Mission Statement

SUNY Downstate Medical Center is committed to address, and correct where necessary, all major Year-2000 issues to assure successful operation of all essential and important systems and services beyond the Year 2000.

Y2K Information Center:

The SUNY Downstate Medical Center Y2K Information Center consists of:

  • Y2K Telephone Center / Hotline: call 270-2771
  • Y2K Bulletin Board on cc:Mail
  • E-mail: should be sent via cc:Mail to Natalie Rappaport.
  • A Network of Departmental Y2K Coordinators
  • This Web-page

Current Y2K Activities at SUNY Downstate

Our campus has been working on Year-2000 compliance (Y2K) projects since January 1996, when the first year-2000 renewal dates began affecting our various systems. After a series of presentations and meetings in early 1998, a Y2K Task Force was organized (see List of Y2K Task Force members) and has been meeting since June 1998 to identify and remediate Y2K issues for all campus-wide and major systems, including computer applications, computer hardware & systems software, and embedded microprocessors/systems. A recent example is the new Y2K-compliant payroll system, which was implemented in Nov. 98.

Our Y2K Task Force is currently closely monitoring 51 major systems according to a 5-step Y2K-compliance process:

  1. Inventory - to insure that all major systems are identified
  2. Assessment - to identify risk, priorities, and Y2K vulnerability
  3. Correction - where required, either thru replacement or upgrade
  4. Testing
  5. Contingency plans - to address any unforeseen or unpredictable behavior that may occur as our systems transition to the year 2000.

Desktop Computers:

We have, after investigation and testing, selected the NSTL software (YMARK2000) to test PC-hardware readiness for Y2K, and sent each department a floppy disk. To use: insert floppy into drive A, reboot your PC, answer Y to the question re "accept terms of this agreement", and read the results on your screen. This software tests:

  • Hardware clock
  • Progression to Year-2000
  • Other dates (such as leap years next century).

A ReadMe.Txt file on the floppy provides additional information. If a department has not received this floppy disk, please contact the Y2K Information Center.

PC Operating System Upgrades
You can download the latest upgrades for your PC by clicking here:

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