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From: tmal@cl.cam.ac.uk (Mark Lomas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Video-card stockists
Date: 22 Jul 92 12:53:27 GMT
Reply-To: tmal@cl.cam.ac.uk (Mark Lomas)
Organization: U of Cambridge Comp Lab, UK

Don't worry, I'm not going to ask the `which video-card do I buy for my
SE/30?' question that has been answered many times.

I would like to buy a RasterOps 264/30 video-card but the British price for
this card is excessive so I want to import one from the US.  I faxed a number
of dealers who I found listed in the US edition of MacWorld but have not
received a reply from any of them.

Please could somebody advise where I can order this card from?  I want to
find a dealer who will quote me a price, accept a faxed order with payment
by VISA card, and ship the video-card to the UK.

	Mark Lomas (tmal@cl.cam.ac.uk)
From: Andrew.Strasheim@f236.n104.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Andrew Strasheim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: SUPRA FAX MODEM
Date: 29 Jul 92 05:28:06 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:104/236 - MacCircles, Genesee CO

I have two of the SUPRAFAX v.32bis modems and I have achieved all of the
advertised speeds without any difficulty.  IN fact I even used the fax
capability BACK to supra for more info on some other products.  I think you
may have problems with your flow control on the machine or in the cable 
itself.  Check with Supra if you think otherwise... they are good with 
support.  You can download the latest drivers from their bbs as well... 
EXCELLENT support.  Thus far I haven't had a single problem.


--  
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From: nick+@pitt.edu (Nick C De Mello)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: PowerBook 100 Pricing: Here's Why
Date: 30 Jul 92 00:32:47 GMT


  Quick Question:  Can you put a modem in a PB 100?         

                            Nick
   

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: it1@ra.msstate.edu (Tim Tsai)
Subject: Re: Anyone found a PS printer which has appletalk & a parallel port?
Organization: Mississippi State University
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 07:17:17 GMT

bchs1b@Elroy.UH.EDU (Michael Benedik) writes:
>The new NEC Silentwriter 95 does auto switching between appletalk,
>serial and parallel port. Also has HP III emulation, but switching
>from postscript to HP requires front panel switch (or can use a TSR
>program they include). Street price for this printer about $1500-1600.
>Full postscript, 35 fonts, 6ppm

  $1399 at USAFlex.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: chuj@horton.Colorado.EDU (CHU JEFFREY)
Subject: Re: About the IIsi prices....
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 22:37:16 GMT

In article <1992Jul24.001230.15170@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> jgrape@coos.dartmouth.edu (Johan A. Grape) writes:
>
>	Apple just announced their "back to school specials"
>
>	IIsi 3/40 + bundled software	$1255.
>
>	Pretty darn good.
>
>	Johan
>

Wouldn't that be getting into the way of the LCII purchases?  I thought the
LC II at student prices is around $1290.00 4/40.  But if its true about
the price, count me in on one.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: mikey@nrc.com (Mike Goodglick)
Subject: Sleep problems
Organization: Network Research Corp
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 17:04:59 GMT

Does anyone know of any Sleep utilities for the Mac Powerbook 170?  I would
like to get something that will allow the Mac to sleep while network stuff
is going on....don't care if net connection dies...Maybe some sort of Quickeys
script??

Thanks
mail:


Mike Goodglick
mikey@nrc.com
From: ss8d+@andrew.cmu.edu (Stuart A. Siegel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,cmu.misc.market
Subject: Mac+ 4/40 for sale
Date: 30 Jul 92 10:51:47 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.QeS3d3a00Xch82W1Ri
Organization: Doctoral student, Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Mac + 4/40 (apple HD) for sale:
1 year old heavy duty aftermarket power supply
internal fan
most recent plus series (silver casing)
please make an offer.  email
From: bdugan@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Bill Dugan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: PB 140, Superclock, and battery life
Summary: Superclock's battery icon in menu bar is not accurate...
Date: 31 Jul 92 18:47:08 GMT
Organization: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science

I really like the fact that on a Powerbook (like my 140), Superclock puts
a battery icon in the menu bar, where the stopwatch appears when you are
timing something.  This battery icon appears 'full' depending on your battery
life; it is a solid black battery when my Powerbook's battery is full, for
instance.  However, I've found that it is inaccurate;y it seems to appear half
full when the battery is nearly gone.  It's as if the scale were halved and
put in the upper part of the battery.  Is this a problem for anyone else?
I'd love it if it were really functional.  I'm running Superclock 3.9.1.

