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From: perm@csd.uu.se (Per Mildner)
Subject: Rodime Model RO3259T type E1 Disk cache trouble?
Organization: Computing Science Dept.,Uppsala University, Sweden
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 17:12:03 GMT


I've heard that the Rodime disk Model RO3259T Type 04 (O4?) has a
problem with its built in cache (This was on a U**X box). Does anyone
know if that is also a problem with type E1? I formatted the disk
with Rodime Driver Utility 2.1.9 and after letting the finder reformat
the drive everything seems OK. Does anyone know if this is the
appropriate driver (for IIfx system 7.01, 32bit addressing)?
Please respond by email, I'll summarize.

Thanks in advance,

--
Per Mildner			perm@CSD.UU.SE
Computing Science Dept.		tel: +46 18181049
Uppsala University, Sweden	fax: +46 18521270
From: macaulay@beam.Princeton.EDU (Alexander K. Macaulay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: powerbook 100 question, is it sensible to get one without the floppy?
Date: 23 Aug 92 20:52:36 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Princeton University
Originator: news@nimaster


i'm thinking of getting a pb100 WITHOUT the floppy (so i'm cheap ok!) in
a 2/20 configuration that i can get for $600. My question is, can I survive
without the floppy? If the system files get screwed up, I can't boot from
the floppy then so will I be screwed?

i think i read in a post that the pb100 can act as an external scsi drive
for another mac. does that mean i could hook it up to another mac and copy
stuff to its hard disk, fixing up any system goofups that may occur?

i expect the thing comes with appleshare already installed on the hard
drive, yes?

any suggestions welcome (I know I should go for the 4/40 to run system 7, but 
I may just stay with 6!).

alex macaulay
macaulay@phoenix.princeton.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: kent@sunfs3.Camex.COM (Kent Borg)
Subject: Re: PowerBooks...Are they reliable?
Organization: Camex Inc., Boston MA
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 15:51:36 EDT

In article <1992Sep2.132404.23086@utkux1.utk.edu> danny@utkux1.utk.edu (Danny W. McCampbell) writes:
>Hi!  I just talked with a friend of mine who is a Certified
>Macintosh Technician or something along those lines.  Well
>he told me that the PowerBooks are junk.  

Of *course* he said they were junk!  He has never seen a working one
come in the door because people only send in the busted ones!  And,
the software is still easy enough to use that people seldomly send in
working computers they assume to be broken.  (Not true of some other
computers.)

Seriously, the Powerbook 140 and 170 did have some teething pains, but
most new designs do.

If you want a more balanced view ask people who own a Powerbooks
whether they like them.  Better yet, ask someone who has had to have
repairs make on her Powerbook whether she would give it up.

Something tells me you will get a *very* different impression.


--
Kent Borg            kent@camex.com or (when it is *working*) kentborg@aol.com
                                            H:(617) 776-6899  W:(617) 426-3577
As always, things look better when some costs are left out.
						      -Economist 3-28-92 p. 94
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: hideg@spsd4360a.erim.org (Steve Hideg)
Subject: Mac Upgrade Specialists
Organization: Environmental Research Institute of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 19:11:07 GMT

Anyone out there have any experience with hardware
from Mac Upgrade Specialists?

I'm considering upgrading my Mac Plus to get a little more life out of it.

I was considering the Brainstorm Upgrade, which apparently suffers from few
incompatibility problems. But for only $50 more, I can get a "25MHz 68030
Accelerator" from these guys. It includes a 68882. They say the board is
System 7 compatible, and it comes with "Compact Virtual 3.01", so I can access
up to 16MB virtual memory.

The fellow on the telephone I spoke to there (who behaved as if I was
disturbing him) said that the board supports only 4Meg real RAM.

Anyone out there have one of these? Have you hit any snags? I've read a
post on here about a New Life accelerator that caused major SCSI problems.

Any comments?

Thanks.

