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From: robertt@vcd.hp.com (Bob Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Need laser printer recommendations
Date: 21 Jul 92 18:25:07 GMT
Article-I.D.: vcd.Brr4Hx.AF5
Distribution: na
Organization: Hewlett-Packard VCD

hampel@siemens.com. (Ken Hampel) writes:
: I'm in the market for a laser printer. I have a Mac Classic and
: I usually print memos from Word, slides with some flowchart-type
: graphics from MacDrawPro and PageMaker, and some small spreadsheets
: from Excel.
: I understand the difference between the PostScript printers and
: non-PostScript (QuickDraw) printers. I've been told things like
: only PS printers will give me high quality output when printing
: non-text. Although, I'm willing to spend ~$2000 if necessary, I'd

This isn't true for the vast majority of applications (including the
stuff you are doing).  Only a few apps (e.g. Adobe Illustrator)
special case code for Postscript - on most apps, there is no
difference between the output on a 300 DPI Postscript machine
versus a 300 DPI QuickDraw machine.  Postscript does have some
advantages, but many of them don't apply to the majority of users:

1)  Document consistency/transportability - it's easier to transfer
documents formatted for Postscript to service bureaus, etc.

2)  High-end graphics packages - some high-end graphics packages
provide additional/expanded functionality that only works well on
Postscript printers.

3)  Offloading the host - most Postscript printers transfer all of the
rasterization to the printer, which frees up the host quicker.  Most
Quickdraw printers do their rasterization on the host, which may
keep you from doing additional work until the print job is finished.
Many cheaper Postscript printers, however, don't have enough
processing power to render as fast as the host, so many Quickdraw
printers actually end up being faster than low-end Postscript printers.
Postscript inherently has additional overhead that Quickdraw
printers don't have to deal with.

: much prefer to keep it < ~$1500. What printers can give me high
: quality output in a reasonable time?
: I'd like to get a feel for how slow the non-PS printers are. Is
: the Apple LaserWriter LS painfully slow? Is it true that it does
: not come with a spooler so I could regain control of the Mac while
: printing?

I personally haven't used a LaserWriter LS, so I can't comment on it.

I know that there are non-Apple products available that come with
spoolers.  There are also third-party spoolers available.

: Any comments and suggestions about any laser printers would be
: greatly appreciated.

Does it have to be laser? If so, why?  If not - check out the HP
DeskWriter (lots of bias, of course)  300DPI (with spooler) at alot
less than your minimum - and color for not much more.

: 
: Thanks,
: Ken

Bob Taylor
HP Vancouver
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: peter@parkdale.hub.toronto.edu (Peter Boulton)
Subject: HDFD floppy drive source (Q)
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: CSRI
Date: 22 Jul 92 15:38:27 GMT

Is there any source of replacement floppy drives other than
an authorized service center?  My technicians are quite capable
of replacing one if I can buy it.

Thanks for your answers.

Peter Boulton <peter@hub.toronto.edu>
CSRI, University of Toronto
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Stylewriter: Pagemaker 4.0; vertical lines
From: dagnall@violet.ccit.arizona.edu (Robert A. Dagnall)
Date: 22 Jul 1992 22:34 MST  
Distribution: world,local
Organization: University of Arizona
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

Two questions:


1)  I recently purchased the STudent Version of Pagemaker 4.0.
It doesn't have a Stylewriter print driver.  Do I need to find
one, or will one of the other drivers do?

2)  I heard a rumor that the Stylewriter doesn't print vertical
lines perfectly; they'll be in bands that are a hair off, jagged
sections.  Is this true?  If so, does the Deskwriter have a similar
problem?

Thanks in advance,
Robert Dagnall
dagnall@ccit.arizona.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: chandler@wc.novell.com (Mark Chandler)
Subject: Fax Modem Recommendations?
Organization: Novell, Inc. - Walnut Creek
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 21:30:44 GMT


I'm looking for a replacement for my Zoom fax modem.  I need
send and receive capabilities, and wouldn't be opposed to
voice mail either.  Ideally I'd like to run the modem and phone
off of one line.  Also, I'd prefer software that's not System 7
reliant.  Any pointers would be appreciated.



