Many Thanks

By Matt Richards

Production Editor

pon my return to Trinity this semester I was shocked to discover that the Journal office had been robbed over the summer and all of our computers stolen. We lost close to thirty thousand dollars of equipment. This list included two Apple Quadra graphics machines, an Apple scanner, a Quicktake digital camera, a Digital Alpha server, a SLR camera, and four Macintosh slave machines. So, as the Production Editor, I began the process of deciding what new machines to buy. We have since re outfitted our lab with three new Power Macintosh 9600's, a new Apple Workgroup Server, a new Quicktake 200 digital camera, a new HP scanner, a new SLR camera, and five Macintosh slave machines.

I would like to thank Dan Stra at Apple for all his help in getting us our new machines. I was very pleased with Apple's response time. Once the order had been placed, it was only a matter of two or three days before our machines arrived on campus, configured correctly and ready to be set up. Again, I would like to thank everyone at Apple who had a hand in getting our machines sent so quickly.

As far as the machines themselves go, in so far as I have used them, I am very happy with the choice we made in choosing Apple once again to produce and serve our publication. The three Power PC 9600's graphics stations we purchased run a 604e chip at 300 mhz with 64 megs of RAM at blazing speed. These three new machines, recently named Dionysus, Poisidon, and Aphrodite, are a welcome addition to our lab and are sure to help enhance the Journal in future issues.

The Apple Workgroup Server we purchased has also met or exceeded all of our expectations. Prometheus, as we have decided to call it, runs a 604e chip at 233 mhz, and serves up to 40 megs a second. It was as simple to set up and configure as could possibly be imagined. We're excited to switch over our file serving and web serving onto our new Apple.

I have been experimenting with our new Quicktake 200 digital camera as well. I'm very impressed with its resolution as well as its color. It's the perfect solution for that last minute photo assignment on campus, or for that matter, any photo assignment at all. And, just like most of Apple's equiptment, it's increadibly easy to use.

Apple has just released a new add campaign dubbed "Think Different" prompted by a letter from Steve Jobs to all Apple employees. It incorporates a new television commercial as well as tv and billboard adds. I like the look and feel of it all. It seems to go back to their old roots in the infamous 1984 commercial. You should start seeing more of this new advertising campaign in the next few weeks on the sides of buildings, buses, and in magazines and newspapers.

Furthermore, I would like to thank all those at Trinity who had a hand in helping us get back on our feet. Thanks to Maura Fennely in Student Computing Services who ordered all of our new equipment for us. And especially to Sheri Morin in Administrative Data Systems, for without her support and concern we'd have been helpless. Thank you for representing the Journal and in expressing our concerns and needs to the faculty. And finally, thanks to Trinity College for their continued support and funds. Once again, they have provided us with the opportunity to produce something incredible. To all those who helped us, I can only thank you on behalf of the Journal and assure you that we will continue to work hard to make the Journal as good as it can be.