contact your local Bull support representative.
(2) The user interface may generate an error with 2-digit year date (ex. date '+%y') even after applying the upgrade.

Additional tools and facilities

Product code	Name	Version	Year 2000 ready	Change
SXD3090	C-ISAM		No
SXU3003	EASYTUNE
SXU3004	EASYX V6 (2-200)
SXU3009	D.P.F. DPX2/200	1.5	No (1)	Update
SXU3031	X-Window X11-R3
SXU3045	GKS
SXU3134	OSF-Motif DPX2/200	1.1		Jan 26, 1999
SXU3249	NDX

(1) Year 2000 readiness requires DPF/OpenSpool version 2.00.8 plus a fix.

Languages

Product code	Name	Version	Year 2000 ready	Change
SXL3001	Fortran G. Hills
SXL3002	Pascal G. Hills
SXL3017	SVS BASIC
SXL3047	UNIBOL/RPG II		No
SXL3056	C++ Compiler			Jan 26, 1999
SXL3090	MF COBOL/2 COMPILER		No (1)	Jan 26, 1999
SXL3091	MF COBOL/2 RUNTIME		No (1)	Jan 26, 1999
SXL3092	MF COBOL/2 ANIMATOR		No (1)	Jan 26, 1999
SXL3093	MF COBOL/2 FORMS-2		No (1)	Jan 26, 1999
SXL3033	RM/Cobol 85V5 Dev.		No (2)
SXL3034	RM/Cobol 85V5 R.T.		No (2)
SXU3046	QXTRAN		No

(1) Product origin : Micro Focus Corporation. More detailed Y2K information are available on Micro Focus website.
(2) Product origin : Liant Software Corporation. More detailed Y2K information are available on Liant Software website.

Uniplex V6.10

(1) Product origin : Uniplex Software, Inc. More detailed Y2K information are available on Uniplex Software website.

Uniplex II+ V7.01

(1) Product origin : Uniplex Software, Inc. More detailed Y2K information are available on Uniplex Software website.

Informix V5.0

Product code	Name	Version	Year 2000 ready	Change
SXD3093	4GL Dev. RT.		(1) (2)	Jan 26, 1999
SXD3513	4GL RDS		(1) (2)	Jan 26, 1999
SXD3511	4GL RDS ID.		(1) (2)	Jan 26, 1999
SXD3091	SQL RDBMS		(1) (2)	Jan 26, 1999
SXD3076	SQL Dev. RT.		(1) (2)	Jan 26, 1999
SXD3095	ESQL/C Dev. RT.		(1) (2)	Jan 26, 1999
SXD3097	ESQL/Cobol		(1) (2)	Jan 26, 1999
SXD3519	TURBO		(1) (2)	Jan 26, 1999
SXD3606	NET		(1) (2)	Jan 26, 1999
SXD3608	NET TURBO		(1) (2)	Jan 26, 1999

(1) Take care with user display interface which produces year date on 4 digits, and take care with user applications developed with C or 4 GL langage using the year date defined as yy on 2 digits instead of yyyy (4 digits).
(2) Product origin : Informix Inc. More detailed Y2K information are available on Informix website.

Oracle V6

(1) According to the current Oracle Year 2000 statement only the release V7 and upper are Year 2000 Ready.

Communications: Stack A

Product code	Name	Version	Year 2000 ready	Change
SXC3025	COMBULL
SXC3101	PC-I Micro
SXC3003	NFS	3.1		Jan 26, 1999
SXC3006	BSC 2780/3780
SXC3007	BSC 3270
SXC3009	TCP/IP	3.1	No (1)	Jan 26, 1999
SXC3018	TPAD/HPAD
SXC3020	QX400	3.3
SXC3029	PCI/SMB
SXC3031	UFT		No (1)	Jan 26, 1999
SXC3032	X400
SXC3033	TWS2107
SXC3035	FTAMX
SXC3036	SNA 3270
SXC3037	SNA 3770
SXC3038	SNADS/SNAP
SXC3039	SNA DIA/DStar
SXC3040	SNA LU0,1,2,3
SXC3041	SNA LU6.2

(1) Not Year 2000 ready (See BOS 2 Overview). Nevertheless, the continued and limited use of BOS 2.0 requires application of the upgrade BOS_EVOL0200_Y2K to extent interfaces for some commands such as date, touch, ..., ftp, uft. For more detailed information or to get the BOS 2.0 upgrade, please contact your local Bull support representative.

Index

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Notice
Bull is making every effort to provide accurate and explicit information on the Year 2000 readiness of its products. The information on this page reflects the current results of our compliance tests and may be updated as testing continues. Please see the Bull Year 2000 Compliance Overview for an explanation of the terms used and our commitments.

Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Statements
Information contained on Bull past and present Year 2000 Internet Website pages regarding products and services offered by Bull are "Year 2000 Readiness Disclosures" as defined by the Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act of 1998, (The United States of America's Public Law 105-271, 112 Stat. 2386) enacted on October 19, 1998. Bull Year 2000 Internet website pages have been and will continue to be our primary mechanism for communicating year 2000 information.

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