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From: JBrandt@AAA.UOregon.EDU (Jay Brandt)
Subject: Re: Connecting PowerBook to ext La Cie PocketDrive?
Organization: University of Oregon, Architecture
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 92 16:30:30 GMT

Fresh Information! The cable you need is available by mail-order, with no
strange adapters needed. To the best of my knowledge, this company ships
worldwide, so you should be able to get it in Austrailia as well as here in
the States. (The phone numbers below are USA numbers.)

MacWarehouse, 1-800-622-6222, FAX 1-203-855-1386
Part # ACC 0727, 30-pin to 25 pin PowerBook 18" HDI cable, made by Interex,
Price $45 US, Inquire when placing order for foreign shipping fees.

That will do it for you. Check your local mail-order mac accessory
catalogs, if there are such things in your country. They can probably get
it for you domesticly.

Jay Brandt

In article <1992Oct4.175237.4149@nntp.uoregon.edu>, JBrandt@AAA.UOregon.EDU
(Jay Brandt) writes:
> 
> In article <norton.718083758@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU>, norton@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU
> (Norton Chia) writes:
> > 
> > I understand La Cie's PocketDrive ends at a 25 pin male connector. While this
> > is fine with connecting to the back of a Mac, how would I be able to connect
> > to a PowerBook's SCSI port?
> > 
> > Many thanks,
> > Norton Chia
> > 
> > 
> 
> Call LaCie for a custom cable. I'm sure they have one.
> 
> For a "stock hardware" solution, you would have to use a combination of
> several cables that would cost far more than it is
> worth.
> 
>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: SI at 25 Mhz REPOST PLEASE
From: news@massey.ac.nz (USENET News System)
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 92 20:37:58 GMT
Organization: Massey University

Could this article please be reposted, a number of people have missed it,
including myself. I tried our back news logs but couldn't find it.

Thanks in advance

	Nigel (N.Perry@massey.ac.nz DO NOT "reply" to news article, our
	       poster is stuffed :-(. Email no problem.)
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Department of Computer Science    Tel: +64 6 356 9099 ext 8900
Massey University                 Fax: +64 6 350 5611
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: brownd@mari.acc-admin.stolaf.edu (David H Brown)
Subject: SupraFAXmodem (Was RE: Recommendations for FAX/Modems)
Organization: St. Olaf College; Northfield, MN
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 16:10:32 GMT

	I would (as a mere happy user; not an employee or anything) recommend
this device to anyone who can spring for the $320-$370 price. Sold as a Mac
package, it comes with

	* Serial Cable (supports hdwe handshaking)
	* RJ11 (Modular Phone) Cable to go to the wall jack
	* Fax STF Fax software (not bad at all)
	* Microphone 1.6 (outdated, a bit limited, IMHO)
	* various semi-useful on-line service offers
	* wall-wart power supply (AC wall transformer)

For technical info, you might like to see glowing review in the November
MacUser. (pp. 176 ff, "The Bottom Line" also, p. 187.)

The case is nice-- small and well-built (metal top/bottom). The diplay is
more than adequate... four LEDs for "on-hook", "send data," "receive data,"
and "terminal ready". (I've never seen the TR light go out... it's pretty
fast.) Plus a LED matrix which shows such pithy comments as "OK" or "DC" for
data compression or "RI" for ring. The one I like best is "144" for 14,400
bps! :-) Power switch is a push-button on the front.

The serial cable screws into its jack on the back. Considerately, when the
modem is off-hook, the phone you might plug into the second RJ11 jack is
entirely disconnected. (I've messed up several sessions by picking up the
phone to ask questions about something I was reading on the screen! :-P)

The only thing I think I _don't_ like about it is the power supply. I have
more of those things than reasonably fit into my power strip (powered stereo
speakers, Stylewriter, modem) and it gets rather hot. (I've alleviated this
somewhat by raising the modem's power supply on two grounding adapters...
better air circulation and the other supplies keep it from falling over. It
doesn't use the ground, anyway.) Hopefully, if it ever does fail, it will be
before the 5-year warranty is over.

Haven't found any FAX machines which connect at 14,400 yet (not even the
place where I faxed the registration for the fax software), but it sure makes
a difference for data.

