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From: tjfs@tadtec.uucp (Tim Steele)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: U.K. and Fax Modems
Date: 17 Oct 92 03:33:13 GMT
Organization: Tadpole Technology plc

With slight provisos, any modem that works in the US will work over here too.

Provisos:

a) It's not legal, but you're not worried about that are you?

b) You'll need a cable to go between the RJ-11 (telco) socket and the
BT socket, which is slightly larger.  These can be bought from most
electronics stores in the UK.  The US line (centre pins) should be
connected to pins 2 & 5 on the UK plug.

c) UK ringing sounds like US busy; this may confuse chips like the
Rockwell part used in the PSI ComStation and Global Village Bronze.

d) The voltage here is 240vAC, so you'll need a new power supply.

Good luck!  If you have more specific questions, feel free to mail me.

Tim
From: Eric.Choi@p5.f57.n7000.z8.ieee.org (Eric Choi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: LCII vs Perf 400 & P600
Date: 8 Oct 92 05:36:45 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 8:7000/57.5 - The Associati, Grand Blanc MI

Still in search of the best dim sum place in Michigan! 

  cu> From: CTB103@psuvm.psu.edu (Chad Burkins) Date: 5 Oct 92 12:33:51 GMT
  cu> Organization: Penn State University Message-ID:
  cu> <92279.083351CTB103@psuvm.psu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
  cu> 
  cu> As I understand it, the Performma line is supposed to be Apple's line
  cu> of low cost computers for the home.  Yet the suggessted retail price
  cu> of the LCII just dipped below the Performma 400.  What's up Apple ?
  cu> 
  cu> LCII (4mb/80mb) --->>> $1349    (suggested retail price) Performma 400
  cu> (4mb/80mb) --->>> $1499   (at my local Sears store.)
  cu> 
  cu> Granted, I believe a keyboard and mouse are included with the 400,
  cu> however, it's not the extended keyboard, so it can't make more than a
  cu> $100 difference.  What the heck is going on.....
  cu> 
  cu> -Chad

The Performa 400 package came with GreatWorks, T/Maker ClickArt, and M.Y.O.M.,
plus the regualr keyboard. The $100 difference may be because of the software?
Also, a clerk at the local OfficeMax said they plan to sell the Performa 600
with CD for $1999.99 vs. the retail price of supposedly $2,500.00.
  cu> --- AMB v6.33
  cu>  * Origin: zeus.ieee.org * [140.98.1.1] (1:107/10)

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From: ASM@snowyt.me.psu.edu (Aravind Melligeri)
Subject: Samsung pocket modem: has anyone tried???.
Organization: Pennsylvania State Univ., Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 01:59:26 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.24

Hello,
I just got a new DAMARK catalog. They have Samsung 2400 baud pocket modem 
for $46.00 including shipping. this runs on a 9v battery. I was thinking of
buying this to use with my PB100. Does anyone has idea how long the battery
in the modem runs??. Most of the pocket modems I have seen has an external power
supply to put in but this doesn't have that option. So, the battery is the only
option. Unless the battery goes on for couple hours it will be useless to buy
this. 
If anyone has similar modem you should be able to help me.
thanx


--Aravind S. Melligeri				
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Organization: University of Maine System
Date: Monday, 12 Oct 1992 10:29:31 EDT
From: Jon Carr <IO91748@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject:    AE cache card w/ FPU for IIsi

The following is a comparison of the Macintosh IIsi, IIsi with
the AE 32k Cache & 68882 FPU, and the stock IIci.  This test
was conducted using Speedometer 3.06 by Scott Berfield.  This
version was supplied with the cache card.

Test          Mac IIsi        si w/ cache          IIci
----------------------------------------------------------
CPU             2.75             5.39              5.86
Whetstone      28.10            42.22             31.87
Dhrystone       3.53             5.98              3.75

Video
4 bit           1.38             1.98              2.33
8 bit           1.10             1.46              1.71


If anyone has any other questions concerning my satisfaction,
or dissatisfaction with the Applied Engineering product, or
would like to receive a BinHexed copy of the complete report,
e-mail me at the address above.


