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From: dshin@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (dongil shin)
Subject: HELP! Installing Daystar PowerCache card on MacIIcx!!
Originator: dshin@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu
Organization: Washington State University
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 18:12:24 GMT


	Hi!
	
      I have a Mac IIcx and am thinking about buying a powercache from daystar.
I was calling mail order companies to get a daystar power cache 50Mhz with math
chip. One of the salesperson told me that I need to SEND my computer to the
daystar with the powercache card for installation. Is this true?
It is quite hard to believe this.  I know that I need an adapter card for
Mac IIcx. I called the daytar several times, but
I could only leave messages. I haven't gotten any call back. 

Thanks a lot!
-- 
 Dongil Shin              INTERNET:  dshin@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu
 Elect Eng. & Comp. Sci.  UUCP    :  ...uunet!wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu!dshin
 Washington State Univ.   VOICE   :  509-335-1190 (Office)
 Pullman, WA. 99164-2752  OFFICE  :  Sloan 341
From: mmjjmm@post.its.mcw.edu (Michael Malloy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: CD-ROM Recommendations
Date: 27 Dec 1992 19:38:37 -0600
Organization: Medical College of Wisconsin  (Milwaukee, WI)
NNTP-Posting-Host: post.its.mcw.edu
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I would like a recommendation for a CD-ROM for the Mac in the medium price
range.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Distribution: world
From: Lester_Weiss@bmug.org
Organization: BMUG, Inc.
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 20:04:41 PST
Subject: Re: sources for Mac->SVGA cables

But the pinouts are different from the Apple High-Resolution Video Cards and
the internal vid. of the LC et al is it not?  Are there not some monitors that
are only supposed to work with the newer video tech., or is that just marketing
hype?  This is an important question for me, so if there is an answer...

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**** this posting does not in any way reflect BMUG's official views.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: parag@netcom.com (Parag Patel)
Subject: Re: P5 v. PowerPC (WAS: Where the mac really wins)
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 23:08:58 GMT

peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce) writes:

>My friends at DEC tell me there was one overriding reason that Alpha
>wasn't picked over PowerPC: Politics.  The technological considerations
>were a distant second.

Don't underestimate the effects of hardware endian problems (ie which
byte is most significant in a word).  Macs (mc68ks) are big-endian, and
a lot of software (system and otherwise) makes implicit assumptions
about it.  The Alpha is little-endian, making both porting Mac system
software and Mac emulation a lot more difficult.

The same problem exists in reverse for WNT, which is designed around
little-endian hardware, and thus runs easily on x86, MIPS, and Alpha,
but will be a royal pain to port to mc68k, mc88k, HP-PA, etc.

I believe that the PowerPC is like the MIPS, in that it can handle
either endian-ness, but if it can't, I'll bet it's big-endian.
Unfortunately, while most modern chips can go either way, the software
which runs upon it usually doesn't.  Sad, but system software generally
has to make such assumptions to run fast (networking code, drivers, etc.)


	-- Parag Patel <parag@netcom.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.system
From: smargari@nmsu.edu (Susan Margarit)
Subject: Re: HELP! Installing Daystar PowerCache card on MacIIcx!!
Organization: NMSU Computer Science
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 02:03:21 GMT

Re: sending cx to daystar for upgrade...

If you have a cx with a soldered cpu, then you have to send in your
motherboard (about 1/2 hour's work). They promise to have it out same
day as received. Then you have to install the adapter and accelerator
yourself. Some cx's have socketed cpus (under your powersupply). Those
do not need to be sent back.

Jim
From: liem@remus.rutgers.edu (Yoeng-Sen Liem)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Powerbook 170 Internal Modem
Keywords: How to use
Date: 24 Dec 92 03:05:46 GMT
Distribution: nj
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


I just borrowed a PowerBook 170 from a friend. It's supposed to have
an internal modem (Apple), but I could not figure out how to use it.
In the Portable Control Panel, the internal modem is selected. I am
trying to use VersaTerm or ClarisWorks, but those programs only allows
you to use either the modem port or the printer port, and when I used
the modem port, it did not work. Is there anything else I have to do
to operate the modem or the modem is dead? Thanks for any response...