Thanks,

Bill
bdugan@gnu.ai.mit.edu

-- 
Bill Dugan
bdugan@gnu.ai.mit.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: jwillner@uncvx1.oit.unc.edu (Jeff Willner)
Subject: Re: Ugrading a IIcx
Organization: Dept. of Psychology, UNC, Chapel Hill
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 16:21:49 GMT

In article <CKD.92Jul20190222@loiosh.eff.org> ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis)
writes:
>Joel> == Joel Quejada <joel@dseg.ti.com> 
>
> Joel> Actually, I think you get a whole new Quadra 700 in exchange for
> Joel> your IIcx and some cash (of course).  It is not a simple
> Joel> motherboard swap - they simply give you a new Q700.  That's how I
> Joel> understand it.
>
>Actually, you keep the lid, and I think you also keep the rubber feet.
>The rest is swapped out.  (Lift up the monitor, swap the CPU...)
>

Actually, I think everything is replaced except the lid, feet, power supply and
FDHD drive from the original box.

Here at UNC, the education price for the cx/ci upgrade to the Quadra 700 is
$2795. This is only $1100 less than it would cost to buy the basic (4mb RAM, no
hard drive) Quadra new. If you're willing to spend the money for the upgrade,
you'd probably be better off splurging for the extra $1100 and just buying the
Quadra outright (I'm obviously ignoring the cost of adding a new monitor, hard
drive, etc.)

Shreve Systems (a Mac reseller in Louisiana that specializes in used machines,
800-227-3971) has been advertising a cx to Quadra upgrade for $2599, and a ci
to Quadra upgrade for $1999. I don't know how their upgrade differs from the
official Apple upgrade, but it would seem to be worth investigating, especially
if you had a ci.

Jeff Willner

don't need no steenkin' sig.


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: Douglas Merrill <dmerrill@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu>
Subject: Question about 21" GreyScale Monitors
Organization: Institute for the Learning Sciences
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 16:10:05 GMT

Hi to all...

Our lab has several Mac IIfx's connected to Apple 2-page Monochrome
monitors.  We just 
bought some new Quadra 700's and were looking for new 21" monitors to put
on them 
(since the Apple monitor no longer exists).

We decided to go with Mirror's 21" GreyScale monitor (plugs into Quadra
on-board video 
and has a clear, crisp picture).

However, the screens are *very* dim -- much darker than the Apple tubes
were.  In fact, 
they are dark enough that my eyes hurt after a few hours of work (yes,
i've turned the 
brightness up all the way ;-) ).

Has anyone out in Net.Land seen a similar problem? Got any suggestions? 
Alternatively, 
does anyone know of a 21" monitor that is crisp, etc., but bright enough
to use for long 
periods of time?

Thanks,
Doug Merrill
Institute for the Learning Sciences
Northwestern University
Evanston IL 60201
dmerrill@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu
doug@clarity.princeton.edu
From: lemke@radius.com (Steve Lemke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Functionality of the NEC FG 8X video card for the 5FG
Date: 27 Jul 92 19:08:04 GMT

cyor@logos.waterloo.edu (                ) writes:

}Does anybody knows the different of the folowing:

}1)  Using NEC 5FG with Quadra 950 built-in video capability.
}2)  Using NEC 5FG with Quadra 950 + NEC FG8X video card.
}
}I was foolish to buy the NEC FG8X video card and now consider 
}buying the Quadra 950 which support 17" monitor.
}
}I wonder if I can gain anything using the NEC 5FG on my Quadra 950
}WITH THE NEC FG8X Video card?!  I plan to use 24-bit so what I have
}to do now is to see whether to upgrade the VRAM on the Quadra or
}the VRAM on the Video card.  
}
}If I don't gain anything, then I better sell my video card and upgrade
}the VRAM on the Quadra.

