MICHAEL moves in

[Stupendous Man <richmond@a188-l009.rit.edu>]

  With the help of Prof. Jim Kern and students Mark Teseny and
Matt Aggleton of the RIT Physics Department, I moved MICHAEL
to the little garden shed at the RIT Observatory this afternoon.
The Mark IV unit shares the shed with a control computer and
a UPS.  I was able to connect a monitor and a keyboard to the
control computer to verify that the Mark IV responded to simple
commands.  However, the monitor and keyboard are only temporary
conveniences --- the long-term plan is for the computer to run
"naked", and communicate with the outside world only over 
the network.

  Unfortunately, at the moment, the network connection out there
seems to be down (I'm back in my office typing this message).
There have been intermittent problems with the network out at 
the Observatory lately, so this probably isn't any big deal.
I'll work on over the next week.

  If I had a digital camera, I'd show pictures of the Mark IV
inside the shed ... but I don't.  Sigh.   Maybe I can borrow
my wife's camera.

  It may be clear again in a week (stupid, stupid Rochester!),
at which time I'll try to record some starlight and maybe even
focus the cameras.

                                           Michael Richmond