-Yoeng-Sen Liem
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: jdglasse@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Jeffrey David Glasse)
Subject: Need info on OUTBOUND tech support 
Originator: news@nimaster
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 00:22:15 GMT


I know that Outbound has all but gone out of business, but the
information I received here on the net as well as directly from Outbound
operators when I spoke to them in mid december was that they were
setting up a "new repair facility." this is good because I have an
outbound with a bad EPROM, and need repairs. The tech at outbound told
me "call in two weeks"

So I wait, frustrated. When I call back on the appointed day, the 800
number has been replaced by a toll 303 #. Slightly disturbing, but
easily understood as a cost cutting maneuver. Problem is, no one is
answering the 303 number, so I am stuck with a machine that doesn't
work.

I'm personally praying that the staff decided to take off the entire
holiday week, but does ANYONE here know anything about the status of the
"new repair facility" I was promised?

-jeff

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: jhi@netcom.com (John Im)
Subject: Re: Flopticals as start-up drives?
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 00:24:22 GMT

In article <1h988mINNav4@agate.berkeley.edu> jdsiegel@garnet.berkeley.edu (Joel Siegel) writes:
>My PLI floptical will boot.  It plugs into the SCSI bus and works
>like any other removable SCSI drive.  It tends to be real slow at
>booting, though. I use it mostly for backups and boot from it only
>in extreme emergencies.  :-)

OK, so it's slow compared to a hard drive, which is to be expected.  However,
how's it compared to booting from a floppy?  In fact, how's the overall
speed compared to a floppy drive?

- John
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Distribution: world
From: starsabre@ultramac.uucp (JT August)
Organization: Odyssey Ultraware, Inc
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 05:15:57 CDT
Subject: Re: IIsi on it's side

On the lighter side of the question, at the November Gamug meeting, someone
asked if it would be safe to run a IIci on its side.  The Apple Marketing rep
at the meeting quipped offhandedly, "It should run without any problems.  However,
if you have any unstable data on your hard drive, it might fall out."

John
From: leec4@rpi.edu (CD LEE)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: 6 VRAM slots in Q700, only 4 in Q950?
Date: 21 Dec 92 20:44:25 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Distribution: usa
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

In article <8152@news.duke.edu>, gk1@acpub.duke.edu (Gavin  Kistner) wrote:
> 
> I'm looking through your typical Apple leaf-book advertising the Quadra's
> (700&950) and yes, I'm drooling, and I'm checking out the shots of the
> innards with little labels showing what's what, and WOW, the Q950 has more
> of everything (obviously) except...wait...their are 6 VRAM slots inside the
> little ole 700, and only 4 inside the 950.  Was this picture a fake-mac
> cadaver so that readers wouldn't be frightened by the gore, or does the 700
> have more VRAM posibility?
> 
> Also, what's up with only _one_ ADB port on the 950, and two on the 700?  I
> gots two on my fx, andlove not having to have the mouse hooked to the
> keyboard.  Anyone know why apple axed the second in the 950?
> 
> _____________________________________________________________________________
> Gavin Kistner                 "Damn the hard drive!  Full Install ahead!"
> gk1@acpub.duke.edu                No, I don't speak for Duke.  Duh. 
> _____________________________________________________________________________

Total VRAM Quadra can be installed is 2MB

Q700 only have 512kVRAM on board, so they have 6 slots to hold
6x256KVRAM=1.5MB
Q950 or Q900 have 1MB VRAM on board, so only need 4 slots to hold
additional 1MB

CD LEE, Chun-Da Lee                              leec4@rpi.edu
ITS Consultant, Information Technology Service  CD_Lee@MTS.RPI.EDU
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: shl1@crux2.cit.cornell.edu (Steven Lee)
Subject: Mouse no longer clicks!
Organization: Cornell Information Technologies
Date: 27 Dec 92 02:40:06 GMT

Help!!

