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From: tom@dtint.uucp (Thomas R. Kimpton)
Subject: Re: PDA's are flop
Organization: Digital Technology, International
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 92 17:14:59 GMT

In article <D2150035.fgpeo3@outpost.SF-Bay.org> peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce) writes:
	[deleted]
>And remember that Apple has demonstrated some really excellent speech
>to text technology.  Although I doubt you'll see it in the first model,
>I'd be surprised if it didn't show up in a later model.  
>
>Personally, speech input seems to make more sense to me for this type
>of thing (PDAs) than for desktop computing.  I'd rather say "Do I
>have any appointments next tuesday" to my PDA than say things like
>"enter $59 in cell A15, then sum column 7 and take it's net present
>value".
>
>--  Michael Peirce      --   peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org
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Have you been in an office where someone had speech input?  There's
a guy here who has a Next with speech input.  Whenever he uses it,
it's really distracting.  Speech input might be nice when you're
alone, but in the company of others it can be annoying.

Tom.

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From: Adam.Frix@p18.f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Let's talk Performas, Boys and Girls
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 92 10:58:06 EST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:226/20.18 - cmhGate UF Gateway, Columbus OH

hzaj@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:

-> >>>In article <1992Sep30.164359.16118@cc.umontreal.ca> (comp.sys.mac
-> hardware,comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.mac.misc), tsirbasc@ERE.UMontreal
-> CA (Tsirbas Christos) writes:
-> >>>> THE PERFORMA IS A GREAT FAMILY COMPUTER, BUT IT IS NOT THE
-> COMPUTER
-> >>>> FOR THOSE WHO USE THEIR CURRENT MAC FOR MORE ADVANCED FEATURES AND
-> >>>> HEAVY DUTY GRAPHICS OR DESK TOP PUBLISHING.
-> >>>
-> >>>Thank you for shouting the totally obvious.
-> >>Thank you for following up with the totally obvious. 
-> > Thank you for BEING totally obvious.
-> 
-> Whatever happened to subtlety?
->

Didn't you know?  It died the instant Usenet was born.

Or, as Don McLean might have sung, "The day...the sig-nal died..."

--Adam--
 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: palane@iastate.edu (Paul A. Lane)
Subject: Re: Macdirect, APS, and Club Mac
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 14:32:06 GMT

In <1992Oct7.002206.28725@mcs.drexel.edu> upsiu@mcs.drexel.edu (Paul Siu) writes:

>I am thinking of buying hard drives from one of these vendors.  Does anyone
>recommend any one of them?  Club Mac seem to have the lowest price, but are
>they any good?

>thanks

I haven't heard much commentary about MacDirect and Club Mac. APS has a good
reputation. Tech service is available (no waiting forever for a callback) and
a BBS in maintained. Five smilies :):):):):)

Paul
From: danno@css.itd.umich.edu (Daniel T. Pritts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Where to buy RAM?
Date: 9 Oct 1992 01:01:51 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan
NNTP-Posting-Host: spumco.css.itd.umich.edu

In article <92282.173754TOGE@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>  
TOGE@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Nobukazu Toge) writes:
> The most economical has been ChipMerchant, located in San Diego (or  
LA?).
> Look up the ads in MacWeek.  They may or may not take credit cards,  
however.

They take at least Visa and MC.  

They had powerbook 100 6M upgrades for $239 this week.
--
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dan.pritts@umich.edu      um itd/css unix support group 
313/998-6265
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: guiyu@spectra (Kui Yu Chang)
Subject: Re: Monitor recommendations?
Organization: University of Hawaii, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Distribution: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 08:18:49 GMT

I just bought a            MAG innovation   MX-15F 

for my LC. The MX-15F is the BEST shadow-mask monitor that I have seen, it is 
also the most versatile monitor in the market(with respect to price), it can do
up to 	1152x870 (hori. 68.24 KHz) resolution.

The MX-15F is also the brightest that I have seen. It has convenient front-panel
microprocessor controlled controls that allows you to adjust the size and posit-
ion of image. The MX-15F also has start-up degaussing to remove stray magnetic 
fields.