      -------> Jon
      -------> IO91748@MAINE.MAINE.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Performas, LCII's and questions!
From: Adam.Frix@p18.f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix)
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 92 01:54:20 EST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:226/20.18 - cmhGate UF Gateway, Columbus OH

(WARNING:  the following is not for the sarcasm-impaired.  Viewer discretion
is
advised.)

hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Hades) writes:

H> If you would tell me what an "orphan" Mac is, I might understand
H> what you are asking.
H>

he probably means "orphan" much like my '92 Civic si is an "orphan"--did you
know, they don't offer a formal upgrade program on that car?  Geez, you go and
spend all that money, I think Honda owes you a cheap yearly upgrade--including
new hi-zoot sound systems, etc.  When will these companies learn?

--Adam--
 
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From: dl1@ukc.ac.uk (D.Langford)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: IIsi accelerators
Date: 7 Oct 92 13:12:52 GMT
Reply-To: dl1@ukc.ac.uk (Duncan Langford)
Organization: Computing Lab, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.

In article <1992Oct6.133559.29572@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> mjulian@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Michael R Julian) writes:
>I have a IIsi with 9mb RAM that I am considering adding an accelerator card of 
>some type to.  It already has the Nu-Bus adapter card (w/FPU) installed and my 
>question is: are there any accelerator cards available for the IIsi that can be
>used on the Nu-Bus slot?  Also, if any such cards are available (I've noticed
>the Daystar cards are all PDS) will the FPU on the adapter card still be used
>in conjunction with the accelerator, or will I need to buy another FPU as part
>of the accelerator?

I'd like to add another strand to this query... my IIsi (17/40) has no
acceleration, but /does/ have a PDQsi 24-bit graphics card, WITH an
FPU. Can I add any sort of acceleration? The graphics are lovely, but
it'd be nice to speed up the processor, too.

Or am I stuck, now the processor direct slot is full of SuperMac card?

- duncan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: kanefsky@halcyon.com (Steve Kanefsky)
Subject: Re: Let's talk Performas, Boys and Girls
Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service
Distribution: comp
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 03:39:15 GMT

In article <1b4epqINN543@roche.csl.sri.com> eyoung@cisco.com (Eric Youngman) writes:
>nrz@vax5.cit.cornell.edu wrote:
>: In article <1992Oct1.144915.15997@newshost.lanl.gov>,
>: hutch@bellman.lanl.gov (John Hutchinson) writes: 
>: > 
>: > Good question!  I too am baffled by the reported "slowness" of the P600 as
>: > compared to the IIci.  Yeh sure, no FPU, but that simply cannot account for
>: > the across-the-board slowdown.  The P600 does have a 32MHz 030, after all.
>: > 
>: > Anyone have any ideas on _why_ the P600 is so slow, relative to the IIci?
>: > ---
>: 
>: Speculation: How about the system software used in the benchmarks?  In the 
>: MacWorld comparison, the IIci had system 7.0.1 w/ Tuneup 1.1.1, while the 
>: P600 had 7.1b10.  Could this be a factor?
>
>The reason that the P600 is slow is that its 030 is hooked up to a 16-bit
>bus, a la the LCII (contrary to what the recent Mac User article stated).

I was just browsing around with my new trial America Online
subscription, and I found some data on the P600 straight from Apple.
The message went into great detail about memory configurations.  SIMMs
have to be installed in the P600 in groups of four, which is yet more
evidence that the P600 has a 32-bit data bus.  There was additional
information down to the level of what values on which pins of the video 
cable told the P600 what monitor is hooked up.  I doubt anyone would make 
up or jump to conclusions on something like *that*, so I tend to trust
this information.

