c8s-an@franny.Berkeley.EDU (Alex Lau) (10/21/89)
Some Macintosh-related earthquake news (as collected here in Berkeley):
- Apple gave all their employees the day off the day after the earthquake.
Most other Silicon Valley companies gave theis gmployees the day off. The
only Apple office open on Wednesday in the Bay Area was the Pleasanton
office. U.C. Berkeley still had school. :(
- Apple's mai~ problem is the loss of machines, especially at DeAnza 3.
Nobody was hurt as a direct result of the quake, but the word here is that
dozens if not hundreds of Macintoshes were damaged or destroyed at Apple
Corporate. (sorry for the line noise) Apple San Francisco's building was
perhaps severely damaged, and they may have to condemn it. They may already
have condemned DeAnza 3. For those who don't know, DeAnza 3 is where
System Software is developed. Therefore, the rumors that System 7.0 might
be seriously delayed.
- Two staffers of MacUser magazine were killed in San Francisco just after
leaving the MacroMind offices. More details later. This was the wall
collapse at Sixth and Townsend that crushed two-three cars and killed
six-seven people.
- No one here has heard from Paracomp, who has their offices in the Marina
district of San Francisco. The`Marina district was the hardest hit in the
City, with a major fire and power outage. Paracomp is the maker of products
like Swivel 3D.
- Both the S.F. Chronicle and Examiner had power outages on Wednesday and
Thursday, so instead of their normal production methods they used MS-DOS
laptop computers to enter the stories and brought them over to a building
that had a generator in it to transfer it all over to a bank of Macintosh
computers for layout and preliminary pasteup. The articles were printed
out on LaserWriters and physically pasted up before being sent to the
printing presses, which by then had been restored to partial power. Some
of the bylines in the Examiner were in Chicago font. Strangely enough,
the Chronicle mentioned Macintoshes specifically on Wednesday but not
Thursday, while the Examiner mentioned Macs Thursday but not Wednesday.
Do you think more newspapers will be buying Portables to keep in the
closet in case of emergency?
- Some Apple employees are helping with the effort to relocate the homeless
in both San Francisco and Oakland, and they are coordinating with the Red
Cross and BMUG. BMUG has donated as many of the office Macs as possible to
the Oakland Red Cross for temporary usage. They still need help, so if you
live in the area please contact BMUG at (415) 549-2684 for more details.
- BMUG came out of it fine, but two events were postponed: a hardware
seminar by me and Steve Costa (I was in San Francisco on my way to the
World Series, so I didn't get back) and Mactoberfest (because of Apple's
dearth of machines). Neither has been rescheduled, but both will probably
be in November.
If y'all want, I'll try to update these and other Mac-related earthquake
stories throughout the coming days. If not, let me know as well.
--- Alex "a little shaken up" Lau
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FIDONET: Alex.Lau@bmug.fidonet.org (1:165/444)lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein) (10/21/89)
In article <18600@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> c8s-an@franny.Berkeley.EDU (Alex Lau) writes: > dozens if not hundreds of Macintoshes were damaged or destroyed at Apple > Corporate. (sorry for the line noise) Apple San Francisco's building was > perhaps severely damaged, and they may have to condemn it. They may already > have condemned DeAnza 3. I don't think DeAnza 3 is going to be condemned. The building is structurally sound (they are going to let people move stuff out in the next couple of days). The main problem is water, broken glass, etc. I don't people will know how much equipment was lost until it gets moved out and turned on. Larry Rosenstein, Apple Computer, Inc. Object Specialist Internet: lsr@Apple.com UUCP: {nsc, sun}!apple!lsr AppleLink: Rosenstein1
MacUserLabs@cup.portal.com (Stephan - Somogyi) (10/24/89)
c8s-an@franny.Berkeley.EDU (Alex Lau) writes: >Two staffers of MacUser magazine were killed in San Francisco just >after leaving the MacroMind offices. More details later. This was the >wall collapse at Sixth and Townsend that crushed two-three cars and >killed six-seven people. The two people killed were John J. Anderson and Derek Van Altstyne. Stephan Somogyi MacUser
kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) (10/24/89)
In article <18600@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> c8s-an@franny.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Alex Lau) writes:
<If y'all want, I'll try to update these and other Mac-related earthquake
<stories throughout the coming days. If not, let me know as well.
Also, post any news of people who had protected their computers in some
way, or any advice for doing so. I worry about my large monitor, the Macs,
and the laser printer flying about the office. While my area is only
supposed to have mild shaking in the big one, I am at a loss for how to
protect the equipment.
Shirley Kehrc8s-an@franny.Berkeley.EDU (Alex Lau) (10/26/89)
In article <120790@felix.UUCP> kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) writes: >Also, post any news of people who had protected their computers in some >way, or any advice for doing so. I worry about my large monitor, the Macs, >and the laser printer flying about the office. While my area is only >supposed to have mild shaking in the big one, I am at a loss for how to >protect the equipment. > >Shirley Kehr I know at least one guy at Apple who got hit by a 19" monitor during the quake. Calls have been pouring in to BMUG about failed power supplies after the quake. Short of insurance, I see no way to really protect your computer from "during-quake" damage. However, a surge protector would help for the next one, and it's a good idea to unplug everything while the power's out. --- Alex UUCP: {att,backbones}!ucbvax!franny!c8s-an INTERNET: c8s-an%franny.berkeley.edu@ucbvax.berkeley.edu FIDONET: Alex.Lau@bmug.fidonet.org (1:161/444)
oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster) (10/26/89)
This is a quote from MacWarehouse's Vol 3.1 catalog,
p.35
HardTop
HardTop protects your mac and all its peripherals against falling
objects. Made of impact-resistant ABS (the same stuff they use to
make football helmets), their platinum color matches your Mac.
Imagewriter II
ACC 0348
Manufacturer: Basic Needs $17
Mac Extended Keyboard
ACC 0347
Manufacturer: Basic Needs $15
Mac Standard Keyboard
ACC 0346
Manufacturer: Basic Needs $15
MacWarehouse
P.O.Box 1579
1690 Oak Street
Lakewood, NJ 08701-1579
1-800-255-6227
And for those who can't tell, the product is real, but I think
putting a football helmet on your mac to quake proof it is a
joke.
--- According to the Constitution, the Constitution is unconstitutional:
--- David Phillip Oster --U.S.Constitution I.10.1: "No State shall
Arpa: oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu --enter into any treaty, alliance, or
Uucp: {uwvax,decvax}!ucbvax!oster%dewey.soe.berkeley.edu -- confederation..."