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From: ferch@ucs.ubc.ca (Les Ferch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,ubc.macintosh
Subject: Re: Making an internal drive external?
Date: 8 Jan 93 04:08:22 GMT
Organization: The University of British Columbia
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In <1iio4aINNkh9@skeena.ucs.ubc.ca> dkmiller@unixg.ubc.ca (Derek K. Miller) writes:

>I'm in the process of searching out a newhard drive for my IIcx, and have
>just come across an old Quantum 40MB internal drive in my organization's
>storage bins. I currently have a Sony 40MB internal.

>Can I connect more than one internal drive to the IIcx in any way? Could
>I have both the Sony and the Quantum inside my IIcx?

Theoretically, yes. Practically, no.

>The Sony is a small machine: about 4x6x1.5". The Quantum is much larger:
>5.5x8.5x2" (I think it was from an old Mac II). The housing in the IIcx
>will not fit the Quantum drive as it sits now; in fact, the cables are
>so short that the drive sticks out an an awkward angle when I plug it in.
>Is there a way to enlarge the space to fit the Quantum drive (the housing
>is removable, I'm sure, but what would I mount the Quantum to?). I may
>wish to replace the Sony with the Quantum, since the Sony has stiction
>problems.

Apparently, Apple will replace Sony drives that have the stiction problem.
I'm not sure if this program is available in Canada though. Check with an
Apple authorized service centre (Computer Maintenance at 2-5516 or the
Bookstore Computer Shop at 2-6618). Be sure to be ready with your
computer's serial number and any relevant id info from the drive itself. 
My gut feeling is that the drive must stick before being replaced.

>As another option, can I convert the Quantum internal into a SCSI external
>drive with relative ease and/or minimal expense? It currently has
>sockets for the standard plugs which also work with the Sony; can these be
>adapted to work with SCSI [external connection?]?

That's a reasonable approach. A complete plug and play case with power
supply, case, and cables can be purchased for $100-$200 mail order. Check
Mac magazines such as MacWeek, MacUser, and MacWorld.

>These are only 40MB drives, and I'll probably be getting an external 100MB
>or so anyway, but it would be nice to use at least one of these (paid for)
>drives in addition.

>Any suggestions?

Get the case. When you have mo' money, you can either pass the 40MB
external to someone else or get a big internal drive to replace either of
your two 40MB drives.
From: m92y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (S.Christopher Best)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: PB170 Troubles
Date: 5 Jan 93 20:48:43 EST
Distribution: comp
Organization: Cornell University

People of the Wires:

	Got a question about some difficulties I'm having with
a PB170. Symptoms are:
	1. Will only run while plugged in (not very portable anymore).
	2. The "Battery" CDEV shows the battery half-charged, but the
           power level never increases nor decreaes. It's always plugged
           in when this happens, obviously.
	3. After awoken from a long sleep, an alert comes up telling me
           that the battery's not charging, and to check the cabling etc.

	So the question is, what did I break? Please respond to
sbest@clasic.nsc.com. Thanks in advance!

-S-

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: bredell@tdb.uu.se (Mats Bredell)
Subject: Re: Postscript cmd to turn ON the startup page
Reply-To: Mats.Bredell@udac.uu.se
Organization: Uppsala University Computing Center (UDAC)
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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 08:25:59 GMT

Bailey Szeto (bszeto@netcom.com) wrote:
: Hello all.
:    Does anybody know the postscript command to turn on the startup page for
: a laserwriter? I need to know the exact command because the printer is not
: connected to a mac, and therefore, I cannot run the Laserwriter font utility.
: 
:    I believe that there are two ways to accomplish this. One is to connect
: a terminal straight to the serial port, and the other is to put a postscript
: header around the postscript command. I need to know what the command is.
: 
:   Any help/info/suggestions/comments would be greatly appreciated! Thanks
: in advance.

