HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: hjwulfso@unix.amherst.edu (Harris Wulfson)
Subject: Re: MIDI on my PowerBook 160...
Organization: Amherst College
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 18:18:36 GMT

Danny William McCampbell (danny@martha.utcc.utk.edu) wrote:
} 
} Last night I went over to a friends house and we hooked up his MIDI
} to my PB160.  We used Vision as our software and guess what guys?
} It worked flawlessly without any problems.  What exactly is supposed
} to go wrong?  We composed a major piece of music and he, being
} more experienced using the software than I, could not find a single
} thing that was going wrong.  Just wanted to let you know.
} 

Did you do any large sys-ex dumps to the PB? Sample dumps? Were you syncing
to tape using SMPTE? How many MIDI devices were involved? 

--
Harris Wulfson
hjwulfson@amherst.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: bredell@tdb.uu.se (Mats Bredell)
Subject: Re: DogCow - where it comes from
Reply-To: Mats.Bredell@udac.uu.se
Organization: Uppsala University Computing Center (UDAC)
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 15:47:26 GMT

Brian Kendig (bskendig@netcom.com) wrote:
: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:
: >
: >I found out where the Dogcow comes from (download it from cica!). Go
: >to any Mac and pull up the Page Setup. Click on _Options_. See the 
: >DogCow? Its supposedly named "Claris" - supposedly the mascot for the 
: >Mac Systems Software group.
: 
: Nope, that's "Clarus".  "Miss Clarus" to you.  And I believe she's the

Ah, I was never sure if Clarus was "Mr", "Miss" or "the". How do you know?

: mascot of DTS.  For detailed information, get Tech Note 31.
                                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Here we go again ... :)

/Mats
-- 
Mats Bredell                                   Mats.Bredell@udac.uu.se
Uppsala University Computing Center (UDAC)     Ph:  +46 18 187817
Department of medical systems                  Fax: +46 18 187825
Sweden                                         Think straight - be gay!
Organization: Freshman, CIT general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 05:18:08 -0500 
From: Chad Adam <ca25+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: LC II

Is there anyway that an operation can be done to an LCII similar to
the IIsi trick to increase CPU speed By replacing the clock crystal?
	-Chad

 ______________________________________
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Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.hardware:24630 comp.sys.mac.programmer:20108
From: hacker@access.digex.com (Dark Hacker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: LC incompatible with FX and GWorlds in some way?
Date: 20 Dec 1992 06:33:43 GMT
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.com

Hmmmmm.... I've run into a wierd one.  I have a graphics program that
uses GWorlds to buffer the screen and then CopyBits to send it
to the display.  The usual stuff.  The app works like a charm on a Mac
IIfx with 20 meg of memory and a Mac IIcx with 8 meg RAM.  When I
try to run it on a local Univeristy Mac LC under 7.0, however, it locks
up as soon as it tries to write to the windows from the GWorlds.

I think the LC has enough memory.  It runs in the same size partitions
on all machines so it shouldn't be memory.  32 bit mode is turned on
and all of these machinse run the new ROMs (except the IIcx which
is running MODE 32) and system 7.0 so 32 bit Quickdraw is built in.

What could the problem be?  Are GWorlds incompatible with anything
LC specific?  The machine says "LC" on the front, not "LC II".  Darn,
I didn't think to check "About this Macintosh" for the machine type.

Sigh... did the original LC have problems?

- Hacker
-- 
Dark Hacker @ Black Silicon, Fortress Of Computation
hacker@black-silicon.mclean.va.us

"Life itself is... COMPUTATION!"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: bergerson@cvdv79.mayo.edu (Chad D. Bergerson)
Subject: 4 MM DAT on Mac SCSI port ????? 
Reply-To: bergerson@mayo.edu
Organization: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 20:11:05 GMT


I have a HP 4mm DAT tape drive in an external power supply/enclosure hooked up
to the SCCI port on my VAXstation.

What would it take to use the same drive on a Mac???
Hardware/software ?????

