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From: cshotton@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Chuck Shotton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: VideoSpigot doesn't grab 24 bit movies!
Date: 8 Apr 1992 16:05:20 GMT
Organization: UTHSCH Academic Computing

In article <6791@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au>, mpradhan@medicine.adelaide.edu.au (Malcolm Pradhan) writes:
> 
> PS. for those interested the VideoSpigot can't grab full screen images in real
> time. It can grab 1/2 screen images in real time but requires a _very_ still
> image for full screen frame capture - the quality, however, is excellent.

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.

The 'Spigot is really only good for making movies with lots of motion. The
overall image quality is poor in comparison the the RasterOps card. But, you
get what you pay for.

Chuck
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: QUESTION on COLOR QUICKDRAW
From: stanger@otago.ac.nz (Nigel Stanger)
Date: 8 Apr 92 16:54:12 +1300
Organization: University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

In article <1992Apr7.163355.13837@ncsu.edu>, 
dnwhiteh@eos.ncsu.edu (DUANE N WHITEHURST) writes:
> 
> Hello....
> 
> I get to show my ignorance again 'bout my own computer. Oh boy.
> 
> But....I'm a bit confused about color quickdraw. I dunno
> what it does, who it does it for, and who needs it.
> 
> I've got an old Mac II with the standard color video
> card (i.e. NO Million's O' Colors, just 256)
> and I'm running sys 7.0 w/ tune up 1.1
> 
> So....do I want/need the color quickdraw system extension?
> How do I use it? What will it do for me? Details Details
> Details.

Simple answer: No. I assume you mean 32-bit QuickDraw here,
rather than Colour QuickDraw, as that is built into the ROMs of
all colour-capable Macs. 32-bit QuickDraw is part of System 7, so
you won't need to worry about it ever again :)

-- 
See ya
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From: Michael_Mark_Santiago@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: scsi address on internal Quantum 105
Date: 10 Apr 92 04:38:12 GMT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

Incase my last message got lost, here it
is again.  The ID jumpers for the Quantum
105LPS drive are on the bottom of the 
drive, the ones closest to the back of the
unit.  The jumpers are ID 1-2-4.  If you
want ID 3, just short jumpers 1 and 2. For
ID 7, short all of them. And so on...

BTW, I have a Quantum 105LPS drive that
I need to re-install, but I can't find the
disk with the Driver information to do it.
Can you upload it to me?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: slewis@Aero.org (Steven Lewis)
Subject: Can the HP DeskJet (not DeskWriter) work with the Mac?
Keywords: Thinkjet Printer
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 16:41:05 GMT

    I want to buy a printer which can be used with both the PC and
the mac. I have been looking at the HP Deskjet which has parallel
and serial interfaces. Does anyone know if the mac drivers will
run the Deskjet over a serial line rather than apple talk.
From: cory@enigami.mv.com (Cory Kempf)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Ways to share an SCSI scanner (?)
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 92 13:25:32 EST
Organization: EnigamI, Inc., Nashua, NH
Reply-To: cory@enigami.mv.com
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.5v5


In article <1992Apr9.173405.3818@colorado.edu> (comp.sys.mac.hardware), domingo@boulder.colorado.edu (Alberto Domingo) writes:
>I will appreciate any information about possible methods to
>share an AGFA 800dpi scanner, that is an SCSI device, by two or
>more macs.
>
>Using a SCSI switcher could be a simple solution, but I don't
>know if this is even possible.

Yes it is possible, there are companies that will sell you a SCSI
switch box, but do not do it.  Shut down the systems, disconnect
the scanner, and reconnect it to the other computer.  Remember to
power down ALL SCSI devices.

Look, you have your hard disk on the SCSI bus.  Do you really WANT
to have it get zorched?  How about your Mac?  SCSI was never designed
to have things hot pluged.  You can really do serious electrical dammage
to your Mac / SCSI devices, not to mention cause rather bad software
problems.  SCSI termination is also not something to be played with.

>Please answer by E-mail. I am too busy lately to follow the
>newsgroup.

But you have time to post, and expect that we have time to read your
posts and answer them.  Not very considerate.