The following is pulled directly off the Developer CD:

serverdict begin 0 exitserver
statusdict begin true setdostartpage

/Mats
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From: jvance@desire.wright.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: ?educational discount price for StyleWriter II?
Date: 9 Jan 93 09:15:13 EST
Organization:  Wright State University 

Does anyone know what the educational discount price for the new 
StyleWriter II will be? At my university, students, faculty, and 
staff could buy the original StyleWriter for $300 (or maybe it was 
$299).

Thanks in advance for all replies.

Jim Vance       Internet:  jvance@desire.wright.edu
                BITNET:    jvance@wsu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: jgraham@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (the End)
Subject: Best of Pina's repair guides ?
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 01:43:22 GMT


I noticed one of Pina's books (MacII repair and upgrade secrets) for sale
($23 !) at a local store. The copyright is 1991. Is this a more comprehensive
repair guide than "the Dead Mac Scrolls " ? It apparentlly contains information
on the Apple 13" monitor as well as some screen adjustment software.

I have an SE/30 and an external Apple 13" monitor. Before these become as 
obsolete as the Dead Sea Scrolls I would like to get a copy of the prefered
Pina resource with the relevant tips.

Are there other Pina guides ? When are they dated, and which is the most 
comprehensive in terms of the compact Macs or preferably the entire line ?

Thanks much,

Jim

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: yancm@engin.umich.edu (Eugene Harold Mcnay Ii)
Subject: Re: More memory = lousy performance in IIci. Help.
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 93 15:27:36 EST
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor

>In article <726249086@juliet.cs.duke.edu>  writes:
>> I have recently replaced the memory in my IIci with 8 meg (4 x 2) 80 ns in
>> Bank A and performance has gone to pot.  Screen rewrite, window operations
>> and even entering text is much slower.  Performance on AfterDark screen
>The problem is this.  The Mac IIc1 uses the first bank of memory for video, so  
>there is a constant conflict between the internal video and the processor over  
>use of the ram in your system.  You have two choices to fix this.  
>
I just read another possible solution in the MAC User '93 Buying guide:
4) Increase the control panel selected cache so that processor
ram is forced to start in the second bank. 

I'll leave it to the net as to wether this might work. Does this mean that
one would need to set the control panel cache to 3M ? Does this just
waste the new ram you install in bank A? 

I am looking at buying a IIci. This little feature seems rather
bogus. One of the main reasons I would want a IIci is that it has
8 memory slots. What good are they if you can't use the first four
for more than 1M without hurting performance.

What does control panel cache do?
What is the ballpark cost of a nu-bus video card?
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From: carl@class.gsfc.nasa.gov (Carl F. Hostetter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: PB 100 battery experience
Date: 5 Jan 93 15:53:09 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: NASA/GSFC

A couple of weeks ago, the battery on my PB 100 stopped holding 
anything more than a minimal charge; that is, even though I kept
it charging almost all the time on my desk, when I removed the
power adapter and started up, I immediately got a warning that
I was running on reserve power. The PB is only 6 months old.

I took it to a dealer, who replaced the battery without charge.
However, I didn't get any explanation as to what had caused the
problem, and more importantly whether it is likely to happen
again. Has anyone had a similar experience? Are these batteries
prone to this sort of thing?

These are lead batteries, so I believe that "battery memory" is
not a concern; consequently, I believe that there is no harm in
my leaving it charging all the time. Am I mistaken in any of these
beliefs? 

Inquiring minds want to know!

