Mac and volcano

By linathael. Original by Lionel - 01/06/2004 22:10:30 CEST - Category: Apple

Thanks to C.M. for this info.

While I was visiting the San Vincenzo Observatory at Stromboli (group of islands in the north of Sicilia, Italy), I have discovered almost as much Macs than PCs which were monitoring any sign of activity from the volcano. Macs (old iMac BondiBlue and eMac under OS9 with dedicated applications) were used to listen all sounds recorded via seismographs, as well as managing the video camera located around the crater, especially for the web. Unfortunately, since I was not speaking italian so fluently I could not get into the details of this system.
For some pictures, look here: http://www.ct.ingv.it
If you need info regarding the Stromboli volcano: http://www.educeth.ch/stromboli/