--
Mark Chandler               Novell, Inc.          510/975-4522
chandler@wc.novell.com      Walnut Creek, CA      510/938-2562 FAX
==================================================================
     The opinions expressed above are mine, not my employer's.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: maynard@tamar.msc.cornell.edu (Maynard J. Handley)
Subject: How does Time Manager operate on accelerated machines?
Organization: Cornell-Materials-Science-Center
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 18:46:53 GMT

I'm vaguely toying with the idea of buying an accelerator for my Mac, but
am wondering about compatibility. I don't care about games that run too
fast but deeper things. Specifically how does the Time Manager handle
scheduling? Do the Time Manager routines in ROM synch off a different clock
from that feeding the CPU so that a faster CPU doesn't hurt them? Similarly
for the timing parts of QuickTime, the Sound Manager, etc, etc. 

Near as I can tell, all accelerators come with an INIT that activates them.
To what extent is this OS version specific? Ie if it's patching every
routine in ROM that depends on CPU timing, will it break with the next OS
release?

Maynard Handley
From: good@gdwest.gd.com (CWP 570499236 Good)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Recommendations for PowerBook external video?
Keywords: PowerBook external video
Date: 30 Jul 92 20:57:20 GMT
Organization: General Dynamics Corp.

I have a PowerBook 170, and have been considering getting some type of
external video interface.  I have an Apple 13" monitor I can use for it.

I've heard rumors that SCSI video adaptors are slow.  Anyone have ideas
on the best way to connect my PowerBook to my monitor?

Please respond by email, and I'll post a summary.
-- 
David Good                                               good@gdwest.gd.com

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Need: Ext. Video Cable
From: zaphod@vax2.winona.msus.edu (Greg Talmo)
Date: 21 Jul 92 18:36:53 -0600
Organization: Winona State Academic Computing


  I was wondering if there was anyone out there who knows of a distributer who
sells extention cables for the Macintosh 21" displays.  I need to extend the
video cable of my 21" by another approximately three feet.

  Thanks in advance.

  Greg
From: drg@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu (David Gutierrez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: educ. prices on IIsi (was Re: ? About Expanding the IIsi)
Date: 23 Jul 92 18:14:56 GMT
Organization: Univ. Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

In article <5364@ucsbcsl.ucsb.edu> 2034bang@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Steve Bang)
writes:
>According to what I heard from an Apple Higher Ed rep, Apple will
>be dropping prices again on Macs as of August 1st.  He said that
>the IIsi will probably drop about $400.  Of course, he could be
>wrong, but then again we'll know in a few days.  IBM just yesterday
>dropped prices on many of their PS/2 models, so I suspect strongly
>that what I heard about the Mac prices dropping is true.


The "unofficial" word I've heard is that this year's back-to-school bundles
aren't bundles - they're deep discounts on Macs _without_ printers. I'd guess
that they're trying to dump units in anticipation of new models in a few
months.

David Gutierrez
drg@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu

"Only fools are positive." - Moe Howard
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: amir@is.morgan.com (Amir Bakhtiar)
Subject: Jasmine drive needs repair
Organization: Morgan Stanley - IS
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 14:23:37 GMT


I have a Jasmine DirectDrive80 which is misbahaving. I've tried Norton and various other utilities, but they don't seem to be able to fix it permanently.

I need a place which can try to repair the thing but I understand that Jasmine have gone out of business, so can anyone suggest a place where I can get it serviced?

Thanks in advance,
--Amir
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: SE/30 Internal Greyscale
From: tamone@uni2a.unige.ch
Date: 24 Jul 92 14:47:49 +0200
Organization: University of Geneva, Switzerland

To have grey-scale on a se/30 is there a need for a special external monitor or
the built-in one can do it ?

Francois
From: jgrape@coos.dartmouth.edu (Johan A. Grape)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Wait states
Date: 29 Jul 92 14:29:16 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Distribution: usa
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Originator: jgrape@coos.dartmouth.edu


	Anyone know how to determine what number of wait states
	my Mac is operating at?  Is there a utility that can take
	care of this?

	Thanks
Johan


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: K_LEPA@unhh.unh.edu (Kristen   Lepa)
Subject: Re: Comparing Stylewriter with DeskWriter
Organization: University of New Hampshire
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 02:15:11 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.12

In <1992Jul22.092112.18903@midway.uchicago.edu> nwc1@quads.uchicago.edu writes:

> In addition, the DeskWriter is upgradeable to the DeskWriter C for colour
> printing. Is this $450 still?

