(mailed and posted)

Hi, Tommy, 

Thanks as always for your timely and clear reports!

I'll look forward to seeing this new MacLab.  If the wireless is not working on some of them, CUIP could advance the school an ethernet switch and some cables to speed up that kind of setup (and they could still order their own and repay us from that when it comes in).   Let us know if it looks like that would be needed.

Do you know what version of OS they are running?  CPS ITS doesn't officially support 9.  If they have OS X (or the hardware to support it -- basically an Intel processor and a DVD drive) ITS Help Desk can send the school both the standard OS upgrade disks from Apple, and CPS-specific disks (which work on any sub level of 10) to do things like install standard accounts.  Also the Canter-ADM01 site has a Macintosh Maintenance Tools page, akin to the Windows Maintenance Tools page we're all more familiar with.  (And indeed, I'm not too sure what tools are on the Mac page.)  The network-naming pattern for Macs is like that for Windows, but uses I4260M... instead of I4260W... .  The Macs when they get on the network won't yet show up on the Compliance Page chart, but according to the Mac specialist who conducted a session for techcos at the recent CPS "Tech Talk", integrating Macs into the compliabce report is one of his goals for this year.

 Thanks again,

  ==Mitch