Year 2000 Readiness of Windows 95/98/NT
Internet Clients Distributed by the CAC

Introduction

Before or during 1999, the CAC recommends updating any previous CACTWIN clients by obtaining the CAC Internet Software Distribution called CACPAC Version 1.1 and above; please follow the install instructions there. CACPAC has been and is available as a CD free to anyone with a Penn State Access Account. The site-licensed software is also available via: http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/access/cd/. Also, please see the Internet Access Guide at: http://www.psu.edu/dept/cac/internet/. Finally, please see the official Penn State Year 2000 Web page at: http://www.psu.edu/Year2000/.

Year 2000 Readiness of Your Personal Computer

Please see: http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/pub/year2000/PSU-NSTL/pcy2k.htm

YEAR 2000 READINESS OF WINDOWS 3.x and WINDOWS 95/NT

Please see: http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/pub/year2000/ directories: Win3x, Win95, WinNT4 and read the various .TXT files there.

Year 2000 Readiness of CACPAC Internet Clients

WSFTP PRO Version 5 Provides Year 2000 support through Dec 31, 2037. CAC distributes WSFTP LE(Limited Edition) Version 4.60 for which there is no vendor warranty for Year 2000 Compliance. Thus to get warranted Y2K readiness one would need to purchase WSFTP Pro, Version 5 or above (about $36 for a single copy) or an equivalent product; or use Netscape or Internet Explorer to FTP. For more information please see: http://www.ipswitch.com/Support/year2000.html

Netscape is reported by its vendor to be Year 2000 compliant from Versions 2.02 up to the current version (4.07). For more information please see: http://help.netscape.com/kb/client/980928-4.html

Internet Explorer Version 4.0x; Y2K ready. See: http://www.microsoft.com/ie/download

Eudora Pro and Eudora Light, all versions currently distributed by CAC, are reportedly Year 2000 ready up through 2038. For more information please see: http://eudora.qualcomm.com/techsupport/kb/1378hq.html

Hummingbird Host Explorer for Windows is certified by Hummingbird, Inc. as being Year 2000 ready. If you are still running CACPAC client McGill TCP3270 you should upgrade to Host Explorer. Available at PSU via Netscape non-anonymous FTP URL: http://xxx@software.cac.psu.edu/pub/hostex/HostEx.exe or via Internet Explorer via non-anonymos FTP URL: http://xxx:pppppppp@software.cac.psu.edu/pub/hostex/HostEx.exe where xxx is your PSU Access Userid and pppppppp is your companion Access Password. For information on Y2K readiness of Host Explorer please see:http://www.hummingbird.com/products/y2k_cnt.html

Agent and Free Agent News Reader; Y2K readiness unknown Likely ready. No information is posted on the Agent home page: http://www.forteinc.com/ News Express version 2.x; Y2K readiness unknown: http://www.malch.com/nxfaq.html Outlook Express (comes with Internet Explorer); Y2K ready: http://www.microsoft.com/ie/download

Internet Utilities:

WSPING: Y2K readiness unknown. Suggest WS Ping Pro Pack for which the vendor warrants as Year 2000 Ready. See: http://www.ipswitch.com/Support/year2000.html

Adobe Acrobat: Y2K Ready. See: http://www.adobe.com/newsfeatures/year2000/prodsupport.html

TimeSync: Y2K readiness unknown. Likely ready. See: http://www.intsoft.com/timesync.html

Dimension4: Y2K readiness unknown. Likely ready. See: http://www.thinkman.com/~thinkman/dimension4/index.htm