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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 15:45:39 -0400 
From: "Donpaul C. Stephens" <ds8k+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: 16 + 32 => :-) + $$$$
	<1992Aug20.022219.1@vax1.umkc.edu>

>Product line differentiation is a tricky line to walk, but I think
>Apple does a pretty good job; Don't know about you, but if macs became
>as ubiquitious as Pepsi, I'd be very happy. 

>Jonathan/tmaehl@vax1.umkc.edu

Well,
I can't stand Pepsi, but i *love* my mac

Donpaul C. Stephens        /* Deathbird */
    - "Live now.  There'll be plenty of time to be dead later."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: martin@marsh.cs.curtin.edu.au (Martin Dougiamas)
Subject: Re: Truth in Advertising (can the PowerBook talk?)
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 06:20:12 GMT

davidl@ssd.intel.com (David Levine) writes:
> I've heard that Macintalk doesn't work under System 7, and the PowerBooks
> only run System 7 (officially).  Therefore Macintalk doesn't work on the
> PowerBook, and I'm not aware of any commercially-available (actually
> released, not just vaporware) speech software other than Macintalk.

I use Macintalk 2.0 on my Powerbook 100 all the time... it works fine
with every Macintalk-capable program I've tried it with.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: gilmore@venice.sedd.trw.com (Larry Gilmore)
Subject: Re: .. W A I T ...  Don't toss those 256K   S I M M S  !!!
Keywords: 256K simms can be used
Organization: TRW Systems Engineering & Development Division, Carson, CA
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 00:06:32 GMT

In article <1992Aug12.150024.16906@sherpa.uucp> david@sherpa.uucp (Dave Quarles) writes:
>tWe here at St. Petersburg Junior College have 2 meg SE's for the faculty
>that have 2 slots empty that could use 2-256K SIMMS to add enough ram
>for them to use Multifinder.  Believe it or not .5 meg makes a difference !!

Couldn't get there via email- don't forget that you cannot mix SIMM sizes
within the same bank.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: hollywd@zelator.in-berlin.de (Stuart Hollywood)
Subject: MacJukebox still available?
Organization: Puplic-Access-Xenix-System
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 22:15:03 GMT

Hey,
 
the MacJukebox is a kind of infrared remote control
controlled by a Mac. I wounder if the product and the
company is still on the market. Does anybody know? The
address in 1990 was:

 DanCraft Enterprises
 5520 W. 118th Place
 Inglewood, CA 90304

If this product (or company) isn't on the market anymore, is there an
equivalent?
(e-mail would be fine)
stuart

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From: heilmayr@jaffna.berkeley.edu (Stephan Heilmayr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac
Subject: IIsi vs new Macs - should I wait?
Date: 13 Aug 1992 23:59:42 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Logic Group
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: jaffna.berkeley.edu


Through mid-October, I can get a Mac IIsi 5/80 for $1572 (bundled with
Word, a dictionary, an encyclopedia, and some other stuff) through
the university.  This certainly seems like a good deal in comparison
to standard retail prices.  But I would be really annoyed with myself
if I threw out all of this money (which I would have to borrow) only
to find on October 19 that I could get a bigger-better-stronger-faster
IIvi (or IIvx?) for even less money.  Does anyone out there have a
sense of how the new Macs will stack up against the IIsi in performance
and features?  Any Secret Insider Information would be much appreciated.
Thanks.

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From: rvinluan@cs.cornell.edu (Rolando Vinluan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Mac LCII and HP DeskJet 500: Can they work together?
Date: 20 Aug 92 01:00:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Aug20.010014.22067
Organization: Cornell University, CS Dept., Ithaca, NY


	Is there any way that an HP DeskJet 500 can work
with a Mac? What is the difference between the DeskJet and
the DeskWriter anyay? Pardon me if these are FAQ's.

	Mac's print through the serial port, right?
The Deskjet has a serial interface -- can somebody explain
what makes them incompatible?

	Thanks in advance.
From: tony@scotty.dccs.upenn.edu (Anthony Olejnik)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Can I add a Toshiba CD-ROM (TXM-3201A1) to my MacPlus?
Date: 18 Aug 92 21:57:29 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

Subject line says it all.
I've just been given a Toshiba CD-ROM model TXM-3201A1.
Its a SCSI device, so I think I can hook it up to my old MacPlus.
Does anyone know for sure?
If so, what software (drivers ?) do I need for it?

Any help would be *GREATLY* appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

--tony
From: geoffb@coos.dartmouth.edu (Geoff Bronner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: New IIvx and IIvi...why on EARTH 16mhz?
Date: 15 Aug 92 21:48:04 GMT
Reply-To: geoffb@Dartmouth.EDU
Organization: Amos Tuck School

In <1992Aug15.025007.26454@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> an780@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Travis Grundke) writes:

>Just to add to the anarchy here on the IIvx and IIvi (and which processor
>which one uses), I've heard 32mhz and 16mhz....my question is: Why on EARTH
>would Apple goto a 16mhz chip...I'd think the MINIMUM they'd use would be
>20mhz!

