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From: anderson@sapir.cog.jhu.edu (Steve Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Public service announcement: Avoid Neuron Inc.!
Date: 6 Apr 92 12:39:54 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Dept. of Cognitive Science, The Johns Hopkins University

I've recently heard a rumor that a company called Neuron Inc. has
attempted to sell their modem products to the Mac market. Those of us
who have dealt with this company in the NeXT market know all too well
what a mistake it would be for any of you to have anything at all to
do with this company.

They advertise a modem which does 14400 bps data and 9600 FAX (v.32,
v.32bis, v.42, v.42bis, MNP everything, etc.), and software to support
data and fax in and out on a single line and a single port, plus
terminal emulation software, etc. The modem they use is essentially
the same as the ZyXel, with some minor firmware changes (and a new
case: we NeXT owners want our modems black!). The price they charge is
much higher than that of the corresponding hardware from others, and
the selling point is supposed to be the software (especially the FAX
driver).

Their pricing is quite out of line, and they could never get away with
it if some other company developed a comparable product for the NeXT
(which, alas, hasn't happened yet). But the worst thing is the company
itself. Previously, they shipped a different hardware product (with
similar specs), but to my knowledge no one has ever managed to get one
of those to work properly. The current generation more or less works,
for some (but not all) functions, for some (but not many) customers.
But the company itself consistently fails to respond to inquiries,
whether about the shipping status of an order (chronically delayed
over many, many months), problems with the hardware or software, or
anything else. They are completely impossible to deal with, and their
putative 2 year warranty is absolutely worthless.

Messages like this are often posted by single disgruntled customers of
a company. That is not the case in this instance: there has been a
vast amount of net traffic over the past several months on the
newsgroups comp.sys.next.sysadmin and comp.sys.next.misc concerning
the wretched and arrogant behavior of this company. In fact, I am
probably one of the more satisfied customers, because (although I have
been subjected to many months of unbelievable runarounds), my modem
actually seems to work most of the time. But I do think that anyone
else should be spared the agony of trying to deal with these people.

Of course, it may be that Neuron hasn't actually tried to enter the
Mac market. If not, count yourselves lucky. But if they do, look out
for them!

--Steve Anderson
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: ygu@athena.mit.edu (Ye   Gu)
Subject: Programmable clock generator
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 23:17:23 GMT

Howdy, hackers!

I'm currently doing a project which requires a programmable clock generator.
Does anyone know what companies make such a thing?

Thanks in advance,

- Ye

PS: I don't read net news often.  Please send all helpful info. to
    ygu@athena.mit.edu
From: diamond@ecs.umass.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Grayscale on HP Deskwriter (not -C)?
Date: 8 Apr 92 12:26:08 GMT

In article <69776@ut-emx.uucp>, davechao@bongo.cc.utexas.edu (David Chao) writes:
> My curiousity piqued by requests from other plain-vanilla HP deskwriter
> owners for the Deskwriter C driver, I called HP support for info on
> the next release of the DW driver (in April).
> 
> "Some people," I said, "are getting copies of the DW-C driver for use on
> their DW printers, to get background printing and grayscale."
> 
> "We don't recommend this," the support person commented," but a new driver
> for the DW will be released in April that will have all of that stuff."
> 
> "All of what stuff?"
> 
> "Background printing, grayscale."
> 
> I hung up, confused. I can understand how the new driver (or even the current
> DW-C driver) can give background printing capability, but how would a
> Deskwriter do grayscale? (other than in quickdraw patterns).
> 
> What's the scoop?
> 
> Thanks,
> David

We at work have both a Deskwriter and a Deskwriter C.  The 
Deskwriter C drivers do work quite well on the Deskwriter.  Not 
only does it allow greyscale printing (both pattern and error-
diffusion methods, both gamma-corrected for the printer), but 
also solves some problems we experienced with printing rotated 
text in a non-hp printer font.  I find the printer much more 
useful with the Deskwriter C drivers, so follow hp's 
reccomendations if you have no interest in superior output.

