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From: eric0139@student.tc.umn.edu (Grant Erickson)
Subject: Marred Monitor Case
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 20:25:37 GMT

After transporting my Apple 13" RGB between dorm and home and Mac meetings
and such, I have acquired several surface scratches on the bezel of the
monitor. 

As I like to keep my equipment looking good (and new), I was wondering if
anyone else has encountered scratches and repaired them.

If so, what did you use? How did it turn out?


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From: luigi@paris.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Luigi Semenzato)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: PB 100 modem in Italy
Date: 18 Dec 92 21:40:14 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: paris.cs.berkeley.edu

A friend who brought to Italy his PB 100 with the Apple internal
2400/9600 send fax modem claims that it doesn't work: that is,
it does not dial.  I told him to make sure that he was using
pulse dial (ATDP) but he claims he did.  How is it possible that
such a simple electrical interface (open and close a switch)
would be incompatible?   Thanks  --Luigi
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: rabanes@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Greg Rabanes)
Subject: NEC Spinwriter 8800 printer driver
Organization: University of Hawaii
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 02:45:04 GMT


Hi ho,

 My friend is looking for a NEC Spinwriter 8800 printer driver. If anyone on
 the net could either email us one or point us to where we could obtain one,
 we would appreciate it very much :)

Bye,
Greg
rabanes@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu   or   gsong@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu
From: BRIANS@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Repairs for Ehman drives?
Date: 14 Dec 92 02:39:08 GMT
Article-I.D.: wsuvm1.168BC1064C.BRIANS
Organization: SYSTEMS & COMPUTING

A friend has an Ehman 32 hard drive which has crashed hard.
Norton Utilities can recover a few files, but it can't repair
the directory, neither can Now Utilities, or Disk First Aid.
Nothing I do makes it mount.  Is anyone servicing Ehman drives
now?  Please reply directly.  Thanks.  Paul Brians
Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: cab6944@usl.edu (Brasseaux Carl A)
Subject: Question re: 040's for Feb. release
Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 00:23:29 GMT


Does anyone out there have any information regarding the new, "moderately
priced" 040 Macs scheduled for release in February.  I'm particularly interested
in the basic hardware configurations and possible prices.  Please reply by
e-mail to cab6944@usl.edu.
Thanks in advance.

Carl
From: eric.larson@f620.n2605.z1.ieee.org (eric larson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Quadra 700/Retrospect/Tape Backup Query
Date: 17 Dec 92 03:11:00 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:2605/620 - Shockwave Rid, Freehold NJ


 # Up until today I was running System 7.1 on my trusty Macintosh II and
 # had no problems with the unit.  This is and was the only device
 # attached to the external SCSI port of my machine.  I sold the Mac II
 # and replaced it with a Quadra 700/230.  The internal hard disk has ID
 # 0.  The tape drive has ID 1.  I am running system 7.1 on the Quadra.

 # Retrospect hangs whenever it is invoked.

I had a problem with a Teac drive when I upgraded to a Quadra with catalogs
losing synchronization, Appleshare volumes dismounting, and random hangs.
There are two possible problems; Retro.SCSI, which according to Dantz is not
fully compatable with Quadras, and the fact that some versions of Retrospect
1.3 are not compatable with certain Quadra/tape drive combinations. If
removing Retro.SCSI doesn't help, call Dantz and get them to send you a copy
of Retrospect 1.3C. Since I installed 1.3C things have been working pretty
well for me.

--  
=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
 eric larson - Internet: eric.larson@f620.n2605.z1.ieee.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: jhs@ipsa.reuter.com (Henri Schueler)
Subject: Re: Quadra 950 with 19" monitor?
Organization: H&h Software, Toronto, Ontario
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 23:47:46 GMT

In article <1992Dec5.132926.1@mcclb0.med.nyu.edu> hill@mcclb0.med.nyu.edu (John Edward Hill) writes:
>Will a Quadra 950's internal video (1 Mb VRAM) run a 19" monitor at
>any number of colors?  I tried it with a Sigma Designs monitor and
>their cable, but the monitor was blank while an Apple 13" worked fine. 
>
>I also have access to a older SuperMac 19" but without a cable.  If I
>bought a cable, would it work?
>
>Would adding another 1 Mb VRAM make a difference other than allowing
>more colors -- i.e., would it make the difference between seeing
>something and seeing nothing?
>
My understanding is that the Quadra built-in video will support 3 sizes
	640x480  = 14"
	832x624  = 16"
       1152x864  = 21"
I assume that by 19" that you want to run in 1024x768 mode, but the quadra's
video won't let you do that because Apple does make any 19" monitors...