Go to? The now defunct PowerBook 140 used a 16MHz 68030 chip, this isn't
anything new. 
Why they want to STAY with it is another story. I think it is fair to say
that a 16MHz 68030 is cheap enough to allow Apple to offer a Mac II with a
more attractive price. This was part of the reasoning behind the IIsi.

-Geoff
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: an780@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Travis Grundke)
Subject: Macintosh Games Magazine- READ ME!
Reply-To: an780@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Travis Grundke)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 00:45:00 GMT


Hi folks, just here to let you know that if your interested in games on
the Macintosh and are tired of every publication snubbing Macintosh games
(including our 'friendly' Macuser and Macworld), there's a new publication
in the works for YOU. As yet officially named, the new Macintosh games
Magazine is being headed up by Dean Douglas Davis (Jock@abcd.Houghton.MI.US)
. 
 Send mail to either he or I for more information, but here's ordering
info. if you're interested:

$12.00 per year, $20.00 two years (AMERICAN FUNDS ONLY)
Please send inquiries or SUBSCRIPTIONS TO:

Dee Cubed Productions
C/O Games Newsletter
860 E. Norton Ave.
Muskegon, MI 49444
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 "When I was young we got our first color TV set and our neighbor kids got
jealous 'cause their parents wouldn't buy one. So the parents put red green 
and blue celophane on it and called it color...now they have Windows 3.1"
    Travis Grundke --- an780@Cleveland.Freenet.edu --- Cleveland, Ohio
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: pflaum@blast.bso.uiuc.edu (Maria Pflaum)
Subject: Radius Color Pivot/LE Monitors
Summary: Has anyone had any experience with these
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 19:19:08 GMT
Keywords: monitor radius color

I am interested in buying a color monitor for an SE 030.  There is a special on the Radius Color Pivot/LE (bundled with the interface card) for $879.
Has anyone had any experience with these?  I have not been able to find any 
reviews.  How are they as far as flicker, brightness, reliablility, high
pitch noises, distortion.  

Please e-mail responses to pflaum@blast.bso.uiuc.edu as I do not always read
this news group.

I will post a summary.

Thanks in advanced,
Maria Pflaum
From: maurices@spock.dis.cccd.edu (Maurice Shihadi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Selling Quantum 40MB HD
Date: 13 Aug 92 01:16:26 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Coast Community College District, Costa Mesa, CA

In article <1992Aug6.184805.14294@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> vkwx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Ed Swierk) writes:
>Does anyone have any ideas on how to get the most money for a 40MB Quantum
>internal hard drive? I want to replace the one that came with my SE/30 with a
>higher capacity hard drive. Any experiences with those used hardware buyers
>that advertise in the back of MacWeek?
>
>-- 
>                Ed Swierk
>       Cornell University
>vkwx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu


As long as you don't use the word Miniscribe you'll probably get something 
for it.  But seriously, I tried to sell mine and ended up buying an external
drive and switching the guts so that I could carry around the higher capacity 
drive.

maurices
From: hal@cs.cornell.edu (Hal Perkins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: HP DeskWriter C, inkjet paper
Date: 19 Aug 92 21:50:59 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Aug19.215059.15171
Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY 14853


stevewi@hpspdla.spd.HP.COM (Steve Witten) writes:
>FYI, the current HP Journal (August 1992, Vol. 43, Number 4) has an
>article about the design of the DeskWriter C, DeskJet 500C, the
>printhead and the ink.

>Joe Bob sez... Check it out.


In addition to articles about the DeskWriter C hardware, there's also
a good article about the printer driver.  Among other things, it
describes what the various print options (best vs. normal quality, 
"HP special paper", etc.) actually do.  There are also general
descriptions of the various imaging algorithms used.

On a related note, the December 88 issue of the same journal has an
article about paper for ink-jet printers.  Paper appears to come in
two basic flavors: high-grade correspondence paper, usually with 25%
cotton content, and high-speed office copier/duplicator paper.  The
quality of correspondence papers is fairly uniform and DeskWriters
produce good results with them.  Copier/duplicator papers, on the
other hand, are not consistent at all.  Different copier papers give
very different results depending on how readily ink is absorbed (low
absorbence gives good results, high gives fuzzy edges and bleeding).
The quality doesn't depend on things like grain size, weight, etc.

Unfortunately they are very good at not naming specific papers as good
or bad (damn lawyers).  I guess all one can do is experiment.  Anyone
know where I can buy a ream of paper with 10 sheets each of the 50
most popular office papers?