The only point that I am not 100% satisfied is that when I used the Apple 13"
mon scanning frequency as an input(66.7 Hz vertical 35.0 KHz horizontal), I
could not get the image to fill up the whole screen. If I use the VGA output of
the LC, the image can fill up the whole screen and also is very bright and 
sharp. This may be due to the fact that apple delibrately decrease the resolu-
tion(at 35.0KHz, the hardware resolution can do up to 704x512) by putting a 
large black border outside the 640x480 image(MaxAppleZoom let you view your
monitor at full resolution but it only works with apple display CARD).

This may not be a problem if you decide to get some higher resolution display 
card(eg the LAPIS colorserver-21). My advise is although the monitor is said to
be 15", actually the display area is only 14 " Max(bezel to bezel), this is 
rather straining to the eye if you display high resolution(greater than
832x624). 832x624 would the most comfortable resolution for the MX-15F in my 
opinion. Note that the MX-15F is physically addressable up to 1024x768, but
it can handle up to 1280x1024 address.

By the way, the MX-15F is also a PC-magazine Editors' choice (Jun 1991).
Mail order companies are selling it for approx $575.
In my opinion, the SONY CDP-1304S is the only compeititor. If you like 
Trinitron monitors, get the SONY instead. Otherwise the MX-15F is the best
shadow-masked monitor.

P.S.	The MX-15F is not a cheap-flimsy monitor, all it's case parts are made
	of high quality plastic, no cheap stuff here. I originally ordered the 
	SAMPO KDM-1466, it really look cheap(it also broke on the way to my
	place) and I send it back. 
	By the way the SAMPO KDM-1466 is also the same as the MIRROR 14" $399 
	monitor.

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From: pw4963@sarah.albany.edu (Peter G. White)
Subject: re: LCII 1320 monitor
Organization: State University of New York at Albany
Distribution: comp
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 92 01:44:52 GMT

I have been very happy with my 1320 along with my LCII.  I paid around $340 in the NYC area.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: tjfs@tadtec.uucp (Tim Steele)
Subject: Re: New PB100 2/20 external floppy won't read HD disks properly
Organization: Tadpole Technology plc
Distribution: comp
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 23:18:01 GMT
	<TJFS.92Oct6185150@coffee.tadtec.uucp>
	<1992Oct6.204227.8525@netcom.com>

In article <1992Oct6.204227.8525@netcom.com> metlay@netcom.com (metlay) writes:

   >Doesn't exactly inspire confidence does it?

   I have to take issue with this. I'm not Apple's biggest fan, but I should
   point out that people generally only mention a piece of gear on the Net
   if they want to gritch about it. My wife and I own two PB100s, each with 
   its own external drive. We haven't been using them for a LONG time, but
   so far we've had no trouble at all with either of them. When and if they
   do go crufty, I'll post a note here after I send them to Apple to be fixed.
   It'll be interesting to see how long that takes....

I'm not trying to be rude about Apple here - the PB100 and StyleWriter
I bought are great products.  However, since they're brand new, I'd
like them to be as good as they can be, and there seems to be this
problem with the floppy drive, and I'm wondering if I can do anything
about it.

Thanks


Tim
From: calb@waikato.ac.nz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Help with Boot Roms from Sonic
Date: 15 Oct 92 17:02:58 +1300
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Hi

I've got a problem that I hope someone can help me with.  I trying to use The
Diskless Mac (TDM) boot rom's from Sonic System's in an Asant ethernet card,
the documentation says that the TDM is compatible with ethernet boards from
Apple, Asante and 3COM.  I set up the system with a Sonic System's ethernet card
and boot rom and got one of our Mac LC's to boot remotely from a Sun
workstation using bootp.  So I know that the boot rom works.  When I try to use
an Asante ethernet card with the sonic rom I get the following error message.

"An error occurred while trying to start up your AppleTalk connection.  The
built-in LocalTalk port will be used instead."

What this means to me is that the Asant ethernet card drivers no longer
recognize the card as an Asante card.  I have tried using the following ethernet
drives:

Asante EtherNet LC Version 4.0
Asante EtherNet LC Version 4.1
Apple EtherNet LC Version 1.0.3

All these drivers work with an authentic Asante card,  but none will drive the
Asante-Sonic card.  I have also tried using the Sonic drivers but with no
success.