--
Steve Kanefsky
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: epan@jarthur.claremont.edu (Eric C. Pan)
Subject: Re: SCSI-2 Hard drive
Keywords: SCSI Quadra hard disk
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 03:15:39 GMT

Chris, first - Quadra does not come with SCSI-2 built in. Unless you have a nu-bus card that supports SCSI-2, you don't need to worry about it....
	second - I don't know where you looked, but the back of MacWorld and MacWeek both have large numbers of SCSI-2 drives, Fujitsu has them, Wrens have them, I forgot whether Quantum makes them, but I know HP makes them too.
	third - The problem is not that easy, you still have Wide-SCSI, Fast-SCSI options, which is what really makes SCSI-2 fast... but most only support Fast-SCSI at this point, I haven't seen too many that has Wide-SCSI yet...

	hope this helps...
					Eric

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: butler@quest.comm.mot.com (Jim Butler)
Subject: Re: Whinning SE-30 driving me nuts
Reply-To: butler@quest.comm.mot.com (Jim Butler)
Organization: Land Mobile Products Sector, Motorola, Inc.
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 18:34:34 GMT

-In article <1992Oct8.201240.7369@cerritos.edu>, jacobs@cerritos.edu writes:

>
>I have a problem with my SE-30. It makes a high pitched whine that is very
>anoying. It happens about 50% of the time. Any ideas? It is really driving me
>nuts and I want to get it fixed.
>

	I've heard whining come from hard drives.  The little button that
makes contact with the spinning shaft of the drive (I would guess this is
a grounding contact) was causing the problem, i.e., when I lightly lifted
the button with a pencil, the noise would go away.

	I've seen this happen on at least two drives. 

	For whatever it's worth.  Maybe it *is* your power supply.

	Jim


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From: "Ken Rawlings" <krawling@cherry.ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Apple 16" Monitor Query
Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 18:35:55 -0500


	Can anyone tell me how one would go about using the Apple 16" monitor
on either an LCII or a PC(I would assume the PC will need a new card). If it
won't work as configured, are there any modifications that can be done to it?
(Apple's educational price seems pretty reasonable for a monitor that size, so
I figure I better get one before I grad. :-) )


-kdr


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From: das@eplunix.UUCP (David Steffens)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Transceiver on Quadra ethernet
Date: 9 Oct 92 19:00:51 GMT
Organization: Eaton-Peabody Lab, Boston, MA

In article <1992Oct9.064128.2389@cs.ucla.edu>,
steph@kona.cs.ucla.edu (Stephen Sakamoto) writes:
> Apple did it so they could support ethernet and allow the enduser decide
> what kind of physical connection they wanted. Thick, thin or twisted pair.

I think it is _much_ more likely that Apple did it so that the Quadra could
receive a Class B Computing Device Rating from the FCC.  Otherwise, it
couldn't be sold for home use.  It's apparently very hard to meet the FCC 
Class B requirements with an Ethernet transceiver of any kind in the box!
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From: ostroff@Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Utilizing more display on a Q700
Date: 8 Oct 92 02:18:38 GMT
Reply-To: ostroff@oswego.Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff)
Organization: Instructional Computing Center, SUNY at Oswego, Oswego, NY

In article <1992Oct8.001326.19179@newshub.sdsu.edu> cs108069@pandora.sdsu.edu (DeRose) writes:
>I read in MacWorld some time ago that MaxAppleZoom works only
>if you have the original Apple DisplayCard and the Apple
>ColorDisplay 13".  Good luck :-)

This is not quite true.  The newest version of MAZ supports a variety of
Apple 640x480 video cards.  It *should* work with various monitors too,
but I haven't tried.  I do know that it works great for me on an Apple
12" Monochrome monitor in 8-bit grayscale, giving me a 704 x 512 display.

The author (Naoto Horii) wrote that as far as he's concerned it won't
ever support builtin video....

