Blue Raja and Merv units ready for Quake LAN
First things first, I found the paperwork for the Quake game, and other things that I needed for the show. Darn things is, I found them completely by accident, after looking for them for the last two days. Now I just need to update them for this year, fixing the few mistakes from 2007. As for the sign boards, I knew where they were, and I will be updating them in a day or two. Out with the old lettering, in with the new. The Odyssey2 sign board will be getting updated somewhat as well, along with possibly one more, if I can find a place to put it.
Today I got two more of the Macs ready for the Quake LAN (only one more to go). This time it was the Blue Raja, a lime colored iMac from 1999 (name retrieved from the Mystery Men movie). I like this lime mac, even though the casing is a bit worn, but it works just fine. The only complaint I have about the early iMacs, the ones with the CD tray, is that putting in the battery is not easy. You have to take apart the computer, as show a bit below. When Apple switched to the slot loading iMacs, they made it much easier to get to the batter, through a small hatch on the back of the units.
The other computer was Merv, a Blue and White Mac from 1999, that works rather well for its age. This one was easy to get the batter into it, as the side just flips open. I hooked it up with an LCD display, one of only two I will have at the show this year. I wish I had all LCD monitors for the show, however that would cost a bit of money, but could happen slowly as time goes by.
The papers for the show! - Old UC sign, waiting to be updated
Blue Raja getting a new battery - Blue Raja running Quake
Booting up Merv - Merv up close
Quake on an LCD screen - One of only two this year
