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From: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Computer Store Displays
Date: 1 Jan 93 22:55:20 GMT
Reply-To: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
Organization: Peirce Software
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v1


In article <1993Jan1.193607.9958@leland.Stanford.EDU> (comp.sys.mac.hardware), conboymj@leland.Stanford.EDU (Michael J Conboy) writes:
> In article <725875219.AA06686@blkcat.UUCP> Mitch Alland writes:
> >Monte Olsen writes in a message to All on 31 Dec 92:
> >
> >I saw both in a store and found the Sony "fuzzier" than either the Apple or
> >the NEC 5FG. This is not how MacUser rated the Sony in the January issue --
> >they rated it better than the NEC. 
>  
> 	I have noticed this phenomenon quite often -- supposedly excellent
> monitors looking bad in store displays.

My pet peeve with computer stores is the number of them that hook
up all sorts of non-standard hardware to a Mac on display.  I was
in both a CompuUSA and Fry's last week and they each had junking
two button mice or track balls hooked to the Macs.  Not one of them
had a "regular" Apple mouse attached.  Fry's also had some really bad
SVGA displays hooked up.

I understand they make more money on third party hardware, but it
makes that initial experience a new user has with a Mac far less than
it should be.

After looking at the junky monitors that they are hooking up to Macs
I can start to understand why '86 based PC's are cheaper than Macs.

Do your eyes a favor and buy a good monitor!  Even you PC folks...

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From: obnoid@netcom.com (Michael Kirschner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Power switch on IIx
Date: 30 Dec 92 17:49:03 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)
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Dan Everhart (dan@dyndata.uucp) wrote:
: In article <zaphod-231292153443@gregt.winona.msus.edu> zaphod@vax2.winona.msus.edu (Gregory Talmo) writes:
: 
: > In article <DAN.92Dec19133214@dynasty.dyndata.uucp>, dan@dyndata.uucp (Dan
: > Everhart) wrote:
: 
: > > Do I *really* need to see the dealer about replacing a battery...?
: > > 
: > 
: >   Yep, the little bugger is soldered onto the motherboard!  Thanks Apple.
: > 
: 
: Well, if that's all it is, I can replace it myself.  No warranty left
: to void on this IIx....  I suppose it's a Lithium cell.  Can anyone
: tell me for sure the type and voltage of the battery?

Open the case up and see for yourself. It's perfectly visible from the
top. I'd do it for you but my IIx is relatively inaccessable at the moment.
I've replaced a battery in a II before. Beware that you need a fairly
substantial soldering iron to do it, the 30W variety from Shadio Rack is
not up to the job. There's too much thermal mass in the ground plane for
it to overcome and heat that joint enough to melt the solder. How do I
know this? Cuz I tried!*)

Mike


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From: doherty@msc.edu (David C. Doherty)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: MAC WIZARDS UNITE!!!
Date: 21 Dec 92 17:20:35 GMT
Organization: Minnesota Supercomputer Center, Inc.
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In article <1992Dec18.201654.9679@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Hades,
hades@coos.dartmouth.edu writes:
> >You might also consider upgrading to an SE/30 motherboard.  You get
color
> >capability (with a card), 8 simm slots, stereo sound, FDHD ability,
virtual
> >memory ability, and a considerably faster machine.  Then add a video
card
> >and 13" (at least) color monitor.
> 
>     This would be THE thing to do to an SE, however the SE/30
> motherboard upgrade is no longer offered by Apple. They removed it from
> their price lists back in Sept. - Oct.

I agree that this is THE thing to do (in fact, it's what I did). However,
don't be afraid to call your local dealers to see if they have any still
in stock. I got mine after Apple discontinued the upgrade.  Am very 
pleased that I chose this path.

---
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Minnesota Supercomputer Center, Inc.
doherty@msc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: Ben Burch <Burch_Ben@wes.mot.com>
Subject: Re: Mac Plus and High Speed Modems
Organization: Motorola, Inc.
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 09:08:13 GMT
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In article <1992Dec18.094605.365725@magicbb.uucp> ,
Matt_Harrop@magicbb.uucp writes:
>Is it true that the Mac Plus has problems with modems running at greater
then
>9600BPS?  I have a Plus and I may be getting a SupraFax, and I want to
know if
>this configuration will work.
>
>Matt_Harrop@magicbb.uucp

Matt,

In a word;  Yes, but the problem is not unsolvable in some cases.  If you
buy a Supra and a Hardware Handshake cable, and if your terminal
emulator software supports Hardware Handshake, and if you
*Are*Not*Running*AppleTalk*, then you should do fine.  You may find the
CPU speed trottles you to some degree, and not much can be done with
that.  Some INITs interact with System 7 and above, and cause problems
with high speed modems, or so I am told, but I experienced none of
this while I was still using my Mac Plus.  The trottling got better when
I added a Brainstorm accelerator, and thereby doubled the CPU speed.