                                            Thanks in advance,     Chad

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Mayo Clinic                                  Voice: (507) 255-7567
200 First Street SW                          FAX: (507) 255-5484
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: imran@panix.com (Imran Anwar)
Subject: Mac II fx System 7 STRANGE Behaviour: Empty Trash Hangs It
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 07:11:13 GMT
Distribution: us
Organization: IMRAN: Information & Media Resources, Affiliations, Networks

My Mac IIfx with System 7 is showing some strange problems.

I noticed that when I did "Empty Trash" the hard disk whirred, the Finder
menu greyed out but nothing happened - no "TRash contains x items taking
up Y KB space" - warning - no emptying.  

Pressing Command-Period brings back to Finder but the trash remains.

I thought the directory may be corrupted so first ran Apple's Disk Checking
program that said no repairs were necessary, then I tried to rebuild
desktop, then I backed up all 160MB onto other hard drioves. and FORMATTED
this HD and then reinstalled System etc.  But the problem remains.

Booting up with a floppy system allows me to empty trash, and also if
I use File Sharing I can drag the files from the "Trash Folder" to 
the logged in machines' trash and it empties.  An interesting thing
i saw with the floppy boot up was that when I double click the
trash icon that was not emptying I found it displayed a "lock" in the
window suggesting it was like a locked folder.  This is despite the
fact that there are no locked files in it.

I wonder what is happening and what the solution is.

Imran Anwar

Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.hardware:24348 comp.sys.mac.comm:12109
From: erics@infoserv.com (Eric S. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: APS Powerbook Modems?
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 09:20:31 PDT
Organization: Reigning Cats and Dogs
Reply-To: erics@infoserv.com
Distribution: usa
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v1


rob_bartel@mentorg.com (Rob Bartel) writes:

> I recently got an advertisment from APS (a well respected outfit in
> Missouri that deals mostly in disk drives) that announced a new line
> of Powerbook internal modems at attractive prices. Has FaxSTF software.
> I called and was told it was made by "a major manufacturer, but our
> distribution agreement prevents me from telling you who it is".
> 
> Anyone know anything about these modems?

I've heard these are the PSI modems.

-----
Eric Smith
erics@infoserv.com
CI$: 70262,3610


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: ingemar@isy.liu.se (Ingemar Ragnemalm)
Subject: Re: New LC: faster than 25MHz?
Organization: Dept of EE, University of Linkoping
Date: 11 Dec 92 11:52:04 GMT

seanmcd@ac.dal.ca writes:

>I read in the Mac the Knife column of MacWeek that the rumoured LCIII
>(sorry travis) might be faster than the 25MHz that's been talked about
>so far -- any ideas?

>Won't this new LC along with the Centris machines squeeze out the IIvx?
>If the LC is any faster than 25, it's going to beat the IIvx for
>performance, and the rumoured price is pretty low. Either the new lc
>is going to be more expensive than projected, or the IIvx/vi are going
>to drop considerably, like 25%...opinions on how the new lineup will
>shape up pricewise, where adjustments will have to take place?

Just my opinion: The LC III *needs* to be at least 25 MHz, that is, on
par with the IIvx, to be competitive for some time (considering PC prices),
and it has to be cheap. The 68040 must become normal in the mid-level
range, and the 68030 must go low-cost.

The IIvx will most likely drop some, but it can still be a lot more
expensive than a LC II, since the LC III will not have more than one slot,
which will probably not be NuBus.

The future should be the LC III and a comparable Color Classic in the
bottom line - fast enough to run System 7, which the current low-cost
Macs aren't - and 040 Macs above that, where the IIvx and IIsi are today,
price-wise. That's what we should expect, considering what has happened
on the PC side. Apple has won some percent of the market recently, but
they must improve price/performance to win more. I bet they are doing that
gradually, to avoid making old customers too pissed by making their fine Macs
worthless over night - and to keep the margins up for a little while.

I hope the LC III and Color Classic will be as fast as the rumors say, and
especially that video access is fast. Lots of users will run games on them.