As an asside, I wonder about the $450 Deskwriter to Deskwriter C 
upgrade.  The upgraded Deskwriter C printer has a 90 day warranty 
whereas a purchased Deskwriter C has a 1095 day (3 year) warranty.
Why the 1005 day difference?  If there are any takers, you can 
call the hp service center at 503-757-2002.

                                        Brett Diamond
From: kfield@bbn.com (Ken Field)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: RAILGun030 - any reactions?
Date: 15 Apr 1992 23:00:26 GMT
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com


Does anyone have any experience with the brand new RAILGun030 MacSE
upgrade from MacProducts USA?  It appears to be quite competitive with
the Mobius upgrade that my company has previously purchased (and been
rather happy with).
-Ken
Ken Field
BBN Systems & Technologies   |  internet:  kfield@bbn.com
Mail Stop 6/4B               |  telephone: 617-873-3842
10 Moulton Street            |  
Cambridge, MA  02138-1191    |  
USA                          |  

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From: dan.richard%express@freedom.msfc.nasa.gov (Dan Richard)
Subject: Re: MacPlus sad error code - what's 030004
Organization: Macintosh Instructor
Distribution: us
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 17:15:29 GMT

You did specify what model (it makes a difference) so I am assuming
a Mac Plus

03 is Memory test - byte writte
0004 is bit 2 which is chick location F7 (don't make too much since with SIMMS)

If you had had an illegal instruction during check out the code would be:
0F003

For further reference see one of Lary Pina's books on Mac repair
(Macintosh Repair and Upgrade Secrets or The Dead Mac Scrolls).

Good luck

Dan C. Richard
Macintosh Instructor
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: gix@mdd.comm.mot.com (Brian Gix)
Subject: Re: IIci doesn't Like my Ehman, HELP!
Organization: Motorola, Mobile Data Division - Seattle, WA
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 05:46:58 GMT

In article <1992Apr5.050312.6213@mdd.comm.mot.com> (I) wrote:
>I'm using the ci to replace the SE I have at home, so I decided
>to just unplug the internally terminated external Ehman harddrive
>from the SE & plug it into the external SCSI connector on my
>vanilla 5 meg (no internal harddrive) ci.  I get the sad-mac
>with the error codes:
>0000000F
>00000001

As a follow-up, I have partially overcome my problems by
reformatting my hard-dive with the Apple HD Set-up program...
I downloaded a hack from America Online which makes the set-up
program think all drives are "apple" drives, & it appears to
have solved one problem, however I am now using my 80meg drive
as a 40meg drive. :-(

Does anyone know the number for Ehman tech support, or know of
the existence of an Ehman config tool which will allow me to once
again use all 80 of my meg?

Thanks in advance,
Brian Gix


--Brian Gix                       Motorola
  gix@mdd.comm.mot.com            Mobile Data Division
  (206) 487-5894                  #include <disclaimer.h>
    Brown/Agran in '92   Support Brown : (800) 426-1112
From: IO11051@MAINE.MAINE.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Removable HD probs.
Date: 16 Apr 92 14:48:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: MAINE.92107.104843IO11051
Organization: University of Maine System

I have a 44 meg removable Syquest drive that is new.  I accidentally dropped on
e of the cartridges on the floor the other night.  Now when I try to either cop
y something to it, or check it for bad blocks, the disk light will flicker norm
ally for a few files, then it will sort of stick wide open, and the HD will mak
e this loud noise like it is writing to the disk at fully speed.  I have to can
cell the copy to stop it.  Now, I tried some other cartridges, and they are fin
e.  Could I fix this problem by dumping everything off it, and reformatting??
Please send any suggestions to me via E-mail-->IO11051@maine.maine.edu<--
Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.hardware:9086 comp.sys.mac.programmer:8118
From: jmunkki@hila.hut.fi (Juri Munkki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: What does SerSetBuf actually do?
Date: 12 Apr 92 08:45:05 GMT
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland

In article <1992Apr9.131504.19339@alw.nih.gov> mvivino@helix.nih.gov (Mark A. Vivino) writes:
>I understand how to use SerSetBuf, but I am a bit confused as to how data
>actually transfers to the buffer after you make the call. For
>example, when I make the call:
>
>  SerialErr := SerSetBuf(SPInputRefNum, Ptr(InputbufP), BigBufferSize);
>
>I would assume that data starts tranfering out of the default 64 character 
>hardware buffer and into the base adress of my Inputbuffer by using
>some sort of interrupt mechanism. I obviously do not make any calls
>to copy the data into my software created buffer, but the data gets
>to the buffer without any trouble. The actual tranfer mechanism

Most Macs have a 3 character hardware buffer. The IIfx might have something
better, since it has a 6502 controlling the serial port.