--Steve

_________________________
Steve Hideg  N8HSC

hideg@amadeus.erim.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: ellens@bnr.ca (Chris Ellens)
Subject: Apple 12" Colour problem
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Bell-Northern Research
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 23:24:55 GMT

I have an Apple 12" Color display on an LC. A couple weeks ago it died
completely, but it was under warranty, so the repair was free. The dealer
replaced the "main deflector board". At the same time, he reduced the size
of the display on the screen to something a little larger than the 9" 
Classic display. Now I know I have just as many pixels showing on the 
screen, but I also have a thick black border to stare at. The dealer said
he did it to correct a serious "bend" in the right edge of the display,
and that on contacting Apple he was told this was the only thing that 
could be done. 

Anyone else experience this? Should I be satisfied?


Chris Ellens
ellens@bnr.ca
From: Rick_McCormack@mindlink.bc.ca (Rick McCormack)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mac Plus Ext. HD. Any problems?
Date: 31 Aug 92 15:05:20 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada

In an article, Ken Wessen <kpw105@huxley.anu.edu.au> writes:

|>  I wish to buy an external SCSI hard disk for a mac plus, but some
|>  people have mentioned that there may be problems due to the slow
|>  speed of the plus.  If I got just an ordinary third party Quantum
|>  SCSI hard disk and formatted with a 3:1 interleave ratio, would
|>  there be any problems?  I certainly dont want to have to buy an
|>  old apple 20 or 40 meg disk. Thanks for any help
|>KKen

Ken I use a GCC UltraDrive 40S, which is cached internally and runs with a 1:1
interleave on my Plus.  It is noticeably faster than hard drives on other
Pluses I use. So I would expect that you will have little or no problems.
--

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,misc.forsale,ne.forsale
From: cgarnett@amhux1.amherst.edu (Craig Garnett '87)
Subject: Re: **************** Mac II si 5/105 for Sale *****************
Organization: Amherst College, Amherst MA
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 22:05:19 GMT

Stephen Thamel (swt@cs.brown.edu) wrote:
:       Mac IIsi 5 Mb RAM, 105 Mb Quantum Hard Disk
:       1.4 Mb internal floppy drive, mouse, microphone
:       some great software preloaded
: 
:       13" Color Monitor Included.
: 
: 
: 	LOCATION: Boston/Worcester/Providence Area or Mailed.
: 
: I ask $2700 or reasonable offer.  I believe its reasonable, but will stand
: corrected if need be.  The machine is in perfect condition, I'm going to get a
: Quadra.

He hasn't been to his local bookstore recently, has he? :)
-C
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: louislam@iastate.edu (Louis C Lam)
Subject: Re: *** DISCOUNTED MACS !!! ***
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 04:08:47 GMT

In <1992Sep4.014509.15287@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> wang_dj@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (David J Wang) writes:

>From my experience, I have not seen many dealers (authorized or not-authorized)
>that have been able to match university discounts.  And this holds true  
>throughout the country.

I brought my ci system for less than what my school charges from a local dealer, and it's even cheaper than what many dealers are charging now (this is at leat what I've observed).

Mac IIci 5/0   $2495
13" RGB        $659  (this is a bit expensive though)
ext. Kbd.      $151
monitor stand  $50
 

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: crispy@space.mit.edu (Chris Pak)
Subject: Recording sound with PB100?
Reply-To: crispy@space.mit.edu (Chris Pak)
Organization: MIT Center for Space Research
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 13:15:46 GMT


Can PB100 be used to record sound? ... perhaps using the serial port?

Thanks,


----------------------------------------------------------------
Christopher S. Pak
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Center for Space Research
37-662c
email: crispy@space.mit.edu
phone: (617) 253-9342
From: kinnamon@convex.com (Kevin Kinnamon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: WANTED: Powerbook FAX/DATA modem for European use
Date: 3 Sep 92 15:34:18 GMT
Article-I.D.: yagaman.kinnamon.715534458
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

Donna L. Bak <dld@utrc.utc.com> writes:

>Problem:  Power Book user wants to buy in the United States a FAX/DATA
>modem that will work   
>                over in Europe (Italy specifically).

>	              We've been told by Computerland that we'll have to buy it
>over in Europe.

>Question:  Does anyone know of where we can buy one here in the United
>States?  Does anyone 
>                have experience using a FAX/DATA modem over in Europe?

>Thanks...

