Year 2000 Compliance

From the earliest days, computers were programmed using two digits each for the day, month and year. This programming method became the standard to save limited and expensive computer storage space. If this issue is not addresses, computers may become confused and read the year as "1900" or "1980" instead of "2000" causing it to malfunction or provide incorrect data.

Acqutek has an ongoing program of evaluation for ensuring that all products, hardware, software, manufacturing systems and business processes in offices and manufacturing locations worldwide are Year 2000 compliant. This program includes the review of all internally developed products including related software and all purchased software and hardware components which may be date-sensitive, as well as the review of all vendors for Year 2000 compliance.

The year 2000 is not currently expected to create issues that would affect our ability to deliver high-quality products on time. More specific information on Acqutek Year 2000 compliance program is provided below:

Acqutek's CPU cards and Single Board Computers (SBC) are date sensitive and rely on date-related information in order to function as designed, and thus will be affected by any Year 2000-related issues. Acqutek has tested all products and modified all programs codes (BIOS) to comply with Year 2000. Please refer to following table :

Model Number	Y2K Compliant	Remark
PU-i088	Compliant	Non Date Sensitive
PU-i386SX-40	Compliant	BIOS date=11/16/98 ASC3865.ROM
PU-i486SL-40	Compliant	BIOS date=11/16/98 ASC3865.ROM
PU-i386XC-40	Compliant	BIOS date=11/16/98 UGH3865.ROM
PU-i486XC-40	Compliant	BIOS date=11/16/98 UGH3865.ROM
PM-i386XC-40	Compliant	BIOS date=11/16/98 I386VX5.ROM
PM-i486XC-40	Compliant	BIOS date=11/16/98 I386VX5.ROM
PU-i486DX-S4	Compliant	BIOS date=11/16/98 UGF4865.ROM
XU-i088A	Compliant
XU-i586	Compliant
PSC-586	Compliant
SSC-486H	Compliant
Rocky-P228BX	Compliant
PIA-666VL / PU-i686	Compliant
HS-6037	Compliant
Rocky-3702EV	Compliant
Rocky-3701	Compliant
Juki-3711	Compliant
Juki-3712	Compliant
Rocky-568EV	Compliant
Rocky-538TXV	Compliant
Rocky-548TX	Compliant
AR-B1574 / PU-i586	Compliant
AR-B1576 / PU-i588	Compliant
Juki-740E	Compliant
Juki-745E	Compliant
Rocky-418	Compliant
Juki-750E	Compliant
Rocky-318	Compliant
Juki-732E	Compliant
PM-i387(V)	Compliant
AR-B1564	Compliant
AR-B9621	Compliant
AR-B9622	Compliant
NOVA-600	Compliant
NOVA-300	Compliant
PK-55160(A)	Compliant
PC-DOS 6.3	Compliant

You may download updated software or BIOS from Acquteks ftp server or contact us for assistance.

Other Acqutek's products (Backplane boards, Chassis, I/O boards, A/D Cards, D/A Cards, RS-232/RS-422/RS-485 cards, CCD Cameras ... etc) are not date sensitive and do not rely on date-related information in order to function as designed, and thus will not be affected by any Year 2000-related issues.

Information Technology

All of Acqutek's information technology systems, including hardware and applications, have been reviewed. All systems have been confirmed as Year 2000 compliant or have already been modified or upgraded to achieve compliance.

Suppliers & Production

A review of all Acqutek's vendors is currently in progress. All suppliers have been contacted and no issues with Year 2000 compliance have been identified to date.

All production equipment at each of Acqutek's manufacturing locations has been evaluated. All equipment have been confirmed as Year 2000 compliant or have already been modified or upgraded to achieve compliance.

Summary

Any representation or warranty in regard to Acqutek's products and Year 2000 or date-related information is strictly limited to Acqutek products only and does not extend to other products or systems that may be used in conjunction with Acqutek products.

This information on Acqutek Year 2000 compliance is designated as Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure within the meaning of the Year 2000 Information and Disclosure Act of 1998. Please note that information provided regarding non-Acqutek products and services are republications under the Act and are based on information supplied by other companies about the products and services they offer. Acqutek has not independently verified the contents of these republications and takes no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of information contained in such republications. This information is subject to change and may be updated.