Has anybody managed to get a Mac remote booting using this method?

Do I need a special version of the Asante drivers to get this to work?

Any help would be much appreciated.
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Craig Lynch-Blosse                            The University Of Waikato |
| e-mail: calb@Waikato.ac.nz                                     Hamilton |
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: a-kevinp@microsoft.com (Kevin Purcell)
Subject: Failing Quantum 105S hard disks
Date: 14 Oct 92 21:48:49 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corp.

I have just bought a dead Storage Dimensions MacinStor external hard disk
with a Quantum 105S drive in it.

I'm trying to figure out if this drive is still covered by Quantum's 
warranty (either if its a recent drive < 2 years, or if it is an old 
"sticktion" drive).

Some questions:

1. Anybody know how to extract a date from the serial number from the 
numbers on the drive? On this drive there three numbers:

	10007091007	Serial number (8 digit version# + 3 digit sequence#?)
	0385		Lot number?
	220591		A date?

External box also has some stickers indicating it was aquired on 11/20/91 
(but I don't know if this was new or just when it got checked into 
somebodies inventory).

2. What was Storage Dimensions reputation? Are they still in business 
(in San Jose, CA)? What is their phone number?

3. What is Quantum's phone number/address?

4. Over what time period was the 105S manufactured? Current drives are LPS, 
EPS and Go -- I don't see people selling 1" tall S-series drives anymore. 
I installed one into my Mac SE in 1990/91 when I was in the UK.

5. Anybody out there resurrected a "sticky" drive (apart from running it 
forever :-) in a reliable manner

Any info appreciated (otherwise I'll put a junked 30Mbyte drive in the box!).

Kevin Purcell
a-kevinp@microsoft.com
My views are often orthogonal to those of Microsoft Corp
From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: 640 x 480 on a 16" monitor
Date: 8 Oct 92 00:54:46 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park

In article <1992Oct7.140546.24961@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> sloderb@iris1.sb.fsu.edu (Mike Sloderbeck) writes:
>For a friend who doesn't see very well:
>
>On his FX with 8-24 GC card and Apple 16" color monitor,
>Is there a way we can force it to display 640 x 480 resolution
>on the 16" monitor?

No.  Your best bet would be to sell or trade the Apple for a
multiscan monitor like the Sony 1604 or E-Machines T16 II, both of
which can do that.
-- 
Matthew T. Russotto	russotto@eng.umd.edu	russotto@wam.umd.edu
Some news readers expect "Disclaimer:" here.
Just say NO to police searches and seizures.  Make them use force.
(not responsible for bodily harm resulting from following above advice)
From: rick@howtek.UUCP (Rick Roy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Other Scanner stuff...
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 92 11:24:33 EST
Organization: Howtek, Inc.
Reply-To: rick@howtek.UUCP (Rick Roy)
Distribution: world
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v1


In article <1992Sep29.141600.8108@cheshire.oxy.edu> (comp.sys.mac.hardware), wirehead@cheshire.oxy.edu (David J. Harr) writes:
] Another scanner question: Does anyone know who it was who used to
] make the upgrade that would take an Apple scanner to a full 8-bit
] grayscale? They used to advertise in MacUser and MacWorld, and
] their ad had a blowup of an electron micrograph of an ant's head.
] Any contact information would be greatly appreciated.
] 
] David.

I'm almost positive that the 8-bit upgrade for the original Apple
4-bit grayscale (greyscale) scanner is sold by Abaton (a subsidiary
of Everex?). The last time I checked, I think it cost a few hundred
bucks. I'm pretty sure that it must be installed by a certified Abaton
dealer or something, too. Finally, I remember reading something that
said that most 8-bit scanners are only accurate to about 6 bits (the
two least significant bits are noise) so be advised.

Sorry to be so negative but even though you'll probably go through
with the upgrade anyways, it's probably better to know the downside
up front. Good luck.