>Donna Bak
>United Tech Research Center
>Hartford, CT
>dld@utrc.utc.com

I suspect if you want to use a US version you could, as long as it supports
pulse dial.  I believe the only difference will be the cable connector,
although I have not used a modem specifically in Italy.  However, unless
you buy it from the PTT (good luck) it may not be 'approved' in some 
countries.  But that's between you and your Mac...

Regards,

Kevin Kinnamon
Convex Computer GmbH
Frankfurt, Germany
kinnamon@connie.de.convex.com
--


Kevin Kinnamon                          MIS European Computer Operations 
Convex Computer GmbH		        Email: kinnamon@convex.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: kw@bat.gsfc.nasa.gov (ASTS Karl Wolf)
Subject:  Re: Radius Color Pivot/LE info
Organization: Goddard Space Flight Center
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 15:52:23 GMT

|> I noticed that someone had mentioned that they'd had pretty good luck
|> using the Radius Color Pivot/LE with an SE 30.  Has anyone used this
|> monitor with an IIsi or even a IIci?  I noticed that MacDepot is
|> selling the monitor and the Video card for $799.  It seems almost too
|> good to pass up, but I'd like to know more about it.  Does anyone know
|> if its been reviewed in any of the Mac Magazines?
|> 


I bought a Pivot/LE (including a NuBus) card from a local computer retailer
(Computer Age, suburban Maryland) for $799. I've had it connected to my IIcx for
about two weeks. 

Impressions:

	1) Very sharp and clear display. I was surprised how sharp it was even
	   at the edges. In my office, we have the older B&W Pivot displays and
	   they are somewhat blurry on the outer edges.

	2) Very solidly built. The case looks identical to the older B&W pivot
	   displays. 

	3) Speedometer graphics ratings are the same or better than my Apple
	   portrait display, about 1.36 at all depths.

	4) I Love having color!

Compared to the regular Color Pivot:

	1) The Pivot LE is 832x624 @ 78 dpi. (Same as the Apple 16" monitor)
	   The original Color pivot has two resolutions. (I'm going from memory
	   here). 640x480 @ 72 dpi, and 870x640 @ 82 dpi.

	2) The Pivot LE REQUIRES a color Pivot board. This $599 board is 
	   currently bundled with the LE...FOR FREE!

	   The original Color pivot can work with the builtin video of a ci,
	   si or quadra. Radius supplies a "Soft Pivot" init to handle the
	   pivot action. The Color Pivot can also use the same board as the LE.
	   (Less drain on the host cpu).

	3) The Pivot LE is $500 less than the original color pivot. The
	   difference primarilly due to the lack of multiple resolution hardware.


In short, with the bundled interface board, this monitor is a Great deal!

Karl Wolf
kwolf@cen.com 

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: rjevridg@sacam.OREN.ORNL.GOV (Robert  Bob J Evridge)
Subject: Scuzzygraph Info needed
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 03:54:20 GMT

Does anyone have any information about Scuzzygraph monitors?  Please send
e-mail if you do to rjevridg@sacam.oren.ornl.gov


--
Thanx,
Bob Evridge


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: harris@yakyu.sqf.dec.com (Bruce Andrew Harris)
Subject: Re: PB100 2/20+FD $699 at CitiDollar
Reply-To: harris@yakyu.sqf.dec.com (Bruce Andrew Harris)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 09:28:04 GMT


If you have a Citibank bank VISA or Mastercard, you earn Citidollars each time you use the card.  Citbank then send a catalogs from which can order things.
The prices listed are real dollars plus Citidollars.  So for the PB100 you 
need 400 citidollars to purchase it for $699.

Basically if you don't have a citibank credit card or a friend with one you are out of luck.

-Bruce

  
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: lsr@taligent.com (Larry Rosenstein)
Subject: Re: Disadvantages of System 7 (Was: IIsi vs new Macs - should I wait?)
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Taligent, Inc.
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 20:19:06 GMT

In article <956928.2A9A4A7F@cmhgate.fidonet.org>,
Adam.Frix@p18.f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix) wrote:
> 
> LR>  My wife (not a hacker) would disagree. She takes advantage 
> LR> of aliases and the Finder's Find command. 
> 
> yes, but would she be unable to get along without them?  I take advantage of a

People will "get along" without lots of things.  I don't think she ever got
the hang of using Find File, but she can find things using System 7's find
command.  Without it she would spend a lot of time opening folders or just
give up.