Hal Perkins                      hal@cs.cornell.edu
Cornell CS
From: Adam.Frix@p18.f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: RE: WANTED: DiskDoubler 3.7.2 updater
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 92 19:00:12 EST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:226/20.18 - cmhGate UF Gateway, Columbus OH

knud@enel.ucalgary.ca (Steve Knudsen) writes:

SK> I recently upgraded to a Quadra 700 and have had problems 
SK> with my DoubleUp board. I know that Salient and Sigma Designs 
SK> have not agreed to support the DoubleUp compression board 
SK> and that version 3.7.6 of DiskDoubler doesn't support the 
SK> hardware compression. My Apple compatibility list says that 
SK> version 3.7.2 is recommended for the DoubleUp board. 

I believe Salient/Sigma renegotiated with Stac, and DiskDoubler/AutoDoubler
now supports the Sigma board again.  Look for DD 3.7.6i?  Call Salient for
more info.

--Adam--
 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,misc.forsale,ne.forsale
From: toml@wal.hp.com (Tom Luteran)
Subject: HP DeskWriter for sale...
Followup-To: toml@wal.hp.com
Keywords: deskwriter DeskWriter printer
Organization: Hewlett-Packard
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 14:07:27 GMT

  For Sale:
	       HP DeskWriter printer (new version, built-in AppleTalk)

	       asking $350.00 - make me an offer!

  Printer is new - I bought it at a closeout sale, expecting to get a
  Mac IIsi to go with it.  I didn't get the IIsi, so I'm selling the printer!

+----------------------------------------------------+
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From: zeke@fasttech.uucp (Bohdan Tashchuk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Apple Personal Laserwriter NTR vs. TI microLaser Turbo
Date: 12 Aug 92 20:10:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: fasttech.1992Aug12.201023.18753
Organization: Fast Technology

In <1992Aug11.210458.14858@tc.cornell.edu> eacj@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Julian Vrieslander) writes:

>I am now interested in getting opinions from anyone who has compared these
>machines. 

I haven't used the Apple, so I can't really compare.

>The TI has a faster engine rating (9 ppm vs. 4 ppm).

Don't underestimate the value of a faster engine. Printing out simple things
like man pages is limited by the speed of the engine. If you are printing a
50-page manual, the speed difference between 4 ppm and 9 ppm is significant.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: PowerBook Address Bus/Data Bus? 32-bits?
From: hammett@sbsu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Tim Hammett)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 05:33:40 GMT
Organization: University of Auckland, New Zealand.

ajkim@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Al The KeyMaster) writes:
>Does the PowerBook Line have dual 32-bit busses like the SE/30,
>or does it have the "hybrid" type like on the ClassicII and LCII?

The PowerBook 140 & 170 (& presumably the 145) have a 32-bit data bus.
The PowerBook 100 has a 16-bit data bus.

--
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From: wiley@cactus.org (Mark S. Wiley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Wierd Mac SE/30 serial port problem
Date: 21 Aug 92 17:32:41 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Capital Area Central Texas UNIX Society, Austin, Tx

I hope someone can shed some light on this problem.

My Mac SE/30 suddenly stopped talking to the modem connected to the
phone port.  I can see the data is getting through (the lights on the
modem flash) but the modem doesn't respond).  This happened while I was
connected, and I had done nothing that would have affected the modem
settings.

The wierd part is that after I switched the modem and printer cables on
the back of the mac and changed the chooser and comm program serial port
settings to match the new configuration, both the printer and modem
work.

Has anyone else seen a problem like this, and if so, how did you fix it?

Please reply to mark.wiley@cactus.org

Thanks everybody.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
Subject: Re: 8-bit or 24-bit, that is the question...
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 17:57:12 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

howarth@rice.edu (Jack W. Howarth) writes:
: 
:   Well, now that I have settled on my monitor (a Sony 1304S), I am trying
: to decide whether the extra $200 is worth it to get a Xceed Macro 30 graphics
: board for my SE/30 rather than the 8 bit Xceed 30 board. I am curious
: to hear about real world uses for the 24 bit board and the relative speed
: hit on the SE/30 between 8 and 24 bit color graphics. Oh, I will be in 32 bit
: mode with 8 meg RAM/16 Meg VM. I suspect that a minority of programs will
: make use of 24 bit graphics. I don't have a DW C (just the old DW) so my
: uses for color would be more on screen than for hardcopy. Actually, I would
: use it mainly for molecular graphics and scientific data analysis so I
: suspect 8 bit is enough. Just wanted to check the current conventional wisdom.
:              Jack

I currently have just an 8-bit card on my IIci, driving an Apple 13" RGB 
(actually, I'm using the on-board 8-bit videio). I also have a Radius Pivot, 
monochrome. In two years of this config, I've never felt the need for
24-bit color, doing mainly text processing (natch), Mathematica, and the like.
The dithering of QuickDraw is good enough to let 8-bit systems give
convincing results (but then I'm red-green colorblind, so what do I know?).