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: aaron@noproblem.uchicago.edu (Aaron L. Bratcher)
Subject: NeXT CD-ROM Drive
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 19:51:09 GMT

Does anyone know if I can get the mac to use a NeXT CD-ROM Drive?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: sjk6119@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (Sgt. Kleper)
Subject: Re: Don't turn off your computer for the day, how about a monitor?
Reply-To: sjk6119@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 22:44:13 GMT

In article <5191@equinox.unr.edu>, zhimin@unssun.nevada.edu (Zhimin Chen) writes:
>While most agree that it's better to have a computer running all day long instead of booting up everytime you have to use, I wonder should we turn off the monitor if we don't use the computer for a few hours.
>
>What I do now is 1) have AfterDark to take care of the screen; 2) dim the monitor to near-black-out level.
>But to save more electricity, isn't it better to turn off the monitor. Is there any wear and tear when turning on and off a monitor

Like I said in a previous reply, I turn off my monitor. But - THIS IS MY 
SECOND MONITOR!! I had problems when turning on my monitor after the computer
was on, so I returned it for a new one. No problems after a few years. I
don't know, though, I always feel kinda cautious when turning the monitor
off. I dim it if I'm going to be back that day.

-Scott J. Kleper
"Sgt. Kleper"

Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.hardware:25310 comp.sys.mac.misc:21394
From: georg@marie.physik.tu-berlin.de (Georg Schwarz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Question about LC monitors and VRAM
Date: 5 Jan 1993 17:12:19 GMT
Organization: ZRZ/TU-Berlin
NNTP-Posting-Host: marie.physik.tu-berlin.de
Keywords: LC, VRAM, monitor, Mac

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?

georg@marie.physik.tu-berlin.de
From: ayh@wdl1.wdl.loral.com (Ann Hopkins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Anyone Else? Hayes Optima 14.4/Daystar Power Cache
Date: 6 Jan 93 22:19:12 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Loral - WDL

Here is the situation:
We have a IIci with a Daystar Power Cache.  Attached to the modem port is a
Hayes Optima 14.4 - connected through a Hayes (Hardware Handshaking) cable.

If the modem is on when the computer is started, there is no video and we
get the "BAD" Mac multitones.  If the modem is turned off when started no
problem.

We know it is not the computer or the power supply because before we
figured it out both items were replaced.  A person here believes it has to
do with the way interrupts are handled by the modem.

Has anyone seen something similar.

BTW - the modems will not work on an SE using the hardware handshaking
cable.
From: stanyermp@rcwusr.bp.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Looking for HP Paintwriter XL driver
Date: 8 Jan 93 07:59:20 -0600
Organization: BP Research, Cleveland, OH (USA)

Hi there folks. I am looking for an updated version of the driver set (includes
spooling and monitoring s/w as well as the actual driver) for an HP Paintwriter
XL. Our current version (1.01) just about works with system 7.0.1 and we fear
for our continued running when we get up to version 7.1

Mike Stanyer
BP Exploration, London. 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: croley@r2d2.mcc.com (David Croley)
Subject: Anyone up'd an LC's oscillator?
Organization: MCC Experimental Systems Lab
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 18:16:08 GMT

Has any one swapped the LC's crystal with a faster one.  I have been
whatching the comments on the SI ans CI upgrades with interest and am thinking
of doing an upgrade.  I just thought I would check.  The 60820 could cause
some problems because of it's design.  We'll see...

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From: Dale_Adams@gateway.qm.apple.com (Dale Adams)
Subject: Re: YES THE IIVXcd WILL DRIVE THE 16" MONITOR!!!!!!!
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 14:09:14 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.,  Cupertino, CA

In article <93009.121911IO92668@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> IO92668@MAINE.MAINE.EDU 
writes:
> While visiting Columbus, Ohio for Christmas break I stopped at
> a local mac retail MicroCenter.  While I was there they hooked up
> the 16" Apple monitor to the internal video support port on their
> IIVXcd and it ran beautifully (even 16bit color).

I don't know what you really saw at that dealer, but it wasn't a Mac IIvx 
driving an Apple 16" display from the onboard video.  The IIvx _doesn't_ 
do this.   You might have seen the video being driven from a NuBus card, 
or a non-Apple 16" display being driven at a resolution of 640 x 480.  The 
IIvx video hardware simply cannot generate the video timing needed to 
drive the Apple 16" display (at a resolution of 832 x 624).  There was a 
post a few weeks ago from the Apple hardware system designer of the IIvx 
which confirmed this.

