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From: poon@CAMIS.Stanford.EDU (Alex Poon)
Subject: Serial cable for Mac -> serial printer
Organization: Stanford University, California, USA
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 07:41:07 GMT

I have an Epson FX86 printer that has a serial interface installed (#8143).  
I bought a standard MAC->Modem cable to hook my PB100 to my Epson printer.
I installed the Epson 9pin system extension (part of Chuck's printer 
drivedrs), but my Mac won't print.  Even when I run a terminal emulation
program through the printer port, the characters that I type do not
reach the Epson printer.  Does anyone know of the problem?  I think it
might have something to do with the cable, since the printer and Mac
don't seem to be talking to each other.  When I do try printing, the Mac
thinks everything worked fine, but nothing comes out.  I've tried setting
it up at both 2400 and 9600 baud.

Thanks.
From: ibhan@husc8.harvard.edu (Ishir Bhan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Upgrading Duo's w/ RAM
Date: 5 Jan 93 22:58:02 GMT


I just ordered an 8 MB upgrade for $320 (!). Could someone who has done it
mail me a description of how to install this upgrade?

-- 
               -  Ishir Bhan -  ibhan@husc.harvard.edu  - 
                                     - - - 
           "The sky and the impossible explode..." -The Cure
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Subject: Re: Modem cable myths
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 02:28:16 GMT
Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland, College Park

XON/XOFF handshaking with a high-speed modem works with protocols
which support it, including kermit, and ZModem (in my experience) and
uucp (in scasterg@waltham.columbus.oh.us's experience).  But it won't
work with XModem or YModem.
-- 
Matthew T. Russotto	russotto@eng.umd.edu	russotto@wam.umd.edu
Some news readers expect "Disclaimer:" here.
Just say NO to police searches and seizures.  Make them use force.
(not responsible for bodily harm resulting from following above advice)
From: dglo@manray.Berkeley.EDU (Dave Glowacki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Deskwriter recommendations?
Summary: Help me spend my money
Date: 4 Jan 93 19:57:18 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: manray.berkeley.edu

I'm ready to buy a printer to hook up to my IIci at home and I'm pretty sure
I want a Deskwriter of some sort, but I've got a few questions.

1) We'll mainly be doing B&W output but color would be nice for those times
   when my daughter draws something spectacular that we want to send off
   to the grandparents :-)  Is it silly to buy one of the color models
   if we're hardly ever going to use the color?

2) In pricing the printers, I've found 500Cs in the $500 range and 550Cs
   in the $700 range.  Is the 550C *really* $200 better?

3) Can I hook a Deskwriter up to a DOS machine?  According to the salesdweeb
   I talked to, this can't be done but being a software kinda guy, I'm
   inclined to think that it's a matter of a cable change.

Thanks for any help!
-- 
Dave Glowacki                 dglo@cs.Berkeley.EDU                   UCBerkeley
From: jgraham@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (the End)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: IIci :onboard video or card ?
Date: 10 Jan 93 16:25:12 GMT
Organization: Indiana University


Mac users,

Does the IIci have its own onboard video or does it ship with the Apple
8*24 card, or are these the same ? Is there any benefit in adding a 
non-accelerated graphics card to the IIci for a 14" monitor ? I have
heard that the IIsi's onboard video is rather weak, and have noticed
it myself when running System 7 in color. Is this the same video that comes
with a IIci ?

Thanks much,

Jim
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: trocklin@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (Tom Rocklin)
Subject: FAX/Phone/Modem phone line switching
Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 18:55:39 GMT

I am considering getting one of those devices that checks an incoming
phone call and routes it to the phone or fax or modem depending on
the signal it gets.

