Hello Everyone:

Dr. Richard Kruk of the Psychology Department has an urgent need for a couple of iBooks capable of booting into OS 9 (as opposed to running Classic in OS X). He needs to run some OS 9 software which cannot running in Classic mode correctly. Unfortunately the company responsible for upgrading the software to OS X has overshot their predicted release date. He has some time sensitive research which requires that data collection begin almost immediately. Dr Kruk is willing to rent this equipment. Please see forwarded message below for details.

If you have an iBook(s) you'd like to rent to Dr. Kruk, please contact him as soon as possible. Dr. Richard Kruk 474-9453 e-mail krukr@ms.umanitoba.ca

Regards, Doug ------------- Doug Hamilton, BA, MA, APP Senior Apple Computer Consultant Computers-on-Campus; Univ. of Manitoba 204-474-6196 204-474-7556 http://www.umanitoba.ca/bookstore/

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I have a problem, though, that I'm hoping you might be able to help out with. The program I purchased, called VPixx, is designed to produce precise and reliable image durations (as short as 16 ms) on the computer screen.

However, only an OS-9 version of the program is available (an OS-X version was promised to me by Christmas, but I'm still waiting for it to be ready to be distributed). I have the OS-9 version of VPixx, which runs on the OS-X "Classic" environment. There is a problem with the equipment: the timings of images that are displayed are completely off, and unreliable - I measured durations last Friday using an oscilloscope and made this discovery, with the G4 Powerbooks I was planning to take into schools to conduct my research. The image timings I need, however, are accurately and reliably produced by a G3 running on OS-9.

The bottom line is that until I obtain an OS-X version of VPixx (which is unlikely to happen soon), or iBooks that run on OS-9 I can take into schools, I can't collect valid data for my project. I have a very limited time during which I have access to children in schools (from now until the middle of March), and the data collection will likely take all the time I have.

I was hoping you might have some knowledge of people at the University, or in the community who might be willing to either loan or rent me the equipment I need (two iBooks, running OS-9, each with a VGA port). If you know of any rental outfit that might be able to help, I'd really appreciate it.

This is an urgent problem for me -- if you have any suggestions I'd be grateful in hearing about them soon!

All the best,

Richard

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