I paid $680 without cable for my DeskWriter C.  I assume they make you pay 
the difference when you upgrade it.
	-Kristen


> 
> 
> -- 
> N.W. Choe
> nwc1@midway.uchicago.edu
> nwchoe@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
> Beaver Consulting Co. Chicago
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: an780@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Travis Grundke)
Subject: FALL/SPRING RELEASES FROM APPLE: HERE'S THE LATEST RUMOURS
Reply-To: an780@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Travis Grundke)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 01:14:31 GMT


-- 
 "When I was young we got our first color TV set and our neighbor kids got
jealous 'cause their parents wouldn't buy one. So the parents put red green 
and blue celophane on it and called it color...now they have Windows 3.1"
    Travis Grundke --- an780@Cleveland.Freenet.edu --- Cleveland, Ohio
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: UC525655@mizzou1.missouri.edu (Mark Eaton)
Subject: Re: MAC KNOWLEDGE SOUGHT
Organization: University of Missouri
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 16:13:40 CDT

In article <14pf5hINNcqd@agate.berkeley.edu>
daver@sunspot.ssl.berkeley.edu (David Ray) writes:
 
>
>Rumor is: 1) August 1, lots of Mac prices will drop on current products
>          2) October 15, new products may be announced
>
>General: For the 60030 and 60040 lines, this includes:
>            LCII, SI, CI, QUADRA 700 and 950
>
>         Rumor: All these will be upgraded later this year (extra features
>                will be added at the same price, prices of current models
>                will be dropped)
>
>         Currently:
>            LCII: 16 MHz 60030, 16 bit data path, built in video RAM,
>                  1 PDS slot (16 bit card)
>            SI:   20 MHz 60030, 32 bit data path, 1 NuBus slots (32 bit)
>            CI:   25 MHz 60030, 32 bit data path, 3 (?) NuBus slots
>                  special slot for RAM cache card
>            Q700: 20 MHz 60040, 32 bit, 1 (?) NuBus slot, built in video
>            Q950: 33 MHz 60040, 32 bit, several NuBus slots, built in video
>
>General Mac vs PC stuff:
>
>   Advantages:
>         MIDI: No card is required, unlike the IBM. All you need is a
>               serial port/MIDI adapter, about $50. Mucho shareware avail.
>        Video: The LCII and Quadras have built-in video support, 8-bit color on
>               a 600x480 monitor, 16-bit on a 512x384. ** They are compatible
>               with most VGA and SVGA monitors as well as Mac monitors.
 
SI and CI have built in video up to 8-bits with monitors in size up to
14"
 
 
>          OS:  The Mac operating system has always had great GUI compared
>               to the cluged Windows environment. Has some multitasking
>               and backgrounding capabilities unlike DOS.
>          SW:  Tons of useful freeware and shareware available, more than
>               for the PC. Real (paid) SW takes advantage of the Mac OS --
>               backgrounding, transferring data between applications, etc.
>
>   Disadvantages:
>         Parallel Centronix printer port: None of the Macintoshes offer
>               a parallel port with TTL outputs. This means that some
>               PC programs that use TTL outputs can NEVER be ported to Macs.
>               Example: Motorola's HC11 assembler/simulator board and program.
>         RAM:  IBM's have more advanced RAM cache, resulting in faster number
>               crunching at the same clock speed. Only noticeable if you are
>               running something like AutoCad.
>
>hope this stuff is useful.
>Dave
 
**********************************************************************
Mark Eaton                    * These opinions are MINE! and you cant
UC525655@MIZZOU1.MISSOURI.EDU * have them...    ;)
From: daver@sunspot.ssl.berkeley.edu (David Ray)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: MAC KNOWLEDGE SOUGHT
Date: 24 Jul 1992 17:37:53 GMT
Organization: /etc/organization
NNTP-Posting-Host: sunspot.ssl.berkeley.edu

Rumor is: 1) August 1, lots of Mac prices will drop on current products
          2) October 15, new products may be announced

General: For the 60030 and 60040 lines, this includes:
            LCII, SI, CI, QUADRA 700 and 950

         Rumor: All these will be upgraded later this year (extra features
                will be added at the same price, prices of current models
                will be dropped)