The default 64 byte serial buffer is a software buffer and SerSetBuf exists
so that you can have something bigger than that. The terminal program that
I'm using right now allows you to set this buffer size and I've found that
I never have problems when I use a 16KB buffer.

After you set the buffer, you no longer have to worry about it. Use _Read
calls to read the data. There's no way to tell how the buffer is used, if
it is used at all. All you know is that once you give the buffer to the
serial driver, it has a better chance of not dropping characters.

The serial port chip generates an interrupt when it has incoming data. This
is when the characters are copied into the buffer. Don't worry about it.

   ____________________________________________________________________________
  / Juri Munkki	    /  Helsinki University of Technology   /  Wind  / Project /
 / jmunkki@hut.fi  /  Computing Center Macintosh Support  /  Surf  / Arashi  /
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Organization: Masters student, Information Networking Institute, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Date: Wed,  8 Apr 1992 00:02:22 -0400 
From: Luis J Mendez <lm2k+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Survey

	Sorry for the waste of bandwidth...
	My name is Luis Mendez, student  at the Information Networking
Institute at Carnegie Mellon and I am working on a survey for an
Industrial Administration course.  The purpose of the survey is to
collect information regarding the characteristics that industrial
customers look for in a firm from which they plan to buy a product or
service and how those characteristics affect the selection process.  As
area of study, I have chosen computer hardware firms.  It is of my
interest to learn what characteristics are considered by corporations
when deciding from which firm it is desirable to buy computer hardware. 
If any of this netnews' readers is related to hardware purchasing at any
company and would like to participate on this survey, please send me an
email with a fax number where I can reach you, and I will fax you back
the questions and all the information concerning the survey.  Any help
you can bring me  will be really appreciated.  Copies of the team's
final report will be available upon request.  Thanks for your help.

	Luis Mendez
	lm2k@andrew.cmu.edu
From: sal@grip.cis.upenn.edu (Marcos Salganicoff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Need Help with flaky SCSI ERROR Diagnosis.
Date: 17 Apr 92 03:14:15 GMT
Organization: GRASP Lab, University of Pennsylvania

Folks,

I have a mac+ with an extenral  40MB quantum hard drive with the following
annoying symptoms:

When I first power up the external drive and then the mac+ the system
seems to come up most of the way and then keels over with a system
error id = 3 (illegal instruction). If I then power cycle just the
mac+ and leave the disk on I get the flashing "?" boot device. If I
power _everything_ down and then power up the drive and then the mac+
again then it boots without event. The system comes up ok from that
point on during the rest of the day. The next day the annoying symptom
returns. I thought it might be thermal so I let the drive sit powered
up for about a minute before turning the mac on and the same failure
results. Any guesses as to what might be the problem? I've tried
reloading the system to no avail. Do I have a marginal sector on the disk or
something? If so, how can I map it out?

Thanks for any hints,

Marcos


++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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-Visa K.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: jhp@wpi.WPI.EDU (John Petrangleo)
Subject: SE/30 PDS and SIMM's (2 questions)
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 12:36:33 GMT

Does anyone know where I can find a connector to fit into
the PDS of an SE/30?  I am trying to build my own board
to do some "spiffy hardware things," but I have had absolutely
no luck in finding such a beast.  The best I could find was
a 96 pin adapter, but the 030 Direct Slot has 120 pins.

Addresses and/or telephone numbers would be greatly appreciated.
Locations in Germany or Europe are prefered, but I'll take U.S.
locations too.

Unrelated question...

Do Mac memory SIMM's use multiplexed addressing?  Where can I find
a good source of info about using SIMMs for my own dastardly
deeds, i.e. on the board I described above?

