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From: Steve_Goyette@mindlink.bc.ca (Steve Goyette)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: 512 Upgrade (Macquarium)
Date: 8 Oct 92 04:59:26 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

Hi all,

        I have heard a little about the Macquarium, but would like to find
out more info.  Also, where can I get this file.  I don't have FTP or
compuserve access, but is there a BBS somewhere (ANYWHERE) that I can DL it
from??

        Is this a hardware project??  Does it take an engineer to do it??  Am
I really not facing reality???  Anyway, any help would be appreciated.



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From: Patrick.Stadelmann@info.unine.ch (Patrick Stadelmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: (Q) IIvx price and availability
Date: 8 Oct 92 17:42:24 GMT
Organization: University of Neuchatel, Switzerland


Is there a rumored price for the IIvx ? Also, how much time does it
take from the release date until new macs are available through mail
dealers ?

Thanks a lot

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: rfl@oddjob.uchicago.edu (Bob Loewenstein)
Subject: Re: PowerBook's and Large Monitors
Keywords: powerbook,display,monitor
Organization: U. of Chicago, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 14:49:08 GMT


I have a friend with a Powerbook 100, 6 Mbytes of Ram. He notices
that the system takes up over 3 Mbytes and wonders what is going on.
Shouldn't the system take up more like half that amount? He has
no inits or cdevs installed, no special fonts, etc...just a bare bones
system. Anyone know the answer? Thanks.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: gdohle@nyx.cs.du.edu (Gordon Dohle)
Subject: Re: Information from MacWeek about October 19 hardware releases
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 04:40:39 GMT



soo.....
Where is it available?

<IIvi:           030@16.  Not sold in the United States.>

Gordon
gdohle@nyx.cs.du.edu
From: werner@cs.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Duo 210/230 difference
Date: 10 Oct 1992 01:50:18 -0500
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: dimebox.cs.utexas.edu


>>Is the only difference between the 210/230 is the 25/33 MHz clock speed?

> According to all of the information that I have read about them,
>yes, that appears to be the only difference.

	not to forget THE PRICE !!

C                        C C       E    S      M   #  Video
L D                      o a M   S t I  l      S     TB  SV
A E                 C SM p c i S C h n  o      l R A yiC cR Features
S A                 P pH r h k n S e t  t  Max o O D ptl rA   or
S D Machine   Price U dz o e e d I r l NPB RAM t M B esr nM Other video modes
- - -------   ----- - -- - - - - - - - --- --- - - - ------ -----------------
p F Duo 210   R2500 3 25 ? n   S   n Y      24       s4G 9D Dockable
p F Duo 230   R3000 3 33 ? n   S   n Y      24       s4G 9D Dockable


	[ above was originally posted in:

		From: jdsb@egr.duke.edu (J. D. S. Babcock)
		Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
		Subject: Macintosh Models Listing....
		Message-ID: <5652@news.duke.edu>
		Date: 29 Sep 92 15:55:00 GMT
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From: ebucmg@ebu.ericsson.se (Cherif Gad 6251)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Tape Backup Teac / APS
Keywords: tape teac aps
Date: 7 Oct 92 18:04:13 GMT
Reply-To: ebucmg@ebu.ericsson.se
Organization: Ericsson Business Communications, Inc.
X-Disclaimer: This article was posted by a user at Ericsson in North America.
              The opinions expressed are strictly those of the user and
              not necessarily those of Ericsson.

I am trying to find the phone number for APS ?

I guess they make a 150 MB tape backup for Mac @ $500.00

Can anybody tell how to reach them ? or any suggestions about other
tape drives (in the same price range ? )

Thanks

Cherif Gad
From: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: PB100 memory installation directions
Date: 8 Oct 92 21:32:21 GMT
Article-I.D.: outpost.D2150035.fjq75j
Reply-To: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
Organization: Peirce Software
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v1

I've gotten a number of requests to fax people the directions
for installing PB100 memory.  Rather than fax it all around the world
(sorry Tim in the UK), I'll post them here. (they aren't copyrighted
or anything).

(1) Turn off the system

(2) Turn off the peripherals and disconnect them from the system.

(3) Open the cover plate protecting the ports on the rear of the unit.

(4) Open the backup battery door (chich is next to the plate protector)
and remove the three (3) batteries.

(5) Slide the main battery door open to the right and then pull the
battery from the compartment.

(6) Slide the PowerBook over and remove the three (3) rubber feet
from the bottom of the unit.  They are round and grey in color.  Then
remove the three (3) screws underneath the rubber feet.

(7) Turn the PowerBook over to its initial orientation and open the
LCD display all the way and lift it off the unit.  Leave the cable
connected to the system board.