-- 
Ingemar Ragnemalm
Dept. of Electrical Engineering	     ...!uunet!mcvax!enea!rainier!ingemar
                  ..
University of Linkoping, Sweden	     ingemar@isy.liu.se
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: kanefsky@halcyon.com (Steve Kanefsky)
Subject: Re: Daystar's PowerCache Power Consumption on a LC
Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 19:31:38 GMT

In article <1gd40cINN78s@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> al862@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Brent D. McLean) writes:
>
>	One of Daystar's competitors has an advertisement talking about
>how the 8 watt PowerCache is drawing a lot more power than the 4 watts
>the LC was designed to supply, and that by doing so it would shorten the
>life of your LC. Can any of you technical gurus verify whether this is a
>legimate point or just a marketing gimick. Thanks.

I asked the same question to Steve Tuttle of Daystar over on Compuserve,
and the jist of his reply was that:

1)  Apple rates its power supplies very conservatively since the Mac Plus 
    fiasco

2)  They do extensive testing, using even bigger loads in high
    temperatures, and have never seen a case where the power supply failed
    because of the PowerCache.

3)  Apple actually makes cards which violate their own rules.  They
    support the use of their 8*24 video card in the IIsi, even though it
    draws more power than they rate the IIsi's slot for.  DayStar
    has a contraption where they squeeze a 8*24 card *and* a PowerCache
    into a IIsi, and run it in a high-temperature environment, and they
    *still* haven't had any problems.


If for some reason the PowerCache *did* cause your power supply to fail
prematurely, it would only be the power supply anyway.  It wouldn't
"shorten the life of your LC."  The LC power supply is quite modular and
there are 3rd party companies that sell higher-capacity power supplies
for the LC.  There's no need to get one unless/until your LC power
supply fails, though, which it probably never will.  Another option is
to get the expansion kit from DGR, which supplements your LC power
supply with an additional 40W power supply, plus gives you 3 slots and
room for a second low-profile or half-height 3.5" hard disk.  It adds a
"second story" to your LC.  You install it by popping off the top of the
LC, popping their unit in place, then putting the original LC top back
on.  It makes the LC (or LCII or Performa 400) a few inches taller, but
no parts are removed or replaced and no tools are required to install
it.  It goes for $349.  I've seen another product from a smaller company
(judging by the little ad in the back of MacWorld compared to the
full-page DGR ad) which gives you 2 slots and a bigger power supply, but
it involves replacing the power supply and the top part of the case,
rather than supplementing them.  It also costs more (over $500 I think).

The LC/LCII/P400 are such popular machines that I think you'll see a lot
of interesting products becoming available.  With the DGR unit, you can
already have an LC running faster than a IIfx with big screen video,
ethernet, and up to 1.7 gigabytes of internal hard disk space all at once.
I also just saw the first 16-bit video card for the LC (on up to 16"
monitors).  It can't be long before there will be 24-bit cards as well.

--
Steve Kanefsky
From: Eric.Choi@zeus.ieee.org (Eric Choi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Any experiences with APS?
Date: 9 Dec 92 21:33:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: zeus.19551.2B28D855
Organization: IEEE Service Center, Piscataway, NJ

There is no good dim sum in Michigan! 

  ch> From: chip@inter.interzone.ch (Marc Liyanage) Date: 6 Dec 92 05:35:00
  ch> GMT Organization: Interzone Switzerland Message-ID:
  ch> <01062012.kdhut1@inter.interzone.ch> Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
  ch> 
  ch> Hi, I'm thinking about buying a few SCSI harddisks from APS. Since the
  ch> drives will be shipped to Switzerland, I want to be sure that
  ch> everything works out the way it's supposed to.
  ch> 
  ch> So far I've very pleased with US mailorder companies (and especially
  ch> the $$ saved) and I want it to stay this way ;-)
  ch> 
  ch> Has anybody got something good or bad to say about APS? Comments
  ch> welcome...
  ch> 
  ch> Thanks -Marc
  ch> 
  ch> ____________________________________________________________ Marc
  ch> Liyanage   Internet: chip@interzone.ch Papernet: CH-9552 Bronschhofen,
  ch> Switzerland ICBM-Net: 47 29 17 N / 009 03 41 E / ALT 578 Voicenet: +41
  ch> 73 22 1196
  ch> 
  ch> --- Squish v1.01
  ch>  * Origin: zeus.ieee.org * [140.98.1.1]  (1:107/10)

Everything with APS for I have been positive. Tech. support is excellent.
Return policy is good. They may not be the cheapest, but the quality is high.