Dave Brown (brownd@agnes.acc.stolaf.edu)
From: Steinar.Moum@usit.uio.no (Steinar Moum)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Can faulty Enet-card destroy mac?
Date: 16 Oct 92 09:06:49 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: USIT, Universitetet i Oslo

A Mac II CX with system 7 started to report that unlocked diskettes were
locked. The diskett-drive was changed.
Returned to the user, the error still existed, a new trip to the dealer and
this time the logic-board was removed.
Back to user, still "F-line instruction" and bus-error and still not beeing
able to read diskettes.

The dealer tells ust that the culprit is the Ethernetcard (from a
manufacturer we are quite satisfied with).

During this process of course the system 7 was installed numerous times.

So in short:  It might be that the E-natcard is bad, that can happen, but
can a faulty Ethernetcard in this way influence on other hardware parts in
the mac? 



Steinar Moum
USIT, Universitetet i Oslo
Postboks 1059 Blindern
0316 Oslo, Norway
Tel.: 02/85 24 89  (Resepsjon: 85 24 70)
Fax.: 02/85 27 30  (+47 2 85 27 30)
E-Mail: Steinar.Moum@usit.uio.no
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From: kanefsky@halcyon.com (Steve Kanefsky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: So, what do we think of the Performa 600?
Date: 12 Oct 92 19:44:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: nwnexus.1992Oct12.194430.6974
Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service

In article <1bc8grINNi12@bigboote.WPI.EDU> firenza@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Timothy Mark Collins) writes:
>In article <1992Oct12.141929.14657@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> hades@Dartmouth.Edu writes:
>>an780@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Travis Grundke) writes:
>>
>>>My personal belief is that at $1999 with keyboard in a 4/160, 3 nubus
>>>and internal drive bay, the P600 is phenominal. Its a bit faster than an
>>>SI (lets debate this little puppy....), more expansion than a CI, and
>>>is priced like an LC used to be (oxymoron here...). 
>>
>>    Well, until someone does a speed comparison that is normalized
>>properly with non-beta system software, we will have no idea how fast
>>the P600 is relative to either the IIsi or the IIci. My guess is that it
>>will be slightly slower than a cache carded IIci on somethings due to
>>the cache, but without the cache it should be just a bit faster on
>>everything except FPU math. In any case it should out perform the IIsi
>>in every catagory. Depending on how you clasify "expansion" the P600
>>wins out because of the 2 internal drive bays, on 3.5 and one 5.25, but
>>the IIci has 3 NuBus slots just like the P600 does.
>
>Check out the current MacWorld.  It's got an article on the new Performas and
>speed comparisons between the 600 and the IIci.  It is slower due to lack of
>caching and FPU, but it's got 3 expansions slots as well as an accelerator
>slot.  If you find later you need more speed, you can always put in an
>accelerator or something.  The article is pretty good and it goes into the
>expansion options and the IIci vs 600 debate.  Their bottom line is, and I 
>quote,  "The basic Performa 600 offers a lot more for the money than a Macintosh IIci and provides a no-penalties upgrade path.  Whether you use the drive bay to eliminate extra-drive clutter on your desk or to participate in Apple's
>vision for the future of CD ROM, the b ay is a nice bit of industrial design.
>None of the new hardware is earth-shattering, but the Performa 600 represents
>the sum of many good decisions implemented well.  The Performa 600 is going to 
>find many happy owners in teh middle of the market theough the middle of the 
>1990's."

What gets me is that they didn't even think to question their results.
They just blindly accepted them without even mentioning that there might
be something funny going on.  They also used outrageous prices for the
IIci when comparing it to the P600.  It looks like they were comparing an
out-of-date *list* price for the IIci to an expected *street* price for the
P600.  $3999 for a IIci 5/80?  You can get one for about half that!

--
Steve Kanefsky
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.wanted,misc.forsale.computers
From: fractel1@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Darryl J Ong)
Subject: *** WANTED: POWERBOOK 100 4MB MEMORY CARD ***
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 07:05:06 GMT

Hi - as it says - If you have 6MB in your Powerbook 100 and are
thinking about upgrading to 8MB, -- I'll buy the 4MB memory
card.

