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From: lius@romulus.rutgers.edu (L*I*U Publishing Company)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Help! (serious SE/30 problem)
Date: 15 Apr 92 16:11:27 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


I'm hoping that a few hardware experts can help me out before I go
spending mega-bucks on repair...

The problem: when I power-up the Mac, the screen immediately gives me
a grey background, with a little garbage.  The machine sounds a tone,
followed by the average-tempo 4-note major chord.  I once knew what
this meant, but it escapes me now.

When it happened, the machine had 8 megs of RAM and a Rasterops 264
card. The machine still does the same thing when I remove the card and
replace the RAM with 1 meg (4 256k simms).

If it helps, I was working with PageMaker and SoftPC at the time.
There was a bomb, which brought me to Macsbug.  I typed "es" a few
times, and repeatedly pressed the Interrupt key before the whole mess
happened.  I doubt this has anything to do with it but hey, you never
know.

Any and all help greatly appreciated.  

Thanks,
Steve (lius@remus.rutgers.edu)

P.S.  Yes, I had a jittery screen for a while, followed by an FDHD
which couldn't format HD disks, followed by a jumpy mouse, followed by
a sticky hard drive, followed by ROMs which couldn't address 32-bits.
Also, the machine was bought a few weeks before Apple lowered the
retail price by $1500.

P.P.S. I hate to admit it, but I'm typing this on an old Apple //e
which has worked flawlessly since 1983...!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: stern6@husc10.harvard.edu (Michael Stern)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: IW][ tractor feeds
Date: 13 Apr 92 18:47:56 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc10.stern6.703190876
Distribution: usa

For reasons beyong my ken, an imagewriter under my control has ceased
functioning.  Specifically, one of the tractor feeds if off by 1/2 the
distance between the holes in the paper, so that paper can not be
fed straight.

If it were up to me, the solution would be merely to run the thing in
friction mode, but the users around here freak out and try to reset
it to tractor-feed, at which point all the paper gets chewed and 
everybody is unhappy.

Has anybody dealt with this before or otherwise have some clue about
what to do to fix it?

I thank you greatly for your time.

Stern

(stern@husc.harvard.edu)
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From: nicktrou@lynx.cat.syr.edu (Nikos Troullinos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Comments on Mobius 25MHz/030 Displays?
Date: 15 Apr 92 05:20:34 GMT
Organization: Syracuse University

Does anyone care to comment about the displays from Mobius with built-in
25MHz/030 acceleration?  They are now selling the Two Page B/W with the
memory expansion option for $1350. It sounds like a good way to extend the life
of an SE/Classic? I am curious about what people have to say, especially in the
area of picture quality and compatibility. Also, how does their Full Page
System compare with their Two Page?

Thanks

-Nikos Troullinos
From: sigurd@ii.uib.no (Sigurd Meldal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: How to get around the 20MByte RAM limit of the quadra 700?
Date: 6 Apr 92 08:47:55 GMT
Organization: University of Bergen

We are in the process of purchasing one or more quadras. The Quadra 700
seems to serve our purposes in all respects except one - it does not allow
more than 20 MByte of RAM.

Is there any way I can get around this limit? Expansion cards, NuBus cards,
anything? The resulting configuration must be able to access all the RAM 
as ordinary memory (as opposed to giving me an extra RAM disk or some 
such).

Any pointers?

Sigurd Meldal
From: karches@utdallas.edu (Tom Karches)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Hope for a dying Mac + monitor?
Date: 13 Apr 92 17:11:25 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Texas at Dallas

In article <1992Apr13.112258*Arne.Venstad@delab.sintef.no> Arne.Venstad@delab.sintef.no writes:
>
>Hello!
>
>I have got an old Mac Plus which has served me faithfully until yesterday when the
>image on the monitor collapsed to a faint, vertical, narrow ghost picture. The system
>is still running ok, as the Plus runs system 7 file sharing, and I can still access
>the files on the hard disks connected to it from another Mac.
>So the problem is definitely located to the monitor, most probably a wearing component
>some place. Has anybody experienced something similar? Any hints and advices are
>appreciated.