I highly recommend them based on past purchases of internal drives, external
drives, getting driver updates, and tech. support questions.

--  
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: Norbert Mueller <K360171@alijku11.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at>
Subject: Re: THE FINAL WORD IN THE MAC vs PC BATTLE....
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A75610D914026205@nmueller.chemie.uni-linz.ac.at>
X-Xxdate: Thu, 17 Dec 92 10:11:21 GMT
Organization: Johannes Kepler Univ., Inst. of Chemistry
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d12
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 10:16:42 GMT

>>The best machine is the one that makes you the most PRODUCTIVE!!
>>The best machine is the one that makes you the most MONEY!!
The best machine is the one that makes you the least TROUBLES!!
The best machine is the one that costs you the least TIME!!
The best machine is the one that makes you the most HAPPY!!
The best machine is the one that makes you the least FINAL!!

:-)

Norbert M
Institute of Chemistry
Johannes Kepler University
A-4040 Linz
Austria 
e-mail K360171@ALIJKU11.bitnet
       K360171@EDVZ.uni-linz.ac.at
       Norbert@soft.uni-linz.ac.at
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: munoz@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (David Munoz)
Subject: What Mac's give you the best bang for the buck?
Organization: Boeing Computer Services
Distribution: boeing
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 01:49:48 GMT

Howdy, This is a posting for a friend, so pardon
my mac.ignorance

Which of the current Macs represent the best
value for systems under $3k?  It should have
an 80 Mb disk, 4Mb ram and color with a 
14" monitor.

Also, what do you think about CD-ROM's? are
they worth it for someone who is mainly an
end-user (typical apps. include drawing, 
word proc. spreadsheets)? 


Thanks,

David Munoz
munoz@bcstec.boeing.com

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: mpye@netcom.com (Michael Pye)
Subject: Fujitsu 520MB 3.5" 9ms SCSI 4 sale - $850
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 14:24:06 GMT

Fujitsu 3.5" internal Half Height 520MB PicoBird SCSI hard drive.

Model: M2624FA, Revision Level: M404

Rated at 9ms, Fast SCSI, up to 10MB/s data transfer rate, 200,000 MTBF.

Data from HDT BenchTest on a Mac IIci:
  - Sustained Read:        2105 kilobytes/sec
  - Sustained Write:       2101 kilobytes/sec
  - Average seek time:        5.7 ms
  - Average access time:     17.0 ms
  - Read transactions/sec:  532
  - Write transactions/sec:  76

Capacity: 520MB
Listed Formatted (Mac) capacity: 496MB.
Actual Formatted (Mac) capacity: 532MB.
  * Formatted with FWB Hard Disk Toolkit using 2048K Block size.

For Mac users, I can do the following:
  - Format and install however many driver-level partitions you like.
  - Install System 7.01 & multiple TrueType fonts.
  - Include 30MB++ of shareware/freeware.


The drive is only 3 months old and has been used very little.  I'm 
currently out of a job and can no longer afford it.  :(  

$850.  Price includes Federal Express 2nd day COD shipping.  Add $75 for a 
NEW copy of Norton Utilities (Mac only).  Add $90 for an external case 
with 25->50pin SCSI cable and terminator.
From: mpye@netcom.com (Michael Pye)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: The Macintosh Line
Date: 13 Dec 92 18:25:15 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

Current production models (desktop systems):

  Classic:         8MHZ 68000
  Classic II:      16MHZ 68030 (16-bit bus) (same as Performa 200)
  LC II:           16MHZ 68030 (16-bit bus) (same as Performa 400)
  IIvi:            16MHZ 68030 (not sold in the USA)
  Performa 600     32MHZ 68030 (16MHZ bus)
  IIsi:            20MHZ 68030
  IIci:            25MHZ 68030
  Duo 210+dock     25MHZ 68030
  IIvx:            32MHZ 68030 (Perfora 600 with internal cache)
  Duo 230+dock     33MHZ 68030
  Quadra 700:      25MHZ 68040
  Quadra 950:      33MHZ 68040

