HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: IIsi vs new Macs - should I wait?
Date: 20 Aug 92 20:25:01 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware

In article <2A9311B8.29957@orion.oac.uci.edu>, eafu039@orion.oac.uci.edu (Wayne Chen) writes:
> 
> In article <1992Aug17.132220.21305@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> hades@Dartmouth.Edu writes:
> >eafu039@orion.oac.uci.edu (Wayne Chen) writes:
> >
> >>Keep one more thing in mind, the IIsi and the IIci can run System 6.x
> >>(the si can only run 6.07 and later) while the new machine will only be
> >>able to run system 7 and later.  This may be a disadvantage for some
> >>people.
> >
> >    While I agree that this could be useful information to keep in mind,
> >how in the world could this be "a disadvantage for some people"?
> 
> 	Because not everyone has updated their softwares to system 7 yet, and that some may prefer
> system 6 over system 7.  Please don't turn this into a flaming debate, I'm merely pointing
> this out so that people can use the info as a consideration to buy a machine that's best fit
> for them.

People who buy a new machine (unless it is an additional machine) don't have to worry about
old software--unless they get it used or they pirate it--and they haven't used either software
yet, so there is usually no preference involved.

Personally, I can't think of any reason why someone would want to run system 6 instead of
running system 7.  If they have software that doesn't run under system 7 or if they don't have
enough RAM to run system 7, they would be forced to run system 6, but that is not the same
as *wanting* to run it.
From: carr@esl.com (Erik Ramberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: VideoToaster!!!!!!!!!!!!! ecto
Date: 21 Aug 92 00:32:41 GMT
Organization: esl

In article <1992Aug19.173812.3485@midway.uchicago.edu>, ttak@ellis.uchicago.edu (toki  takeuchi) writes:
> 
> I NEED informationon the VideoToaster!  How much can I get it for?
> Where?  Will it work with the Macintosh Quadra 950?
> 
>
The VideoToaster for the Mac is pretty stupid.  Basically you have an
Amiga which houses the Toaster and a cable going from your mac to
the Amiga.  The mac runs the software, but all effects are done on the
Amiga.  Yuck!

There are several other options, most of which are very different in
implementation from the Toaster. One disclaimer though...I haven't 
actually used any of the mentioned systems,
but rather I am currently investigating which direction I want to take.

One system, called the Video Machine (from FAST Electronics 508-655-3278, 
is like the video toaster, in that it
does real time video production.  This requires that you have at least one
VCR with a time based corrector, if you want to do animation, and more if
you want to combine animation and video input.  If you only care about
fades/effects and titles, then the TBC is not as important unless complicated
edit sequences are performed.

The better route is to get a system that digitizes the input video, stores the
compressed version on the hard disk, and allows you to later edit, add special
effects, animations, etc., and then output to tape.  This setup requires only one
VCR but a lot of disk space (~200 MB / hour of raw tape).  This route is MUCH more
flexible than the previous method, and you can import any other mac pictures, QuickTime
movies, morph clips, etc. that you want.  Just have a big hard drive (at least 500+MB).

Their are many systems for doing this, and several of them are very new.  Radius has
the VideoVision board (no hardware compression yet), SuperMac has the DigitalFilm
board, New Video of Santa Monica has the EyeQue DVI board, Avid has a high end system
(I don't know how much better than the aforementioned boards), and there are two
HDTV systems (yes the mac is the first digital HDTV editing system, and in fact several
full-length boradcast movies have already been produced using the mac system.) but
I've forgotten who makes those systems.

I'd appreciate any comments from you or anybody else if they have tried any of these
systems, though they are all brand new.

    -Erik

Erik_Ramberg@SMTP.esl.com
From: sarahh@mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu (Sarah Highlander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Advice on Pivot vs. Other 16"
Date: 16 Aug 1992 04:51:49 GMT
Distribution: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx

Can anyone offer an opinion on the Radius Pivot (not the LE, just the
"plain" Pivot)? I'm in the market for medium-sized color display and am
considering the Pivot, E-Machine T16II and the Apple 16" monitors. Is the
Pivot a gimmick, or might I expect to get a bigger portrait display with a
Pivot? Any comments on monitor resolution?

At this moment, I'm (subjectively) leaning toward the Apple 16". 

Thanks for your advice.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: hise@iastate.edu (Allan R Hise)
Subject: Grounding your mac
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 12:01:00 GMT

I have found that the best way to punish your mac when it is
bad is to ground it, what do you think...

No seriously, while I was moving in to my new apartment yesterday, I 
noticed that all but a few of the outlets are not grounded.  The ones that
are are inappropiate places for my computer (kitchen & batrhroom)...
So, I was wondering what the best solution would be (short of getting a
different place - that's no option...)  What are safe & effective ways of
grounding my IIsi?  I figure running a wire to the plumbing would be the best
way, does that sound reasonable?  