Looking up your problem in _Macintosh Repair and Upgrade Secrets_ by Larry Pina
, you may need to resolder C1, J1 and L2 and/or replace C1 and/or replace
something called the LAG chip on the logic board.

You should get the book if you want to fix it yourself (be careful, lots of
dangerous voltages inside).

As an alternative, you could talk to the folks at Soft Solutions in
Eugene, Oregon.

Soft Solutions
907 River Road, Suite 98
Eugene, OR 97404-3228

503/461-1136

They have the book and any parts you might need (If you feel inclined to
fix it yourself.

Since you are in Norway, excuse me if this was a silly suggestion.

Regards,
Tom Karches

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


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,uchi.mac
From: nwc1@quads.uchicago.edu (Einstuerzende Neubauten)
Subject: VGA/ XCEED30 problem?
Reply-To: nwc1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 16:04:58 GMT

I have just connected my GoldStar 1450Plus to my SE/30. However, it doesn't
seem to work properly. Instead of a nice color display, I get a two-inch
high flickering display. Putting the card into non-VGA mode results in a
bunch of overlapping screen images- also useless. But full screen, meaning
that the problem is not with the monitor, but with the card. So do I need
to get a NEW adaptor cable? The one that I have worked fine with the last
Micron board- until it died. It _DOES_ sound like a sync problem. Right?

Please reply via email for suggestions. I've tried jiggling the cable, but
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: daniels@xstor.com (Daniel A. Segel)
Subject: Re: Norton killed my Mac (part 2)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Storage Dimensions, Inc.
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 18:21:22 GMT

In article <92093.1836069001648@awiwuw11.wu-wien.ac.at>, 9001648@awiwuw11.wu-wien.ac.at writes:
> 
> Sorry to bother you again, but in my last article I forgot to mention
> that my Mac won't boot from a floppy. All the people who responded
> (thanks for your replies||) suggested to boot from a System disk, then
> backup/repair/reformat the HD. Problem is, my Mac won't do anything
> but chime and show the sad Mac icon (no startup procedures at all).
> So the question still remains:
> Is there a way to resurrect the Mac on my own? What would an Apple dealer
> do in this case? Is it possible to attribute the error to a specific
> piece of hardware (most probably the HD, so why not swap drives?).
> The error code again: 0000000F
>                       0000000A
> It's a IIci w/Quantum 105LPS (once) running System 7.0.1
> 
> All the smart guys out there, could you please shed some light on me.
> (I don't wanna give it up yet)          ======
> 

This is probably one of two things:

1. a corrupted partition map
2. a corrupted driver

I've seen both happen plenty of times, and it almost always causes the
symptoms you describe. If the partition map is corrupted, then the Mac
may be loading the driver incorrectly at startup, and when it jumps to
the driver code to let it initialize itself, it crashes because it's 
hitting garbage instead of properly written driver code. There is no
error handling at this point in the boot cycle, so you get the chimes or
a sad Mac screen. If the partition map is ok, but the driver itself is
corrupted the same thing can happen.

How can you fix this? Well, to begin with you have to make sure the Mac
doesn't try to load the driver at boot time. For an external HD just turn
the power off until after you have booted the Mac from a floppy or another
hard drive. For an internal HD you need to pull the power cable out of the
drive, then boot up, then put the power cable back in. Yes, this is a little
dangerous, but I've never actually seen any damage caused by doing this, and
it may be the only way to save the drive.

After booting, go into your formatting/partitioning software and let it scan
the SCSI bus. Your hard drive should appear. If you can, look at the partition
structure (not all formatting software lets you do this). If it gives you an
indication that it is messed up, you may be out of luck unless there is an
option to rebuild the partition map. If the partition map is OK try to
reinstall the driver. If that works, try re-booting.

Actually, even if the partition map is corrupted and you have no way to fix
it, you can still reformat the drive and make it work again, but you would
lose all your data.