Thanks

jhp@wpi.wpi.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: mpaul@unlinfo.unl.edu (marxhausen paul)
Subject: Replicating iffy Mac ROMs?
Organization: University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Distribution: sci.electronics,unl.general
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 16:46:30 GMT

We've got a Mac Plus with a momboard that's going intermittantly bonkers
and is loading down the power supply, so we're going to do an exchange
with a 3rd-party supplier, but I've got one worry: I keep my RAM and the
ROMs (actually have 2 sets of the RAM chips, have already determined 
they aren't at fault) and put them in the new board.  But . . . what if
my ROMs are the problem?  (Things DO work - bootup, etc.- usually. . .
for a little while . . . so they are somewhat functional)  When I've had
ROMs be the problem in other CPU-based equipment, I've usually been able
to read out all the data with an EPROM burner and then burn new EPROMs
that did work.  I don't know what size the Mac Plus ROMs are, though.
They talk about the '128k ROMS' but I'm not sure that means there's a
TOTAL of 128k ROM in two 64k chips, or that it's a pair of 128k ROMs
for a total of 256kBytes total ROM space.  Anybody's hip to this, 
please e-mail me.  Yes, I know duplicating Apple ROMs is not legal in
ordinary circumstances, but this is a repair-replace-junk_the_bad_ROMs
situation.
-- 
paul marxhausen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "when i was six I could paint like
university of nebraska - lincoln ~~~~~~~~~~ raphael - it has taken me my entire
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ life to learn to paint like a child."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Pablo Picasso
From: eshop6@author.ecn.purdue.edu (Clarkinator)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: APS SCSI driver problem?
Date: 13 Apr 92 15:32:25 GMT
Article-I.D.: noose.1992Apr13.153225.6016
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network



 I have an annoyance with my Quantum 170Pro HD which is most likely
the SCSI driver from APS.  I'm absolutely thrilled with the 
Power Tools software but I think that the SCSI driver might be 
slightly fubar.  

Often, the hard drive takes off with a mind of it's own performing
God knows what SCSI commands. Also, the system occaisionally give
me an alert beep for the hell of it.

This has been happening with the hard drive under just about every
version of 7.0 and under 6.0.X running on just about every imagineable
machine (I made the drive external and toted it around until my IIci
got here.)

Anyone else had similar circumstances? I'm calling APS for info today.

Thanks in advance,

CLARK YURK
eshop6@mn.ecn.purdue.edu   ...   Mechanical Engineering

B
				 Department of Technical Services Slave
				 Dazed and Confused Purdue student
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: dan.richard%express@freedom.msfc.nasa.gov (Dan Richard)
Subject: Re: Jittery SE/30 vid from bad solder
Organization: Macintosh Instructor
Distribution: comp
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 16:54:03 GMT

In article <1992Apr14.103714.11704@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>, u2zj@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Stanton) writes:
> 
> The repairman says that my jittery SE/30 video is caused by
> bad solder joints.  To fix it takes 48 hrs.
> 
> Has anyone resoldered the offending joints themselves?  Is it
> a trivial matter for someone who has replaced memory and
> drives in an SE/30 and basically knows how to solder?
> 
> Thanks,
> -Stanton
> u2zj@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
> stanton@chemres.tn.cornell.edu
> 
> 
Yes, it is "trivial" (if you know how) and can be done without
removeing the board. 30 min job from start to finish!
If it is burned up yoke connector, 45 min plus connector for parts.
Soft Solutions is best place for the hard to find parts.

See the book "Macintosh Repair and Upgrade Secrets" by Lary Pina.
It tells all. And spend the money for a good, soldering iron.
I make money on the side fixing machines with the problem
you are descibing.

Good luck (Realy you Make you Luck!)