Thanks for any advice.
Allan
iastate.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Don Gillies)
Subject: Dead Floppy?
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
Distribution: comp
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 22:10:26 GMT

We have a Mac SE/030 with a dead HD floppy.  Someone jammed a second
disk into the floppy slot.  In our attempts to remove the disk, not
knowing that two disks were inside, we probably damage or misaligned
the read/write head on the floppy disk.  Now the floppy will not read
or write any disks, always saying "This disk is damaged" and then ...
"Disk Format Failed!"

Question: What is a fast+cheap way to fix this problem?  Do we have to
shell out $250 for the UIUC computer center to buy a raw floppy drive
unit ($225) and install it ($25)?  Is there a way to get a raw drive
head easily?  Can you get a raw HD drive at some sort of wholesale
price, like you can for a PC (PC HD drives are only about $80).  I am
quite capable of installing the new drive myself.

Thanks in advance for the responses!

Don Gillies - gillies@cs.uiuc.edu - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
convex!uiucdcs!gillies


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From: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: PB 100 Screen Woes...
Date: 20 Aug 92 17:21:00 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

kmorton@panix.com (Ken Morton) writes:
: 		My friend just bought a PB 100 from Price Club.  It now (second 
: day after purchase) seems to be having a screen problem.  The screen
: fluctuates in brightness and the Battery app indicator was also fluctuating.
: This happened while the pb 100 was powered by the battery alone and also
: while plugged into the wall.  Also, the problem seemed to have occured after he used the external floppy for the first time.
:  
: 		Any ideas?

Sounds like a problem I've seen _twice_. My PB 100 has been sent back
twice to Apple for the same kind of fluctuating battery charge problem.

And by "fluctuating," I mean large (3-4 indicator bars) fluctuations, and
ultimately a failure to charge at all. 

In both cases Apple replaced the main logic board. If this happens once
my 1-year warranty expires, I'll be angry. 

BTW, my first repair, in April or May, took 3 days, door to door. Great.
My second repair, recently, took 2 weeks! I got my 100 back with these
problems:
- no paperwork at alll
- no charger/adapter
- missing the 2 MB of RAM I'd had installed!

After a couple of hours on the phone (on hold, waiting for info, etc.),
the Appleoids told me they were swamped with repairs, hence the confusion.

I eventually got the 100 back, and Apple even nicely threw in a new
battery because of my troubles.

In conclusion, I'm worried about the 100's basic reliability. Two blown
logic boards is  bad news. Once the warranties are expired, will these
cost $500 a pop? I may sign up for AppleCare (for the first time in more
than 6 years of using Macs).

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: an780@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Travis Grundke)
Subject: No, the Video Toaster MACINTOSH!
Reply-To: an780@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Travis Grundke)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 92 21:54:32 GMT


To Pieter Bierman:

 Yes Pieter, I understand your point entirely on the Amiga/Toaster
thingy-do, but NewTek is designing a Macintosh NuBus Toaster for around
the same price as the Amiga Toaster version, not merely a "bridge", but
an entirely whole entity unit!
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                      an780@cleveland.freenet.edu
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From: jacquet@ligiahp.univ-lyon1.fr (JACQUET Yvan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Using 13" color mon on another machine ?
Date: 21 Aug 1992 14:03:29 GMT
Organization: INSA Informatique (Grasp), Lyon, France
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: ligiahp.univ-lyon1.fr


Well, this is certainly a stupid question but I'd like any
help or info about this :

I've got a Mac IIsi with 13" Apple Color Monitor and I'd like to
use the monitor with another computer, for instance an Amiga.

Is this technicaly possible ? I would appreciate any info about
how you can do it or why you can't...

Thanks a lot

Yvan.


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From: hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Hades)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Enough of Re: Disadvantages of System 7 (Was: IIsi vs new Macs - should I wait?)
Date: 20 Aug 92 14:25:46 GMT
Reply-To: hades@Dartmouth.Edu
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Disclaimer: Personally, I really don't care who you think I speak for.
Moderator: Rec.Arts.Comics.Info

eafu039@orion.oac.uci.edu (Wayne Chen) writes:

>Hey guys I am very sorry that this has turned into a debating issue.  I
>hope this 7 over 6 or 6 over 7 thing will end here for the nets sake!

    Just a small piece of advice... try to hit the return key about
every 79 characters or so. That way we won't have to edit your posts to
have a readable response.

>To clear one thing up, I never did say that there is a disadvantage of
>choosing system 7 over system 6.  Althought I did point out that there
>is a disadvantage of the new machine not giving a choice to choose
>between 6 or 7 like the IIsi or the IIci, and that this "MAY be a
>disadvange for SOME people."  Please read my post right.