(8) Lift the keyboard up and put it on the LCD screen, with the keyboard
facing the LCD screen.

(9) Locate the memory expansion slot on the memory board.  It is located
to the left of the processor board, next to the reset switch.

(10) INstall the memory module onto the system board and make sure
that the memory module is seated firmly and correctly.  The connector
is keyed so that the modulecan only be installed one way.  The module
does not need to be forced on to make it work.  If resistance is encountered,
check to make sure that you are puttin git in correctly.

(11) Reinstall the keyboard.  The bottom end should be installed first.

(12) Reinstall the LCD screen onto the system unit until it 'clicks'
into place.

(13) Turn the unit over and reinstall the three (3) screws on the
bottom.  Reinstall the three (3) rubber feet after the screws have
been installed.

Again, DON"T DO THIS UNLESS YOU REALLY THINK YOU CAN.  It will void
your warrantee.  It might even destroy your PB100 if you do it wrong.
Think before you act.

I make no guarantees about this procedure - I may have made typos,
so think about what you are doing before you attempt it.

All the same, I installed some memory in a PB100 last week and it
was very easy.  

Good luck!

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.wanted,su.macintosh
From: sheckler@leland.Stanford.EDU (Steven Heckler)
Subject: MacWarehouse Complaint/APS Comments
Followup-To: sheckler@leland.stanford.edu
Keywords: mail-order, MacWarehouse, Supra
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 92 04:53:42 GMT

     A while back, I wrote a long posting to these groups and Info-Mac
concerning my opinions of a variety of mail-order houses.  One change and one
update to my opinions:

MacWarehouse:  Just finished having a bad experience with these guys.  This,
combined with other comments I have read about MW on the net, leads me to
conclude that this house has fallen considerably in the past year or so.

     I called them Friday seeking to order a Supra v.32 bis Fax/Modem.  The
salesperson I spoke with acted almost as if she had never heard of it.  When
she finally pulled it up on her screen, I asked her if they would match Mac's
Place's terrific $345 + $3 shipping deal.  Instead of checking the price
on-line or out of a data base, I had to give her their number and then wait
on hold for almost 10 minutes while they checked w/ Mac's Place.

    When she finally got back on and agreed to match the price, I asked her if
the unit was in stock.  She said yes.  Since a new ROM has come out in recent
weeks, I asked her how fresh the batch of modems they had was.  She said they'd
gotten in 3 separate shipments of more than 100 that week, including one the
day before my call.  She assured me that they were nowhere near being out of
stock, and so I placed my order.

     When the unit didn't arrive the next day (today), I called MacWarehouse.
The salesperson I spoke with took my number and then took a full two minutes
to pull up my order record.  He then told me that the unit had been placed on
back order and that he had no idea when it would be available again.  Not even
slight sympathy, and no demonstrable desire to help.  When I said I wanted to
terminate the order, the salesperson did it, but didn't ask why I was
cancelling and acted like it was a huge hassle for him.

     Again, I repeat:  MacConnection and Mac's Place are great, MacZone is
usually just fine, and MacWarehouse is overpriced, under-motivated, and
certainly not worthy of most people's business.

APS:  I got a Maxtor 7213 ZFP External from these guys two weeks ago.  Great
drive with great software.  Crazy thing, though:  it causes my TV picture to
almost dissolve in static when it is running (the drive is about 5' from the
TV).  I though these things were supposed to have shielding to prevent this.
Overall, though, I think it's a great company.

     Again, these are my opinions only.  I assume no liability whatsoever for
anything I have said here, and I reserve the right to be DEAD WRONG.

                            Steve Heckler
                            Stanford University
                            sheckler@leland.stanford.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: ldalton@adobe.com (Lynn Dalton)
Subject: Re: 315 SCSI HD for sale
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 15:48:34 GMT

This drive has been sold.

In article <ldalton-141092092952@130.248.88.134>, ldalton@adobe.com (Lynn
Dalton) wrote:
> 
> 315 meg 15ms Wren packaged by MicroNet in an external case. $550 plus
> shipping.
> 
> Lynn Dalton
> ldalton@adobe.com
> Adobe Systems Incorporated

Lynn Dalton
ldalton@adobe.com
Adobe Systems Incorporated
From: nick+@pitt.edu (Nick C De Mello)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Duo's, new port...
Date: 15 Oct 92 22:59:12 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

>>  The latest MacWeek (10.12.92) describes the Duo 230 as having "built
>>in microphone and speaker, a serial port, a post for connecting an
>>optional internal modem to a phone line, and a 152 pin 32 bit bus for
>>connecting to docks."  I assume the modem port is a RJ-11, but what is
>>the "serial port?"  A scsii?  
>
>Um, no. A modem/printer/Appletalk port is the same as a serial port-
>it's just an RS232 with a different plug and socket. 
>
>However- just a single serial port? I suppose having an internal modem
>would help that, though. 
>

    I stand corrected!  Guess I'm just used to the RS-232 "D" serial
ports and didn't stop and think that the modem/printer RS-242's are
also serial ports.  I think the reasoning behind the Duo's is that 
all the expandibility is built into the dock's, but they give you the
bare minimun to connect to the phone lines (RJ-11) and to connect to
other macs/printers (a single RS-242).  Seems like a good philosopy
to me, after all they cut the weight of these things in half!

