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From: jmunkki@vipunen.hut.fi (Juri Munkki)
Subject: Re: Duo HD problems: HELP (Apple: say something!)
Reply-To: jmunkki@vipunen.hut.fi (Juri Munkki)
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 15:44:28 GMT

In article <43129@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> ewa@cs.ucsd.edu (Eric Anderson) writes:
>In article <lau-060193100320@michigan.aero.org> lau@aerospace.aero.org (David Lau) writes:
>>In article <1993Jan2.173624@lamisun.epfl.ch>, pulfer@lamisun.epfl.ch
>>(Jean-Michel Pulfer) wrote:
>>> 
>>>     I did have the same problem as David: I wanted to get rid of the
>>> circa 2800KB `hole' Apple left on my PowerBook 180's 120MB HD. It
>>I did reformat my drive to utilize all of the HD ...  Hmmmm  I wonder if that
>>has anything to do with my HD crashes on my Duo....
>
>2. Are we crazy to think that reclaiming it could cause random failures?

It is remotely possible that this would cause problems, but I have another
theory.

If you read comp.sys.mac.system, you can find out that my PB160 has also
lost it's hard disk almost every time after a crash.

On the PB160, I used to press the power key to reboot the machine. Of course,
the new power key runs some ROM code before the roboot, so I suspect that it
can flush the system I/O buffers and cache. If one of these is damaged, the
damages will be written to the hard disk.

I have found that pressing the reset button properly resets the machine
without causing damage to the disk directory structures.

I would be interested in collecting information from those users who have
had similar problems with their PowerBooks (Duos too):

	- What machine do you have?
	- How much HD? Who made the HD? (Usually IBM, if it's from Apple.)
	- Did you recover the Apple free partition?
	- Do you use Apple's SCSI driver?
	- Do you run your machine in 24-bit mode?
	- What program caused the crash?
	- Did you press reset or the power button to reboot?
	- What were the symptoms? (In my case, the happy mac
	   appears for a while and after a while the machine
	   reboots again and the cycle is continued forever.)

If I can find a pattern in this information, I'll pass it on to APPLE.BUGS.
I already sent a report to them, but it's better to have information from
many sources.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: rgc3679@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Robert G. Carpenter)
Subject: Mac Plus SCSI Problem.
Organization: Boeing Computer Services
Distribution: world 
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 21:04:40 GMT

What's the best way to hookup the following without
SCSI problems:

Mac Plus + Jasmine 130MB External + PLI Superdrive.

Since the Plus doesn't have an internal drive it seems
that we should have the Jasmine set to terminate (using
the 4 jumpers) and set the PLI to terminate (it's got a
switch). But this causes crashing.

We don't have instructions for the Jasmine, so not quite
sure how to set the 4 jumpers.

Also, which of the Hard Drive Mfgs have said they'll 
support Jasmine - I seem to recall reading once that
some company agreed to handle maintenance, etc for 
Jasmine owners.

Thanks for your help.

Bob Carpenter
From: long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: IIci :onboard video or card ?
Date: 10 Jan 93 22:21:10 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <C0nCA0.Btv@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, jgraham@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (the End) writes...
>Does the IIci have its own onboard video or does it ship with the Apple

 Short answer: you are better off with a video card.

 The IIci's on-board video uses part of memory bank A; access to that bank is
 shared between the video controller and the CPU. Therefore, higher bit depths
 can slow the processor down more than you might expect, because the CPU has
 to wait for the video controller to finish accessing the RAM. 

 Installing a video card has two advantages:

 o It eliminates memory contention;

 o it frees roughly 300K of system memory (640x480x8).

 Running at lower bit depths will help performance due to less memory
 contention. To save memory, in the Monitor Options panel you can set the
 highest bit depth you expect to run at, and the system will reserve only that
 highest potential amount of RAM.

 The simplest solution is to buy a video card; 8 bit cards are inexpensive.

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Subject: Re: Is Now the Time to Buy a PowerBook?
From: zaphod@vax2.winona.msus.edu (Gregory Talmo)
Date: 6 Jan 93 08:49:46 -0600
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Distribution: world
Organization: Winona State Academic Computing

In article <1993Jan5.152303.19029@husc3.harvard.edu>,
silvers3@husc8.harvard.edu (Jolyon Silversmith) wrote:
> 
> The subject line basically says it. I want to buy a new Mac in the next six
> months, and at the moment am looking at a PowerBook 160 because of its
> combination of price and external video support. Is there any point in waiting
> for a new PowerBook (I'm not interested in the Duos, however) or a machine
> such as the LC III that would be cheap and yet powerful enough to justify buying
> a desktop machine?
> 

  Well, it's always better to wait, because the machines always get better,
but if you follow that you'll never buy one ;-).  However, I'd suggest
wating for a while, as Apple will be introducing a deluge of new stuff
within the next few months (according to MacLeak) that looks to be pretty
neat.