+C


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Cory Kempf                    EnigamI, Inc.
cory@enigami.mv.com           ...!decvax!enigami!cory
Microsoft Free and Proud Of It!... 
                           ...Microsoft Products: Just Say no.
From: Sundar_Prasad@mtsg.ubc.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Modem for IIsi : Advice wanted
Date: 12 Apr 92 21:25:05 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Civil Engineering, U.B.C.

Hello Netgurus,
I am about to venture on entirely unfamiliar territory, i.e. modems for
the Mac. I am more comfortable with ethernet within the university, but
now want to connect from a Mac at home. My budget is between $200-300 (Cdn). I
understand that 2400 baud devices are the most commonly used now
and need info on which modem (FOR THE IIsi) has the best price/performance
ratio and whether any of them come bundled with useful communications
software. Thanks in advance.

Sundar_Prasad@mtsg.ubc.ca
 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: chuj@horton.Colorado.EDU (CHU JEFFREY)
Subject: Re: LC II
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 21:55:43 GMT

In article <1992Apr13.203116.9161@cfa.harvard.edu> meleedy@cfa.harvard.edu writes:
>Has anyone out there actually used an LC II yet?  If so, what are your
>impressions?

The performance is lacking in some depts.  But overall, I'm pleased.  I have
a 4/40 with 512KVRAM hooked up to MAC-VGA .29mm 640x480 HiRES.  I guess
though, I'm use to using Windows 3.0 on my 486-33.
From: diamond@ecs.umass.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Can the HP DeskJet (not DeskWriter) work with the Mac?
Date: 10 Apr 92 10:18:40 GMT

In article <1992Apr8.164105.28647@aero.org>, slewis@Aero.org (Steven Lewis) writes:
>     I want to buy a printer which can be used with both the PC and
> the mac. I have been looking at the HP Deskjet which has parallel
> and serial interfaces. Does anyone know if the mac drivers will
> run the Deskjet over a serial line rather than apple talk.
> 
> 
> 
The drivers that come with the Deskwriter do not work with the 
Deskjet, however, there are dirvers out there.  Unfortunately, 
they are very slow.
				-Brett Diamond
From: afry@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Alan R. Fry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: ?Micron Xceed 30: Supported screen sizes?
Date: 7 Apr 92 21:25:16 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)

In article <1992Apr7.165242.289@xn.ll.mit.edu> delaney@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (John Delaney) writes:
>What screen sizes (in pixels) do the Micron Xceed 30 8- and 24-bit
>color cards support?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>John

The 8-bit supports 640x480 and 640x870 (portrait).  Micron also makes an
8-bit card that supports 1024x768.  I would guess that the 24-bit is also
640x480 and maybe 640x870.

By the way, the cards come with software for virtual video.  I can run in
8-bit with 1024x512 VV or in 4-bit with 1024x1024 VV.

For more info, just call Micron at (800) 642-7661.

Cheers,

Alan
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: walton@cs.utah.edu (Cory woody Walton)
Subject: Problems with floppy drives on Powerbook 170
Date: 10 Apr 92 09:26:14 MDT
Originator: walton@cs.utah.edu
Keywords: floppy drive, powerbook 170
Reply-To: woody@cs.utah.edu
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept

We have had problems with floppies being mounted when they are inserted into
the drive.  Occasionally when a floppy is put in the drive nothing happens,
the computer dosen't know that a floppy has been inserted.  In talking with
an apple service center here (one whose knowledge and reliability are in
question), they claim that it is a known problem caused by lack of EMI
sheilding around the drive.  They said that the source of interference was
from the switching power supply (sounds like it could be a possibility).
However someone here claimed that on the net there has been reports that the
problem is NOT due to lack of EMI sheilding.  Has anyone else had this problem
and does anyone know if what the service center said is incorrect?
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: dhill@octel.com (David C. Hill)
Subject: Re: IIci doesn't Like my Ehman, HELP!
Organization: Octel Communications Inc., Milpitas Ca.
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 16:48:41 GMT

In article <1992Apr6.054658.6097@mdd.comm.mot.com> gix@mdd.comm.mot.com (Brian Gix) writes:
>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

I have a 32meg Ehman drive that I have been using on my trusty MacPlus
which I recently replaced with an LC.

