HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: Rick Boebel <boebel@rs1.tcs.tulane.edu>
Subject: HD won't Boot
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X-Xxdate: Fri, 13 Nov 92 13:46:13 GMT
Organization: Freeman School of Business
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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 19:46:32 GMT

I have Sony 40meg HD (SRD 2040A) I took out of a CX about 3
years ago and put in an external case.  Now it will boot and
come up on the desktop.  When I try reformat (SCSI Director
1.2.7) I get the following messages:
Sense Key- decimal 2, hex 0x02, text 0x02, drive not ready
Sense Code- decimal 4, hex 0x04, text 0x04, drive not ready
Additional Information- decimal 0, hex 0x0000000
Then the process stops.  When I try to test the drive it says
error, test terminated.
My question is: What does it all mean Mr. Natural?  Is there
anything I can do other than throw the drive away?  Anything I
can do in the future to prevent this from happening?
                                                               
   Rick
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: patel@mwunix (Anup C. Patel)
Subject: Television in a mac
Organization: MITRE Corporation, McLean VA
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 15:48:03 GMT

Is there a board which I can use in a mac IIci to let me view a standard
television program?  I looked at the RasterOps 24STV, but could not get
sound to work from the built-in speaker.

I'm looking for video as well as audio from one board.  I just want to view
television programming - no video editing or anything like that.

Thanks for your help.
From: hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Hades)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: PB170 ram in PB100....
Date: 10 Nov 92 21:25:39 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

collin@angelo.amd.com (Collin K. Ong) writes:

>pmather@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Paul mather) writes:

>>I'm using PB 170 RAM in my PB 100 (and have been for about two weeks).  
>>No problems so far!

>So why do the ram mail order companies list a separate PB100 ram module
>from the 140/170 module?  (With the PB100 ram $40 more)

    Because the 100 has less space in side, and requires a lower-profile
memory card, that generally costs more to manufacture.

--
-Hades (Brian V. Hughes) 
	"Hey, we're on the Cutting Edge!"
	"Too bad we're not on the side you keep." - Mr. Boffo
From: Steve_Costa@bmug.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: where are the PB 180's?
Date: 11 Nov 92 06:21:10 GMT
Article-I.D.: bmug.1992Nov10.222110.101555
Distribution: world
Organization: BMUG, Inc.

(So if you ordered the first week that they were available (Oct 19), you
should see it the week of Jan 11, 1993! )


Not true......I recieved my PowerBook 180 today. I sent in  my order on
10/19/92..in this case it was the early bird got thr worm....of course I did
get the 4/80 rather than the 8/120. Those are in really short supply and
probably won't be shipped till next year.

Steve Costa
BMUG





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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: keith@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Keith Harris)
Subject: Mac IIfx/8*24 GC/Apple 16 inch Monitor Problems
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 17:13:32 GMT

I am attempting to connect an Apple 16 inch monitor to an fx with and 8*24 GC
card installed.  I have upgraded the ROM on the 8*24 GC and am using version
1.0 of the 8*24 GC driver.  System 6.0.5 is installed on the fx.  I have 
already isolated the INITs and booted with another system.

The problem is with the activation of the 8*24 driver.  Just prior to the
driver's loading, horozontal "worms" begin to appear on the screen.  As the
driver is loaded the intensity becomes so bad that a band of "worms"
form across the entire screen about 4/5ths of the way up the
screen.  When the rocket icon reaches this area the fx goes into
"comatose" speed and the instructions begin stepping through the
processor at a rate of about one per second.  Without the accelerator
loading the problem appears only in a mild form during bootup and does
not seem to adversly affect the processor's functions.  If you are familiar
with these signs and symptoms and know of a fix please reply to me at:

                                     keith@eos.arc.nasa.gov

Thank you

Keith Harris
Micro Systems Support
Aero Space Human Factors Division
From: sho@bohr.physics.purdue.edu (Sho Kuwamoto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Will the 1st generation PowerPCs be Talige
Date: 5 Nov 92 19:21:35 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Physics Department

In article <23897@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM> crussell@samson.hac.com writes:
>About 6 months ago, I remember reading an article stating
>that the first PowerPCs will NOT be running the
>"Pink"/"Taligent" O/S initially but rather Unix with X
>Windows and Motif, with "Pink" to follow at some
>unspecified time.