- Greg Talmo  (zaphod@vax2.winona.msus.edu)
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: stubaker@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Stuart Baker)
Subject: Disabling Startup Page
Summary: disabling printer startup page
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 23:05:49 GMT

I know its probably been asked before, but I am new to the mac world.

I have a Laserwriter NT.  Is there a way to disable the printing of the
startup page every time the printer is turned on?

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From: osuch@islsun.Kodak.COM (Bill O'Such)
Subject: IIsi and Excel problem ?
Organization: Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 19:20:55 GMT

A few weeks ago I vaguely remember an answer to this question and now
that I've run into the problem, I was wondering if someone could answer
it again.

I'm a very recent owner of a MAC IIsi with 17MB of memory and was trying
to run Microsoft EXCEL and ran into an error message immediately.

"The application "unknown" has unexpectedly quit, because of an
error of type 90 occurred"

I've run this same exact version of excel at work on my IIfx without
a problem (same version of the operating system 7.0.1*)

any suggestions ?


Bill O'Such
Eastman Kodak Company


DISCLAIMER:
Kodak provides me access to this Net, and are not responsible for
my postings.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: jdahl@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Jared Dahl)
Subject: Performa 600 underpowered?
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 16:32:24 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM Rochester

Is the Performa 600 another dissapointing,
underpowered machine?  How does it stack up
against the Mac II line?  How does it stack
up against the SI or the SE/30?


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From: Norm.Walker@f1003.n130.z1.ieee.org (Norm Walker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: HELP!!!  Drive problems, System CRAS
Date: 4 Jan 93 00:27:32 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:130/1003 - Mac Exchange, Fort Worth TX

Hard disk drivers are just a piece of software like any other software. 
It is VERY possible and very likely in your case that the DRIVER that was
installed when you formatted was NOT System 7 compatible.  My suggestion
is to re-format with a KNOWN System 7 COMPATIBLE formatter and it should
work.  I have seen this before (several times, actually).  Just like your
word processor or your drawing program, your hard disk driver needs to be
System 7 compatible.
Later,
Norman

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From: blaine@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Greyland Blaine Mull)
Subject: color classic and Cii
Organization: Computer and Technologies Theme Program, NCSU, Raleigh
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 00:46:15 GMT

hello world\n

	Wow, I saw in an UNofficial post that Apple plans on releasing
the color classic II Feb 10 for $1400 with a 4/80 settup.  My question
is will I be able to upgrade my two month old classic II ???? even if it
is a little expensive to me it would be worth it.  Any netters read
about this in MacWeek or similar publications?
	I know that the motherboard of the Classic II is capable to run
32bit color, but the tube and powersupply need to be changed.

any insights appreciated...
-grey

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From: WHITESR@CONRAD.APPSTATE.EDU (*Steve White         )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Deskwriter v Stylewriter (was:Printer Footprints)
Date: 4 Jan 1993 15:42:49 GMT
Organization: APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: conrad.appstate.edu
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.24

In <walkerl-221292164548@3.7.192.190> walkerl@med.ge.com writes:
> > I was just getting ready to order a Stylewriter to go with my PB160.
> > They suggested I could get the HP Deskwriter instead; better performance
> > for $60 more.  In my case I don't *need* the better performance but its
> > OK; but what's also important to me is the machine "footprint".  (How
> > much space it occupies on the shelf or desk top.)  I live in Japan and
> > houses are smaller . . .  :(
> > 
> > QUESTIONS:
***
> > 3) Any additional comments on the relative merits/demerits of these
> >    printers?
> The SW print quality _is_ (just) noticeably sharper. But to me, that
> doesn't make up for the fact that it is 2x to 3x slower (even with the
> new&improved driver). My wife doesn't seem to mind the spped too much, but
> she has had spells of balky behavior, when paper just wouldn't feed right
> for days on end, then it's suddenly fine. I've never had ANY problems with
> the DW.
> 
> Since we got the SW for $50 on an Apple promotion, it was a great deal. But
> if you're paying street prices, I'd vote for spending $60 extra for the DW
> any day!
> 

I may order a DW any day now to get the HP $50 rebate. But I was 
curious about the quality of paper that it requires to avoid
smearing.

Is this a major cost versus the spool paper I use in my IWII?                   
Any recommendations re decent and cheap paper that won't smear
in the DW? Best source, eg mail order? Cost per page?

Any paper types to avoid?