    Yes, I know that. And I have already admitted to incorrectly
responding to your first post. But the fact remains that people wanted
to talk about the various advantages and disadvantages of the 2 systems,
so that is what we are going to talk about. And there is very little
that  anyone can do to stop a discussion on UseNet once it has started.
These things have their own natural couse and will run out of steam
eventually. If you don't want to follow there is always the 'n' key.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: fullerto@zucchini.cis.ohio-state.edu (timothy dwight fullerton)
Subject: Re: restarting crashed LC II--how?
Organization: The Ohio State University, Department of Computer and Information Science
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 17:36:20 GMT

In article <12AUG199200034674@jetson.uh.edu> wmporter@jetson.uh.edu (Porter, William M.) writes:
>I love my LC II, which represents a big leap forward for me, after using
>compact Macs since 1985. However I miss the programmer's/restart switch a lot,
>every time my LC II hangs. Is there any more elegant way to recover from a hang
>or a crash than to restart the sucker with the on/off switch? 


	Under system 7, you can use the force-quit cmd-option-esc(I think,
I don't have sys 7). 

	Rebooting is <cmd> - <cntrl> - <poweron>. 

	If you don't have system 7, you can get a force quit like response
with "Programmers switch init" or "MacsBug."

		Good luck!:-)

			Tim


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: erf@progress.COM (Eric Feigenson)
Subject: MacProducts Magic FAX/MODEM [Q]
Reply-To: erf@progress.com
Organization: Progress Software Corp.
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 17:17:20 GMT

Does anyone have any experience with the 14.4KB MacProducts FAX/Modem
which has been advertised recently in MacUser?  It's incredibly
inexpensive (less than $300) for the speed of 14.4KB for both Modem
and FAX.  Any comments from the collective Net Consciousness?

Any other info on FAX/Modems in the 9600-14400 Baud range would also
be welcome.

Thanks in advance!

-EricF

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.protocols.appletalk
From: jcav@quads.uchicago.edu (JohnC)
Subject: Asante hardware (was Re: Do not buy the Asante SCSI ethernet adapter)
Reply-To: jcav@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: The Royal Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 17:55:29 GMT

A clarification:

I'm quite satisfied with our Asante internal ethernet cards.  We have
numerous LC, IIsi, SE/30, and Nubus models, running under System 7.  The
"feel" of the actual circuit boards is good.  They seem cleanly designed and
well-built.  The secret to our success is that we completely ignore the
Asante software and install the standard System 7 EtherTalk.  This is
possible because the Asante cards are "register-compatible" with the Apple
cards.  We haven't experienced anything like the locked LC flooding the net
that was reported by others.


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From: sandy@beeker.cs.umass.edu (Sandy Wise)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Problem:  SE formats HD floppy as DD, but LC rejects it...why?
Date: 17 Aug 92 19:01:18 GMT
Reply-To: wise@cs.umass.edu
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Organization?  I thought entropy would take care of that...
In-reply-to: wolfmc@rtsg.mot.com's message of 17 Aug 92 13:32:53 GMT

In article <1992Aug17.133253.27492@rtsg.mot.com> wolfmc@rtsg.mot.com (Michael Wolf) writes:

   Should the LCII be smart enough to realize the floppy is formatted
   as 800k, even though it is a HD floppy?

Depends on how you mean should ;-) This is normal and correct behavior
for the SuperDrive.

        /s
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From: meteo@iis.ethz.ch (Peter Kohler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Memory upgrade for 512K mac??
Date: 13 Aug 92 15:57:09 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH

Recently a friend of mine who owns a 512K mac (whit 128K Roms) asked me,
if it would be possible, to do an upgrade to 4MB. I am usually familiar
with microcomputer techniques/interfacing, but I know too few details
about the mac hardware.
As I have discovered, the main memory of a mac is not only connected to
the CPU, but also to the video counter (kind of DMA?). Therefore
it is not enough to add larger memories and connect the additional
address-lines to the CPU. I know, that the older macs with the 64K Roms
had a fixed location for the video-buffer at the top of the memory. How
does this work with the 128K Roms? Now:

- How looks the hardware memorymap of a Mac+ ?
- Does anybody know how macs whit 128K Roms detect the actual amount
of memory and calculate the location for the video-buffer?
- Has already somebody done such an upgrade or knows where to get
instructions/informations (Technotes, Magazines ...)

						thanks a lot

--------------------
Peter Kohler
Institut fuer Elektronik
ETH Zuerich, Switzerland
Internet: meteo@iis.ethz.ch
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: denbok@fys.ruu.nl (Henk den Bok)
Subject: Re: Grounding your mac
Organization: Physics Department, University of Utrecht,  The Netherlands
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 08:38:47 GMT

I would strongly advise NOT to use either the plumbing or heating
pipes as grounding, for the following reasons:

1) Plumbing or heating pipes are very bad grounds. If you're lucky,
   it has some electrical connection with ground but usually that is
   very noisy. Computers don't like that. If you're less lucky,
   the water supply company is using non-conducting water pipes in
   the ground (e.g. PVC). In that case, the plumbing is 'floating'.