If you have any problems or specific questions about how to do all this,
or you want to try to fix the partition map yourself (and you have the
appropriate SCSI software), please e-mail me at daniels@xstor.com.

Good luck!

Daniel A. Segel
Macintosh Customer Engineering
Storage Dimensions, Inc.

daniels@xstor.com
From: marc@CSUFRES.CSUFRESNO.EDU (Marc Matteo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Radius Direct Color/GX and yellow tint??
Date: 16 Apr 92 16:46:22 GMT


  I'm running a 24bit Radius Direct Color/GX and a 13" RGB on my IIci.  In 16
bit mode there in a definite yellow cast, although very slight, and in 24 bit
mode the yellow cast comes and goes.  In 8 bit mode all is fine.
  The radius tech support guy said it wasn't the card and that it might be the
monitor (which is new).
  Does anyone in netland have any ideas as to what might be wrong??

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From: mcarlsso@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Mars)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Cheap CD-ROM drives
Date: 10 Apr 92 18:33:19 GMT
Followup-To: poster

Could anyone tell me what cheap good ROM drives are available at the
moment?  Is it possible to get a drive for less than $300?

	mars@ucsd.edu


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
Subject: Use of IIfx terminator on Quadra 900
Reply-To: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
Organization: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 18:06:11 GMT

Can one use the black "glitch absorbing" IIfx terminator on the Quadra 900?


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       "If we took the bones out, it wouldn't be crunchy now would it?"
From: d88-jwa@hemul.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Use of IIfx terminator on Quadra 900
Date: 8 Apr 92 09:14:27 GMT
	<1992Apr7.202258.24482@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Originator: d88-jwa@hemul.nada.kth.se

.jpl.nasa.gov> sgrenander@nasamail.jpl.nasa.gov (Sven Grenander) writes:

   > Can one use the black "glitch absorbing" IIfx terminator on the
   > Quadra 900?

Yes ! (Know from personal experience and Apple advice as well)

   Not an answer (sorry) but a related question: How dangerous (H/W & data) is
   it to use a II terminator on a II fx ? (I wouldn't except my CMS Platinum
   600 won't run without its internal II-termination installed !*%&!!).

So call CMS and give'm hell. You SHOULD NOT run a IIfx with the old-style
terminator, since the power and bus is tuned to the new kind. You might
burn something, or maybe just lose data, but it's not advicable.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: jabba@deathstar.Stanford.EDU (Richard Charles Graves)
Subject: Re: APS Driver Software (Some "bugs")
Organization: Stanford University, California, USA
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 02:20:09 GMT


First, stop calling it APS software. APS, along with several other vendors
like Club Mac, license the same software from Appolyonics. In the Get Info
dialog of APS Power Tools/SCSI Director you'll see two version numbers. The
first is the application version, which is now up to 2.5; the second is the
SCSI driver software, which is up to 2.0fc25 or higher.
We've had no problems with Appolyonics drivers on countless Syatem 7 configs;
I can't speak for System 6 since we haven't used it for a year. It could well
be that the new driver has problems with System 6 due to the different
treatment of the System Heap.
Since our experiences have been good and you haven't been getting too many
responses, I'm led to believe that there's something special about your case.
Maybe a bad drive or PROM, in which case ship it back to APS; a bad copy of
the driver software 
(very likely if you copied it from your pre-formatted hard drive), or a bad
CPU logic board. Try running the full Appolyonics testing suite included with
the formatter.
--
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jabba@deathstar.stanford.edu    553 Mayfield #207        (415) 497-2472
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: jhuikku@cs.ulowell.edu (John Huikku CPE)
Subject: QCR D4/2 driver
Originator: jhuikku@bigmax.ulowell.edu
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Lowell Computer Science
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 18:38:47 GMT


Does any one know where I can get a driver for a 
Matrix Instruments QCR D4/2 filmrecorder to run on a
Mac or PC, public domain would be great, but the name
and address of the supplier of such a product would 
also be helpful.