Hmm... I'd heard that, too.  On the other hand, what I want
to know is not whether or not the 1st PowerPC boxes will run
Taligent (they won't), but whether Taligent, when it comes
out, will run on the 1st PowerPC boxes.

-Sho
--
sho@physics.purdue.edu


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: HUGE drives and minimum file size.
From: bruce-b@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Bruce Benson)
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 23:51:30 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.system
Organization: computer Science

Out of curiosity we connected a 2GigaByte Seagate (ST42400N) drive which is
destined to be used on a DecStation to a Quadra 700.

When the file system was built on it it gave us a minimum file size of
32kb. This had the effect of trippling the amount of space needed to hold
the contents of an 80M drive on the same machine.

We found that by partitioning the drive into smaller segments the minimum
file size also got smaller. Eg
Drive SIze   Minimum file size
<=64M          1k
64<x<=128M     2k
128<x<=256M    5k
256<x<=512M    9k
512<x<=1024M   16k
1024<x<=2048M  32k

We tried formatting it with a Microteck formatter (v3.05), a DataWear
formatter (2.0) and HDT (v1.0) none of which made any difference to the
minimum file size the OS built.

At some stage it is quite likely that we will want to connect a drive this
large or maybe a 1G and don't want the minimum size to be so large.

Is there anything which can be done to fix this???

Thanks,
---
Bruce Benson.   	       	       	       	       ,_o ,__o
Department of Computer Science. 	       	     _-\_\,\_<,
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: hoshor@mdd.comm.mot.com (Alan Hoshor)
Subject: Connecting (2) 10BaseT w/ crossover?
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: MOTOROLA Inc.
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 23:47:12 GMT

Hi,

I'd like to connect two ethernet Macs together using a 10BaseT crossover
cable.  (A cable with the receive and transmit wires crossed).

My question is whether this will have any negative effects.

Please respond by mail.

Thanks.

Alan


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: tilley@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Richard Tilley)
Subject: Re: Temperature (really cold) temperature effects
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 20:05:31 GMT

In <1992Nov3.173656.27076@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> geoffb@coos.dartmouth.edu (Geoff Bronner) writes:

>That's really irrelevant. At temperatures below 50 degrees you're risking
>condensation build up no matter how long you leave the mac on. Temperature
>sawings are the worst but you don't want to operate the computer out of
>the recommended range under any circumstances.

Condensation forms on objects only if they are colder than the surrounding air.

... Richard
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From: st902640@pip.cc.brandeis.edu
Subject: Re: Please help with FRAUD case!  Beware!
Reply-To: st902640@pip.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 05:59:19 GMT

have you tried sending a letter or phone call to the local magistrate (
IE: district attorny) or generally try to contact the Kansas beareau of 
business and check out what they have in the means of fraud.  I am from
wichita and know that there exists several consumer safety groups 
(Ralph Nader types) who could put you in touch with the right procedure
for this type of fraud.  Be sure to document any and all interaction with
the individual and with Ikegami in order to make a proper claim.  If it isn't
too far away (and even if it is, your'e talking about a lot of money here)
you should have a pretty airtight case in a small claims court.  
Good Luck and Go 'Cats!
------------------------------------------
David Solomon
Brandeis University                   st902640@pip.brandeis.cc.edu
From: yvonne@archer.Eng.Sun.COM ()
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Memory Upgrade for Mac SE
Date: 12 Nov 1992 21:27:13 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.  Mt. View, Ca.
Distribution: usa
Reply-To: yvonne@archer.Eng.Sun.COM ()
NNTP-Posting-Host: archer


My sister wants to upgrade the memory on her
plain Mac SE.  However, when she investigated
the upgrade, the sales person said she
would have to do a complete upgrade (5 megs) instead
of a partial upgrade (3 megs).