Aliases are useful because she often uses my machine.  I can set things up
the way I like, and she can set up aliases to things the way she likes.

> Wanting is not needing.  I suspect that if your wife were to sit herself down
> at a System 6 machine, she'd do just fine.  There's nothing wrong with System
> 6.  All the hoopla about System 7 sounds like so much Newspeak (prior to May

That's true.  But my wife does take advantage of the special advantages of
System 7.

> Having the latest just for the sake of having the latest is not, IMHO,
> necessarily a good way to live one's life.  (Many people _need_ the latest,

We don't use System 7 because it's the latest and greatest.  We use it
because it is provides useful features that System 6 doesn't have.  Other
people might not feel that the advantages are worthwhile.

Larry Rosenstein
Taligent, Inc.

lsr@taligent.com
From: bjtimm@ocf.berkeley.edu (Bonard Timmons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: hardware FAQ source
Date: 29 Aug 1992 22:38:17 GMT
Organization: U. C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: monsoon.berkeley.edu
Summary: where or how can I find this?

Please -- anybody -- e-mail me or post an answer.  Other mac groups have
this readily available.  I will post a summary if responses justify.

Thanks,

Bake Timmons
bjtimm@ocf.berkeley.edu
utimbake@mcl.ucsb.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: bcarter@claven.idbsu.edu (Bruce Carter)
Subject: Re: *** DISCOUNTED MACS !!! ***
Organization: Boise State University - CBI Product Development
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 16:51:28 GMT

In article <1992Sep4.014509.15287@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>
wang_dj@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (David J Wang) writes:
>I have not seen many dealers (authorized or not-authorized)
>that have been able to match university discounts.  And this holds true  
>throughout the country.

BizMart here in Boise comes darn close to the university prices on the Apple
label stuff that they handle, and accessories like cables and so on are much
cheaper.
                                     <->
Bruce Carter, CBI Product Development                bcarter@claven.idbsu.edu
Simplot/Micron Instructional Technology Center       amccarte@idbsu (Bitnet)
Boise State University, Boise, ID  83725             (208)385-1851@phone
From: richard@newt.ee.byu.edu (Richard Christensen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: <<FOR SALE  68030 33MHz. - $300 OBO  shipping paid by me
Keywords: 68030
Date: 31 Aug 92 14:27:51 GMT
Organization: Brigham Young University, Provo UT USA
Originator: richard@newt.ee.byu.edu



I have a 68030 at 33 MHz chip.  I need to sell it
for $300 obo.  I'll pay shipping.  Nothing is wrong
with it, I just can't use it.  I know that the 
sample price is around this figure, I called Motorola,
so it should be a steel at this price.

Richard@remus.ee.byu.edu or 1-801-374-0941  5-10 pm mountain
                            1-801-378-3812  8-5  am-pm mountain
From: Rob.Dewhirst@macrocosm.omahug.org (Rob Dewhirst)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: RE: Keeping Syquest cartridge in drive...
Date: 29 Aug 92 12:32:45 CST
Reply-To: rob.dewhirst@macrocosm.omahug.org
Organization: The MacRocosm BBS, Lawrence, KS
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware


Maynard J. Handley writes in a message to All on 29 Aug 92:

 MJH>  My plan was to treat the thing pretty much like an extra HD 
 MJH> and leave the same cartridge in there all the time, except 
 MJH> for backups and stuff I rarely access. Is this business about 
 MJH> not leaving the cartridge in the drive serious, or just scare 
 MJH> talk. I don't plan to even move the drive when it's powered 
 MJH> off, but still has a cartridge in it, let alone drop it or 
 MJH> such.

When I first bought my drive, I read this instruction and forgot about it. I
had several carts that seemed to "go bad" for no reason. Ever since I have been
religious about making sure that the power does not shut off to the drive while
the cart is in it, I have not had a single problem with any cart. It may be
coincidence, but I doubt it.

Some thoughts I would offer:

1) If the manual says don't do it, don't. Especially given how often SyQuest
carts have problems.

