Meeting Notes: Swap Meet 08.05
Smiles lit up the faces of LAUG members and new guests as they rounded the corner to the meeting area of Signs of Life in downtown Lawrence. What they saw warmed their hearts as the glowing screens of original Macintosh computers were happy booting up and operate after so many years. Participants were recalling first time Macintosh experiences and comparing models that were present. There was a Macintosh 128K computer, a 512K, an SE30, two Powerbook 170s and an Apple II. In the spirit of the evening, the notes for this meeting were typed on one of the Powerbooks.
The meeting was much more casual than usual, as people continued to recall stories of their early Mac experiences. Dave Greenbaum called the meeting to order and introductions were made around the room. It was determined that on this night, the fastest computer in the room was a Powerbook Wallstreet (250 MHz.) The oldest computer was the Apple II and owner Alfred Lata received a copy of Tiger software for bringing in his machine. A few questions were covered at the meeting. Someone had a Pizmo computer that wouldn’t boot. It was suggested to reset the power manager, and on that computer it’s done with a combination of keyboard buttons. Other questions were brought up about Blue & White G3 machines,
iPhoto issues, eBay inventory management on a Macintosh. An application called “Delicious Library” was described. Using an iSight camera as a barcode reader, you can index all your personal media. Visit http://www.delicious-monster.com/ for more info. New Apple products were mentioned including the Mighty Mouse which finally includes two-button clicking options for Mac users. Some speedbumps were announ-ced in the laptop computers and Mac mini has a memory increase.
Next meeting we will explore wireless networking including guest speakers from the Lawrence Freenet project.