On 30 Jan 2007, at 11:40, Zip Boterbloem wrote:
> Hi Lawrence,
>
> Interesting. The network installation, is that properly booted/shut
> down every day?
Yes - the staff there are very good - I went out of my way to make it
as simple as possible, and AFAIK it is always done correctly.
> What versions of Max? Os9? OSX?
This one is on OS9 - can't remember the exact version, but I think
it's the last one they did.
> Is your network part of a bigger network?
No - just the three iMacs - again can't quote version immediately,
but they have firewire (first model to have that?) It was 2001 when I
put that stuff in. Also (apologies for slight misinformation here)
they are not connected by ethernet, but by MIDI!
> I'm interested in all the details, please reply to me privately if
> you feel this is a waste of group bandwidth.
I think this is still relevant.
> BTW, I swapped suspect interface hardware where possible, but this
> hasn't fixed all problems.
It certainly did for me - I have not encountered these problems
anywhere else.
>
> You don't have other irritating problems like disappearing startup
> items, resetting Audio/MIDI prefs, changing display settings etc. I
> have these on a regular basis.
>
No - I haven't encountered any of these problems on OS9 or OSX.
Best
L
Lawrence Casserley - lawrence@lcasserley.co.uk
Lawrence Electronic Operations - http://www.lcasserley.co.uk
Colourscape Music Festivals - http://www.colourscape.org.uk