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Billions of microprocessors regulate everything from doors, to thermostats, to scales -- finding and testing is a challenge
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CNN's Ann Kellan looks at a British device to test Y2K compliance in embedded chips
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English supermarket fishes for bad Y2K chips
July 9, 1999
Web posted at: 5:19 p.m. EDT (2119 GMT)
LUTEN, England (CNN) -- When he was 12, Patrick Bossert published the answer to the Rubiks Cube. Now the inventor has tackled a larger puzzle, creating a device that detects embedded computer chips that could fail when the year 2000 arrives.
Correspondent Ann Kellan checks out one large supermarket chain in England as it uses the Delta-T Probe to search cash registers, automatic doors, and countless other places to make sure it can deliver the goods come January 1, 2000.
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Looking at the Y2K Bug
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