The one thing that you WILL NOT be able to make work is running any BBS
other than Second Sight, as they all require carrier detect from the modem
to supervise connections.  Since to use a high speed modem, you require
hardware handshake, and the method of getting the CD signal used by BBS 
s/w on a Plus excludes HWHS, you are stuck.  Software handshaking WILL
NOT WORK in most cases.  Seems to go OK with most ZMODEM transfers of
text files, but not at all with XMODEM or YMODEM.  Best not to try.  If
you need to run a BBS, get a machine with both the RTS/CTS pins and the
GPi pin (used for CD) on it's serial ports.  ALL Mac IIs, have it.  The
LCs  do not.  The Classics do not.  The Plus doesn't.  I'm not sure
about the SE's or the Performa 600s...

Good Luck!  I like my Supra, it's one real problem is that the speakers
seem to die an early death.

-Ben Burch
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Subject: Re: replace floppy drive in II with superdrive?
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 23:21:09 GMT
Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland, College Park

In article <1992Dec30.153512.1@kean.ucs.mun.ca> geneherz@kean.ucs.mun.ca writes:
>I have a II and a IIx with a fried logic board. Is it possible to replace 
>the 800k drive in the II with the superdrive from the IIx? 

Well, what's fried in the IIx?  If the SWIM chip and ROMS are OK, you
can replace the ROMS and the IWM chip in the Mac II and use the
Superdrive.
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From: Paul.Huang@f204.n2603.z1.ieee.org (Paul Huang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Pb100 Battery Troubles
Date: 25 Dec 92 23:06:00 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:2603/204 - Not Even Odd, Forest Hills NY

On 12-21-92, AFRY@TROI.CC.ROCHESTER.ED wrote to ALL:

 A>  My brother is having trouble with his brand new PB100 battery.  As 
 A> soon as he unplugs the charger, the battery indicators (he has 3 of 
 A> them) all drop a notch, or sometimes two, instead of showing that he 
 A> retains a full charge. He also is only getting about 40 minutes of 
 A> use (with conservative power habits) before he gets his first 
 A> low-battery warning message.
 A>  
 A> I have read a post or two from folks complaining about the lead-acid 
 A> battery performance of the PB100's, and it seems like my brother's 
 A> problems are not unique.  Does anyone have 1) similar experiences, 2) 
 A> any semi-detailed technical information about what the battery 
 A> behavior should be, or 3) any work-around ideas (3rd party lead-acid 
 A> or nicad batteries, power-conditioning chargers, small animal 
 A> sacrifices, etc.)
 A>  

Alan,

I don't have any technical expertise to offer, but at least I can 
sympathize (misery loves company <g>). I have very similar problems, but 
to date have not found an alternative solution. I doubt seriously that any 
third party companies will jump in to provide better batteries for the PB 
100 since the model is now discontinued, and all the other powerbook 
models use a different battery scheme.

I'd be interested if anybody else provides you with an answer. Please keep 
me posted.

Good Luck!

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From: jfw@neuro.duke.edu (John F. Whitehead)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Insuring the computer system
Date: 21 Dec 92 18:45:25 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Duke University; Durham, N.C.

In article <1992Dec18.211606.21481@mcs.drexel.edu> upsiu@mcs.drexel.edu writes:
>Does anyone have any suggestion on how to go about insuring a Macintosh?
>Normally, computers are covered under homeowner's insurance, but I have heard
>that in some special cases, the computer is not.  Should I get special
>computer insurance?

It depends on your company; check with them.

Generally if you use your computer for any amount of business purposes,
then they may not want to insure it.  Otherwise they may include it 
automatically, or they may want to write a rider for it (like some do
for camera equipment or jewelry).

If you want special insurance company to insure just your computer, I know
of only one:  Safeware.  They advertise in MacWorld and MacUser and have an
800 number, but I don't have it on me (let me know if you want me to look
it up when i get home).  I don't really know how good they are, because
they are pretty much the only one, but I do have a policy with them.  You
can get a policy for ~$60 for $3-5K of coverage.  They insure against just
about everything (including power surge problems), and for replacement 
value.

If you find out that your homeowner's policy will cover your computer,
then go with that -- it'll probably be cheaper.  Just make sure you're
insured for replacement value, not depreciated value (generally an extra
10-15%).

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From: hulsej@sun.lclark.edu (Jose Hulse)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: no game port on Gateway 2k systems?
Date: 29 Dec 92 02:04:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: lclark.1992Dec29.020448.8157
Distribution: usa
Organization: Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR

Hi, all!

Just want to thank everyone again that has helped me out with recommenda-
tions on buying a new system.  Response has been great!