/jhs

p.s. But perhaps your SuperMac will run at 1152x864?

And adding more vram just means more colours. Even 512k should let you 
run in 1152x864 mode, althought perhaps only monochrome (the math works out to
4 bit colour).

-- 
J. Henri Schueler, H&h Software, Toronto	+1 416 698 9075 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: gurman@umbra.gsfc.nasa.gov (Joseph B. Gurman)
Subject: Re: Powerbook in France
Organization: Goddard Space Flight Center
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 21:50:25 GMT

chaffee@ohsu.edu (Alex Chaffee) writes:

>I'm about to go on a trip to France for a week or two, and I'm going to
>take
>my Powerbook 170. What do I need to know about plugging it into the wall
>there?
>I've heard that I just need to get a wall adapter, and the computer
>will take care of converting from 220V to 110V (or whatever it needs). Is
>this
>true? Does it also apply to the battery charger (the 2-battery one from
>Apple)?
>Anything else you think I should know?

    Alex -
    Your return address didn't work for e-mail, so I'm posting this to
the net instead. (Who knows how many thousand of PowerBook owners may be
headed to France for the coldest and wettest time of year....)

    If you look at the business side of the power adapter (for either
your PowerBook or your battery charger --- it's the same power adapter),
you'll see that it's happy at 100 - 240 v and 50/60 Hz. Yes, indeed, you
only need the $8 (?) set of plug adapters that Radio Shack sells to use
the power adapters in any country with AC power, France included.
    If you have an internal modem and intend to use it there, you should
make a beeline for the closest Darty (consumer electronics) store and
buy a cable with an RJ11 (standard U.S. modular phone) connector at one
end and a "prise male" French phone connector (much larger) at the
other. Mine cost 39 frs and works like a charm.
    I used my PowerBook 170 about 12 hours a day during my six months in
France earlier this year. It's a very Mac-friendly country.
						Joe Gurman

--
J.B. Gurman / Solar Physics Branch / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center /
Greenbelt MD 20771 USA / gurman@uvsp.gsfc.nasa.gov
| Federal employees are prohibited from holding opinions under the Hatch Act.|
| Therefore, any opinions expressed herein are somebody else's.              |
From: chip@inter.interzone.ch (Marc Liyanage)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Any experiences with APS? [SUMMARY]
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 17:32:14 CET
Organization: Interzone Switzerland
Reply-To: chip@interzone.ch
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.5v4


Hi,

Lots of people sent me mail regarding my inquiry about
APS Technology.

Most of them (i.e. all but one) have had very good things
to say about this company, both on quality and service there.

After all, it sounds like they're some sort of consumers paradise
:-)


Thanks to all who replied...


- Marc


____________________________________________________________
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                Papernet: CH-9552 Bronschhofen,  Switzerland 
                ICBM-Net: 47 29 17 N / 009 03 41 E / ALT 578
                Voicenet: +41 73 22 1196
From: Dale_Adams@gateway.qm.apple.com (Dale Adams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Quadra 950/19", GC Also?
Date: 16 Dec 92 13:07:22 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc.

In article <1992Dec16.031518.16936@eng.umd.edu> russotto@eng.umd.edu 
(Matthew T. Russotto) writes:
> Is there any documentation for the display chip on the Quadras and the
> 8*24 and 8*24GC cards?

Nothing that Apple releases to the general public (or even most 
developers, too, I believe).

- Dale Adams
  Apple Computer, Inc.
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From: tmplee@TIS.COM (Theodore Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Extended vs. Regular keyboard (2d try)
Date: 14 Dec 92 21:21:46 GMT
Reply-To: tmplee@TIS.COM
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Trusted Information Systems

(Our system crashed shortly after this was sent the first time;
I'm not sure it went out and we do know we last all incoming 
traffic for about a ten-hour period.)