Does anyone have any recommendations or cautions?  I prefer e-mail responses;
I'll prepare a summary for the net.
-- 
Tom Rocklin                                  374 Lindquist Center
319/335-5570                               The University of Iowa
319/335-5386 (fax)                            Iowa City, IA 52242
From: bruceh@access.isc-br.com (Bruce Hogan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Magnetized Monitor = Junk ?
Date: 5 Jan 93 15:38:11 GMT
Organization: ISC-Bunker Ramo

In article <THOMAS.TORNBLOM.93Jan5112747@beck.nexus.comm.se>, Thomas.Tornblom@nexus.comm.se (Thomas Tornblom) writes:
> 
> In article <16B4D101F.LILMARA@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu> LILMARA@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (Martin Lilly) writes:
> 
>    My adventurous daughter wanted to see if our beautiful 13" Trinitron monitor
>    was magnetic- she touched a moderately powerful magnet to the screen and it now
>    has 4 large, ugly blotches on it.
> 
>    2 of the blotches are green, and 2 are olive. Each pair looks like they would
>    superimpose on the other, but are separate. The rest of the hardware is fine
>    (except for the magnet:-)).
> 
>    Is my $600 investment shot?
> 
>    Thanks, Lilmara@Yalevm.YCC.Yale.edu
> 
> I guess it'll work as a color TV, shut the monitor off for a few
> minutes and back on. Or if the monitor has a de-gauss button, press it
> and wait until the image stops waving. The procedure may have to be
> repeated a few times.
> 
> Thomas
Right...it just needs to be de-guassed.  Maybe you can take it to a TV repair 
shop and just ask them to waft a deguassing coil over it and 'voila', you're 
eyes are happy once again.
Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.hardware:25231 comp.sys.mac.system:15748
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.system
Distribution: world
From: dshin@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (dongil shin)
Organization: Odyssey Ultraware, Inc
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 21:22:16 CDT
Subject: HELP! Installing Daystar PowerCache card on MacIIcx!!


	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           


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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
From: robert@hccw.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Third Party Duo Modems Available?
Date: 8 Jan 93 10:43:21 PST
Organization: Health Care Computer Works, Las Vegas, Nevada

  I have a Duo 230 and want to put a high speed modem in it.  Are the 
third party modems available yet?  So far I've only been able to find
one modem (Apple's 2400) for the Duo.
-- 
Robert Duran Jr.                Internet: robert@hccw.com
Programmer/Analyst              Proverbs 10:9
Health Care Computer Works
Las Vegas, NV
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: baraff+@cs.cmu.edu (David Baraff)
Subject: 120Mb powerbook harddrive -- recommendations?
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 03:39:43 GMT

I'm looking at getting a 120Mb internal drive for
my powerbook 170. Anyone gotten a 120Mb and have anything
to say about it? I've seen adds for ones from "Go", for
around $550. Comments? (Or on any other brand?)

	David Baraff
	baraff@cs.cmu.edu
From: tstiller@sarnoff.com (Tom Stiller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Postscript cmd to turn ON the startup page
Date: 8 Jan 93 14:40:08 GMT
Organization: David Sarnoff Research Center


In article <1993Jan7.210859.26665@netcom.com>, bszeto@netcom.com (Bailey Szeto) writes:
> 
> Hello all.
>    Does anybody know the postscript command to turn on the startup page for
> a laserwriter? I need to know the exact command because the printer is not
> connected to a mac, and therefore, I cannot run the Laserwriter font utility.
> 
>    I believe that there are two ways to accomplish this. One is to connect
> a terminal straight to the serial port, and the other is to put a postscript
> header around the postscript command. I need to know what the command is.
> 
>
The PostScript string below will turn the startup page on (true) or 
off (false).

 serverdict begin 0 exitserver statusdict begin true setdostartpage end

Tom Stiller
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: povlphp@uts.uni-c.dk (Povl H. Pedersen)
Subject: New Daystar PowerCache prices as of today
Organization: UNI-C, Danish Computing Centre for Research and Education
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 18:06:46 GMT

I just talked to MacsPlace, and they have dropped the price of
the PowerCaches today. The prices I got is below, with their
old price in ().

50MHz + FPU  $898 ($1398)
50MHz no FPU $778 ($1148)
40MHz + FPU  $698 ($968)
40MHz no FPU $598 ($798)

No there is no reason not to get a PowerCache. And the price decrease
on the 50MHz+FPU makes this a real good buy. I will get one as soon as
possible.