2) If your mac goes bananas and puts tension on the ground lead, which
   you have connected to the plumbing, the plumbing becomes live and
   you can fry yourself and/or your neighours.

I suggest you invite a workman into your home to install a ground lead
to the outlet you want it in and replace the outlet by a grounded one.
This should not take more than half an hour.

Cheers, Henk
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From: faisal@dvorak.amd.com (Faisal M. Bhamani)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Powerbook 145 Question...
Date: 21 Aug 92 18:10:42 GMT
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Austin, Texas

Hello all. I am a new owner of the PB 145 4/40.  I know that the only 
difference between the 140 and the 145 is the faster processor (16->25MHz).
But I noticed that when you look in the 'about this macintosh' item in the
apple menu, it still says that it is a PB 140.  Why?? Besides noticing the
extra speed, is there another way to make sure that the 145 does have the
25MHz 030?? For all I know, apple could have left it the same as the 140
and just put a 145 label on it.  By the way, I'd like to do this w/o
taking the PB apart.

Faisal
faisal@dvorak.amd.com

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: kgarceau@draper.com (Kevin A. Garceau)
Subject: HELP! Advice needed on Abaton scanner 
Reply-To: kgarceau@draper.com (Kevin A. Garceau)
Organization: C.S. Draper Laboratory, Inc.
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 17:01:25 GMT

Anyone know anything about the Abaton 300/FB Scanner, or an address
or telephone number of the manufacturer/dealer??  The latest driver 
I have says that Abaton is a subsidiary of Everex System, but I'm
unable to find any information on them.

Basically, the scanner software and/or driver seems to be incompatible
with system 7.  The scanner sw is v1.0 of C-Scan Plus by Momentum 
(dated 1988 so I hope there's a latter version), and the device driver
Abaton FB v1.0.

ANY help with this would be _GREATLY_ appreciated!  thanks!

>>>>    Kevin A. Garceau   <<<<                  kgarceau@draper.com
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
555 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02139
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Subject: Re: Mac II differences
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 22:00:28 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
Distribution: usa

In article <BtB74q.1LF@news.cso.uiuc.edu> tinsel@uiuc.edu writes:
>jtgorman@cs.arizona.edu (J. Taggart Gorman) writes:
>
>>   One other thing, and this is a major pet peeve of mine.  Apple used to make
>> computers called Apple ][+, ][c, etc., however, they now make machines called
>> Macintosh IIsi, IIci, LCII, etc.  Notice?  It's "II", as in two capital 'i's.
>> NO stylized ']['.  Please!  Write it the correct way!  I don't like to think
>> of my IIsi as a ][c on steroids!
>
>I wouldn't even mention this, but you brought it up first.  That should be
>``//c'' not ``][c''.  The last apple that used the square brackets in its
>name was the Apple ][+.  The correct names are:
>
>Apple ][, Apple ][+, Apple //e, Apple //c, Apple IIGS, Apple IIc Plus.
>
>The "GS" is in small caps, to screw up people who type it in ASCII, and the
>//e later was called the IIe. 

The //e was always "//e" on the case and in the literature.  The
earliest "//e"s displayed "APPLE ][" on the screen, whereas the
enhanced version displayed "Apple //e".

The Apple III was the III, but I think the Apple three plus was '///+'.

And there is no Mac III -- they skipped right to four, but called them
Quadra just to evade embarrasing questions :-).

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: ramer@cis.uab.edu (K. Ramer)
Subject: DAT drives & media
Keywords: Backups, drives 
Organization: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 15:03:26 GMT

I am using a 1.2G DAT as an archive device for a small network of Mac's
using Retrospect software. I am seeking reports of experience with 
DAT media (tapes) as far as reliability is concerned. 

Several times Retrospect reports that: "The catalog is out of synch" and
must be rebuilt.  After talking with Dantz tech support about the only
suggestion was that the DAT was faulty. I called the vendor support and
his suggestion was to clean the device or change media.  

Before I obtained Retrospect I was using ADIC's MacBack Client/Server 
combination to peform backups.  I was only able to use one tape completely.
Other tapes exhibited some sort of damage to the "session directory"

Admittedly, I skimped on media at $17 per tape (INMAC standard DAT tapes).    
Does anyone have recommendations on brands of media to use ? Experiences.
 
I need: 4mm / 60M tapes.

Please reply via e-mail.  Thanks.