----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed Oct 22 17:01:34 GMT 1997 Year: 97 Doy: 295 Observer: koon WEATHER COMMENT: Wed Oct 22 17:01:44 GMT 1997 Very thick cirrostratus and fog, wind=10 mph from the SE, temp=42 F. MKIII COMMENT: Wed Oct 22 17:07:52 GMT 1997 Had the typical "Tape drive unit not detected" when I started up this morning. Reset the KCC to fix problem. Since then I've seen the KCC startup script startup 4 times, maybe David is trying something? MKIII COMMENT: Wed Oct 22 17:10:29 GMT 1997 I just reset the KCC myself to see if that will stop the never-ending startups. MKIII COMMENT: Wed Oct 22 18:59:25 GMT 1997 Alice is logged in and checking the tape drive writing since the weather is preventing observing. WEATHER COMMENT: Wed Oct 22 19:00:09 GMT 1997 Still have very thick cirrostratus. COMMENT: Wed Oct 22 19:00:44 GMT 1997 I'm almost finished taking care of my e-mail stuff, after that I will head down to Hilo to get some more Nitrogen for optics cleaning, then set up an account for our GSA car at Firestone, then got to the machine shop and drill holes in the spare MK3 O1 guider gears so they can be pinned to the motor shafts. I couldn't get into the machine shop on Sunday because there wasn't a security guard around to turn off the alarm system so I could get in there. MKIII COMMENT: Wed Oct 22 19:45:55 GMT 1997 I put H01671 into the Nene drive for Alice to check, this has data on it from the regular MK3 drive (not the spare) with the active terminator installed, it was the first tape that Eric wrote to yesterday. I am recycling H01672 since Alice got the data and said to. MKIII COMMENT: Wed Oct 22 19:47:47 GMT 1997 The tar commands do work for making backup tapes of MK3 data. I was using the drive hooked up to KCC but the Nahenahe drive is actually hidden away behind the Nahenahe monitor, I heard it make noise when Alice was testing it. COMMENT: Wed Oct 22 20:10:43 GMT 1997 Heading down to Hilo. Wed Oct 22 20:11:21 GMT 1997 MkIII