Is this true?  If so, why?

Thanks,

Yvonne Tornatta

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: robinson@qm.c-geo.siu.edu (Paul D. Robinson)
Subject: Quadra Video and T16II-a retraction
Organization: Dept. of Geology, Southern Ill Univ.
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 15:14:13 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware

I recently posted an article indicating that the Quadra 700
internal video would not support multiple resolutions on an
E-machines T16-II monitor.  I was incorrectly given this info
from what I thought was a reputable E-machines dealer.  Mark
Thomas set me straight on this issue. I apologize for posting
incorrect information.  Mark's remarks follow:

<Simply not true. The Quadras determine the resolution of the monitor
<attached by looking at three "sense lines" (Pins 4, 7, and 10) on the
<monitor cable. Which resolution do you want? Simply plug in the proper
<adapter. This works with ANY Quadra capable monitor. We use T-16 II's
<at my company and many are connected to Quadras. By the way, the
<adapters are available from many companies (Average $20) INCLUDING
<E-machines. I'm surprised they didn't tell you this. Actually, I made
<my adapters by hand (I have pinouts & info on the Quadra video).

<There's another way: Alysis makes software called DPI-on-the-fly
<which allows Quadras to switch resolutions from a control panel
<without even having to reboot! This software comes free with NEC
<monitors but works with other monitors.

<I am emailing because I cannot currently post. Otherwise I would so
<others wouldn't get the wrong idea. (Matt??)

<Mark Thomas
<Sonatech, Inc.
<sonatech%thomas@hub.ucsb.edu


Paul Robinson
Senior Scientist
Department of Geology
Southern Illinois University
robinson@qm.c-geo.siu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: williabv@cs.aston.ac.uk (Bryn Williams)
Subject: Help! Mac memory query
Reply-To: williabv@cs.aston.ac.uk
Organization: Aston University (Comp Sci)
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 07:39:23 GMT

I've been given a venerable Mac 512K, but I feel that the fact that it doesn't have
enough memory to run any modern software could somewhat limit its usefulness.  I've
been told that it's not possible to upgrade the memory on a 512, and my only course
would be to spend \sterling 300 or so to have its motherboard upgraded to a Mac Plus.

What is it that prevents me simply adding more memory - is it just a matter of space
on the board, or is the address bus only wide enough for 512K?  If the latter is
true, then would it be possible to add another address line by soldering in a jumper,
and bodge in some extra memory that way? - I can't see why the 68000 shouldn't be able
to address more memory than 512K...

Excuse my general total ignorance of Mac architecture - any suggestions on how to get
a workable machine out of this 512K without spending loads are most welcome - but
please reply to me, as I don't read this newsgroup very often.

Thanks...

Bryn

<williabv@cs.aston.ac.uk>


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From: nick+@pitt.edu (Nick C De Mello)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.wanted,misc.forsale.computers,misc.forsale.computers.mac
Subject: Re: Please help with FRAUD case!  Beware!
Date: 14 Nov 92 20:28:11 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

>
>Whatever the Latin for it is, let both parties be paranoid.
>

    Caveat venditor, seller beware

      Caveat emptor, buyer beware

                   ... always good advice.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: rfall@mv.us.adobe.com (Richard Fall)
Subject: Re: 1-800 Phone No. of Dove Computer Corporation
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Adobe
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 18:26:44 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.233009.28995@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>,
asarti@bellini.berkeley.edu (Augusto Sarti) wrote:
> 
> I'm having trouble installing a Dove 020 accelerator, and I cannot reach
> their assistance service as the 1-800 has been disconnected. Does anybody
> know the current one?
> Please respond by email, if possible.
> Thank you for your time
> 
> Augusto

Here are the numbers I have, although I can't vouch for their correctness,
as it's been some time since I called Dove:

    1-800-788-3683 (sales)

    1-919-343-5648 (customer service)

    1-919-343-5610 (technical support)

    1-919-343-5644 (fax)

    1-919-251-9441 (technical support fax)

Good luck.