Dan Richard
Macintosh Instructor

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: Chris@Mac.Dev.Upenn.Edu (Christopher Jensen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.wanted
Subject: Re: Hyperdrive 2000
Date: 15 Apr 92 14:37:41 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

Hi,

Its been awhile, but I think the Hyperdrive was produced by:

GCC Technologies
580 Winter Street
Waltham, MA 02154
1-800-422-7777

--Christopher Jensen
  Chris@Mac.Dev.Upenn.Edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: s_fuller@iastate.edu (Steve Fuller)
Subject: Re: Another LCII Opinion
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 15:24:53 GMT

In <1992Apr10.071709.15255@morrow.stanford.edu> HK.MLR@forsythe.stanford.edu (Mark Rogowsky) writes:

>While I agree completely with the notion that the LCII was the
>bestest, fastest, cheapest, smartest, savviest way for Apple to
>upgrade the original LC, I am left wondering what if ...


>What if the bean counters had put a 68030 in the LC in the first
>place as was the logical decision at the time. If that was done then
>the ASIC between RAM and the microprocessor would have provided a
>32-bit pathway. Had this been done the following would have
>occurred:

>1) The LC would have replaced the SE/30 adequately.

>2) The Classic II would have been a poor man's SE/30 (no slot, but
>equivalent speed)

>3) The LCII would never have been needed in the first place

>Apple would have not had to spend the minor reengineering costs on
>the LCII nor the MAJOR marketing costs. They'd be richer, we'd have
>a legit SE/30 replacement and all this nonsense titled "LCII FUBAR"
>would stop cluttering my screen whenever I log on to this bboard.

Personally I still feel that if Apple had put a 32 bit pathway in
the LC or the LC II, they would have been too close to the si in
the price/performance ratio. The way that things are set up right
now there are nice defined performance steps between all of the
machines, except possibly for the IIci and the IIfx. I am still
positively convinced that dropping the SE/30 was one of the
WORST things that Apple could have done for its users. Some of us
want a small portable machine that has the power of a Mac II.
There's really no machine now that you can carry around and use
as a server or have as a portable UNIX development environment.

My somewhat biased $0.02 worth


>Mark Rogowsky
>rogo@forsythe.stanford.edu
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From: stlieske@vassar.edu (Stephan Lieske)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: PowerBook trash problem
Date: 13 Apr 92 14:03:38 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Vassar College, Student


  I have been using a PowerBook 140 for many months now, enjoying it immensely.
 I have encounered a problem, however, when I try to empty the trash when I
have file sharing on.  It does not matter if there is no one connected, but
when I choose empty trash from the menu, the computer hangs, forcing the need
to restart, and even then it is impossible to empty the trash.  It is only
possible to empty it when I have sharing turned off.  The question is thus: 
what is the problem?  what is the solution?  is it particular to my machine? 
why me?!

  I am using system 7.0.1 (of course) and TuneUp 1.1.1, inits like Gatekeeper,
Suitcase 2.0, complete undelete -- nothing unordinary.  Thanks in advance for
any help.


Stephan Lieske                                     stlieske@vassar.edu
From: aroest@fwi.uva.nl (Axello de Roestello)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: FDHD (internal) on MacPlus?
Keywords: FDHD, PLus
Date: 16 Apr 92 19:03:55 GMT
Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam

Hi
Is it possible to put a high density Apple floppy drive (the FDHD) in
a Mac Plus? Or is it possible to connect one as an external drive?

If not: Is it a system (ROM) problem or a hardware problem?
(Hardware problems can be fixed, software problems are harder, IMHO :-)

Axel

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From: mpradhan@medicine.adelaide.edu.au (Malcolm Pradhan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: VideoSpigot doesn't grab 24 bit movies!
Date: 9 Apr 92 00:21:48 GMT
Organization: Faculty of Medicine, University of Adelaide

In article <6336@lib.tmc.edu> cshotton@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Chuck Shotton)
writes:
>I have to disagree. I think the frame grabbing is marginal at best with the
>VideoSpigot. We use a RasterOps 24STV card when we want good still images.
>The 'Spigot has serious brightness and contrast problems when used with a
>NTSC video source that make it almost unusable for movies or stills of 
>relatively dark or low contrast images.

 I've never tried it with NTSC, only with PAL and brightness and contrast don't
seem to be a problem. I also haven't used the 24STV, but I'd rate the 'Spigot
better than the PAL version of the 364.

 Malcolm
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