Contact me at djo@mashie.ece.jhu.edu or at
(410) 366-4119

Darryl Ong
From: neil@mcl.ucsb.edu (Neil Correa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: installing a harddrive
Date: 9 Oct 92 00:26:37 GMT

My friend has an internal harddrive that he does not want anymore.  He is will-
ing to mail it to me, but I don't know how to install it.  Are there any books
out their on installations or does anyone have any easy instructions?


							Thanks in Advance,
							Neil
From: bcek1@cus.cam.ac.uk (B.C.E. Khoo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Connecting a Canon BJ-10e to a Mac
Keywords: Canon BJ-10e, connection, Macintosh
Date: 11 Oct 92 17:30:40 GMT
Distribution: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: U of Cambridge, England

Dear all

This is probably an FAQ... My brother, after working the summer as support for
PCs (ack! ack!) has acquired a BJ-10e. Could somebody recommend a source for
a printer driver and a cable to connect the Mac to this parallel device? (This
is to replace his IW LQ -- not one of Apple's most brilliant products, IMHO.)

Thank you.

Bernard Khoo                            |  1985-1992: 
Wellcome/CRC Institute                  |    Mac 128K -> 512K -> Plus 
University of Cambridge, UK.            |    Mac SE
                                        |    Mac SE/30
bcek1@cus.cam.ac.uk, @phx.cam.ac.uk     |    PB 100 & PB 170...
  or @mbuk.bio.cam.ac.uk                |         ... it's a monochrome world.

Disclaimer: My opinions only, not those of my employer or of my school.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: delft@fwi.uva.nl (Andre van Delft)
Subject: Noisy Mac II fan
Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 23:05:25 GMT

I find my Mac II fan too noisy. Can I "improve" it  by adding a resistor?
If so, what dimensions should it have (Ohm, Watt)?
Any other solutions?

Andre van Delft
DELFT@fwi.uva.nl
From: Ladd.Morse@p804.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Ladd Morse)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Ricoh ISO 5030E-1 rewrite optical
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 22:07:46 -0500

Re: optical drives
 
The latest MacWorld tests 45 optical drives, with some of them being the larger
capacity drives your shopping for.
From: yaosenko@acsu.buffalo.edu (Yaosen Ko)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Tokamac 33Mhz 68040 accelerator for Mac IIfx
Date: 15 Oct 92 02:16:50 GMT
Organization: UB

Hello,

Anybody has information or experience on this accelerator
board?
From: ove@ux2.cso.uiuc.edu (Roger Ove - Astronomy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Mitsubishi multisync and Mac IIci
Date: 8 Oct 92 18:45:41 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.BvtG47.Juy
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

I need to hook up a Mitsubishi multisync monitor to a Mac (either IIci
or LC II).  Does anyone out there know the pin definitions at the mac
end (to make a cable)?  I believe that this monitor (aum-1381a) will
work with the built-in video on these macs, but please correct me if
I'm wrong.
thanks,
Roger Ove
ove@ux2.cso.uiuc.edu
From: oueichek@imag.fr (Ibaa Oueichek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Let's talk Performas, Boys and Girls
Date: 7 Oct 92 17:50:58 GMT
Organization: IMAG Institute, University of Grenoble, France
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Peter Newton (newton@cs.utexas.edu) wrote:
: > They said the tests were "three applications sure to be used by P600
: > users", whatever those were.
: 
: You mean they did not state which apps were used!  That's quite poor
: of them.  People just do not realize how careful one has to be when
: measuring and comparing computer performance.  Lots of factors can
: matter-- dual ported RAM (very tricky), virtual memory (even if your
: program fits into physical RAM), 32 bit mode, caches, network
: settings, etc.  Disk performance is even harder.  It is easy for
: results to vary by a factor of two based on fragmentation and where
: test files are placed on disk. 