Early 1993, the Quadra 700, IIsi, and LC II (also possible the IIci and
Classic).  They'll be replaced by the LC III and the Centris machines.
From: bk146@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Todd Sternisha)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Duo Dock video
Date: 17 Dec 1992 02:51:29 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: bk146@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Todd Sternisha)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc10.ins.cwru.edu


	Two questions regarding upgrading the internal video on a Duo
Dock:

1) Is the 512K VRAM SIMM needed for 16-bit color the very same SIMM used
in the LC and IIvx? Or is it unique?

2) In a post by an Apple employee, it was stated that the IIvx cannot
support the Apple 16" Color Display, even with the extra VRAM installed.
Is this true of the Duo Dock--that it can't be used w/ the 16" Display
w/o a card?


-- 
	-Todd Sternisha
   bk146@cwru.freenet.edu              Wolf's Den (216) 528-0321 
"I am not impressed by your ability to hurt people." -Ian McKaye of
Fugazi
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: jmilhoan@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (JT)
Subject: Re: MAC PLUS SCREEN PROBLEMS
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 19:31:15 GMT

In article <1992Dec12.160053.6315@reed.edu> wrowe@reed.edu ( ) writes:
>--> The screen flickers, gets bright lines through it and pulses a little.
>--> Or a lot.  A good smack or two on the side (Mac abuse!), but this is
>--> really no way to live.  Can anyone suggest an easy or cheap way to fix this?
>
>If this is the same as your case, I don't think there is gonna be a cheap or
>easy way to fix this since the soldering will first need to be reworked, and
>you will probably also find it wise to have a air fan installed in the back
>to prevent a recurrence. I think I paid about $150 for this operation. Note that
>the SE's that came later were equipped with a fan to prevent just such
>occurences. But like I said, I'm not sure this is your problem as well, just a
>hunch.

I had the same problem and it cost me 10 minutes to open the case, wait for the soldering iron to warm up, and close it back up, plus about 5 cents in solder.

Get Macintosh Reapir and Upgrade Secrets by Larry Pina... covers everything from the 128k to the SE.  It will tell you exactly what to fix/repair, and even gives you the sources to buy these parts from.  I think to replace all the parts it will cost around $60, but you have to do it yourself.

Hope that helps,
JT Milhoan
From: seanmcd@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: THE FINAL WORD IN THE MAC vs PC BATTLE....
Date: 16 Dec 92 11:36:02 -0400
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

In article <wondertr.724477171@sfu.ca>, wondertr@fraser.sfu.ca (wondertree learning center) writes:
> I will end this discussion once and for all.
> 
> The best machine is the one that makes you the most MONEY!!
> 
> TED

WRONG! Why must you measure everything with your patriarchal, materialistic
yardstick? :-)

The best machine is the one that makes you the most PRODUCTIVE!!

Sean
> 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: poorman@convex.com (Peter Poorman)
Subject: Re: "13 inch" screensize at <68dpi?
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 23:17:53 GMT
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.

In <m16547.723910428@mwunix> m16547@mwunix.mitre.org (Arthur Gorski) writes:

>Buy a 15" or 16" *multisync* monitor.  The more recent monitor reviews in
>the magazines talk about these, and since they're from the PC world, the
>prices can be very good. Check your local computer superstores (if you have
>such beasts in your area).

>Buy a standard 640x480 video card.

There's a better way.  Buy one of the multi-resolution video cards (from Radius
or E-Machines, for example) and get not-only the 640x480 with big pixels, but
larger sizes with smaller pixels as well.  These cards go for < $500 mailorder,
so the cost increment above a basic 640x480 card is minimal.

Check out particularly the Radius PrecisionColor 8xj and the E-Machines
FuturaSX.  I'm sure both would be happy to mail or fax datasheets.
Radius is at (800)227-2795, or (408)434-1010.  E-Machines is at (800)344-7274,
or (503)646-6699.

Don't forget to ask about cables to connect to the monitor of your choice.

-- Pete Poorman
   poorman@convex.com