I had the same problem trying to use it with my LC. I called Ehman
technical support (sorry, I don't have the number handy here at work)
and they said that I needed to run a new formatting utility on the
drive in order to use it with my LC. (boot my Plus from a floppy, format
the hard disk with the utility, and then I should be able to use it
on my LC.)

I was instructed to call their 1-800 sales number to order the utility.
It costs $15.00 and they mail it third class parcel post. I haven't
received it yet but if anyone is interested I will post a followup to
let anyone interested know if it works as advertised.


						Dave




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From: bc@Apple.COM (bill coderre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: The LCII FUBAR
Date: 6 Apr 92 19:27:36 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

|In article <1992Apr1.162653.4294@nmsu.edu> bgrubb@nmsu.edu (GRUBB) writes:
|>Who is making these SUPID hardware designs any way and more important WHY?
|>Who is running Apple hardware development Bonzo the Chimp?

I must say I am very impressed at the thought and care that went into
your article. Certainly you are also using the "cheap and quick" hack
to get your flames to market faster. Why wait for a spell checker or
actual facts? Just call dozens of people "Bonzo the Chimp" and be done
with it.


Paul Siu:
|Why?  Well according to MacWorld, because it is cheap and quick hack.
|It would have taken Apple more money and longer development time to get it
|right.  A look at the Classic II will reveal that machine is suffering 
|from the quick and cheap syndrom.  But both Classic II and LC II works, and
|is about the same price as their predessor.  The LC II for example is
|basically LC with Virtual memory, nothing more.  It's cost the same price,
|but it works the same, but people are just disappointed because they expected
|something more.

Apple brought out the LCII for these specific reasons:
	o 	4 MB built-in
	o	68030 processor, which means:
		o	somewhat faster processing
		o	better compatibility with future software
		o	virtual memory allowed

Note that except for these two improvements, it's really the same
machine with the same capabilities.

They made the design tradeoff to modify the LC design as little as
possible. By this token, they got the machine done dramatically faster
and cheaper. I think that you can see that this cost savings is being
passed on to the consumer -- you get two big improvements in the
design at the same list price.

So all you people who want cheaper, better, Macs sooner: you got your
wish. The people who want dramatic technical improvements no matter
what the cost already got their wish with the Quadras.

I simply don't understand this theory that Apple is somehow "ripping
customers off" by "intentionally crippling" the design of the LC and
LC II. If you want a machine with bigger cojones, there are plenty to
choose from. Those that can survive with slightly reduced processing
power get a price break.

Isn't that fair?

bill coderre
buy what you like, we've got plenty to choose from
From: stevem@hp-vcd.vcd.hp.com (Steve Miller)
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 21:34:12 GMT
Subject: Re: Grayscale on HP Deskwriter (not -C)?
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA, USA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware

>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).

The DeskWriter 3.0 driver that has just been released can do grayscale
on the DeskWriter.  It does it by imaging a document into a 256 level
grey Pixmap and then dithering the Pixmap.  The result is a 300 dpi
dithered greyscale equivalent of the page which can be quite pleasing.
You have a choice of two types of dithering to meet your personal tastes.


Steven Miller
Vancouver Division
Hewlett Packard
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith)
Subject: Re: source for external harddrive case?
Organization: Public Health Research Institute (New York)
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 00:24:15 GMT

jdm@boulder.colorado.edu (James D. Meiss) writes:
> Does anyone know of a source for a case for this drive?  I asked one
> manufacturer if I could by an external drive and swap the two, and they
> said "Sure, but it voids the warranty". So I don't want to do that.

	Seems like a good use for all those dead Jasmine-20's that are
probably propping open doors all over the place.  The power supplies
generally still work, just the drive mechanism is dead.  Remember when you
were paying $1200 for them and thought it was a great price? :-)
-- 
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Public Health Research Institute
455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
"This never happened to Bart Simpson."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: kayc@leland.Stanford.EDU (K C Ku)
Subject: PB 170 screen problems
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 06:34:12 GMT


I read somewhere back in this newsgrp abt screen problems on the PB
140.The article mention something abt screen connector being loose.
and results in the screen blinking.

I have recently notice that on the screen of my PB 170, the pixls
are disappearing. Sometimes it can be so bad that words are totally
invisible. 