Disclaimer: I am a customer of Mac's Place, and have not bought anything
from Daystar yet. Both both have very good reputations.
-- 
Povl H. Pedersen   -   Macintosh specialist. Knows some DOS and UNIX too.
pope@imv.aau.dk    -   povlphp@uts.uni-c.dk
From: long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Upgrade from Deskwriter C --> Deskwriter 550 C
Date: 7 Jan 93 15:24:32 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <2B4BB250.27788@news.service.uci.edu>, eaiu243@orion.oac.uci.edu writes...
>In article <1993Jan6.140011.26068@ncsu.edu> Everette Gray Allen <everette_allen@ncsu.edu> writes:
>>Is there and upgrade kit/path from the Deskwriter C to the Deskwriter
>>550C ??

 Yes, but it's probably not worth the trouble. I was told the upgrade is  $500
 (!). New 550Cs are going for about $700 in this area, so if you could get
 more than $200 (should be easy) for your old DW C, you would be better off.

 [Tangent: I really don't understand why companies bother with these
 "upgrades;" they are seldom worthwhile.]

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Richard C. Long		                  | long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com
          "Ludicrous speed!! GO!!!!"      | ...!decwrl!mcntsh.enet.dec.com!long
                      -- Dark Helmet      | long%mcntsh.dec@decwrl.enet.dec.com
From: brian@rahul.net (Brian Feinberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Opening Powerbook 140
Keywords: powerbook
Date: 8 Jan 93 08:05:49 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: a2i network

Does anyone know of instructions for opening a Powerbook
140? I know I remember seeing them, but I can't remeber where.
I just go a GO-120 drive, and I'd like to put it in myself if 
possible.


-- 
----------------------------------
Brian Feinberg <brian@rahul.net> or <brian@cirrus.com>
CI$: 73617,2470
AOL: BrianF
From: bk146@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Todd Sternisha)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: ?educational discount price for StyleWriter II?
Date: 9 Jan 1993 17:51:11 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: bk146@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Todd Sternisha)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc4.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, jvance@desire.wright.edu () says:

>Does anyone know what the educational discount price for the new 
>StyleWriter II will be? At my university, students, faculty, and 
>staff could buy the original StyleWriter for $300 (or maybe it was 
>$299).
>
>Thanks in advance for all replies.
>
>Jim Vance       Internet:  jvance@desire.wright.edu
>                BITNET:    jvance@wsu
>
	According to the Apple Educator Advantage Individual Purchase
Program, the new educator price for the StyleWriter II is $302.00.
The list was dated Jan 6, and the only two new items were the
StyleWriter II and the Apple Color OneScanner, priced at $1212.00.


-- 
	-Todd Sternisha
   bk146@cwru.freenet.edu              Wolf's Den (216) 528-0321 
"I am not impressed by your ability to hurt people." -Ian McKaye of
Fugazi
From: minsky@media.mit.edu (Marvin Minsky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Apple 16-inch vs. Sony CPD1604S???
Date: 5 Jan 93 23:12:23 GMT
Organization: MIT Media Laboratory

In article <2361@sousa.tay.dec.com> craparotta@frside.enet.dec.com () writes:
>
>I have a Apple 16" monitor at home and in the office.. I can tell you that I 
>am NOT very impressed at all!! I can see the pixels 'dance' on both monitors..
>
>I have double checked both monitors adjustments and see nothing wrong.. One is 
>on a Quadra and the other is on a CX, so I ruled out the VRAM also..