 +--------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
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 |  Adobe Systems, Incorporated   |  Fax  :  (415) 903-9652           |
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 |  1585 Charleston Road          |  Internet:  rfall@mv.us.adobe.com |
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From: benkei@cs.utexas.edu (William Kent Richards)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: How fast is the external monitor on the new Powerbooks???
Date: 11 Nov 1992 15:33:49 -0600
Organization: U Texas Dept of Computer Sciences, Austin TX
NNTP-Posting-Host: ghidrah.cs.utexas.edu
Keywords: External monitor, Powerbook


>In <92Nov09.062745.25265@acs.ucalgary.ca> tkwoo@acs.ucalgary.ca (Tom Kwong Woo) writes:
>
>>I was wondering how fast an external monitor runs on the 
>>new Powerbooks (160/180).  More specifically, how fast is the video
>>on the apple 13" monitor or new 14" monitor?  Can you run quicktime
>>movies on it at a reasonable rate, and can fast paced arcade games
>>be played on the external monitor?

I played with the 16" on a 160, and it worked good, though, when I
enlarged the Quicktime window it played *much* more slowly and
only part of the movie was played.  Anyone know why only part
of the movie was played?

Is the speed of the movie linked to the size of the monitor, or to the
size of the window (will full-screen graphics in general be just as
slow as the movie was at full screen, or slower than smaller scale
graphics?).



-- 

Kent Richards                         "Practice acts of random kindness
benkei@cs.utexas.edu                   and senseless beauty"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: peterco@eff.org (Peter Cohen)
Subject: Re: Is someone from Focus here?
Originator: peterco@eff.org
Organization: The Electronic Frontier Foundation
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 17:51:10 GMT

Yep, I'm here!  I really enjoyed the kind words you said about us, by the
way.  They're most appreciated.

If you have any questions, or need any help, let me know at this email
address, or call me at (800) 647-7744.

Peter Cohen
FOCUS Tech Support
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: wlarkin@hounix.org (Ward Larkin)
Subject: Looking for power supply recommendations
Organization: Houston UNIX Users Group (HOUNIX), Houston, TX
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 18:33:33 GMT

I have a Mac IIfx, and yesterday I added a couple of NuBus boards
and I increased the RAM from 8 Mbytes to 20 Mbytes.  Now I'm having
a little problem with the NTSC signal from the TrueVision NuVista+
board.  My guess is that I'm over taxing the power supply.

The NTSC signal from the NuVista+ ( I haven't check the S-Video, nor
the RGB signals ) has periodic horizonal fluctuations.  It will
stablize for about 1 minute following by 5-10 seconds of instability.


The system configuration before the problem was this:

8 1-Meg SIMMS
1 SuperMac ColorCard/24 with Graphics accelerator
1 TrueVision NuVista+ board with 2-Mbytes Video RAM
1 Digidesign AudioMedia DSP board.
Neither monitor is plugged into the power supply outlet


The Current configuration is this:

4 4-Meg SIMMS, 4 1-Meg SIMMS
1 SuperMac ColorCard/24
1 TrueVision NuVista+ board
1 Digidesign AudioMedia board
1 SuperMac Video Spigot
1 Diaquest Animaq VTR single frame controller board
Neither monitor plugged into power supply outlet 


My understanding is that the stock Mac IIfx power supply is
rated at 132 Watts.

Someone said that the added RAM is what is causing the
biggest power drain, which didn't seem right to me.  This
same person said that using a line conditioner instead of
a bigger power supply should solve me problem.  Again I
was dubious.

