MACHINE EXODUS: The recent Southern California earthquake...

MACHINE EXODUS: The recent Southern California earthquake convinced computer distributor Ingram Micro Inc. of Santa Ana to move its supercomputer that controls its far-flung empire to quieter ground--like Nashville, Tenn. . . . The move will cost $20 million to complete, but Ingram Chief Executive Chip Lacy says the “mission-critical” computer system will be safer there and cheaper to maintain. . . . Fortunately for the local economy, the people who operate the system will still work in Orange County.

GRAND MODEL: Veteran Los Angeles TV newsman Larry Carroll, now an NBC correspondent, says he’s delighted to be grand marshal for Saturday’s Black History Parade, which begins at Broadway and 15th Street in Santa Ana at 10 a.m. (B1) . . . . “I jumped at the opportunity,” Carroll says. “They’ve been working on getting this parade going again since last year. It’s an honor because of what it suggests about what people think of me.” . . . The parade ends at Santa Ana Stadium, site of an all-day cultural fair. Admission to both parade and festival is free.

QUAKE RELIEF: Some of those people displaced from their homes because of last month’s earthquake are moving to Huntington Beach, and the city wants to show them some support. The City Council has waived for six months a $75 water deposit fee for any new residents whose move is quake-related. . . . Says Councilman Ralph Bauer: “We know this isn’t much, but this is a symbolic thing. These people have suffered so much.”