Well, for one thing, you can upgrade the 8x board to be a full, two-page
24-bit board.  The Quadra 700/900 can only do 8-bits on a two-page display,
and the 950 can only do 16-bits.  Thus, if you want 24-bit 1152x870 mode,
you have to use an interface card.  If you can get by with 24-bit at 16"
resolution (832x624), then you could use built-in video (with 2mb of RAM).

--Steve

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From: mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: supra fax modem
Date: 27 Jul 92 23:24:43 GMT

In article <mills.712202523@dialup.athena.lkg.dec.com>, mills@athena.lkg.dec.com (George Mills) writes:

> I can run a dumb 2400 baud modem with no error correction and get no noise
> on the lines 150 miles away. So the lines are not that bad. I've had noisier
> lines within 5 miles.
> 
> So my conclusion is that for long distance (150 miles which is not that far)
> the supra cannot deal with it. For DATA the best it can do is
> 2400 with error correction. For FAX it can't do ANYthing yet in distance.
> 
> MY primary purpose it local 9600 data and I think it will be ok for that.
> But I did expect it to be able to better than 2400 at long distance at least
> sometimes. I also expected that it would do FAX at any distance at some
> speed.
> 
> Can a $300 modem do coast-to-coast DATA at 9600 or 4800
> Can a $300 modem do coast-to-coast FAX at 9600 or other speed.
> 
> Can the Supra do the above?
> Can a $700 modem do the above?
> Can any Modem do the above on non-conditioned lines?

I routinely do coast-to-coast data at 9600 with my SupraFAX v.32bis.  I don't
use it for FAXing, so I can't comment on its FAX capability.
From: lumpy@cup.portal.com (Larry E Woodard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Quantum Address/Phone query
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 15:55:10 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: usa

The number I have for Quantum is 408.894.4000.  Sorry, but I don't have an
address handy.  I have delt with Peggy Young @ Quantum, __very__ service 
oriented.

lw
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: u8914877@keystone.arch.unsw.edu.au (Wesley Benn)
Subject: Re: Stylewriter vs. HP Deskwriter
Reply-To: u8914877@keystone.arch.unsw.edu.au
Organization: Faculty of Architecture, University of New South Wales
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1992 13:19:42 GMT

G'day,

I have a deskwriter C that has been heavily used and abused (lots of moving around ) for
the last 6 months or so. Haven't had any problems. The major difference between the Deskwriter and the Stylewriter is speed; even with new drivers the Stylewriter is sssllow...  ...

I don't agree that the Stylewriter has better output either. But, if youwill only be printing text, it doesn't make any difference, they're both more than adequate. Due to this the difference will be price versus speed, which is more important?

Finally, the Deskwriter is upgradeable, and therefore more flexible. You decide, but my vote goes to HP every time.

Cheers,
	Wesley

---
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Architecture, UNSW, Australia                                         
                                           
                                         
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Article: 21301 of comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: thompson@athena.cs.uga.edu (Heidi Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Stylewriter vs. HP Deskwriter
Date: 24 Jun 92 14:36:14 GMT
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens

I just bought a StyleWriter, mainly because of the the great price difference between it and the HP.  At CompUSA in Atlanta, the price for a StyleWriter was
$289, and the DeskWriter was nearly $450!  The SW is really not that slow for a personal desktop printer, the backgrounding works wonderfully, it comes with the complete LasweWriter font set in TrueType format, and 360 DPI does look better
to my eyes than the DeskWriter 300 DPI.  I am hard to satisfy, and I love it!