    Still I am a little disapointed that the docks won't be released
with the Duo's.  Seems they don't meet FCC regulations (RF inter-
ferance, I think - std disclaimer) and won't be released 'till 
mid Nov at the earliest.  With the RS-242 port the machines will
still be usable, if you have a second mac, but I'm going to miss
having a floppy!

     (course if they're anything like the 170 and 145's they'll
       be back ordered 'till January anyway, so it might
         never come to that!)

                    :)           
                                   -- Nick
  

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: dlopez@shearson.com (David Lopez)
Subject: Re: System 7.0 eats up 14M of memory!
Reply-To: dlopez@shearson.com
Organization: Lehman Brothers, Inc.
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 18:51:46 GMT


i have seen several people state that system 7 needs to run in 32 bit mode
to address more than 8MB of DRAM. if this is so why does the about macintosh
screen say that i have 10MB with about 1.5MB given to the system on my
classic 2 running 7.0.1? i am running in 24 bit mode as several of my older
programs dont like the 32 bit addressing.
From: hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Hades)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Let's talk Performas, Boys and Girls
Date: 16 Oct 92 18:36:07 GMT
Reply-To: hades@Dartmouth.Edu
Distribution: comp
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Disclaimer: Personally, I really don't care who you think I speak for.
Moderator: Rec.Arts.Comics.Info

pentangl@spdcc.com (Scott Moir) writes:

>MacUser states in its review of the Performa series that they are 16 bit 
>machines. Proof enough?

    No, not really. The Performa 200, and 400 are 16 bit machines. But
that doesn't necessarily mean that the Performa 600 is as well. And I'm
pretty sure that it doesn't since every other write-up of the P600 says
that it has a 32bit data but. And the MacUser piece only mentions 16bit
in terms of the on-board video support.

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From: hapa@cats.ucsc.edu (Doug Easterly)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: System 7.0 eats up 14M of memory!
Date: 14 Oct 1992 22:23:37 GMT
Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsco.ucsc.edu


In article <1992Oct14.153750.3923@rosevax.rosemount.com> aj@lew.rosemount.com (Andy Joe) writes:
>I don't know if this question was posted or answered before, but
>here goes...
>
>I upgraded my IIci to 20 megs yesterday, and discovered that if I
>don't have 32 bit addressing turned on, the system uses about 14megs,
>and leaves only 6 megs of free memory.
>
>Does anybody have a reasonable answer to this?
>
>thanxs in advance.
>
>aj.

The problem isn't that the system actually takes up 14MB, it's that
the computer can't address over 8MB unless you turn on 32bit
addressing. 

The reason it is shown as being used by the System is a mystery to
me, but that's the way Apple programmed it.

The only way you can use all that RAM you just put in your machine
is to leave 32b addressing on. What does that mean if you have a lot
of applications that still don't run with 32bit addressing? 
UPGRADE! 


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From: an780@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Travis Grundke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: So, what do we think of the Performa 600?
Date: 10 Oct 1992 19:46:30 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: an780@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Travis Grundke)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


Okay okay okay, we won't be able to buy them for another week or so, but
the question stands: From what we've read and seen- what does everyone
think of the Performa 600?

My personal belief is that at $1999 with keyboard in a 4/160, 3 nubus
and internal drive bay, the P600 is phenominal. Its a bit faster than an
SI (lets debate this little puppy....), more expansion than a CI, and
is priced like an LC used to be (oxymoron here...). 

In short- I WANT ONE!!!! <grin>

Comments gladly accepted.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: shl1@crux2.cit.cornell.edu (James T. Kirk)
Subject: Re: How much CAN you accellerate a Mac+?
Organization: Cornell Information Technologies
Date:  8 Oct 92 20:02:20 GMT

munroe@dmc.com (Dick Munroe) writes:

>A friend of mine wants to throw an accellerator into a Mac+.  How far can the +
>be pushed before it becomes economical to start looking at the used SE or SE/30
>market?  Her immediate requirements are more memory and a [much] faster
>processor.  Disk I/O performance is secondary (although I'ld be willing to bet
>that once the other bottlenecks are cleared that WILL become an issue). 

