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From: c8s-an@franny.Berkeley.EDU (Alex Lau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: More Mac-related earthquake news
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Date: 24 Oct 89 04:13:12 GMT
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As requested, here are the updates to the stories I posted earlier:

- Apple's DeAnza 3 building is inoperable due to water damage suffered
when the sprinkler system didn't shut off after the earthquake. The
ensuing shower turned much of the paper in this important R&D building
into mush, and wrecked two days of data. This could conceivably delay
the release of System 7.0 by months, or at least give Apple a really
good excuse for coming out late. Earlier reports of condemnation may
have been premature; I'll find out more later.

- The water damage may not have been as extensive as once thought.
A hard disk with confidential information was sent to a friend of mine
for data recovery; however, once it dried off, all the data was intact
and the hard disk booted right up. I doubt if Apple will try to sell
the water-damaged computers, though. Look for a large donation in the
near future of those machines.

- Neither educational nor developers' discount computers will be shipped
for a while after the earthquake, and it may be quite a while before
Apple builds up the inventory again. No word on what the exact delay is
going to be, but expect it to be at least two extra weeks.

- The two MacUser staffers who were killed as a result of last Tuesday's
earthquake are (forgive me if I misspell, but this is from memory):
editor John J. Anderson, 29 and Derek Van Alstyne, 22. Both were just
leaving the Macromind building when they were crushed in their car by a
collapsing wall on Sixth St. in San Francisco. Earlier reports of a
Macromind employee being killed in the same accident are still as yet
unconfirmed.

- MacWEEK was delayed in their printing schedule, but was supposedly out
only one day behind deadline. Much of the weekly magazine will focus on
the effects of the earthquake on Apple. If this is true, I probably don't
need to keep updating these little reports. Let me know if you want me
to continue regardless.

--- Alex
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