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From: andyp@treehouse.uucp (Andy Peterman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: V.32bis High Speed Modem Cabling - Long Discussion
Keywords: high speed modem v.32bis serial cable
Date: 14 Oct 92 06:28:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: treehous.Bw3M03.6pD
Organization: The Treehouse

In article <derosa.718644633@mica> derosa@rtsg.mot.com (John DeRosa) writes:
>
>I submit that the ultimate cable has as many outputs of the modem
>as possible go to the handshake input of the cpu.
>Conversely, the handshake output of the cpu should go to as many
>inputs of the modem as possible.  This would seem to work with as
>many different styles of modems as possible and there would be 
>no output to output bridges to fight each other.
>
>Here is what I think is the ultimate Macintosh to Modem cable;
>
>DIN8	Signal	DB-25	Signal(s)
>=======	=======	=======	=========
>1	HS out	20,4 	DTR,RTS
>2	HS in	5,6,8	CTS,DSR,DCD  <----- NO!!
 2	HS in	5	CTS
>3	TxD-	2	TxD
>4	Gnd	1,7	Gnd
>5	RxD-	3	RxD
>6	TxD+	n/c	
>7	GPi	n/c
>8	RxD+	1,7	Gnd

I disagree about tying CTS, DSR, and DCD together - this will not work
with any modem that has outputs on two or more of these lines.  It turns
out that few, if any, Mac applications need DSR or DCD.  DSR is rarely
needed and DCD is usually determined by status messages.  The only
signal that should go to HS in is CTS (DB-25 pin 5).  AppleTalk Remote
suggests (and in many case requires) the HS out to go to both DTR and
RTS.  This works with any modem that can turn off DTR sensing (when
hardware handshake is being used) or can ignore RTS when using software
handshake (XON/XOFF).  

A cable such as this can be used with most modern modems in both
software and hardware handshake modes.  I'd like to find a supplier
too!!

-- 
Andy Peterman                       
treehouse!andyp@gvgpsa.gvg.tek.com  
(916) 273-4569                      
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: butler@quest.comm.mot.com (Jim Butler)
Subject: Re: 25 mhz IIsi followups...
Reply-To: butler@quest.comm.mot.com (Jim Butler)
Organization: Land Mobile Products Sector, Motorola, Inc.
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 18:52:17 GMT

--



>>The idea, of course, was intriguing.  Not of a daring soul, however, I'm
>>waiting for successful reports (or horror stories). 
>
>>Have others done the modification?  Was it successful?
>
>>Thanks,
>
>>John
>
>I would do the modification if I could find a supplier of 50 MHz crystals
>in the Chicago area.  Radio Shack doesn't carry them :-(
>
>Anybody heave any ideas where to order ?



	Check out the electonic supply houses.  Ohm Electronics in Palatine,
IL, is the one that's closest to me.  Others include Tri-State Electronics,
Klaus Radio, Newark Electronics, Hamilton-Avnet, and others.


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From: kanefsky@halcyon.com (Steve Kanefsky)
Subject: Re: Let's talk Performas, Boys and Girls
Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 15:31:57 GMT

In article <dlamber-071092014009@m248-97.bgsu.edu> dlamber@andy.bgsu.edu (Don Lambert) writes:
>After talking with our campus Apple Rep., it sounds like the Performa are
>not only "repackaged" but to some extent they are down graded machines.
>This down grade shows mostly in the monitors. Where the current 13" monitor
>is a 3 gun system the Performa monitor is 1 gun. Ultimately the graphics
>and colors will suffer.

Actually the Apple Hi-Res RGB 13" monitor is the one-gun (Trinitron) and
the Peforma monitors are the 3-gun (shadow-mask).  More != better. 

This reminds me of the CD-player marketing scam.  A 3-beam laser on a CD
player is no better and perhaps a little worse than a 1-beam system, but
the marketing people loved it so much that lots of companies started
using the 3-beam laser so they could write "3-beam laser" on the list of
features.

In the case of the monitor, the 1-gun tube has some advantages over the
3-gun tube, but the two technologies are beginning to converge with
respect to quality, so you can't just judge a tube by whether it's a
Trinitron or not.  In fact, didn't Sony's patent just expire, allowing
other manufacturers to make cheap Trinitron clones and even call them
Trinitron?