Is anyone aware of any applications that *require* an extended
keyboard?  The difference in price isn't too much to get excited
over, but I do begrudge the desk space.  (I'm a touch typist so
I'd rather use control/option/apple key combinations for
frequently used functions rather than the function keys anway -- its
hard enough to stretch to the top row of keys on an ordinary
keyboard as it is.)

Ted Lee <tmplee@tis.com>

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Richard Sucgang)
Subject: Uh Oh. Help!
Reply-To: rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Richard Sucgang)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 20:23:51 GMT


*Sigh!* I finally got hit by the dreaded dead mac icon and tones.

Just what do the codes:

0000000F
00000028 

mean? E-mail and sympathy greatly appreciated.
-rich
Richard Sucgang  : Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology Columbia University
(sucgang@cuhhca.hhmi.columbia.edu | rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu)
"...Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, individually, collectively or otherwise."
From: howie@intermec.com (Howard Kaplan x1696)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Mac vx Problems
Date: 15 Dec 92 20:37:53 GMT
Article-I.D.: intermec.2035
Reply-To: howie@intermec.com ()
Distribution: world
Organization: Intermec Corporation, Everett, Wa.


Just read another article (In MaxcWeek) bashing the vx again.

This one came up with three basic problems.

1) Mono sound - The article claims during the playback of stereo digital
sounds (not audio CDs) only one channel is heard. The two channels are not
mixed as I would have expected.  Can this be true?  Do Mac games or MIDI
software packages or other software packages take advantage of the stereo
capability of the older Macs? Are we really losing something or is this a
feature that was never really exploited?

2) MIDI Interface - Reportedly there is a problem with large data transfers
over the MIDI port.  No details were given.  Sure would be nice if someone
could clarify this.

3) Hard Disk data transfer rate - The article basically said the sustained
Hard Disk transfer rate was 1.5 Megabits/sec. They comapred it to you guessed
it the ci which was 1.8 Megabits/sec.  Anyone know why this would be the
case? Is it because the bus is running at a rate lower clock rate than the
CPU?

I have a vx with cd rom drive on order and I am having second thoughts again
about my choice.  

Howard Kaplan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mac OS in PC
From: kjt001@dunix.drake.edu (Devil Bunny!)
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 17:06:46 GMT
Organization: Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, USA

As far as porting the macintosh interface to the IBM, I think that would
be about as difficult as putting Windows on the IBM.  The Macintosh was
optimized for it's particular interface; most of the routines are in
ROM, and it's not the same with windows.  If it were possible to make an
interface as good as the macintosh's on the IBM, Microsoft probably
would have made windows that good.  The quality of windows is not based
on the quality of the company so much as the quality of the machine
you're writing it for  <my opinion>.


As far as Apple making a real marketable machine, of course I'm all for
it.  But then again, I've kinda gotten used to being one of the elite...
<grin>



-- 
___________________________________________________________________________
|                        Kevin Tieskoetter                                |
|   kjt001@acad.drake.edu                     kjt001@dunix.drake.edu      |
|                               Drake University                          |
From: spw@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Steven P Wilkinson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: System 7.1 /Duo Problems?
Date: 21 Dec 1992 11:59:34 +0800
Organization: The University of Western Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: uniwa.uwa.edu.au
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

David Lau (lau@aerospace.aero.org) wrote:
: Hi Netters,
:   I would like to offer some of my experiences with my new Duo 230 and
: System7.1
: and then ask for any comments or suggestions.
:  Well I really love my new machine, but I have had more than a few problems
: with it.  At first I thought it was hardware related, but then after some
: trial and error I discovered that it was software...  in particular is was
: system 7.1 and some system extensions/ utilities.
:   The problems cropped up when I was testing out some software that was
: incompatible with system7.  The system froze and I was forced to press the
: hard shutdown key in the back.  Unfortunately upon start-up the disk was
: not recognized.  In fact, booting off of the disktools floppy gave me the
: dreaded message "This Disk is Damaged.  Do you want to initialize?".  Of
: couse I said
: no and desperately tried to ressurect my drive.  The solution was using
: MacTools 2.0.  It gave me the message  that the Volume information blocks
: were corrupted.
: Fortunately it was able to repair and I was on my merry way.
:   After some investigation I discovered that this happened all the time
: upon hard shutdown.  After further investigation I discovered that when I
: installed a virgin system the hard disk survived hard shutdowns.  I am
: pretty sure that
: the culprits are Extensions Manager and Before Dark.  Both modify the
: system
: in some way.  Currently I am running with a minimum of extensions being
: very wary after my experiences.
:   My question to everyone is, has anyone else encountered this problem?  Am
: I
: doing something wrong?  Is there a solution?  Thanks....
: 
: David Lau
: lau@aerospace.aero.org


I have a similar problem occuring with my pb180. I've not pinned down
the problems to hard shutdowns yet though.