The ADB mouse on my SE/30 stopped working on Christmas day :-(  It no longer clicks :-(  Now I am stuck with my old Plus doing all my work (I know I can use Easy Access, but it's just too awkward).  Anyway, if anyone knows how to fix this problem, please email me at SHL1@CORNELL.EDU soon!  I am a poor college freshman and really don't have the extra budget to get a new mouse :(

Oh, BTW, my mouse is made by Apple, originally came with the SE/30.  Thanks a bunch!!

Steven Lee
SHL1@CORNELL.EDU

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: minsky@media.mit.edu (Marvin Minsky)
Subject: Re: leaving macs running for extended periods
Organization: MIT Media Laboratory
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 22:45:16 GMT

Consider the electric bill.  If you have a big system and a big
terminal, you might be using 2-300 watts.  Each watt is perhaps 75
cents per year.  Maybe it's worth it in extended computer/disk life.
No one seems to know!

.
From: eric.larson@f620.n2605.z1.ieee.org (eric larson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: "Windoze" slow? Naah...Re: pc and mac: was RE: 486 and mac benchma
Date: 20 Dec 92 17:25:02 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:2605/620 - Shockwave Rid, Freehold NJ


 # Over here it depends on where you are in terms of the semester. Early
 # on the Mac labs are more heavily used. Later in the middle of the semes-
 # ter the PC labs are quite a bit busier. This is because earlier in the
 # semester the students figure that its easier to read e-mail and write
 # simple letter on the Mac. Later they'll have had a class or two under
 # their belts and/or they lose a term paper or two due to Mac crashes and
 # start doing their serious work on the PCs.

No competent site administrator would tolerate a situation where his clients
routinely lost their work. There is no reason for this other than neglect or
lack of knowledge. It is perfectly possible to configure a Mac to be at LEAST
as reliable as a clone running Windows (and usually a LOT more easily).

The Macs that I maintain do NOT lose papers. I have some machines that have
operated for three and four years now without a single crash.

It sounds to me like you folks need to hire somebody who knows what he is
doing to administer your computer labs.

--  
=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
 eric larson - Internet: eric.larson@f620.n2605.z1.ieee.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: rtmd30@email.sps.mot.com (Greg Ferguson)
Subject: Re: peculiar way to disable trackball in pb 180
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Motorola
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 06:33:56 GMT

In article <1992Dec21.053707.18750@husc3.harvard.edu>, fry@tara.harvard.edu
(David Fry) wrote:
> 
> In article <BzLpqo.LI3@news.cso.uiuc.edu> gaylord@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Richard J. Gaylord) writes:
> >i have found that if i am using both the external video and the ADB ports
> >and i boot with the shift key down (extensions off), my trackball is
> >inoperative but the keyboard works. can someone confirm this observation?
> 
> I can't confirm or deny your observation, but I booted up once with an
> external monitor and ADB and experienced a crash the likes of which I
> never saw before (the "Welcome to Macintosh" sign stayed on the
> screen, but the Finder trash can found its way onto the lower right of
> the display and could be selected when clicked upon...other weird
> effects were visible, too).  I rebooted and everything seemed okay,
> except since then I've had big trouble with my trackball.  In
> particular, the y-direction movement is really jerky, as if it is
> quantitized in 1 inch increments.  I'm not sure it's related to the
> crash, but since you reported your finding, I'm wondering... 
> 
> Anyone else have anything to add?
> 
> David Fry                                  fry@math.harvard.edu
> Division of Applied Sciences               fry@huma1.bitnet
> Harvard University                      ...!harvard!huma1!fry
> Cambridge, MA  02138            

I don't remember any crashes, but my trackball has horrible x axis movement
to the left. To the right is ok and y axis is ok.

I got the PB180 last week. About Tuesday of this week it wouldn't move left
at all. I finally pulled the ball and looked at the mechanism. I fiddled
with the friction roller and noticed that if it was pushed "north" a bit
while rolling that the tracking became much smoother. I couldn't figure a
way to keep the roller in that position, so I pulled the opto-sensor away
from the rotating disk ("south") just a tiny bit (more like a lean) which
has made it functional again. 