- Dale Adams
  Apple Computer, Inc.
From: gshotts@access.digex.com (William Geoffrey Shotts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Looking for Mac SCSI tape drive & software
Date: 10 Jan 1993 01:10:37 GMT
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.com
Summary: Need a tape drive!

  Hi.   I'm looking for a SCSI tape drive for the Mac & software to
run it with.  I can't find any info in the local mags: any info about
tape drives that work with a Mac and about software that use them would
be appreciated.  thanks!




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From: mll@lysator.liu.se (Thomas Danielson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Fan makes noise in Quadra 700!
Keywords: quadra
Date: 9 Jan 93 11:42:36 GMT
Organization: Lysator ACC at Linkoping University

Anybody know if there is a way to make the fan in a Quadra 700 not
so noisy?  My machine is turned on for 24h/day and I have no 
accessory cards installed.  Is there a temperature regulated fan out
there somewhere that I could use?

Thanks,
/Thomas
mll@lysator.liu.se
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig)
Subject: Re: Mobius Speedster '040
Organization: Starfleet Headquarters: San Francisco
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 18:39:09 GMT

rock@Armstrong.EDU writes:
>Has anyone seen the Mobius Speedster '040. The 25MHz has a list price of
>$799 (no FPU) according to their ad in MacWeek. I'm interested and
>looking for any reports from the field.

I'd be very interested in hearing reports from the field too.  FYI,
the ad lists prices for the Speedster:

		25MHz		33MHz		40MHz
No FPU		$799		$899		---
With FPU	$1099		$1299		$1499

It also says "Available for the SE/30, Mac II, IIx, IIcx, IIsi, IIci,
LC, LC II, Performa 400 and 600."  I wonder why the IIvx isn't listed
there?  You'd think it would be compatible since the P600 is, but I
wonder...

An important consideration with the IIvx, also, is that if you get one
of the accelerators without an FPU, your system won't use the FPU
already on the motherboard.  (The IIci doesn't suffer from this
limitation.)

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From: wsanders@ffeine.Sun.COM (Wiley Sanders)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Component-level repair for PowerBook 100 - FOLLOWUP
Date: 6 Jan 1993 22:31:03 GMT
Organization: Tradeshow Tech Support
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: ffeine

To reply to my own posting:  

It turned out is was the fuse that was blown. (I repeat, WHY 
SOLDER A FUSE ONTO A MOTHERBOARD? Jeez...)
  So, I bought a conventional 5A fuse, soldered on pigtails,
covered the assembly liberally with heat-shrink, and soldered
it in in parallel with the old fuse. Presto. 
  The socketed thing behind the power jack is a choke inductor.
  So now my PowerBook works again. I wouldn't recommend this
repair unless one is an experienced solderer. I`m not THAT expert
but I was careful to insulate things carefully and use fine solder
and a 15-watt pencil.
  Sooner or later I will find a really tiny 5a fuse and replace the
big monstrosity I have in place now.
-w
--
"True love is learning to love your lover's obsessions,
or at least being able to say '...oh...that's nice...'"
                                                        -Greg Brown
From: michaelp@frak.usc.edu (Michael Peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: External Video for a SE/30
Date: 12 Jan 1993 10:10:52 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: frak.usc.edu


I'd like to know if anyone out there is using any of the video cards made for an
SE/30, and if so how you like the card you're using. I'm thinking of getting an
8-bit video card to run the new Apple 14" monitor and thought that I would ask
around and see what other people are using first.

						Michael L. Peterson
From: chip.schnarel@tek.com (Chip Schnarel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: 5.25" Disk Drives/File Exchange Vol.
Date: 7 Jan 93 17:14:18 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Tektronix, Inc.