Should I wait to see what Apple offers in the Stylewriter II?

Thx much,
Steve

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From: ffoglia@ulci20.unil.ch (Francois FOGLIA)
Subject: Omnis
Keywords: Omnis
Organization: University of Lausanne CH (Switzerland)
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 07:55:22 GMT


Hello everybody,

I would like develop some little applications for my father's company with
Omnis.(wages,bill,bookkeeping,etc...)
Do you think Omnis is the good choice ?
Is it easy to programm with Omnis ?

Thanks in advance for yours answers

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: dougs@david.wheaton.edu (Doug Smith - SGA)
Subject: Re: IIsi Oscillator Upgrades: Still Going???
Organization: Wheaton College
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 18:25:08 GMT

>I then found a suitable heatsink, and upped the speed to 28.6 Mhz by using
>one of the dot clock oscillators on the motherboard used to provide
>the video timing for the full page (A4) displays (this is 57.xxx Mhz).
>This has now been running for several weeks with no problems.

I did this too but it only works when I remove my FPU/cache card.
From: jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: (Q) Connecting PB180 to VGA monitor
Date: 12 Jan 93 21:24:27 GMT
Organization: USC-ISI
In-reply-to: agm@bnr.co.uk's message of 12 Jan 93 10:50:36 GMT

In article <1iu7psINNlk6@bHARs12c.bnr.co.uk> agm@bnr.co.uk (Andrew G. Minter) writes:

>I have one PowerBook 180, with the "VGA adaptor lead" that came in the box
>and a fairly standard Microvitec VGA monitor and lead. My problem is that
>the leads will not connect up.
>
> [...]
>
>The
>PC people I've seen have never seen a VGA connector of the sort supplied by
>Apple. 

With good reason.  It isn't one.

>I'm beginning to feel that while Apple is trying to entice PC users
>into the fold with all sorts of promises if connectivity and interoperability,
>their dealers just don't want to know about anything to do with PC products.
>
>Does anyone out there have a clue what I need to obtain to hook this
>monitor up?

The thing is, that video cable you have is a PB-to-Mac video adapter,
NOT a Mac-to-VGA adapter.  You can probably get one of them
(Mac-to-VGA adapter) from your monitor maker (if it's a multisync and
a major manufacturer), or else look into the $25 MacVGA adapter from
James Engineering.  Several other companies also sell the Mac-to-VGA
adapter plugs, but I don't know their names, offhand.

jas

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: mhend@roch (Marissa Henderson)
Subject: PDS Card for a Radius Monitor
Followup-To: mhend.roch@Xerox.com
Keywords: PDS, Radius
Reply-To: mhend.roch@Xerox.com
Organization: Xerox
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 21:27:09 GMT



A friend of mine has a Mac II SI with a Radius 21 inch Grey Scale Monitor.
She also has a DayStar Accelerator in the PDS (Processor Direct Slot).
However, she needs a PDS card which will work with Radius and is compatible
with the DayStar Accelerator.  She has made several calls to various companies,
but has had no luck.


Please e-mail me some suggestions for her to mhend.roch@Xerox.com.


Thanks in advance for any help!


Marissa Henderson
Systems Analyst
Xerox Corporation
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From: dkmiller@unixg.ubc.ca (Derek K. Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: IIcx 40MB still exchangeable in recall? (Was: Re: Recommendations on
Date: 6 Jan 1993 23:14:43 GMT
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
NNTP-Posting-Host: unixg.ubc.ca

Thanks to all who replied to my hard drive purchase question. As a corollary
to it, I was wondering if the old (1990) IIcx 40MB Sony drives, of whch mine
is one, are still exchangeable under the recall replacement program Apple
had running. My drive fits into the category and is in the serial number
range.

I didn't exchange it before because Apple wanted me to send them my drive
and wait for them to send me a new one, during which time I would have no
drive at all.

      :=:=> Derek K. Miller                 dkmiller@unixg.ubc.ca
      Researcher, Alma Mater Society        thegrodd@tz.ucs.sfu.ca
      University of British Columbia, Canada
From: eric@cse.ucsc.edu (Eric Rosen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Modem cable myths
Date: 11 Jan 1993 05:22:46 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz (CE/CIS Boards)
NNTP-Posting-Host: oak.ucsc.edu

scasterg@waltham.columbus.oh.us writes:
>The standard line given whenever anyone mentions hooking a high speed modem up 
>to their mac is "you have to get a hardware handshaking cable."
>
>In my experience, this simply is not true ...

Often, a "high speed modem" is synonomous with V.42 or V.42bis.

