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We Hardly Knew Her (6/1/00)
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We'd like to call for a moment of silence, please, for Victoria-- AtAT's primary production system, a much-beloved PowerTower Pro that apparently kicked the bucket between 4:30 and 7:00 AM on Friday, June 2nd, 2000. May she rest in peace, at least temporarily; since all signs point to a dead power supply, we can probably resurrect her for a couple hundred clams, assuming we can find the part. You'll recall that the climax of the Clone Wars involved Apple buying back Power Computing's clone license and the first Mac cloner thus fading into history-- which means we may have a tough time getting a part for this three-and-a-half-year-old workhorse. (Just in case this turns out to be more trouble than we thought: Thanks, Steve.)
Right about now, most of you are probably wondering why we wouldn't take this as a perfect excuse to run out and buy a shiny new G4. Believe us, we're considering it. But from a practical perspective, considering we've got a ton of important data on her two internal SCSI drives, a slew of external SCSI removable drives, a couple of PCI cards we'd need to move into the new G4, a cable modem connection that would have to be reassigned to a new Ethernet address, etc., it'd be a whole lot easier to migrate slowly with both systems alive and networked together. We had planned to wait on a new pro desktop until Mac OS X came pre-installed. Besides, Victoria holds a special place in our hearts. AtAT was designed on her, and we poured a whole lot of blood, sweat, and tears into her over the years. (Sometimes literally; there's still a drop of my blood on the motherboard from the first time I had to install RAM into her ill-designed cheap clone case. Damn sharp metal edges...)
Anyway, expect a little rockiness in the near future while we mourn the loss of a dear friend and figure out whether to repair her or replace her. Fear not, we've got plenty of other Macs on which to produce the show in the meantime, so AtAT should remain on the air. At 4:30 PM on Friday we're catching a flight to Texas to root through Power Computing's rubble in search of an appropriate power supply. (Oh, and we may as well attend a friend's wedding while we're in the state.) Wish us luck. Condolences (and suggestions of good sources for a PowerTower Pro power supply) can be sent via Feedback.
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Other scenes from that episode: 2329: Stunted Growth (6/1/00) The bad news is that Apple's iMac sales are slumping. Reportedly Fred Anderson, Cupertino's very own treasurer himself, has plainly admitted this to various Wall Street analysts, who have subsequently downgraded Apple's stock and/or reduced their estimates for Apple's quarterly earnings... 2330: Last Minute Reprieve (6/1/00) Heads up, people-- the producers of Redmond Justice have added a pair of new episodes to the schedule prior to the big season finale. Evidently Judge Jackson's got a flair for sustaining suspense, because rather than issuing his final judgment this week as many had expected, he's decided to let both sides air a few more grievances first...
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