Wednesday, November 26, 2003
8.6 and AR upgrades, no Frequency
Today I did volunteer work at my wife's school. I upgraded 2 6100's to 24M RAM, MacOS 8.6, and AR 6.1.3, and upgraded 5 7200's that already had RAM and System to run AR as well. The classroom where we were storing the extra Macs was assigned to a new teacher, so we moved about 25 computers to a portable classroom.
I looked at a problem with a tray-load iMac used by 1 teacher. It powers on and bongs, then a few seconds later shuts itself off. Re-seated everything and checked the battery, but could not fix it. Got her a 5400/200 as a temporary replacement.
I used the Frequency Blogger program twice, under MacOS 9.1. The editing pane is done in Chicago 12 which is not appropriate. But the worst problem is that both times after using it and quitting, my browser (iCab) crashed. The Mac and browser are otherwise pretty stable, so I think Frequency is screwing up when it quits. Back to online blogging for now.
Today I did volunteer work at my wife's school. I upgraded 2 6100's to 24M RAM, MacOS 8.6, and AR 6.1.3, and upgraded 5 7200's that already had RAM and System to run AR as well. The classroom where we were storing the extra Macs was assigned to a new teacher, so we moved about 25 computers to a portable classroom.
I looked at a problem with a tray-load iMac used by 1 teacher. It powers on and bongs, then a few seconds later shuts itself off. Re-seated everything and checked the battery, but could not fix it. Got her a 5400/200 as a temporary replacement.
I used the Frequency Blogger program twice, under MacOS 9.1. The editing pane is done in Chicago 12 which is not appropriate. But the worst problem is that both times after using it and quitting, my browser (iCab) crashed. The Mac and browser are otherwise pretty stable, so I think Frequency is screwing up when it quits. Back to online blogging for now.
Tuesday, November 25, 2003
8100 donation, Frequency
Monday I helped donate 12 PowerMac 8100 systems to another school. These came from FLMUG's RD&S group, which needs to move as many Macs as possible before they either move or close at the end of the year. The school is not quite ready to put them into use -- they are waiting for an ethernet hub and some tables. The Apple 17" Multiscan monitors are quite heavy after loading, then unloading 12 of them!
I'm trying the "Frequency" editor under MacOS 9 for posting the Blog today.
Monday I helped donate 12 PowerMac 8100 systems to another school. These came from FLMUG's RD&S group, which needs to move as many Macs as possible before they either move or close at the end of the year. The school is not quite ready to put them into use -- they are waiting for an ethernet hub and some tables. The Apple 17" Multiscan monitors are quite heavy after loading, then unloading 12 of them!
I'm trying the "Frequency" editor under MacOS 9 for posting the Blog today.