Steve
From: rdn8389@tamsun.tamu.edu (Robert D Newberry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Upgrades and Introduction of New Machines
Date: 16 Dec 1992 00:20:08 -0600
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: tamsun.tamu.edu

I was wondering about the status of some of the existing upgrade
options after the January/February introduction of new macs.  I've
got a IIcx, and want to upgrade to a Quadra 700 if I can ever afford
it.  Now I hear they're replacing the 700 with the 800.  That raises
some questions for me.

1) Will the IIcd --> Quadra 700 upgrade option still be available?

2) Will their be a Quadra 700 --> Quadra 800 upgrade?

Does anyone have any info on this?  If I'm going to need to buy the
700 upgrade before the introduction, I'm going to have to scrape around
my pocket really quick!

Thanks for any help.

Rob Newberry
newberry@phys.tamu.edu
From: ssantos@ecst.csuchico.edu (Steve Santos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: SE/30 Monitor Upgrade
Date: 14 Dec 92 00:48:48 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: California State University, Chico
NNTP-Posting-Host: cscihp.ecst.csuchico.edu

I would like to upgrade a SE/30 with a color monitor.  I am
pricing cards and 14" monitors that support 256 colors.  Would
like to hear recomendations from anyone who has upgraded their
SE/30.  Thanks in advance. 
-- 
Steve Santos/ssantos@ecst.csuchico.edu
From: rhaller@ns.uoregon.edu (Rich Haller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: duo 230 and duodock problem
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Date: 17 Dec 1992 00:10:09 GMT
Organization: University of Oregon
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: rhaller.cc.uoregon.edu

We have a duodock in our demonstration/sales area and I tried putting my
new Duo230 in. We had considerable problems getting it to seat correctly.
It would make a nasty clacking sound at the end. It took about 10 tries and
ultimately some hand guidance during the last phase to get it to seat
properly so the machine would boot. The Duo that normally is in the Dock
for demo purposes does not have this problem, though the staff did report
some similar problems initially.

Anyone else run into this?

-Rich Haller <rhaller@ns.uoregon.edu>   University of Oregon, Eugene, OR,
USA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: Philip Machanick <philip@concave.cs.wits.ac.za>
Subject: Re: pc and mac: was RE: 486 and mac benchmarks
X-Xxdate: Wed, 16 Dec 92 09:52:58 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept, Wits University
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d12
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 08:00:23 GMT

In article <1992Dec16.050621.12649@cs.brown.edu> Michael Lee,
cs123052@cs.brown.edu writes:
>This *whole* argument is flame bait.

I've often wondered how this mixed metaphor has lasted so long on the net.
Shouldn't that be "kindling"? Or some volatile substance?

(I've waited a long time for the right moment to post this - a flame
war which is so pointless that any diversion would be welcome.)
--
Philip Machanick
Computer Science Dept, Univ of the Witwatersrand, 2050 Wits, South Africa
philip@concave.cs.wits.ac.za  phone: 27 (11) 716-3759  fax: 339-7965
From: Sproul@sproul.sproul.com (Mark Sproul)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Anybody know of any NuBus devlopment boards?
Date: 14 Dec 92 11:31:59 GMT
Reply-To: Sproul@sproul.sproul.com (Mark Sproul)
Organization: Sproul Consulting
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v1