thanks

jOhn

jhuikku@cs.ulowell.edu
From: d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Another LCII Opinion
Date: 10 Apr 92 10:44:56 GMT
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Originator: d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se

.stanford.edu> HK.MLR@forsythe.stanford.edu (Mark Rogowsky) writes:

   What if the bean counters had put a 68030 in the LC in the first
   place as was the logical decision at the time. If that was done then
   the ASIC between RAM and the microprocessor would have provided a
   32-bit pathway. Had this been done the following would have
   occurred:

At the time, the 68030 was still an expensive chip.
The choice was between 68000 or 68020. The engineers had
to convince the bean counters a 68000 wouldn't do it !

Also, going for a 32bit data path makes many OTHER things
more expensive, for instance you need to add SIMMs in banks
of four, which means four connectors, and more motherboard
space, and more on-board RAM, and...

Hope this clarifies things. It's never as easy or cheap as
it may seem to the uninitiated.

-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: sukenick@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (SYG)
Subject: NEC 95 Laser printer w Level 2 postscript
Organization: City College of New York - Science Computing Facility
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 19:12:13 GMT


Has any one tried or formed opinions about the NEC model 95 laser
printer?  It is comes with level 2 postscript, image enhancement
technology (IET), and other goodies at a list of around $1700... Ads
in New York Times sell it for about $1500.   The TI 35 with level
2 sells for around $1900,which seems to be the lowest for level 2 machines;
the 95 has a price which is competative with level 2 and level 1 with
IET (for now, anyway :-)). 


-- 
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					sukenick@sci.ccny.cuny.edu

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: dougs@eng.umd.edu (Douglas W. Sauder)
Subject: Re: SE -> SE/30 Upgrade
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 92 20:09:06 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park

In article <1992Apr8.190147.25182@midway.uchicago.edu> ahj1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>So, I just went to my local (Campus) Computer store, and I had finally
>decided to plunk down the bills to upgrade my SE to an SE/30.
>Unfortunately, the guy behind the counter told me the last time they had
>ordered the upgrade it took five months!

I placed an order at the U of Md. Computer Emporium in mid_September and  
did not receive the upgrade until mid-January.  How long you will have to 
wait is unpredictable.  As it was explained to me, Apple only ships 
orders for this ungrade every 6 months or so, and may even discontinue 
it all together.

>Is this average or is it worse here? Do I get a better deal on this here
>($919 plus tax after the refund for the old board) or should I check out
>normal dealers as well?

Mine cost me $877.50, tax included.  If you don't have a superdrive in your 
SE, it will cost you for the FDHD upgrade as well.

>How have others experiences with the upgrades been? Any problems with
>add-in cards or the like?

If you do any number crunching at all, or if you want to add a color 
monitor, I definitely recommend the upgrade.  I ran some benchmarks 
on my SE and then on my SE/30 after the upgrade.  These were C programs 
that I compiled with Think C 4.0 and involved cold, hard calculations.  
The speed-up was no less than a factor of 70 times!  

If Apple discontinues the upgrade, you may be stuck with an SE.  I 
would much rather be stuck with an SE/30.

Doug S.
University of Maryland
From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: using U.S. Macintosh and Stylewriter in Europe
Date: 12 Apr 92 17:34:43 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park

In article <Apr.11.21.47.35.1992.21294@central.rutgers.edu> friedan@central.rutgers.edu (Daniel Friedan) writes:
>
>I am planning to buy U.S. versions of a Macintosh Classic II (4/80)
>and a Stylewriter, to be used by a teenager living in Sweden.
>
>I will buy a 220/110 power adapter and a U.S. line splitter to get power
>to the computer and the printer.
>
>But will the computer and printer tolerate the frequency of European
>power?

Yes.  The Classic II doesn't care, and the Stylewriter actually runs
on DC power-- the power cube doesn't care.  However, that is one BIG
power cube-- I think it puts out 2 amps @ 9V.  You might be better off
getting the European power cube for the Stylewriter.