         Currently:
            LCII: 16 MHz 60030, 16 bit data path, built in video RAM,
                  1 PDS slot (16 bit card)
            SI:   20 MHz 60030, 32 bit data path, 1 NuBus slots (32 bit)
            CI:   25 MHz 60030, 32 bit data path, 3 (?) NuBus slots
                  special slot for RAM cache card
            Q700: 20 MHz 60040, 32 bit, 1 (?) NuBus slot, built in video
            Q950: 33 MHz 60040, 32 bit, several NuBus slots, built in video

General Mac vs PC stuff:

   Advantages:
         MIDI: No card is required, unlike the IBM. All you need is a
               serial port/MIDI adapter, about $50. Mucho shareware avail.
        Video: The LCII and Quadras have built-in video support, 8-bit color on
               a 600x480 monitor, 16-bit on a 512x384. ** They are compatible
               with most VGA and SVGA monitors as well as Mac monitors.
          OS:  The Mac operating system has always had great GUI compared
               to the cluged Windows environment. Has some multitasking
               and backgrounding capabilities unlike DOS.
          SW:  Tons of useful freeware and shareware available, more than
               for the PC. Real (paid) SW takes advantage of the Mac OS --
               backgrounding, transferring data between applications, etc.

   Disadvantages:
         Parallel Centronix printer port: None of the Macintoshes offer
               a parallel port with TTL outputs. This means that some
               PC programs that use TTL outputs can NEVER be ported to Macs.
               Example: Motorola's HC11 assembler/simulator board and program.        
         RAM:  IBM's have more advanced RAM cache, resulting in faster number
               crunching at the same clock speed. Only noticeable if you are
               running something like AutoCad.

hope this stuff is useful.
Dave
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.apps
From: trebor@foretune.co.jp (Robert J Woodhead)
Subject: CD Quality Audio needed
Summary: I need a board
Keywords: CD audio
Organization: Foretune Co., Ltd.
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 03:33:11 GMT

I am looking for a board that will:

1) digitize incoming audio at CD rates to memory.
2) play back digitized audio thus captured.
3) has a decent programmers interface in MPW.

optionally, the ability to mix and output multiple channels of audio.

If anyone could point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate it.
Please email, I will summarize and post to the net.  Thanks!

-- 
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
| Robert J. Woodhead, Biar Games / AnimEigo, Incs.    trebor@foretune.co.jp |
| "9/13/99 : First nuclear explosion on the far side of the moon"           |
|     --- One of the many headlines in Gainax's "Otaku no Video 1985"       |
From: fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (steve hix)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Where is Price Club?
Date: 21 Jul 1992 17:57:29 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
NNTP-Posting-Host: concertina

In article <Brn2Jt.MHM@news.cso.uiuc.edu> tlt38517@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Terry Thiel) writes:
>Where are Price Club stores located?  Can someone give me a phone number for
>one?  I'm interested in getting a Powerbook 100.

They're a chain of membership discount warehouse stores out here in the
SF Bay area.  (I'm not sure how far they've spready by now...)

You have to be either a member, or be accompanied by a member to buy
anything.  Easy enough to do.

By the way...they've sold out of PowerBooks.  They say they don't know
when or if they're going to get any more, or what price any they might
get might go for.

--
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Of making many books there is no end...  |  What's wrong with chasing 
                       -- Eccl. 12:12    |  nebulae till 3 am?  |-(
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: anzlovar@wl.com (Bob Anzlovar)
Subject: DEC RZ23 drive in a Mac?
Summary: Formatting a weird drive
Keywords: Hard drives
Organization: Warner Lambert / Parke-Davis
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 14:05:53 GMT

Does anyone know what it takes to get a DEC RZ23 (~105 Mb SCSI drive) to
work in a Mac? I suspect that my problem is that I need different
formatting/partitioning software. The software I have (StorWare which
came with a Seagate drive a couple years ago) doesn't recognize the
drive.

Also, the drive doesn't appear to spin up at power-on

The drive came out of a MicroVAX 3100 when it was replaced by a larger
drive.

Anyone got any ideas? Is this a hopeless cause?

			-bob anzlovar
-- 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: byrne@cc.gatech.edu (Michael Byrne)
Subject: Re: MAC KNOWLEDGE SOUGHT
Organization: College of Computing
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 22:16:34 GMT

Oops.  The last poster neglected to note that the IIci has built-in
video as well...