Are there any one out there who have encountered similiar problems.
Is it a known problem and what can be done to remedy it.

Any help would be appreciated.

-K C
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: pmb2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Peter Bell)
Subject: Re: Floppy problems
Reply-To: pmb2@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 13:07:19 GMT

In article <1992Apr7.123342.4684@ncsu.edu> chouck@eos.ncsu.edu (CHRISTOPHER  HOUCK) writes:
>I am doing some work on a mac+ (sys 7.01*) and sending the files via 
>us mail on floppies.  When the floppies arrive & inserted, the LC always
>responds disk unreadable initialize or eject.  
>
>The floppies are high density disks formatted 800k..

I have had the analogous problem using floppies formatted on a system 6.x plus
going over to a Classic II.  The way I got around it was to format the disks
on the classic, take them over to the plus which then "fixed" them, then
use them on the CII, which could now read them.  I don't know what is 
happening, but if you have access to one of the newer machines, you could 
format there, then take them back to the plus to use them.

I would be very interested to hear why this is happening.....

Peter 
pmb2@midway.uchicago.edu
From: d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Hi Res Mac Video Cards?
Date: 17 Apr 92 21:48:20 GMT
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Originator: d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se

.COM> hale@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bill Hale) writes:

	   Are there any 3rd party (or mac) video cards that will drive 
	   1024x768x60Hz monitors?

Most do. And most internal videos do, too, to some extent.

	   Which busses do they interface into?

Available for most busses (LC, SE/30, si, NuBus) - but the
best thing is the Quadra internal, which is direct-to-68040.

	   That's a lot of pixels.  With no accelerators, they could be
	   very slow, as more pixels are required to represent lines that
	   are similar % of screen width.  Do the designers deal with this
	   problem?

You don't count screen width, you count pixels... or, most apps
do. You'll get more screen estate; with the same (pixel) size
windows, you get the same speed. CPU performance is much more
important than screen card performance, unless you get one of
the good, accellerated (NuBus) cards like the Thunder line.

	   Are these high res cards widely accepted, ie do the applications
	   universally work with them?

Hey, you're on a mac. Everything vaguely graphics-like works
with almost everything else, since screen handling is on the
system level, not on the application level as under DOS.

	   Inquiring minds want to know.  Especially those with such monitors
	   sitting around!

-- 
"You should meet yourself someday. I'm sure you would hate it."
- Me: h+@nada.kth.se; Jon W{tte (The Diplomat - NOT!)
From: jm602s1066@sycom.mi.org (James Mallory)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Floppy drive IIci problems; not the drive...
Date: 14 Apr 92 22:45:50 GMT
Organization: Michigan Information eXchange

essam@gagme.chi.il.us (Essam Khairullah) writes:
>Have I somehow messed up the ciruitry of the motherboard?  Did I just blow a
>$0.02 fuse that I can easily replace?  I don't want to take it to an Apple
>dealer, becuase I know that their technicians were brainwashed with "Replace
>Not Repair" and I can't afford a new motherboard!

Well for one I could berate you for fooling with the thing but I want to point
out that Apple technicians (among others) are not brainwashed into replace not
repair its an impossibility for most if not all shops because the tools for
working on VLSI Surface mount circuitry is very expensive...beyond the budget
for most shops, and too expensive for apple to supply to every dealer (the
prices are high enough thank you.) with one.  And even if a shop had the
appropiate tools, Apple wouldn't sell them the parts.

-- C-UseNet V0.55c
            Jim Mallory, a CNE and a Randiod (What a Combination!)

  '...I wanted to have real conversations with people with bubbles on their
 heads...I want to sit next to Wookies...jawas...and all kinds of robots." --
   Carrie Fisher on "Star Wars"  (Even though I would of swore that she was
                           referring to the 'net!)
From: g-man@phsbbs.princeton.nj.us (Greg Sachs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: SE screen
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 92 10:57:53 EDT
Organization: Princeton High School, Princeton, New Jersey

Hello, I have a question(drum roll, etc).  I have an SE and the internal 
screen seems to be shrinking.  I.E there is a border atleast 3/4's of an 
inch all around the screen.  How can I verify if it is shrinking and/or 
fix it.  Is it a bad power supply?
thanx
g-man

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