Heidi
thompson@athena.cs.uga.edu


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Article: 21314 of comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: gregt@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gregory M Ferrar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Stylewriter vs. HP Deskwriter
Date: 24 Jun 1992 13:52:14 -0400
Organization: Department of Mathematics, The Ohio State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: function.mps.ohio-state.edu

> I have a deskwriter C that has been heavily used and abused (lots of moving
> around ) for the last 6 months or so. Haven't had any problems. The major
> difference between the Deskwriter and the Stylewriter is speed; even with new
> drivers the Stylewriter is sssllow...  ...
> 
> I don't agree that the Stylewriter has better output either. But, if you will
> only be printing text, it doesn't make any difference, they're both more than
> adequate. Due to this the difference will be price versus speed, which is
> more important?
>
> Finally, the Deskwriter is upgradeable, and therefore more flexible. You
> decide, but my vote goes to HP every time.

I have a StyleWriter at home, and we use a DeskJet at work.  I've never tried
a DeskWriter, but my understanding is that there's no difference in speed or
output from the DeskJet.

The StyleWriter does have better output than the DeskJet.  I am continually
impressed by the quality of StyleWriter output, which rivals that of a laser
printer.  Note that for truly amazing output, you have to use good, thick
paper.  On thin paper, both the StyleWriter and the DeskJet tend to soak the
paper a bit, and it doesn't look so great.

The StyleWriter is, however, quite slow.  It is fast enough for a normal user,
unless you plan to print very large documents, and it prints in the background
with no appreciably slowing of my computer.  The DeskWriter is considerably
faster, though.

The DeskWriter also has waterproof-ink; the StyleWriter does not.  This has not
been a serious problem for me, but I have to be a little careful with my
StyleWriter documents, and occasionally I have smeared a document which would
not have smeared if it had been printed on a DeskWriter.

The DeskJet has never broken down-- my StyleWriter has broken once.  I don't
know if this means anything-- I have a very small sample here.

I chose the StyleWriter for home because the print quality was important to me,
I wanted to have its AMAZINGLY small footprint, and I couldn't afford
LaserWriter.  Since buying it I have also come to appreciate the straight paper
path which allows me to print on just about anything.  I chose the DeskJet for
work because I wanted a decent printer which worked at a decent speed and which
was expandable (we have an Epson emulator installed at the moment).  They are
both nice printers.  I think I would buy another StyleWriter if I had to make
the choice again, though the DeskWriter C is very tempting.  So where's the
StyleWriter C, Apple?

  -Greg Ferrar (gregt@function.mps.ohio-state.edu)


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Article: 21383 of comp.sys.mac.hardware
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: dms50304@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Darkman)
Subject: Re: Stylewriter vs. HP Deskwriter
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1992 19:12:19 GMT

I have a Stylewriter and I'm pleased with it.  The print quality is excellent.
I have an LC with a ][e card, so I took a snapshot of the screen in Appleworks
and printed the screen at 20%.  The printout was no bigger than a few stamps
and if you looked close enough you could read every word.  Impressed me.  It is
a bit slow, but it works great.  I got mine I think for about $30 more in a
fall package deal on the LC's, so I can't complain :).  Unless you're need to
consisently print large documents, the Stylewriter will suffice.

-- 
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Darkman@uiuc.edu   University of Illinois    look for me on irc 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: cam@athena.mit.edu (Daniel Cameron Daly)
Subject: Re: Powerbook Prices, marketing (was Price Club,etc.)
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 03:55:49 GMT


The header includes the correct information - i am currently typing on my
beautiful new PB 100, with 4 MB RAM and 40 M hard drive, and super drive,
that cost me only $899 at the Price Club.  As far as I can tell, there is no
really good reason to get anything else if you don't want to throw your
money away - evn the best offer for a 140 I have seen is $1820, and the only
differences are 68030 vs 68000, and the internal floppy vs super drive.
It was very easy for me to decide if they were worth $900...
New, faster machines may be coming soon, but that will always be the case.
Why not just relax and get a good machine at an awesome price?

Cam Daly
cam@athena.mit.edu
--
"Cam Daly"
From: cfejm@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (John Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Ehman: Where oh where?
Date: 24 Jul 92 21:21:10 GMT
Organization: Eastern Illinois University


Hi All,

Well, my Ehman external drive died yesterday, and, since they were so
helpful and accommodating when I bought it (and several others for
the university), I tried to get in touch to make repair arrangements.  As
I'm sure everybody in the world knows but me, they're not there.  A quick
scan of recent mags and I see no advertising.  Conclusion:  Belly-up or
taken over, right?