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From: wunder@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Robert Wunderlick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: MAC PLUS VIDEO OPTIONS?
Date: 16 Apr 92 21:33:05 GMT
Reply-To: wunder@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Robert Wunderlick)
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

In comp.sys.mac.hardware, wunder@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Robert Wunderlick) writes:
>I now have free use of a Mac Plus.  I see that it has a video port on

OOPS!  My idiot DOS brain (non-intuitive) thought the little printer(?)
symbol on the back was4a monitor.  It's the only MAC in the office,
and was abandoned a year ago, so no-one here could give me a clue as
to how this thing operates (video-wise).  Thanks to all who responded
so quickly to inform me of my mistake.

I did learn that there are ways to hook up a VGA style monitor - any
answers out there?

Bob Wunderlick
David Taylor Model Basin
Carderock Division HQ, Naval Surface Warfare Center
Bethesda, MD 20084-5000   (DTMBCDHQNSWC - whew!)
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Monday, 6 Apr 1992 14:35:22 CDT
From: <U56200@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: External Mac Drive

I had great response to the Mac roms posting I put up a few days ago.  Thanks
to everybody who e-mailed to me.  Now I need an external 3.5 floppy drive.
Anybody have one for sale?

Thanks,
Steve C.
From: schwarz@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: memory for fonts in IIf
Date: 12 Apr 92 23:25:39 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.1992Apr12.232539.27044
Reply-To: schwarz@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University


	Is there a way to tell a Laserwriter IIf (upgraded to 5
meg, photograde turned off) to allocate more memory for
downloaded fonts?  I am having trouble printing documents which
require a lot of downloaded fonts (i.e., TeX manuscripts). I know
that there are ways to reduce the number of fonts I download, or
that I can attach a hard drive, or several other things. It just
seems absurd that 5 meg is not enough! In general, is there any
way that one can change the way the Laserwriter IIf handles
memory (or almost anything else)?

Thanks in advance,
Gerry Schwarz
From: artis@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (David A. Artis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: MacWorld and SE/30 Memory Banks???
Date: 10 Apr 92 17:27:40 GMT
Reply-To: artis@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (David A. Artis)
Organization: The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

I just ordered 4 1-meg simms to (finally) beef up my SE/30, which
only has 1 meg of RAM for the moment. I have downloaded an
Apple technical reference which describes the rules for filling
simm banks on the various macs.  But a friend just gave me the
May 1992 issue of MacWorld, which has an article on upgrading
macintosh memory.  The article will help a lot since it has photos
on how to open the compact mac case, etc.  However, the article
shows diagrams defining simm banks A and B for all the
mac mother boards, and for the SE/30 it reverses the order of banks
A and B with respect to what is shown in the tech. reference I have.
In fact, my friend thinks they have reversed the definition of banks
A and B in almost every diagram on the page (p. 146)!  Who is right?
The tech ref says bank A is the bank toward the back edge of the
board (where the ROM simms are); MacWorld says that is bank B.
I realize once I open the case and see where the current 256K simms
are, that will be bank A. But I'm puzzled at the discrepency in the
MacWorld article.  If anybody has seen the article and has an
answer, I'd sure appreciate hearing it!  Email would be best, if
you can; my news server has been flaky and I plan to tackle the
job next Tuesday.  Thanks in advance.

David  Artis
From: su0z+@andrew.cmu.edu (Sherman Uitzetter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: IIsi cache card and video card?
Date: 8 Apr 92 14:47:38 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA



   What's the easiest way for me to put a cache card and a video card
into my IIsi?  Is there a possible configuration?  Right now I have
the Apple NuBus adapter card but am willing to get rid of it if it
doesn't fit into the plan.  I've seen cache cards with extra PDS slots;
are there video boards (24-bit accelerated) that can be plugged into
a PDS slot on one of these cache cards?  Has anyone done something like
this?  If you have please respond.  Did I ask enough questions?  Was
that last question one too many?

Thanks,
Sherman

P.S.  I'll need an FPU also.