Anyone working for Wells Fargo here...?? Noticed something...

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Hi all,

Is there anyone here working for Wells Fargo as a Teller...??? Am interested in their compliance.

I went to my local branch this weekend and did some banking for which I needed some teller assistance. From my point of view I could see the screen of the two tellers next to me. And I noticed something VERY interesting... They are still working with Windows 3.11 interfaces. Those were win3.11 terminals. I knew about 4-5 years ago everyone used Windows 3.11 but today...????

Is there anyone that can confirm this...??? I am NOT accusing Wells Fargo not to be ready, just mighty curious why they would still work on with 3.11 or is it that they are using win95 and a old 3.11 app..? Can anyone enlighten me...???


For computer newbies... Windows 3.11 operates as a shell on top of MS-DOS. Which is not and CAN NOT be made y2k compliant.



-- STFrancis (STFrancis@heaven.com), October 10, 1999

Answers

Would it bother you if a Major US bank was still useing DOS? I've seen it with my own eyes last friday!

-- FLAME AWAY (BLehman202@aol.com), October 10, 1999.

FlameAway,

Which one major U.S. Bank are you talking about...??? Wells Fargo as well...????

-- STFrancis (STFrancis@heaven.com), October 10, 1999.


MSDOS can be compliant, as can Win3.

This is no excuse for *using* them, but it's the truth nonetheless.

-- Ron Schwarz (rs@clubvb.com.delete.this), October 10, 1999.


Ron,

Please, clue me in on how to achieve that. Besides setting the clock back... Which is NOT compliance... Please, DO TELL...

Not a flame... Just an opportunity for ME to learn something new...

-- STFrancis (STFrancis@heaven.com), October 10, 1999.


What? First you tell me I cannot live across the alley from a 7-11. Now you say I can't use my Win 3.1? Will it never end?

-- horrified (somuch@this.news), October 10, 1999.


Next someone will tell us that we can't use the nostalgic calender from 1972 next year.

-- Jim Jim (JJ@driioc.com), October 10, 1999.

I believe that Windows 3.1 is still the MOST USED operating system in the world.

It's because so many are used in offices that have just never had a compelling need to upgrade. (That or they were just pissed at MS.)

I'd provide a link, but this was a few months ago I came across the site that provided that little dittie. (The site had nothing to do with y2k.)

-- (itsurprised@me.too), October 10, 1999.


STFrancis:

PC-based systems use a windowed year, from 1980 to 2079. Few if any PCs today have and use the 4-digit year real time clocks, although a hardware century is slowly becoming more common (not yet used).

There are certainly issues with Win 3.1 and DOS applications, but the windowing is there to be used. There are some cosmetic y2k issues with Win 3.1 (directory listings sorted by date are incorrect), but the OS itself is not the problem.

-- Flint (flintc@mindspring.com), October 10, 1999.


Flint,

Yes, you can do windowing on a MS-DOS machine BUT do you think the secretary or dock technicians were a machine like this is located knows how to deploy this fix...???

Also, the MAIN question in this post has not been answered yet... IS Wells Fargo using Windows 3.11 terminals...????



-- STFrancis (STFrancis@heaven.com), October 11, 1999.


It doesn't matter whether the line worker knows how to install a windowing patch of any kind. All that matters is whether the software running on the machine, and the machine itself, have been patched as needed by whatever techie is responsible for maintenance.

W3.11 or DOS are not the kiss of death. You can write and run compliant software on a noncompliant platform. I've been writing compliant Windows programs for noncompliant PCs for years - all you have to do is capture the 2-digit year and window it yourself. If you always use a single routine for accepting platform dates, the maintenance of the code is pretty simple. If you're depending on the system to sort file creation dates for you, you have a slightly larger problem.

Don't know anything about Wells Fargo, but seeing Windows 3.11 does not NECESSARILY mean they are toast. Of course, they might be.

-- bw (home@puget.sound), October 11, 1999.



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