Pixel motion might mean a nearby 60 Hz magnetic field.  My monitor doe
such things when the computer is next to it, and improves with an iron
palte in between.
From: deg@violet.berkeley.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: MAC->Epson printers. Can it be done?
Date: 5 Jan 93 23:56:20 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: violet.berkeley.edu
Originator: deg@violet.berkeley.edu


es anyone know if you can print to Epson compatable dot-matrix printers from
Macs?
Is there an adaptor cable and drivers for this type of thing?  Please e-mail me
(deg@violet.berkeley.edu). Thanks
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: ljones@utkvx3.utk.edu (Leslie Lamont Jones)
Subject: Donate SIMMs to nature center
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 01:47:00 GMT

     Ijams Nature Center in Knoxville is in need of 2 1 Mb or
larger SIMMs for an LC 2/40. The center needs extra memory to
run PageMaker, which requires 2 Mb of memory for itself. The
center obtained the LC through a grant.
     Ijams was established by the Audobon Society on property
willed by the Ijams family. The center leads school groups
on educational trips on the proerty on most days of the school
year. Wildlife biologist Pam Petko-Sues travels to area schools
to teach children about wildlife. There is a museum and a
pavillion where UT professors and area naturalists give talks.
     Donations would be greatly appreciated, and are tax
deductible. You can send the SIMMs COD. Donors will become
members and receive the monthly newsletter.
     A membership and a newsletter are all we have to offer. You
can probably sell the SIMMs somewhere else. But by giving them
to Ijams, you will benefit a community that will appreciate
your charity and put your contribution to good use.

Leslie Jones,
Ijams naturalist
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: New Apple CD-ROM
From: seth@physc1.byu.edu
Date: 11 Jan 93 22:07:06 -0700
Distribution: world
Organization: Brigham Young University

In article <1ikn62INNf13@post.its.mcw.edu>, mmjjmm@post.its.mcw.edu (Michael Malloy) writes:
> Does anyone know when the new fast access Apple CD-ROM drives are due to
> be out and what they will cost. I'm putting off getting a CD until I get a
> look at them. Were they shown at MacWorld. If so, any impressions.
> 
> --
> Michael J. Malloy
> Medical College of Wisconsin           Truth is a Virus
> mmjjmm@post.its.mcw.edu
> 


I don't know if they have delivered any yet, but I noticed today that my
college Bookstore now lists, in addition to the AppleCD 150, the new AppleCD
300. It goes for something like $490 without cables and something like $550 
with all the cables. I COVET this CD-ROM!

Seth Leigh
BYU Physics Dept.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: wilcox@triton.unm.edu (Sherman Wilcox)
Subject: Duos and monitors
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 93 21:07:03 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

A simple question that I hope someone can answer for me (since I need
to buy a Duo as soon as possible): can the Duos, when docked, drive a
portrait display?

Thanks!

Sherman Wilcox
  
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: kkalan@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Kenneth Kalan)
Subject: Re: Power switch on IIx
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 15:23:28 GMT

In article <1992Dec30.174903.3741@netcom.com> obnoid@netcom.com (Michael Kirschner) writes:
>Dan Everhart (dan@dyndata.uucp) wrote:
>: In article <zaphod-231292153443@gregt.winona.msus.edu> zaphod@vax2.winona.msus.edu (Gregory Talmo) writes:
>: 
>: > In article <DAN.92Dec19133214@dynasty.dyndata.uucp>, dan@dyndata.uucp (Dan
>: > Everhart) wrote:
>: 
>: > > Do I *really* need to see the dealer about replacing a battery...?
>: > > 
>: > 
>: >   Yep, the little bugger is soldered onto the motherboard!  Thanks Apple.
>: > 
>: 
>: Well, if that's all it is, I can replace it myself.  No warranty left
>: to void on this IIx....  I suppose it's a Lithium cell.  Can anyone
>: tell me for sure the type and voltage of the battery?
>
>Open the case up and see for yourself. It's perfectly visible from the
>top. I'd do it for you but my IIx is relatively inaccessable at the moment.
>I've replaced a battery in a II before. Beware that you need a fairly
>substantial soldering iron to do it, the 30W variety from Shadio Rack is
>not up to the job. There's too much thermal mass in the ground plane for
>it to overcome and heat that joint enough to melt the solder. How do I
>know this? Cuz I tried!*)
>
>Mike
>
>
The IIx at work uses Lithium cells with pressure contacts. (like a regular battery and is replaceable by just unsnapping the tip of the battery holder
and popping out the old battery and slipping in the new one.)