However, this all changed when I got Fractal Designs' "Painter" and a Wacom
graphics tablet. While the dithering is good, I can now see the compromises.
I'm thinking of buying a 24-bit card.

In your case, paying the extra $200 is cheap, if you plan to do anything
that really strains the color system (Painter does, Mathematica does not,
for example...by "strain" I really mean "makes full use of"). My only
caveat is that the 24-bit processing will slow down your system. Also,
if you plan to get another Mac, like a IIxx, will the SE/30 card fit?

Hope this helps.


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From: sam@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Samuel B Tantuico)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: PCPC - Jetstream and 8mm tapes
Summary: is an 8mm tape a 8mm tape?
Date: 19 Aug 92 14:50:42 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


I've got PCPC's JetStream Tape Backup system on my network.  The backup
software is Retrospect.  My question involves the purchase of additional
8mm tapes.  In the past we've been using regualar Sony 8mm video tapes and    
for the most part have been free from errors. But now I need to purchase   
about 10 or more.  I've looked in a catalog and saw a Sony 8mm Digital Data
storage cartridge (2.5GB capacity) listing for $28.95!!!

Are there differences with the type of tapes I've been using in the past?
And should I continue to purchase the regular 8mm video tapes or shell out
more money for the $28.95 ones?

-sAm
 
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From: mullignj@acfcluster.nyu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: powerbook 100 battery life
Date: 21 Aug 92 02:31:39 GMT
Organization: New York University

In article <poon.714355014@CAMIS>, poon@camis.Stanford.EDU (Alex Poon) writes:
> to people with pb 100's:  how long does your battery last before the
> first warning comes up (during regular use)?  mine lasts for about 1-1:30
> hours and i think that i may have a defective battery.  any comments?

If you're accessing the disk allot, then this time is about right.

Keeping disk access to an absolute minimum could boost you to 2.25
(approximately).
From: noah@gallant.apple.com (Noah Price)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: How can I tell if IIci has Cache Card installed?
Date: 17 Aug 92 00:44:06 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA

In article <70869@apple.Apple.COM> grobbins@Apple.COM (Grobbins) writes:
>If for some bizarre reason you do need to determine if a cache card is
>installed in a IIci, you can check for it by accessing the cache card
>memory; if the card is not installed, the access will cause a bus error.

Just an aside -- while this will work to detect Apple's card (which I
think is what the original poster had), not all IIci cache cards use
that address space.  On Apple's card, it's just used for testing, to
access the cache data and tag SRAM directly.  On another vendor's cache
card, this address space may not be used, so you might get a bus error
even if a card is installed.

noah

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: isr@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Michael S. Schechter - ISR group account)
Subject: Re: Disadvantages of System 7 (Was: IIsi vs new Macs - should I wait?)
Organization: Institute for Sensory Research
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 11:10:42 EDT

In article <1992Aug18.182847.26177@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> hades@Dartmouth.Edu writes:
>dave@prc.unisys.com (David Lee Matuszek) writes:
>
>>System 7 is
>>   - bigger,
>>   - slower,
>>   - more complex.
>
>    So. This also applies to about 80% of the software upgrades that
>have been released in the last year. System 7 is also IMHO 4-5x more
>productive than Sys 6.0.x, as well as being better integrated and more
>expandable.
>    I can see that not being able to run Sys 6 on the newwer Macs is a
>bit of a disadvantage, but that is not a disadvantage of System 7.

Well, having used both extensivley, and being responsible for 
about a dozen 7's and about 30 608's my opinion is that there is no
real difference unless you're into playing with your computer instead
of _using_ your computer.
For the techno-toy bunch, 7 is vastly superior.
For the just-want-to-use-it bunch, 6 takes less memory & disk space.
(and yes, memory is an issue when you have SE's around, and II's
already at 8MB)-- PMMU's, 4MB chips, etc all add up when you're upgrading
30 machines.)
Try explaining to someone why they can't open up the same two documents
they used to be able to.. And then try explaining why the wonderful
system their 'computer-expert' colleague talked them into switching to
isn't so good. And then try to keep them from going back to typewriters.
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From: hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Hades)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Disadvantages of System 7 (Was: IIsi vs new Macs - should I wait?)
Date: 18 Aug 92 18:28:47 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

dave@prc.unisys.com (David Lee Matuszek) writes:

>System 7 is
>   - bigger,
>   - slower,
>   - more complex.

    So. This also applies to about 80% of the software upgrades that
have been released in the last year. System 7 is also IMHO 4-5x more
productive than Sys 6.0.x, as well as being better integrated and more
expandable.
    I can see that not being able to run Sys 6 on the newwer Macs is a
bit of a disadvantage, but that is not a disadvantage of System 7.

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