My brother-in-law got hold of an old Apple IIc at a garage sale.

A bit of humor here; he thought he was buying a Mac IIc. (yes, I know
there's no such thing, but HE didn't.)  He paid $50 and thought he got such
a great deal. :-) :-) :-) Ahhhh! What's in a name...?

This is his first foray into computers so I'm trying to help him out.  If I
purchase a 5.25" floppy drive for my Mac, will Apple's File Exchange
recognize it and allow me to format/write floppies in PRODOS and/or the
older Apple DOS file systems?  Have any of you tried this?  Who makes a
compatible 5.25" floppy drive?  My intent is to provide him with Apple ][
software from Compuserve and other BBS sources to get him started.  In
theory there are applications that should allow us to trade data files too,
right?  My copy of MS Word doesn't export to an Apple ][ format, but I'd
thought that I'd seen some programs that did.  Know of any?

Thanks for any and all help!

Chip
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From: mmjjmm@post.its.mcw.edu (Michael Malloy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: 14.4k modems--feedback needed
Date: 5 Jan 1993 20:13:55 -0600
Organization: Medical College of Wisconsin  (Milwaukee, WI)
NNTP-Posting-Host: post.its.mcw.edu
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]

Paul Potts (potts@oit.itd.umich.edu) wrote:
: In article <50918@shamash.cdc.com> ldh@svl.cdc.com (Lawrence D. Hare) writes:
: >In article <Bzt26E.Hq5@news.cso.uiuc.edu> Todd, thf28310@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
: >writes:
: >>I'm in the market for a 14.4K v.42bis modem.  I'm looking at
: >>Zoom, Practical Peripherials, Logicode, and Supra.
: >>
: 
: I've used two Supra Fax v32.bis modems, one at home and one at work.
: Both are great. No problems. The only thing is you will need a cabl3
: that does hardware handshaking if you expect to use them at high speed.
: I've used my modem at home on both the Mac (terminal sessions at high
: speed plus Appletalk Remote Access) and on my PC (terminal sessions and
: sending faxes using WinFax lite). ARA connections between my Mac at home
: and our Mac at work, using the two Supra modems, are quite speedy.
: 
: A friend of mine has the Zoom modem and he's quite happy with it. I like
: the display on the Supra better, but that's a pretty minor point.
: 
: -- 
: Politics is crime pursued by other means.              
: potts@oit.itd.umich.edu      CI$ 71561,3362 (rarely)

I also just got a new Supra and it has worked flawlessly. I am using it
with Microphone II software. I have also used the fax capability without a
proble. I had a set up question and found the Macintosh support person
very knowlegable and helpful. they also have a support BBS.
-- 
Michael J. Malloy
Medical College of Wisconsin           Truth is a Virus
mmjjmm@post.its.mcw.edu
From: em31+@andrew.cmu.edu (Eric Andrew Morgan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Has anyone seen Duo Add-ons?
Date: 11 Jan 93 13:10:49 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Senior, Psychology, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

In article <1ijthmINNp18@jumbo.read.tasc.com> dstrout@sun.rest.tasc.com writes:
>
>Has anyone actually seen the external floppy, the floppy adaptor, the  
>internal modem, or the Mini dock for the Duos?  I got my 230 a week ago,  
>and have been getting "The floppy should be in RSN" from all of my area  
>dealers.  I called Apple Assistance, they said the dealer should be able  
>to order it.  Dealers say they can';t, they have to wait & see what they  
>get.  Are these things in production / shipping yet?

Actually, I got the floppy drive.  They told me that the floppy adaptor,
the internal modem and the 8mb memory expansion would be 2-6 weeks,
since they are backlogged.  So now, I have a handicapped 4meg Duo 230,
and a drive with no where to plug it in.

--Eric

Eric Andrew Morgan
Psychology Department(Cognitive Science), Class of '93
Carnegie Mellon University