I used Tadiran #TL-5902/S which is a High Capacity Lithium Inorganic Cell.
Size is 1/2 AA @ 
1200 mAh and was less than $1.00 more than the standard cell.
(About $6.73 each for the High Capacity)

You can call Lou Adams, Regional Manager @ Tadiran Batteries (817) 430-1242
for additional info and part numbers if you do have a solder tab battery.

Just for your info, I purchased mine from Newark Electronics, they have
over 200 branches across the country.  If you cannot find their number
e-mail me with your city and state and the closest large city and
I'll e-mail you the address and number.

Ken

Ken Kalan
PP ASEL
kgk@nwu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: sjk6119@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (Sgt. Kleper)
Subject: Re: leaving macs running for extended periods
Reply-To: sjk6119@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 22:42:00 GMT

In article <esooter.726088820@yacht>, esooter@ee.fit.edu (Eric Sooter) writes:
>In <C04tGK.12s@iapa.uucp%mailhost.ecn.uoknor.edu> ctrbdo@iapa.uucp%mailhost.ecn.uoknor.edu (bryan d oakley) writes:
>
>>What's the current wisdom regarding leaving a mac running 100% o' the
>>time?  That's how I treat my Sun at work, to no ill effect.  However,
>>we have a script on the Sun which reboots the machine (ala cron) once
>>a week to clean up the file system, etc.  If there is no problem with
>>leaving the mac up, is there a way to have it automatically reboot now
>>and again, or is that even necessary?  
>>-- 
>
>	My corporate experience with Mac II family is that leave them on unless
>you know there is a thunderstorm coming.  Since we are in Florida, you would think that would be quite often, but in years of use (5+), I have had no baked
>Macs.  I highly recommend a screen saver, i.e., After Dark, etc.
>
>regards,
>els

I do the same thing, but I found a problem with a screen saver. Sometimes
After Dark puts the read/write head on the disk for no apparrent reason
except to load the animations. Seems kinda pointless. It's bad enough that
the thing is spinning 24 hours/day, but to have it reading and writing when
it doesn't need to? I just turn my screen down or off. Just a thought.

-Scott J. Kleper
"Sgt. Kleper"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Recommendations sought for a Slide Maker
From: tjames@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Date: 5 Jan 93 13:42:21 EST
Organization: Wesleyan University

Dear Netters:
I wonder whether any of you have good experiences with any brand of 'Slide
Maker'. I am interested in one that would work with both Mac and IBM. I have
used a Polaroid with a Mirrus software. It appeared to be very slow! (with a
Mac II). Any comments welcome. Thanks in advance.
-- 
Tharappel C. James
Department of Molecular Biology
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT 06459-0175
U. S. A.
203-344-8544 ext. 2608/2124
tjames@beaver.wesleyan.edu OR
tjames%beaver@wesleyan.bitnet
From: wang_dj@zebra.cs.jhu.edu (David J. Wang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Duo/SCSI details
Date: 12 Jan 93 15:03:58 GMT
Organization: Johns Hopkins Computer Science Department, Baltimore, MD

In article <1993Jan11.081820.14956@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> rapickering@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu writes:
>However, there are some things that will prevent a DUO from going to sleep
>when the lid is closed.  Most notably, the game StarRunner will not let 
>my Duo sleep.  Also, if you are actively using the modem port.
>
While I don't know about the game StarRunner, my Duo does sleep even with the
modem port active -- I learned this after I accidently closed the cover while
still connected to my school's mainframe.
-- 
_______________________________________________________________________________
David J. Wang                                    CAUTION!
wang_dj@server.cs.jhu.edu                SPACE UNDER CONSTRUCTION!
_______________________________________________________________________________
From: jangus@alnitak.usc.edu (Jim Angus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Looking for good read/write optical drive
Date: 6 Jan 93 19:17:58 GMT
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: alnitak.usc.edu

I'm looking to purchase an economical mass storage device for my Mac.  It
seems that optical drives provide the lowest cost per megabyte for removable
media.  Anyone out there had any good/bad experiences with them?

I've seen the Infinity 3.5 and the Arias drives (both cost about $1500).

Jim