Although I've been able to get by using a non-hardware handshaking
cable with vanilla 9600 baud (V.32) connections, my V.42bis connections
are not very happy without one. This may simply be due to the higher
throughput between the computer and the modem at V.42bis.

Extrapolating that argument suggests that higher than 9600 baud rates
would also require hardware handshaking.

My experiences have involved both a II and IIfx.

As a rule, I still think that at 9600 baud speeds and higher, a
hardware handshaking cable is a good idea for reliable operation.
This is why I recommend such in the FAQ.

If there is consensus that this recommendation should be changed, however, 
let us discuss it here.

--Eric
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Subject: Re: Question about LC monitors and VRAM
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 93 23:08:26 GMT
Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland, College Park
Keywords: LC, VRAM, monitor, Mac

In article <1icfhjINN9ju@mailgzrz.TU-Berlin.DE> georg@marie.physik.tu-berlin.de (Georg Schwarz) writes:
>Since the original Mac LC has only 256k of VRAM it cannot display 8bit
>color on the 13" (or 14") Apple Monitor.
>My question is:
>Is there any software method which simulates a 12" color monitor on a 13"
>one (e.g. by using a smaller visible area) in order to run programs
>that require 8bit color?

No, it's not possible with the Apple monitor.  It is possible if you
use hardware (a different cable) and a multisync monitor, but that's
overkill for the LC.  Your best bet is to buy the 512K RAM.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Using RasterOps 8/24XLi in Quadras
From: tannars@argon.gas.uug.arizona.edu (shannon k tannar )
Date: 7 Jan 93 15:32:26 GMT
Distribution: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: University of Arizona, Tucson
Summary: Compatibility in Quadras 700,900,950

We are considering upgrading the Macs around here to something
along the lines of the Quadras. I'm wondering how compatible my
present hardware is with the Quads, specifically my RasterOps
8/24XLi card (rom version 1.4 P2E). Does anyone use this card
and if so, any problems/suggestions/etc.?

Thanks.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: lcc@security.mitre.org (Lee C. Cooper)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: DES Encryption Board for the MAC ??
Date: 8 Jan 93 20:20:06 GMT
Organization: The Mitre Corp., Bedford, MA


Does anyone know of any companies that make DES-based boards
for the Macintosh?

Thanks in advance,

Lee Cooper
(lcc@security.mitre.org)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: bshor@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Boris Shor)
Subject: printer adapter
Originator: news@nimaster
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 20:05:53 GMT

Hello everybody. My brother is currently looking for a laser printer for his
Mac IIsi. Unfortunately, Apple's lasers (with postscript) are a bit beyond
his price range. Is there such a thing as an adaptor so that a laser printer
with normal serial and/or parallel ports can be used by a Mac?

Do such beasts exist? How much? And how practical are they?

Thank you!

bshor@princeton.phoenix.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: IIsi upgrade parts.
From: t303grey@vax1.mankato.msus.edu
Date: 9 Jan 93 00:36:49 -0600
Organization: Mankato State University

  Where do you guys get the parts to upgrade IIsi to >= 25MHz from?

DevilCat
From: sprattli@azores.crd.ge.com (Rod Sprattling)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Duo data/FAX Modem
Date: 12 Jan 93 19:47:41 GMT
Reply-To: sprattli@azores.crd.ge.com (Rod Sprattling)
Distribution: usa
Organization: GE Corporate R&D Center

What third-party data FAX modems are available NOW for the Duo?
Do they support v.42bis?  Will the Apple Express Modem support v.42bis?

Roderick Sprattling		| No job too great, no time too small
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From: macman+@pitt.edu (Dennis H Lippert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: IW II printheads
Summary: "it's broke!"
Date: 4 Jan 93 18:42:16 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Pittsburgh
Originator: macman@unixd3.cis.pitt.edu

Hi all.  I have a REALLY BIG problem...

I have a 1988-vintage Imagewriter II which I picked up used 1 1/2 years 
ago.  From "day two" it's had a bad habit of having the red plastic piece
around the printhead's pins loosening up, and causing the ribbon to drag
on the paper.  This problem was "bearable".

Now the plastic piece has decided to break in half, and it's come out of
the head.  My queston is this:  I don't want to spend triple-digits to
get a new head for my printer.  What does one of these puppies cost?

Any ideas as to whether there may be hope in "letting my fingers do the
walking" through local repair shops? Anybody got a "brain-dead" IW II 
that they're scrapping???

Thanks for any help.
Den

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From: anderson@Apple.COM (Clark Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: ImageWriter II For Sale
Date: 7 Jan 93 04:14:43 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

ImageWriter II For Sale

Excellent condition, low miles,
comes with cables for a Mac.  
$175, you pay the shipping
Call or e-mail.

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