Of course, when I get back into the office, our supplier will catch hell
and will have to replace this unit. After spending the money for a 180, I
expect it to work flawlessly - without me having to fix it.

Greg
From: vporguen@unlinfo.unl.edu (victor porguen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Crystal Upgrades
Date: 1 Jan 1993 07:28:17 GMT
Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln	
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: unlinfo.unl.edu

ray@netcom.com (Ray Fischer) writes:

>jek5036@ultb.isc.rit.edu (J.E. King) writes ...
>>Lastly: Can someone with a good working knowledge of the Classic II logic
>>board explain why it has a 16-bit RAM bus path (effectively making it an SX)?

>Simple.  Price.  The Classic II is a cheap computer for a reason.
>Computer manufacturers don't just charge arbitrary amounts of money
>for computers.  Generally, the faster a computer is, the more
>expensive it is to design and manufacture.

Computer manufacturers, like all vendors, generally try to charge 
whatever the market will bear. THAT is the deciding factor.


>2) No.  Going from a 16 bit bus to a 32 bit bus means adding
>   components, traces, SIMM sockets, and other such hardware which
>   means a) redesigning the computer, and b) rebuilding the computer.


You might try explaining this philosophy to Intel, who makes a
CPU called the 80386 (32-bit) and sells it for a (high) price.
They then take this chip, subject it to an additional operation
to burn out or disable half of its bus, convert it into what they
call the "80386SX" and then sell this costlier-to-produce chip
for a much lower price.
From: rice@sumex-aim.Stanford.EDU (James Rice)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Ergonomic keyboard query??
Date: 2 Jan 93 14:14:37
Organization: Knowledge Systems Lab, Stanford University
Distribution: comp
NNTP-Posting-Host: hpp.stanford.edu

Does anyone have a pointer to a keyboard for the Mac that has
been designed with a mind to preventing/helping with repetitive
motion disorders?  My wife seems to have damaged herself with
typing at the office, but really doesn't want to give up her
Mac at home.


Many thanks in advance for any tips,


Rice.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: kharri@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Karl Harrison)
Subject: Re: Trouble with E-Machines T16-2 color monitors (BE CAREFUL !)
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Reading from home
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 04:07:13 GMT

 pauls@ll.mit.edu (Richard Pauls) wrote:
> 
> Warning!  The E-Machines T16-2 color monitor is probably not a good investment.
> We purchased 5 of them for our Mac's and within 2 months 3 have broken!!
> One came back from repair, and allready it is starting to flicker and has
> to be smacked on the side to stabilize the picture.  All 3 had horizontal
> scan/HV related problems.  The T16 is supposed to be so good, but it seems
> that the new T16-2 is junk.  It is no wonder the EMF emissions are so low.
> It's because they don't emmit anything, not even a picture.  The monitors
> were from two different dealers, and E-Machines says they have no other
> reports of such problems.  This is hard to believe.  Does anyone else have
> an E-Machines T16-2?  How does it work so far?  Good Luck...
> 
> --Rich

I have had two E-Machines E-16's fail, both when on power up fizzed and
sparked.

I am now using a T-16 II which I don't think is their lastest model the
T-16 II MPR model. I have nine months on its warrenty to go so if it fails
like the E-16's I hopefully will get a replacement again.

I am cofused about their model T-16 since in the last six months it has
been out I have seen a few different photos in magazines of what one should
look like. Mine has a bank of pitch controls on the front whereas a model a
local store has them at the back. 

_____________________________________________________________________________
  Dr. Karl N. Harrison (Chemistry)               kharri@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
_____________________________________________________________________________
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From: soubyran@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Soubyran Richard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Low formatting...
Date: 28 Dec 92 20:09:16 GMT
Organization: Universite de Montreal


Hello Macers!

One again I come to you for help!

Could anyone tell me if there is a hard drive low formatting
program available (either PD or commercial)? I have an SCSI
hard drive (perfectly working on other type of machines) but
refusing to work on a Mac. May be it is due to a low format 
problem.