2) Power down the Mac, but not the drive or just hit the spin-down button on
the front so the eject lever just pops out, let it spin down, then power down. 
I am reasonably sure that this moves the heads away from the platter.
From: shahid@prism.gatech.EDU (Shahid Sheikh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: SIMMS for IIfx
Keywords: SIMMS, macIIfx
Date: 30 Aug 92 05:13:37 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

I have 4 4Meg SIMMS that came out of a NeXT machine which I want to reuse in
my IIfx. I beleive those are the regular SIMMS that the IIci and the SE30
take. Is there a way I can Install those SIMMS in my IIfx and make use of them?
Are there any adapters available that will let me install those SIMMS in
the extended slots of the IIfx. Your help will be appriciated.

Thanks in advance.

-----------------------------------------------------
Shahid Sheikh
Network Services -- Georgia Tech
shahid@oit.gatech.edu (Reply through e-mail would be best)
From: rudi@netcom.com (Rudolf Usselmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Serial Port Additions ??
Date: 27 Aug 92 16:42:20 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

Hi !

I'm looking for a NuBus card with a few serial
i/o ports. I know of the AE cards (one with one
without DMA). I'm wondering if there are any other
manufacturers of such cards.
Anybody has a used for sale ???

rudi
rudi@sparc.com
From: Andrew Gilmartin <Andrew_Gilmartin@Brown.Edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Wanted: Cheap PB power supply
Date: 25 Aug 1992 20:26:42 GMT
Organization: Brown University
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: cis_staff-kntx9.cis.brown.edu
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1.1d7
X-XXDate: Tue, 25 Aug 92 21:30:38 GMT

I want to buy another power supply for my PowerBook 100; one
for home and one for the office. The local computer store's
price is almost $60 with tax. Is there a cheaper alternative?
Thanks.

--
Andrew Gilmartin
Computing & Information Services
Brown University

Andrew_Gilmartin@Brown.Edu
From: purp@wixer.cactus.org (Jim Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: PowerBook 140 Screen -- Contrast Flaky?
Date: 1 Sep 92 13:56:23 GMT
Organization: Real/Time Communications


Here's an oddity...my PowerBook 140 went out one weekend, and came back
feeling ill. It seems that after being turned on and not asleep for a
while, the contrast of a semicircular area of the screen will begin to
darken. Moving the lid of the PB will sometimes get it to settle down,
but most of the time I have to shut it off, let it sit, and try again
later.

And when I say darken, I mean that it gets BLACK. I can still adjust the
contrast controls and make it readable, but then, when it flickers back
to normal for a moment, the screen goes white.

HELP!

--Purp, in a quandary, part 1.
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| Jim Meyer     | If I express an opinion, you | purp@wixer.cactus.org |
| Austin, Tejas | can bet no one else agrees.  | aka jimpurp@pro-lep   |
+---------------+------------------------------+-----------------------+
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: hubt@css.itd.umich.edu (Hubert Chen)
Subject: Printing over a network to a LaserWriter LS?
Organization: University of Michigan ITD Consulting and Support Services
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 22:03:45 GMT

I have a couple of macs and a laserwriter LS hooked up to one of them.
The macs are running system 7. Is there any way to print to the
LS from the macs that aren't hooked up to it? I tried aliasing the
print monitor and print monitor documents folder, but those things
didn't work. Any other ideas?

Hubert

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: karches@utdallas.edu (Tom Karches)
Subject: Re: PB 170 UPGRADE???
Organization: Univ. of Texas at Dallas
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 03:26:30 GMT

In article <bob_janc-cdsr98x-310892144215@145.1.80.79> bob_janc-cdsr98x@email.mot.com (Bob_Janc) writes:
>I have a PB 170 and am satisfied with almost every aspect of it, it could
>use a larger hard disk.  I noted that the PB 180 will have a 80 M and a
>120 M capability.  Does anyone know if the PB 170 will be upgradable?
>

I don't know about Apple, but you can purchase a third party disk (the
Quantum GO-80 or GO-120 being obvious choices) and have them installed
by an authorized Apple repair center (to prevent voiding of the warranty.)

Microtech even has a case that you can put the old disk in, as sort of
a backup

Look in the back of MacUser, MacWeek or MacWorld for vendors.

Regards,
Tom Karches
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