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Rick Roy                     Magic is a sufficiently advanced technology.
Usenet:                      rick@phunt.MV.com

Disclaimer:  These are my views only . They may not be the views of my
employer. When I asked if my employer had views, I was told "No comment."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: dlamber@andy.bgsu.edu (Don Lambert)
Subject: Re: Let's talk Performas, Boys and Girls
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: BGSU University Computer Services
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 05:42:42 GMT

After talking with our campus Apple Rep., it sounds like the Performa are
not only "repackaged" but to some extent they are down graded machines.
This down grade shows mostly in the monitors. Where the current 13" monitor
is a 3 gun system the Performa monitor is 1 gun. Ultimately the graphics
and colors will suffer.


Don Lambert
University Computer Services
Bowling Green State University
        	       	       	       	       	       	
INTERNET : dlamber@andy.bgsu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: palane@iastate.edu (Paul A. Lane)
Subject: Re: educational price schedule
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 18:27:51 GMT

In <1992Oct16.170404.15139@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> andrey@cs.arizona.edu (Andrey K. Yeatts) writes:

>The "Student Aid" specially priced packages (about the same as the
>new retail prices) went defunct yesterday. Has anyone seen the new 
>educational price lists? How do they compare with
>the recently-reduced suggested retail prices?

Here's how it is at Iowa State:

Macintosh	     Stu. Aid	     Education
PB 145 (4/40)         $1686            $1738
Classic II (4/40)       889              876
LC II (4/80)           1106             1095
IIsi (5/80)            1427             1564
IIci (5/80)            ----             2127       
IIci (5/230)                            2416

It looks like the Student Aid packages were a good deal (especially if
you could use the software), but not too different from the regular
educational prices.

One item I saw in InfoWorld (which had to be a typo) had the PB160 at
$2200 and the PB180 at $2400. I assume these are street prices, but 
I didn't expect the PB180 screen to be so cheap.

Paul
From: Tim.Gottrich@f421.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Tim Gottrich)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: INTERNAL HD TO EXTERNAL, SCSI ID W
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 13:27:53 -0500

Mark,

Where did you get external cases for your internal drives?  This is just what I
want to do with the internal drive which came with my IIsi, as I am about to
purchase a larger internal one.


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: kanefsky@halcyon.com (Steve Kanefsky)
Subject: Re: Ram board?
Keywords: ramdrive, memory board, nubus
Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 04:53:42 GMT

In article <1992Oct09.205355.4364@microsoft.com> peterbak@microsoft.com (Peter Bako) writes:
>
>I have a handful of spare 256k and 1M SIMMS that I would like to
>put to good use.  Is there any company that sells a card onto
>which I could install this memory onto and then use it as a large
>RAM drive?  I seem to recall hearing about a product like this a 
>long time ago, but it might have been for the pc....  Please
>post your replies since I'm sure there will be others interested
>in this as well.

Yes, DayStar makes a NuBus card called the "RAM PowerCard" which accepts
up to 16 SIMMs (in groups of four) and acts like a RAM disk.  I'm not
certain that it accepts 256K SIMMs, however.  It definitely takes 1M, 4M,
and 16M SIMMs.

Price at MacWarehouse is a (somewhat steep) $469.  Sounds like it would be
cheaper to junk your SIMMs and buy new higher-density ones for that price.
This sounds like it would only be useful to power users who have maxed-out
their Macs with at least 4MB SIMMs and still need more.  There may be
other vendors who sell similar products for less.

--
Steve Kanefsky

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: planert@hp-20.cae.wisc.EDU (Planert Daniel)
Subject: Q700 Tech Question
Organization: College of Engineering, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
Distribution: usa
Date: 15 Oct 92 14:51:41 CDT
Originator: planert@hp-20.cae.wisc.edu



I have heard a rummor that the 68040 can be damaged if the Q700 is operated
with the cover off.  Is this true and if so how can I cool the 68040 without
help from the case geometry.

Second Question:
Does anyone know the pin out requirements for the Q700,Ci,Cx series power
supplies, I want to use a larger power supple that I already own to power the
Q700.

