Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
In Zimbabwe
P.O.Box 231, Masvingo, Zimbabwe
March 1997
Phone: 011-263-39-62285
E-maii: camels@mvo.zo!.co.zw
Forwarding Agents:
(217) 279-3366
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South Africa
December 8-28 I travelled in SA. The news reported
many accidents but I was safe. Alice Fishback and I
attended the South Africa National Youth Seminar
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Re: Furlough
I hope I have the right address for you. I plan to be in the USA May- Oct 1998.
I am getting a newsletter ready to send out but waited until I had my CompuServe Address. Ittook much longer than
I expected as you will see from the letter Iwellsend that Iwrote last month. Just when Igot it I had preperations for
the retreat and still have not sent the newsletter.
It has been months that I have worked to get onto CompuServe after I found out that Iwould have the same
addre^ in Zimbabwe as in the USA. I have a numerical address also but I wanted one that would be easy to
remember.
The Zimbabwe On Line here In Masvingo was shutting down. I could have gone with the new service they were
introducing but I knew that itwas only for Masvingo and Iwas thinking of furiough. I first got the CompuServe
Software on CD and I do not have a CD on my PowerBook. The next week Igot the software on disks. The first
thing that Itsaid was, 'You do not have enough memory." That was just before mytripto South Africa so I planned
to buy memory there. They were very helpful and said they would order from the USA. I knew that when it came I
would be In Zimbabwe so Iwaited until Igot back to Zimbabwe and ordered from the USA.
In the meantime the modem card In my PowerBook started ejecting. I got an external modem to use temporarily,
later CAMELS can be use It. With the modem, power source and transformer it makes my PowerBook no longer
mobile. When the memory came v\nth detailed Instructions for installation Idiscovered Idid not have the small tone
screwdriver needed. I went to Harare. At the first Macintosh service place the owner was out of the country and the
service man, Pascal, was gone to a funeral. At the second place the service man said he was sorry but their set of
screwdrivers had been stolen.
Iwas meeting the man that comes to Masvingoto repair our printing presses. He had some special springs with
instructions for our pressmen. Ifthey could install the springs itwould save paying him to make a trip to Masvingo. I
asked him about torx screwdrivers. He took me to the place where he bought his. As they were sold out and gave
no hope of finding any In Harare he installed the memory with his set
With memory In I installed the CompuServe software. Itstill would not connect to the Internet. Last week Iwent to
Harare to sort this problem out. Afterseveral hours at CompuServe one of their men, Alex, went with me to a third
Macintosh office. He had knowledge of the problem but the software downloaded from the Intemet had been
corrupted. After4 PMI left the PowerBook with Pascal, who was able to update the software the following day. He
was successful in dialing the Internet and getting a busy signal.
Iwent on to CompuServe. HELP!! NO ELECTRICITY and their office is on the 5th floor. The building has a
generator with emergency lighting. Afterwalkingtwo blocks from the car I climbed the steps to the 5th floor. My
handbag was over my shoulder, the case with computer and instruction books in one hand and a bag with the
transformer, modem, power source and disks in the other hand. The receptionist offered me a glass of water when I
arrived. When Alex came back from another job we went out to my flat where there was electricity. He worked until
4:30 and left. Ifmy modem card had been workingwe could have sorted things out at the office on battery but the
modem needed power. Iwent ahead and experimented with it until midnight and started at 6:30 the next morning.
Finallyabout 7:151 got on line. At 8 AM I phoned the cell phone (The switch board phones were down) at
CompuServe to say I was leaving for Masvingo.
That day Is now known as BLACK THURSDAY. A power station in downtown Harare caught fire about 11 AM. Half
of the main business district was without electricity and the traffic lights were out - the police were at some
intersections. The place where Iwas staying had electricity but itwas mentioned as one of the areas that could run
out of water before a fault was repaired. Iwas glad to escape to Masvingo, a three-hour drive south. Ittook until
Sunday evening to get electricityto all of the area effected. They are continuing to rebuild the power station that
should take a month by working around the clock.
The next week when Harare had electricity I sent a fax to CompuServe explaining what problems I was having. The
answer was that many people were havnng similar problems. The only explanation Colin could give Immediately was
that when the equipment was running on emergency power it caused a problem. I can get online most of the time
now but I seem to have one letter that is stuck in the out box that I am working around at the present time. With
persistence we will get this sorted out eventually.
Ifyou hear of someone that does not hear from me it may be because I lost their address. Iwill have to enter all the
addresses on this program. Looking forward to your reply.
In Him.