--
Steve Kanefsky

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: valaris@swifty.dap.CSIRO.AU (Andrew Valaris)
Subject: Monitor woes on Mac II
Organization: CSIRO, Division of Applied Physics, Sydney
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 01:44:39 GMT

I have an original Mac II with a 19 inch megascreen ( B&W ).
I've noticed that the top left hand corner of the screen is a little hazy.
It gets worse as I turn up the brightness. Can this problem be corrected,
or is it time for a new screen. It also has a very slight tilt, again the top
left hand corner. Could it be my card?

All help appreciated,

Andrew
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Date: Tuesday, 13 Oct 1992 11:30:36 PST
From: <HARM@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: IIx memory

I HAD BAD MEMORY.  so the buyer here bought some 70 ns memory SIMMs.
She said they would be better than the standard 80 ns SIMMs.

Now, I'm not so sure.

My computer seems to run more slowly.  the cursor creeps across the
screen on repeat in Word and in my terminal emulator.  I can't
recall exactly but isn't there a problem that the faster memory
screws up the synchronization of accesses.

Someone on this net knows, I am confident of that.  If you could
e-mail me an answer, I would appreciate it.
Should I toss the 70 ns SIMMs and get 80 ns SIMMs ?
Should I be looking for another problem with my system that just
happened at the same time like sytem settings or zapped keyboard controller?

Thank you for taking the time to read this post.

                                                Jim.
From: chogend1@cc.swarthmore.edu (Chris Hogendorn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: IIsi video cards -- Color Pivot
Date: 13 Oct 92 02:40:04 GMT
Organization: Swarthmore College

I've been looking at IIsi, and I've seen a lot of mentions of the Color
Pivot video card having an FPU slot. Is this true of the Color Pivot LE?
Are there other video cards that have this option? Does it provide the same
performance as the Apple NuBus adaptor? Can you still add a cache card? Any
information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, --> Chris
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: todd.honan@analog.com (Todd Honan)
Subject: What is Sad Mac 0300FF on Mac+ ?
Originator: honan@marlin
Organization: Analog Devices, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 19:03:21 GMT



	My friend's Mac Plus (1M RAM, Sys 6.0.7) bombs sometimes when loading
	MacDrawII.  The SAD MAC appears with the code "0300FF".  No extra inits
	or cdevs are running besides what comes with the system.  Does anyone
	know what this code means?  Does it have to do with memory (she plans
	to upgrade to 4MEG but doesn't want to spend the money if something
	expensive is wrong).
	
	Please reply here or by e-mail.  Thanks very much.
	
	e-mail: todd.honan@anlog.com

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From: liebea@marcus.its.rpi.edu (Adam Fred Lieberman)
Subject: Re: Woz in apple ad?
Reply-To: liebea@rpi.edu
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 06:27:30 GMT

>And, of course, what makes Mozart so great?  G. Washington/T. Jefferson?  Geez
> what have these people done lately?

>Adam Frix via cmhGate - Net 226 fido<=>uucp gateway Col, OH

     Don't you know that DWM's (Dead White Males) are out of fashion these
days?

                                      -Adam Lieberman
From: tai@utpapa.ph.utexas.edu (Tai Morris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: SI expansion slot problems
Date: 13 Oct 92 19:24:04 GMT
Article-I.D.: ut-emx.81618
Organization: Physics Department, University of Texas at Austin

I know there are 'dual slots' cards for the MacSI that allow more than
one PDS card to be added, but the SI only allows 7 watts for PDS cards
(or 15 watts for a nubus card). Thus, the two PDS cards must share 7 watts.
I don't know what the power usage of a typical cache or accelarator card is,
but two cards will probably tax the power supply dangerously.
So my questions are:
1) Are there low-power cards available ?
2) Can a more powerful power supply be installed in the SI ?
3) Are my assumptions/'facts' wrong ?

-- 
-Tai Morris, tai@utpapa.ph.utexas.edu