[LM_NET] TECH: Columbia Library System (Anyone?? Anyone??)

[Rod and Lisa Dreesman <dreesman@WIN-4-U.NET>]

LM-Netters,

I am using an ancient-of days automated system, Columbia Library System,
which is no longer even in existence, company-wise. It was purchased by
another company a few years back.  On my first day back from the summer
I attempted to turn on our circ. computer and to make a long story
short, our hard drive had crashed. Our tech coordinator attempted to
clone another machine to download the program on to a new computer and
we've had glitches ever since. Our major issues are:

(1) MARC loader will not work (I believe the new processors are too fast
for this dinosaur of a program)
(2) I cannot get the program to retain the correct date. The computer
system date is correct, I can change the date to the correct one in the
"Initialize Circulation Files), but when I go to the "Circulation"
program, it says the earliest possible date I can enter January 1, 1980.
To add to the mess, there is another date that floats in and out:
whenever I go in and out of the circulation program, it pops up with a
message that I haven't done a back-up since 08-29-10!! 

Is there anyone out there still using this dinosaur that can help me???
Anyone?? Anyone?? (to paraphrase from Ferris Buehler’s Day Off…”
 
Lisa Dreesman
Library Media Specialist
Adams Elementary & Carroll Middle School
(H)dreesman@win-4-u.net
(W)ldreesman@carroll.k12.ia.us 
 

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