Any help out there?  Anybody know who (if anyone) is servicing their
products?  Etc, etc.

Thanks much in advance,

John
__________

-- 
John Miller
Music Theory
Eastern Illinois University
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
Subject: Re: Ugrading a IIcx
Originator: d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
	<CKD.92Jul20190222@loiosh.eff.org>
	<1992Jul21.163152.8354@midway.uchicago.edu>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 10:27:34 GMT

.uchicago.edu> jcav@quads.uchicago.edu (JohnC) writes:

   > Joel> I am curious to find out prices, though. I, too, have a IIcx and
   > Joel> want to upgrade to a Q700 soon.
   >
   >Dunno the price offhand.  It's fairly expensive, though, as I recall.

   Cheaper than a complete new Q700, though.

Yes, but instead you can sell the used IIcx and buy a new Q700,
that may be less expensive than upgrading.

-- 
         Jon W{tte, Svartmangatan 18, S-111 29 Stockholm, Sweden

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From: bm125@eng.cam.ac.uk (B. Maxwell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: OutBound Systems email address
Summary: Looking for info about the outbound portable
Date: 24 Jul 92 15:59:30 GMT
Organization: Cambridge University Engineering Department, England


Posting for a friend:

I'm looking for info about the Mac-compatible Outbound systems laptop.
I'd like to know about compatibility, what's the maximum RAM it can
take, what the ROMs are, whats' the deal with the silicon disk, is it
32-bit mode capable, does it have ADB ports, etc.?

If anyone has a clue as to how one might reach Outbound Systems
technical staff via e-mail or through a public ftp server (as with
Apple) is would greatly help?

Please reply via email.  (Or post if you think it's worth it).

Thanks.

Charles R. Wright
cw117@phx.cam.ac.uk
From: Sundar_Prasad@mtsg.ubc.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: 200 Meg Internal HDs for IIfx - Recommendations?
Date: 24 Jul 92 03:33:32 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Civil Engineering, Univ of BC

I guess the subject line says it. We are in the market for an internal
HD (200 to 250 Megs) to work in a IIfx. Any tips from people with some
previous experience with 3rd party HDs (price, reliability, ease of
installation) will be greatly appreciated.

Sundar_Prasad@mtsg.ubc.ca
 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: pjs1@cec2.wustl.edu (Philip John Schielke)
Subject: Re: Price Club & PB100
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis Mo.
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 18:16:22 GMT

Are there any of these Price Clubs in the midwest?
Like in MO, IL., etc?
What would the closest one be to Saint Louis?

-Phil
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.wanted
From: wong@athena.mit.edu (David C. Wong)
Subject: Here's a source for External Hard Drive Cases
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 08:19:51 GMT

I've seen a lot of postings from people looking for good external hard drive
  cases.  The company I've been dealing with is Saturae Corporation located
  in Cambridge, MA.  They offer three cases: a metal zero-footprint case,
  a plastic portable case, and a metal "micro" case for low-profile drives.
  All cases have power supplies installed and include power and DB25 to
  CN50 cables.  $95 each.              

Their number is 1-800-373-3063  Ask for Po, CS, or Jason.

As always, I have no connection with this company.  I've just received excellent
  service from the above people.
--
         Respectfully submitted by David Wong <wong@athena.mit.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: Arne.Venstad@delab.sintef.no
Subject: 240 MB LPS in si?
Organization: SINTEF DELAB, Trondheim, Norway.
Date: 30 Jul 92 09:04:28


I have received contradicting information about whether the new Quantum
240 MB LPS can be used as an internal drive in a si (due to weak power supply).
Can anybody give a definite answer to this?

Arne Venstad	E-mail: Arne.Venstad@delab.sintef.no
SINTEF DELAB
N-7034 Trondheim,
Norway