Another question, though.  I notice that ads for most systems 
say they have 2 serial ports, two parallel ports and one game port, right?

Then why do Gateway system ads say that that they only have 1 parallel and
2 serial ports?  Are Gateway systems "port poor" or something?  What's
the story? (Serial ports are for printers and external modems, right?  Game
ports are for joysticks, etc, and what are parallel ports for??)

Thanks in advance!
-Jose'

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From: sjk6119@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (Sgt. Kleper)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Should I buy an FPU for my LC?
Date: 28 Dec 92 19:43:46 GMT
Reply-To: sjk6119@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology

I have an LC and can run stuff like Aldus Super 3D, etc. with a 
Software FPU extension (shareware). I'd suggest looking at that
first. Of course, it's not really an FPU, but it'll make your 
computer think you have one, so you can run FPU apps. An FPU would
really only be necessary for people use Mathmatica or that type
of thing. How about some more VRAM or a SyQuest drive?????

-Scott J. Kleper
"Sgt. Kleper"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: mfterman@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Mutant for Hire)
Subject: Misc. hardware questions
Originator: news@nimaster
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 07:21:06 GMT

What is the phone number for Chip Merchants?

Is there someone out there who makes a keyboard that is almost
identical to the Apple extended keyboard except that the caps
lock and control key have traded positions? I really prefer the
control key next to the 'A' key as I use it more than caps lock.

What is a good and inexpensive brand of cache card for a IIci?

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From: pulfer@lamisun.epfl.ch (Jean-Michel Pulfer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: PowerPort Gold in Europe ?
Keywords: modem europe PowerBook 180
Date: 30 Dec 92 00:55:24 GMT

Hi Netters !
    I just received my PB 180 4/120 last week, before Christmas. This is
a wonderful machine !

    I plan to order a Global Village PowerPort Gold for my PowerBook, but
I'd like to hear comments concerning compatibility. What worries me is not
the old question of Bell / CCITT standards, but such things as tax
pulses filtering (the pulses here in Switzerland are sent at a lower fre-
quency than in the States, about 12KHz I think ). I heard some V42bis modems
were disturbed by those bursts. Is there anyone out there that has tried
this (specifically the PowerPort Gold or Silver) and can report ?

    Please reply by e-mail, I'll summarize.

						Thanks in advance,
						Good luck to those who are
						still waiting for their 180,
						Happy New Year,

						Jean-Michel
From: rgonzal@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Ralph Gonzalez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: ThunderScan: questions + anyone selling?
Keywords: thunderscan scanner
Date: 2 Jan 93 20:03:43 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


Someone recently gave my niece and nephew a ThunderScan scanner to
accompany an ImageWriter printer. This is to work with a Mac SE. From
reading the manual, it looks like a great little device! (I haven't
hooked it up yet because it looks like I need an adapter from the
old-style printer connector to the SE's round one.)

Does anyone know how compatible these scanners are? I assume the
company which made them is long out of business. I'm thinking of
getting hold of one for my own Mac IIcx if it will work with it. Also,
I've got an ImageWriter II, and apparently the serial number of the
scanner must be later than 5310000 to work with this printer. Finally,
it would be nice if it worked under System 7, though I could always
reboot...

I'd appreciate any comments or any offers if someone is getting rid of
theirs!

Thanks,
Ralph
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.system
From: phaedrus@halcyon.com (Mark Phaedrus)
Subject: Re: Apps crash in first 16MB RAM, not in last 4 MB?
Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 04:45:52 GMT

In article <1i2r2gINN62u@mirror.digex.com> og@access.digex.com (Gary Goldberg) writes:
>Thanks in advance for help. I have a 20MB IIcx running System 7.1
>Mode32, etc. There are (4) 4x8 70ns SIMMs installed in Bank A,
>and (4) 1x8 80 ns SIMMs in Bank B. I have 32bit addressing
>turned ON, and virtual memory turned OFF.
>
>Some of my applications (notably VersaTerm Pro 3.5) will crash the
>machine with a bus error if I launch them directly (nothing else but
>Finder in memory.) But if I launch a program that takes 16MB first,
>then run VersaTerm, it works fine.