Any and all recommendations as to what I should do, and
information either confirming or denying the aforementioned
advice I've already received will be graciously appreciated.



-- 
-- Ward Larkin
   wlarkin@hounix.org
From: dave@prc.unisys.com (David Lee Matuszek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Help!! ImageWriter II jams against left margin
Date: 10 Nov 92 15:48:07 GMT
Article-I.D.: gvl.1992Nov10.154807.28026
Organization: Paoli Research Center - Paoli, PA

My printer has turned suicidal and I don't know what to do about it.
I need help.

Last night while printing a document, my ImageWriter II print head
slammed all the way over to the left and the blinking red error light
came on.

It has done this on rare occasions in the past, and the cure has been
to manually move the print head back to someplace reasonable and try
again.  However, last night it decided to adopt this behavior as a
permanent lifestyle.  (The timing was such as to make Murphy
proud...but that's another story.)

When I run the self-test (using the Linefeed and On/Off buttons), the
printer prints one set of four lines, slams against the left side of
the case, and the blinking red error light comes on.  This clearly
indicates the problem is in the printer, not in the computer or
connections.  (However, oddly, when the printer jams when printing a
document, the computer hangs--it must be telling the computer it's
busy, or something.)

Printing simple documents from MiniWriter works -- sometimes.  I'm not
quite sure of the parameters, but it's 100% reproducible: exactly the
same behavior for the same setup.  It's not an intermittent problem.

I have Larry Pina's book on Macintosh Printer Repair and Upgrade
Secrets, but he doesn't discuss left tropisms.

Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I suspect there's a head position sensor somewhere that's gone bad,
but I can't find it.  I don't even know where to look.

BTW, as the printer is printing it makes its usual loud buzz.  Then it
briefly makes a similar but louder, somewhat higher pitched buzz, and
slams itself against the left.

Any help would be appreciated.  Detailed instructions would be
wonderful, but even generalities would help.

Thanks...
  dave

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From: al862@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Brent D. McLean)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: What cable do I need?
Date: 8 Nov 1992 11:10:13 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: al862@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Brent D. McLean)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc4.ins.cwru.edu


	I currently have a LC with the 12" RGB monitor. Recently, I came
across a VGA monitor. The picture quality is not as good as the 12", but
I thought it might be fun to try out the larger screen area. What I need
to know is what cable I need and where I might get it. I'm not the EE
type, so wiring diagrams probably won't help me much. If it makes a
difference the monitor is a CTX CVG-5439 14" monitor. Thanks for the
help.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: Mark.McIntosh@engr.UVic.CA (Mark  McIntosh)
Subject: Re: Comments on Sigma SCSI portrait monitor?
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Date: 10 Nov 92 01:14:56 GMT

On 9 Nov 92 17:56:28 GMT, dross@cambizola.cs.wisc.edu (Dan Ross) said:
>Has anyone used the Sigma SCSI 15" monochrome portrait monitor?  Any comments
>on speed, monitor quality, annoying features?

I'm using the Sigma Power Portrait SCSI based monochrome portrait
monitor with an SE/30 running System 7.  The external and internal 9"
monintors can be made one logical screen.  Since I obtained the
version 2 software upgrade, it's been trouble free, for my needs at
least.

I ordered the PP back in July and received it shortly thereafter.  At
that point, they were quite forthcoming with a list of programs known
not to work with it.  If you ask, I hope they will give you a current
list.  The version 2 software really is much better.

I find the speed satisfactory and the hardware pan is cool. I use a
full 1024x1024 desktop.  I use Darkside as my screen saver (some
modules don't work cuz I think they bypass Quickdraw).  Screen snaps
work with standard Mac FKEY and with Flashit 2.2.

Anything else?

Mark J. McIntosh <Mark.McIntosh@engr.UVic.CA>
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