Forgive the off topic post, but it's been pretty quiet here anyway. At home we have an Oregon Scientific WM-918 Electronic Weather Station (identical to the now-discontinued Radio Shack WX-200) connected to an Apple LC 575, running a non-supported, pre-Power Mac 040 hobbyist app called Weather Reporter 200. It works great, displaying temperature trends, year-to-date weather extremes and lots of other info.
Based on the success of that setup, I advocated successfully at work to install an WM-918 there, too. It's connected to an early PowerMac, a 7200 I believe. Trouble is, almost every day (typically in the early morning hours) the 7200 seemingly stops receiving data from the WM-918. My wife wonders whether there might be some little power interruption, like the vacuum cleaner that used to knock a network printer offline, that permanently interrupts the connection. I don't know whether a surge protector would be of any value (maybe a UPS instead)? I've tried OSes on the 7200 ranging from 7.5.5 to 9.1, all with the same results. This computer is not on the network, BTW. Anyone with ideas for salvaging my ill-fated project can reply off-list. Thanks as always, -- Chuck -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