In article <1992Dec11.193059.18196@speedy.aero.org> (comp.sys.mac.hardware), jrg@punch (James R. Goble) writes:
> In article <1gabunINNsnd@mailgzrz.TU-Berlin.DE> andreasm@cs.tu-berlin.de  
> (Andreas Mueller) writes:
> > In article <17459@umd5.umd.edu>, gadams@eng.umd.edu (Geoff Adams)  
> writes:
> > > I'd like to develop a NuBus board for Macs to do some video
> > > coprocessing.  I've heard mentions of "NuBus development boards,"
> > > or boards which have the correct form factor and already have the
> > > necessary bus decoding/arbitration circuitry soldered in.  Does
> > > anyone have any idea from whom I could buy such boards, or even
> > > some general idea of their cost?
> > > 
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Geoff
> > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I know a company here in Berlin which is selling a board.
> > It seems that it is something you are looking for.
> > I know that it is a little bit difficult for you to get it from here, so
> > if you do not have success in the states send me a mail and
> > I will see if I could get some information for you.
> > 
> > Gruesse aus Berlin,
> > 
> > andreasm@cs.tu-berlin.de
> 
> Fry's in Sunnyvale and Los Angeles sell NuBus Mac boards.  These boards a  
> totally depopulated.  Meaning you supply the interface.  The boarrds have  
> the socket and are predrilled for prototyping.  About $60.
> 
> Jim Goble,
> Los Angeles
> 

Creative Solutions Inc
301-984-0262 
has a board that has the nubus interface on it.  I have not used one,
but I saw it at MacWorld about a year ago

-----------------------------------------------------
Mark Sproul - KB2ICI - New Jersey
sproul@sproul.com
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From: ccastjs@prism.gatech.EDU (The Amazing Jim Stembridge)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Mac IIci memory problems...
Keywords: Mac IIci memory problems...
Date: 18 Dec 92 04:29:49 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, Design Department - Designing Yesterday Tommorrow

I have a Mac IIci with Daystar 64k cache card, 20 megs of RAM, internal
105 meg hard drive. I'm running system 7.0.1. When I do "About This
Macintosh", I see the system using 16megs of the 20megs. 
This is a problem. The system only should be taking up 2-3 megs and
I only have the ram cache set for 512k. Virtual memory is off. The cache
card is turned off. Does anybody have a clue as to why the system is 
taking up all the memory? Please mail your responses...thanks.
-- 
                      ccastjs@hydra.gatech.edu
                I don't know nuthin bout anythin.......
From: nakamura@samos.semicon.sony.co.jp (Tadashi Nakamura)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Using Color on a Classic II
Date: 14 Dec 92 10:37:58 GMT
Organization: Sony corp. System LSI group, Kanagawa, Japan.
In-reply-to: golden@ponder.csci.unt.edu's message of 13 Dec 92 16:06:38 GMT


In article <golden.724262798@ponder> golden@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Timothy A. Goldenburg) writes:
 |
 |Could someone please e-mail me some information on what hardware I need
 |to hook up a color monitor to my Classic II.  Thanx.
 |

I am looking at the December, 1993 issue of MacPower, a Japanese magazine
on Macs. I don't have a Classic II.

I see an ad for an internal 8bit colour video card for Macintosh ClassicII.
From the picture, it piggybacks the motherboard. The company claims to be
the first in the world to come out with such a board.

Anyway, here are the details I can pick up from the ad.

Manufacturer:	Interware (they normally have 4 pages of colour ads on most
                           local magazines and specialises in video cards
                           and scanners for Macs. Well known in Japan)

Products:	Vimage 8 Classic II /wo co processor  99,800 yen
		Vimage 8 Classic II /w  co processor 120,000 yen
		(Mac hardware/software prices are astronomical here)

Supports:	Apple 13" RGB monitor
		Apple 12" RGB monitor
		VGA monitors

Features:	No need to throw away your simms (whatever that means)
		A lot faster than SCSI solution (no figures)
		Takes the video signals from FD port. FD port cannot
		be used when the board is fitted. (Not sure what "FD"
		port is. Can't be floppy disk port. Can it?)

Please note that I am just quoting from the ad and can't tell you how
good (or bad) the video card is. For further details, try...

Interware
Tel. 	+81 - 5275 - 7378 (customer services 10:00 - 17:00 JST(GMT+9))
Fax. 	Can't see the number on the ad
Address 7th floor, Kudan New Central,
	1 - 4 - 5, Kudan Kita,
	Chiyoda-Ku,
	102 Tokyo
	JAPAN

Hope this helps...



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