     Sounds like your applications are not 32-bit clean.  Some older 
applications were written in a way that assumes that memory addresses will be
only 24 bits long; that is, that there won't be more than 8MB of memory
available.  These applications may work fine as long as they're running in the
lowest 8MB of memory; but if they're running above that, they crash.
     I believe that the system assigns memory to applications starting at the
top of memory and working down; so the first application you launch gets loaded
highest in memory.  So if you launch a 32-bit-dirty application first, it gets
loaded into this upper part of memory, and thus it crashes.  When you load your
20MB application, it uses up all of the memory above 8MB; then, when Versaterm
loads, it goes into the "safe" lower memory.
     If this theory is correct, Versaterm and these other applications should
run fine if you turn off 32-bit mode, disabling the memory above the first
8MB.  ("About This Macintosh" will also show that the system software is
suddenly taking up 12MB more memory.  DO NOT post and ask why this is. :)  This
is just the Finder's cryptic way of telling you that the rest of memory is
unavailable.)
     Yes, in the long run this means that you'll have to upgrade your
32-bit-dirty applications.
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From: fry@tara.harvard.edu (David Fry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: peculiar way to disable trackball in pb 180
Date: 21 Dec 92 10:37:06 GMT
Organization: Harvard Math Department

In article <BzLpqo.LI3@news.cso.uiuc.edu> gaylord@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Richard J. Gaylord) writes:
>i have found that if i am using both the external video and the ADB ports
>and i boot with the shift key down (extensions off), my trackball is
>inoperative but the keyboard works. can someone confirm this observation?

I can't confirm or deny your observation, but I booted up once with an
external monitor and ADB and experienced a crash the likes of which I
never saw before (the "Welcome to Macintosh" sign stayed on the
screen, but the Finder trash can found its way onto the lower right of
the display and could be selected when clicked upon...other weird
effects were visible, too).  I rebooted and everything seemed okay,
except since then I've had big trouble with my trackball.  In
particular, the y-direction movement is really jerky, as if it is
quantitized in 1 inch increments.  I'm not sure it's related to the
crash, but since you reported your finding, I'm wondering... 

Anyone else have anything to add?

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From: drg@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu (David Gutierrez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: HELP! Installing Daystar PowerCache card on MacIIcx!!
Date: 31 Dec 1992 21:07:14 GMT
Organization: Univ. Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

In article <1992Dec31.181224.12387@serval.net.wsu.edu> dshin@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu
(dongil shin) writes:
>      I have a Mac IIcx and am thinking about buying a powercache from
daystar.
>I was calling mail order companies to get a daystar power cache 50Mhz with
math
>chip. One of the salesperson told me that I need to SEND my computer to the
>daystar with the powercache card for installation. Is this true?

If it's like the SE/30 PowerCache, you have to send it to them to have the CPU
unsoldered and socketed. The PowerCache replaces the CPU in the socket.

David Gutierrez
drg@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: Leonard Hermens <lhermens@eecs.wsu.edu>
Subject: Re: FTC Finds Microsoft Monopolizing Software Industry
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A75B355D0F01411A@fury.eecs.wsu.edu>
X-Xxdate: Mon, 21 Dec 92 08:48:29 GMT
Organization: Washington State University
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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 16:48:50 GMT

In article <lamont.724946093@catfish16> Bradley Lamont,
lamont@rtsg.mot.com writes:
> >Well ladies and gentlemen, it seems Billy Gates and his Gestapo at
> >Microsoft are going the way AT&T did in the early 1980s- a breakup.
> >Yesterday the Federal Trade Commission found Microsoft to be
monopolizing
> >the computer software industry and to be practicing unfair business
> >practices. The FTC wants to know how Microsoft garnered 95% of the
overall
> >operating system and major software markets before it cotinues further
> >actions which will entail one of or more than one thing:
> >
> >1) Breaking up of Microsoft into smaller subdivisions
> >2) Enacting "Barriers" around the company as to what its pricing,
sales,
> >   business practices may be. 

> Source for this tidbit of info?
> 
> (Not that I don't consider you reliable, but might want to cut it out
of the
> paper :-)

    Associated Press. I saw it in the Business section of the Spokane,
Washington,
"Spokesman-Review" -- Saturday's edition.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Distribution: world
From: Steve_Costa@bmug.org
Organization: BMUG, Inc.
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 02:07:59 PST
Subject: Re: BAD Experiences with APS - Please read!

BMUG hasn't always been a fan of APS. Last year they dropped out of BMUG's
Choice Products due to similar problems as yours. But they have overall
improved quite a bit in the last several months. In general I would recommend
that you call APS and ask for Paul MacGraw and tell your tale. I think he
would like to hear it and might make a few changes in how APS does things.

Steve Costa
BMUG

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From: bower@pecan.cns.udel.edu (Ty Bower)
Subject: Re: Apple 13" RGB monitor interlaced or non-interlaced?
Organization: University of Delaware, Newark
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:29:28 GMT

Yes, all the Macs use a non-interlaced display.

Interlacing is a dumb idea anyway, designed by a guy who wanted
to find a cheap way to increase the horizontal resolution.

I once used A-Max, a Macintosh emulator for the Amiga.  This was
an older Amiga, one that could only produce a ???x480 screen by
interlacing.  The "racing stripes" at the top of Mac windows flickered
something horrible on the interlaced display.

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