One more thing to consider:  the power supply in the Plus usually fails after
several years of use.  Installing an accelerator would increase the burden of
Plus's weak power supply.

From: Ladd.Morse@p804.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Ladd Morse)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: System 7.0 eats up 14M of memory!
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 23:20:37 -0500

 
  AJ> I upgraded my IIci to 20 megs yesterday, and discovered that if I
  AJ> don't have 32 bit addressing turned on, the system uses about 14megs,
  AJ> and leaves only 6 megs of free memory.

  AJ> Does anybody have a reasonable answer to this?

Always run in 32 bit mode. Don't mean to sound snotty, that's just the way that
mac is going to work.
 

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: Ken Cunefare
Subject: Re: Accelerator options for IIcx
Organization: Mechanical Engineering
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 13:38:27 GMT

I am trying this again, as there was probably a glitch in my initial
configuration such that I have no idea where my first posting ended up, and
responses probably got lost, too. 

> I am in the proces of evaluating accelerator options for my IIcx. If you take
>the trouble to e-mail me your comments and accelerator opinions, I will use
>them in my evaluation, and post a summary.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>K. Cunefare    kc21@hydra.gatech.edu
>K. Cunefare    ken.cunefare@me.gatech.edu
>
From: arnold@violet.berkeley.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Procom Folptical Drive?
Date: 10 Oct 1992 20:28:01 GMT
Organization: UC Berkeley
Distribution: us
NNTP-Posting-Host: lew1mac34.cchem.berkeley.edu

Does anyone have any information on Procom's 21mb floptical drive regarding its
reliability, general ease of use, etc?  Please let me know if you do. Thanks.
From: jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Color Pivot/LE vs regular Pivot
Date: 9 Oct 92 17:24:35 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: USC-ISI


Can anyone who's had the chance to evaluate these two puppies in-depth
compare their pluses and minuses?

jas
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From: jyen@Apple.COM (John Yen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Let's talk Performas, Boys and Girls
Date: 10 Oct 92 07:13:24 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

oueichek@imag.fr (Ibaa Oueichek) writes:

>Peter Newton (newton@cs.utexas.edu) wrote:
>I can't understand that  the P600 with a 25% faster processor
>can be slower than a IIci. There should be something different, maybe the HD,
>or the SCSI port.

Everyone please relax & jitter over something else.  MacWEEK used beta
software; why is everyone pontificating based on non-release software?!

John Yen  jyen@apple.com
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From: rr@chmsr.gatech.edu (Richard Robison)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Quantum disk drive repair?  Where is a good place?
Date: 16 Oct 92 17:01:35 GMT
Reply-To: rr@chmsr.gatech.edu (Richard Robison)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Center for Human-Machine Systems Research - Ga Tech

Can someone tell me a good place to get a Quantum disk drive repaired?  Thanks.

-Richard
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From: supah@iastate.edu (Sly Upah)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Performa monitor compatibility
Summary: compatibility of performa monitors
Keywords: performa monitor compatible
Date: 12 Oct 92 20:26:49 GMT
Article-I.D.: hobbes.supah.718921609
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA

Could someone share with me whether the color Performa monitors are 
compatible with a IIsi?  I just purchased an si and have yet to
decide what sort of monitor to get...although it looks like I'll be
buying an Apple 13" Hi-Res unless the Performa will work.  I can get
an Apple 13" for $538, the Performa monitor is priced at $359 (and is also 
640x480)...Please reply via e-mail as I do not read this group regularly;
at least not yet ;^).....
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: Orakel@sarpih.no (Jens Kr. Kirkeb)
Subject: Re: Repair your own Plus/SE power supply
Organization: stfold Ingenirhyskole
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 15:18:30 GMT

Stuff Deleted

>Total investment:
>Free dead Mac Plus
>$60.00 for an upgrade kit from Soft Solutions - includes better flyback,
>assorted better capacitors, and a new crt power socket (I bought a power 
>transistor also)
>Approx $25.00 for the book. (It also covers SEs and Mac 512s)

>Not a bad deal.
How can I get an upgrade kit? Living in Norway, I neeed some addresses or e-
mail addresses.

Rostad 
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>Cary, N.C.
From: gustilo@POBOX.UPENN.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Source for Quantum 0.5 Gb Drive
Date: 13 Oct 1992 12:05:04 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

greetings,

we are in rather urgent need of the above drive and was wondering if anyone
could recommend a source that has these things in stock and can deliver it
ASAP.

It will be going into a IIcx so a 3.5" form factor is also essential.

thanks in advance

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