Thank You!

please E-mail youy answers to:

planert@cae.wisc.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: changw@nmt.edu (Willie*)
Subject: mac plus 4/40 forsale
Organization: New Mexico Tech
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 10:09:24 GMT
From: gingold@garnet.berkeley.edu (Eric Gingold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: RailGun '030 accelerator SE/Plus - opinions?
Date: 7 Oct 1992 14:29:56 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: garnet.berkeley.edu
Keywords: accelerator, RailGun, two-page display

I was wondering if anyone has had experience with the RailGun '030
Accelerator cards and monochrome monitors.  A company called 
MacProducts USA has an advertisement in MacWorld and MacUser for 
a '030 accelerator with video output, 68882 Math Co-Processor,
PMMU & a Panasonic 2 page monitor.  The 25Mz version costs $999 and
the 33 MHz version costs $1199.

We are considering purchasing one for a Mac Plus and another for a
Mac SE with an internal hard drive.  Does anyone have any
experience with this product?

Specifically:
(1)  Are there any software compatibility problems?
(2)  Is the accelerator System 7 compatible?
(3)  Is it difficult to install, especially in an SE with an
     internal hard drive?
(4)  Does the vendor (MacProducts USA) offer reasonable technical
     support?
(5)  Is anyone aware of alternative vendors where I can purchase
     this or similar products?

I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who knows or whose had
experience with this product. 

Post reply or email to:  bruce@imatron.com

Bruce Hasegawa
Associate Professor
Department of Radiology
University of California San Francisco
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: blaine@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Greyland Blaine Mull)
Subject: Woz in apple ad?
Organization: Computer and Technologies Theme Program, NCSU, Raleigh
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 15:41:12 GMT

hello world\n

	I was just looking through some issues of MacWorld magazine and
I ran across an interesting Powerbook ad.  If you have access to the
July 92 issue (the one with the Quadra 950 on the cover) look at the
apple ad on page 88.  Is that Steve Wozniak (sp?) holding a powerbook? -
it sure looks like him!

	Oh well, I guess I should be studying, but I could not resist.

-grey

 Grey Mull	       +Disclamer:  I didn't say it,-+  Macintosh
 blaine@catt.ncsu.edu  |   You didn't see me say it, |       to
 gbmull@eos.ncsu.edu   +---You can't prove anything!-+      NeXT...
NC State CATT Program				Steve Jobs continues...
From: hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Hades)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Monitor recommendations?
Date: 12 Oct 92 14:24:11 GMT
Reply-To: hades@Dartmouth.Edu
Distribution: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Disclaimer: Personally, I really don't care who you think I speak for.
Moderator: Rec.Arts.Comics.Info

wrowe@reed.edu (Wayne S. Rowe) writes:

>I'm planning on buying a IIvx come October 19, but would like to get something
>bigger (or at least better) than Apple's ole 13" RGB. Any suggestions? Will
>the new Performa Plus display (14" right?) work with a vx?

    Just to clear one thing up, the tube in the Apple 13" RGB is
actually 14". In any case both the current 13" and the Performa Display
Plus have a max resolution of 640x480 when used with the on board video
of the P600/IIvx. It is possible that the IIvx will support larger
resolutions than 640x480, but that is the limit on the P600 and that is
all we have to go on now. If you want a larger monitor, then you will
need to buy a video card to go with it.


--
-Hades (Brian V. Hughes) 
   "You know Television has gone to hell when, with every commercial,
	 you find yourself hoping to see the Energizer Bunny."
From: gumby@ucsd.edu (Henry Ptasinski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Apple's Product Lineup
Date: 13 Oct 92 20:53:15 GMT

In article <1992Oct13.161143.10654@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>  
dave@nakiska.ucs.ualberta.ca (David Ross) writes:
> Sorry, I haven't been paying attention for a while, but when did Motorolla  
> announce a 50Mhz 68040??  NeXT is rumoured to be using a 40Mhz chip and  
> other rumours state that Moto is not making a 50Mhz 040.  Where did you  
> hear about a 50Mhz?

Just to clarify the rumor, NeXT currently is shipping NeXTStation Trubos which  
use the 33 MHz '040.  I've heard rumors about the 40 MHz version, but NeXT at  
least isn't shipping those yet.

Henry P.
gumby@ucsd.edu