Does anyone of you is using the Seagate ST1480N? Does it need any
driver to work with a Mac? What is the jumper setting to use it as
an internal drive? As an external drive? 

Thanks a lot in advance,

Richard Soubyran
soubyran@alize.ere.umontreal.ca
From: degennar@bmsrs.usc.edu (Ray)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Mac Ethernet Boards (and software)
Date: 21 Dec 1992 11:15:32 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: bmsrs.usc.edu

We are moving and plan to laydown only one network, a 10baseT Enet.  Any
suggestions and/or cautions about particular brands of boards?  We want to
put 5-6 macs and 2 laswerwriters on the same network as our UNIX boxes, use
some disk space on one of the UNIX boxes as a mac server and still be able
to select the printers from the Chooser.

It looks like Dayna's Enet cards and their EtherPrint Plus adapter will 
handle the first and the last requirements, but can we get the box's hard
disk to appear as an AppleTalk server?  Will we need additional software?

Also, does anybody know about Asante's cards?  Do they have anything like
Dayna's EhterPrint?  What software comes with their cards?

Ditto for TechWorks.

What kind of telnet software is available?  

Someone (EVerette, sorry, I lost your email address) suggested EtherWrite
and CAP (runs on the UNIX box).  Any infomation on where I can find either
of these items?  Any experience with them?

It will probably be easier to email me and I'll summarize and repost. 
 

-- 

Ray (DJ) DeGennaro II
degennar@scf.usc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: pector@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (scott.w.pector)
Subject: Re: Sony 1304S monitor vs. Multiple Resolutions in 24xp video board
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 07:57:26 GMT
Summary: Radius 24xp frequencies?...


J. Henri Scheuler:

I agree with you that I'd like to either try the 24xp with the Sony 1304S
and see if the 832x624 resolution works; OR hopefully find someone on the
NET who has already tried this!  (I am equally curious if the 1024x768
resolution provided by the Radius 24xk board would work with the Sony
1304S Monitor as well!)

I don't know what frequencies the Radius board puts out/uses for its
different resolutions since when I had Radius send me literature, such
data was not included.  I can try to contact them again in the next few
days to see.

I believe you are correct in saying that the compatibility issue is not
just the resolutions of the board and the monitor, but whether the Radius
vertical sync frequency is within the range supported by the Sony 1304S.

Hopefully someone who has the 24xp board (or the 24xk board) will see
this note and can get the frequencies used for each resolution by
these boards from the Radius manual and let us know.

Thanks for your input,
Scott Pector
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: jsolof@athena.mit.edu (Jeffrey R. Solof)
Subject: Re: ImageWriter II LocalTalk Option
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 17:08:53 GMT

In article <qVkkwB7w165w@netlink.cts.com> dimshftr@netlink.cts.com (Adam
Tow) writes:
>
>        What exactly is the ImageWriter II LocalTalk Option anyway? Is it 
>an add on that enables network capability or an extension of some sort? 
>Thanks...

Hi --

It's an add-on board, user-installable, which goes inside the
ImageWriter II, enabling it to sit on an AppleTalk network just like a
LaserWriter.  There's a different extension (chooser icon) which lets
you select _which_ AT-IW on the net to print to; it's (optionally)
installed as part of the system software installation process.

Jeff

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: jzawodn@bgsu.edu (jeremy zawodny)
Subject: Can an Apple IIe external driver be used with a mac at all?
Organization: Bowling Green State Univ.
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 03:07:24 GMT

First of all, I am posting this for a friend, and I do NOT read this group
(it's just the most logical place for this quesstion).  Any replies must
be via E-Mail, or I will not see them.

[A friend] has acquired two external 5 1/4 drive that came from an Apple
II or Apple IIe system.  They both have ribbon cables and those plastic
rectangular connectors on the end.  The question, can he utilize one (or
both) of these with his Mac LC?  If so, how?  If not, what are they worth?

Thanks,

Jeremy

Again, email replies...

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