  Does they mention the manufacturer of the P600 disk ?. A slow HD can be
a real bottleneck. Any info about the SCSI port speed of the P600 can be
helpful also. I can't understand that  the P600 with a 25% faster processor
can be slower than a IIci. There should be something different, maybe the HD,
or the SCSI port.
: 
: -- 
:  ----
: Peter Newton (newton@cs.utexas.edu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: cs108069@pandora.sdsu.edu (DeRose)
Subject: Re: Utilizing more display on a Q700
Organization: San Diego State University, College of Sciences
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 00:13:26 GMT

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 :-)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: davep@county.lmt.mn.org (Dave Polaschek)
Subject: Re: Accelator for ci?
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware 
Reply-To: davep@county.lmt.mn.org (Dave Polaschek)
Organization: LaserMaster Corp
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 92 19:25:41 GMT

> With everyone drooling over the speed of the Quadras, I'm starting
> to feel a bit left out.  So I'd like to get an accelator for my CI.
> The only catch is that it seems like everytime I read about the 
> pros and cons of any accelator they seem to contradict each other.
> For example the Radius Rocket seems to be the most optimal, but
> some of the info that I have received suggests that since it goes into
> a NuBus slot instead of the PDS it might have some problems.  Also
> it requires its own bit of memory which is extra cash...

DayStar's PowerCache line is the best I've ever dealt with.  They also have a 
deal now that if you buy the PowerCache 50MHz, you'll get a $99 upgrade to 
their 68040 33MHz card sometime next year.  I've never seen any problems with 
their hardware and their support and software is excellent.

Dave Polaschek           	Internet:davep@county.lmt.mn.org
LaserMaster Corp. R&D  	      					ICBMNet:44^59'N 93^13'W
7156 Shady Oak Rd.  					      									AppleLink:LaserMax
Eden Prairie, MN 55344  			 			      	  	ATTNet:6129439204
-- Cuius testiculos habes, habeas cardia et cerebellum. --
From: jacobs@cerritos.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Whinning SE-30 driving me nuts
Date: 9 Oct 92 04:12:40 GMT
Article-I.D.: cerritos.1992Oct8.201240.7369
Organization: Cerritos College, Norwalk CA

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.

Also, if this is something that is coverd under the warranty, can I get it
fixed locally or do I have to send it to apple it cupertino?

Thanks

Karl
 P.S. could it be the power supply?
 
________________________________________________________________________________Karl Jacobs - Jacobs@cerritos.edu
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From: smike@santafe.Sitka.Sun.COM (Bruce Linde)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.wanted,misc.forsale.computers
Subject: TRADE MY PB 20MB H.D. FOR YOUR INTERNAL PB MODEM?
Keywords: powerbook, modem, disk, global, psi, fax
Date: 15 Oct 92 16:43:26 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mountain View, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: santafe.sitka.sun.com


    i'm looking to trade a powerbook internal 20mb hard disk
    (yanked from my new pb100 when i upgraded to 40mb) for
    an internal powerbook modem.

    hopefully, someone out there is looking to upgrade their
    modem, and thinks that having an extra drive around might
    be a good idea.

    i can be reached via e-mail or at 510 769-2536.

    thanks,
    bruce l
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: olafn@inbit.ibt.unit.no (Olaf F. Normann)
Subject: Mac IIsi accelerator
Organization: IBT
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 16:25:22 GMT

Hello

Does anobody have experience on any Mac IIsi accelerators?
especially we need to accelerate the window drawing.

Best regards,
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: gkw055@tijc02.uucp (Greg Whitfield)
Subject: Mac Plus and Apple HiRes Mono Monitor?
Keywords: Mac Plus Apple High Resolution Monochrome Monitor
Organization: Siemens Industrial Automation, Johnson City TN
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 20:36:43 GMT

I recently picked up an Apple High Resolution Monochrome Monitor for 
$10 (minus the cable) (they purchased an Apple color monitor).  I have a 
Mac Plus.  Is it possible to interface this monitor to my Mac Plus?  
I know that this would require a video card and would probably require 
some sort of hardware expertise since the Mac Plus does not have any 
expansion slots.  What would I need to do?  Or is it simply impossible?

When I purchased this monitor, I assumed that it is compatible with 
Mac II's and above (with the proper video card).  Is that true?

Thank you in advance for any help.
-- 
----------------- The above represents my personal opinion -----------------
Gregory K. Whitfield            Internet:  gkw055%jceng1%tijc02@uunet.uu.net 
Siemens Industrial Automation, Inc.     UUCP: ...!uunet!tijc02!jceng1!gkw055 
Johnson City, Tennessee, USA                MCI Mail: GWhitfield@MCIMail.com
From: wjb1@ellis.uchicago.edu (William J. Buikema)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: replacement mouse ball
Date: 16 Oct 92 15:52:53 GMT
Reply-To: wjb1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations

We have one of those mice that Apple sold for a time with the small lightweight
black ball.  We have just about reached maximum frustration level with it,
since it is so easily disturbed by dirt, lint, etc.  Are there any sources
for a replacement ball that works better in this mouse, or should I resign
myself to replacing the mouse?

