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...other hand, Paul J. Malagrifa, director for applied technologies for the Harvard University Operations Service--which gauges year 2000 compliance for fire alarms, elevators, electrical systems and other building infrastructure systems--said there are "many systems that could possible be affected by the Year 2000 bug. It's too early to tell at this phase." Right now, Malagrifa said he is asking vendors to furnish Year 2000 compliance reports and testing strategies. He hopes to begin testing equipment for compliance by next year...
...Right now, we're not seeing a big problem," Malagrifa said. "There hasn't been anything we've uncovered so far that leads us to think there's going to be big problem, but you never know. [Then again], it might be as simple as replacing certain parts [by the] summer...
...Malagrifa said making sure Harvard's building infrastructure is Year 2000 compliant is important because a "computer that turns fans on and off for a building could misinterpret its instructions...
...battle the embedded chip problem, Malagrifa says that UOS has put together a strategy to test the hardware in "all the buildings on campus, any building that has a fire alarm system or building automation system...
While solutions to the problem have not yet been implemented, Malagrifa says that UOS hopes to solve the embedded chip problem "as soon as possible...