June 25, 1999

Day by Day, Campus Computer Officials Prepare for the Dawn of 2000

By VINCENT KIERNAN

Cautious optimism is the rule, but some say Y2K problems will persist in unexpected ways

With just over six months left until January 1, 2000, administrators and computer-system specialists throughout academe say that thanks to repairs and replacements, campus computer systems will probably avoid wholesale meltdowns when they encounter a year that ends in "00."

Nevertheless, officials say that isolated

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