Bill

William J. Buikema              internet: wjb1@midway.uchicago.edu
University of Chicago               or    w-buikema@uchicago.edu
Dept. of Molecular Genetics &       or    hetman@uchicago.edu 
    Cell Biology, CLSC 313
920 E. 58th St.
Chicago, IL  60637
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: Ed Rotberg <gonzo@ntb.apple.com>
Subject: Re: System 7.0 eats up 14M of memory!
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 21:34:16 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer

aj@lew.rosemount.com (Andy Joe)

In article <1992Oct14.153750.3923@rosevax.rosemount.com> Andy Joe,
aj@lew.rosemount.com writes:
>I upgraded my IIci to 20 megs yesterday, and discovered that if I
>don't have 32 bit addressing turned on, the system uses about 14megs,
>and leaves only 6 megs of free memory.
>
>I have 16 megs in bank B, and 4 in bank A, and don't have any
>extensions loaded.
>
>Does anybody have a reasonable answer to this?

When 32 bit addressing is turned off, the system can only address 8 Meg
of memory.  Even though it recognizes that you have installed 20
megabytes, and indicates it in the "About This Macintosh..." window,
since it can only actually use 8 Meg it chalks the other 12 up to
"System" in addition to what it actually needs (2 Megs in this case).

If you turn on 32 bit addressing, you'll get the other 12 meg back.  Your
performance will also be marginally better.  Unfortunately, a few
applications which did not heed Apple's many early warnings, are not
32-bit clean, and  may crash.

Ed Rotberg                 "Just remember...
Professor of Gonzo          a waist is a terrible
Apple Computer, Inc.        thing to mind"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: hise@iastate.edu (Allan R Hise)
Subject: Re: Apple's 13" Monitor and 24-bit color (thank you!)
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 16:43:50 GMT

Thanks for all the responses, my mailbox is quite full...


-- 
Allan		 | Could someone explain Ohm's Law to me?  I'm a senior in
hise@iastate.edu | electrical engineering and I guess I'm supposed to know it
"I'm gonna be puhsykeologist when I grow up"
"I'm gonna be a roadrunner.  Meep Meep Whiz Bang!" 
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From: douglass@pleiades.bucknell.edu (john douglass `92)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.m68k
Subject: Thanks
Date: 7 Oct 1992 23:09:14 GMT
Organization: Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
NNTP-Posting-Host: pleiades.cs.bucknell.edu

Thanks to all the people who quickly responded without flaming me.
Yes I realize that the info is available from a dealer but this method
seemed faster, and all the info could be printed out nicely for me to
give to my friend.  Thanks again, and I wont waste any more bandwith.

-- jd

--
John T. Douglass
douglass@pleiades.cs.bucknell.edu
Bucknell U, Lewisburg PA 17837





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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: michaelg@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Michael Greenwald)
Subject: Internal drives for SE?
Organization: CS Department, Stanford University, California, USA
Distribution: comp
Date:  8 Oct 92 18:23:09 GMT

My mother-in-law has an SE with an internal 20Meg drive.  We live in
different cities, so all of the following information is third-hand,
and filtered through her decidedly non-technical perspective.

The drive was wedged (wouldn't start; just made weird noises and then
the Question mark floppy would pop up).  A friend of a friend got the
drive going again by (apparently) opening up the case and doing
something with a screwdriver.  I have no idea whether it was the
equivalent of kicking it in the side, or whether he actually >did<
something, but it's not important: he told her "Don't shut the drive
off again, because it might not start up.  Just leave the computer
running all the time."

I don't know what the >real< story is, but I >do< know that my
mother-in-law is convinced/scared that she needs a new drive.  I know
nothing about SE's.  Does she need to order a "low profile" drive?
Would 3.5" half-heights fit in (maybe with some special brackets?)?

While she's fixing/upgrading, what's the maximum memory that can fit
in an SE?  (I assume it takes SIMMS?)

Replies by Email, since I assume no one else will be interested.
Thanks

Michael Greenwald
Greenwald@cs.stanford.edu