============================================================
Mike Byrne                               byrne@cc.gatech.edu
Grad student in Psychology/Cognitive Science
25947 GA Tech Station, Atlanta, GA 30332

----->>>>    "Only the mediocre are always at their best."
From: davisson@milton.u.washington.edu (Gordon Davisson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Help on repairing Mac SE, please!
Date: 28 Jul 92 07:36:03 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

In article <de19-250792155117@mac40-pg2.umd.edu> de19@umail.umd.edu (Dana S Emery) writes:
>> [Various argument about how to configure RAM in a Mac SE deleted]

>Actually, since there have been multiple versions of the SE LB, you are
>both right, the jumper is out for both 2.5 mb and 4mb; the resistors are (i
>think) also both out for 2.5 and for 4mb.

Right.

>For either machine, for 2.5 mb, the 1mb simms must be in the slots closest
>to the cpu chip (ie, the interior slots).

Oops, no.  In the older version (with resistors) they go this way, but
in the newer version (with jumpers) the 1MB SIMMs go in the slots nearest
the edge.

--
Gordon Davisson
Westwind Computing	(206) 632-8141
4518 University Way NE, Suite 311, Seattle WA 98105
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: lari@khayam.berkeley.edu (Francesco Lari)
Subject: Re: Apple's Power Supplies (ITALY)
Keywords: PSU, 220V, 240V, 110V
Reply-To: lari@robotics.berkeley.edu 	
Organization: UC Berkeley Signal Processing VLSI Group
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 01:21:29 GMT


In article <1992Jul25.000444.24169@deshaw>, jcl@deshaw.com (Jonathan
Laventhol) writes:
|> 
|> 
|> 	**************************
|>         *                        *
|> 	* Apple's Power Supplies *
|> 	*                        *
|> 	**************************
|> 
|> Everything you wanted to know (and more) about Apple's Power
|> Supply Units.
|> 
|> Lots of people (me in particular) want to know whether Apple
|> equipment bought in one part of the world will work in another.
|> Here's a useful pile of information, gleaned from various
|> places.  Use it as you see fit: I make no claims to accuracy or
|> anything else.
|> 
|> CONTRIBUTIONS SOLICITED!
|> 
|> 
|> 
|> 1) Which Countries Have What
|> ----------------------------
|> 
|> I have measured:
|>   United States		110 Volt, 60 Hertz
|>   United Kingdom	240 Volt, 50 Hertz
|> 
|> I believe:
|>   France		220 Volt, 50 Hertz, but also others
|>   Spain			220 Volt, 50 Hertz, but also others
|> 
|> I am told that:
|>   Japan			110 Volt, 60 Hertz
|>   Australia		240 Volt, 50 Hertz
|> 
|> I am given to understand that the US and UK voltages are the
|> only services you will find in those countries.
|> 
|> Plugs and sockets: Every country has its own shape of plug and
|> socket.  Some countries (UK) have fuses in every plug; some
|> countries (US) have a lot of non-grounded wiring.

    Italy:   220 Volt, 50 Hertz 
    The plug is different from here, but a simple adapter will do the trick. 

    Germany also got 220V/50Hz, but the plugs are different from Italy 

		    FRANCESCO
From: joes@telxon.uucp (Joe Staudt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Help on repairing Mac SE, please!
Date: 24 Jul 92 17:29:08 GMT
Reply-To: joes@telxon.UUCP (Joe Staudt)
Organization: Telxon Corporation, Akron Ohio (NNTP with a :-)

In article <1992Jul23.152346.13475@gateway.novell.com> 
mceder@gateway.novell.com (Mike Cederholm) writes:
>mikem@beanpot.ma30.bull.com (Mike Machnik) writes:
>: This is more of the same problem I posted about last week.  Only got one
>: response then - thanks to Dana - so I've been going pretty blind since then
>: but have made some progress.  But I'm stuck again.
>: 
>: [description of new problem deleted]
>:
>: My main questions are:
>: 1) Does the checkerboard with happy Mac indicate something else?
>
>It can but in this case it is due to a bad memory address map... you took out 
>1 meg simms and put smaller ones in, but did you make sure the resistor that 
>lets the machine know what kind of simms are in was correct, and did you follow
>the guidelines for the banks of simms.... i.e. the 1 megs have to go in the 
>correct bank.... so check the address resistor ( 470k I think... its marked)
>and try switching the banks of simms (in pairs)  your problem should go away.
>

Actually, in the SE it's not a resistor, it's a jumper.  If the machine
formerly had 4M of RAM in it, the jumper should have been removed.  It is
labelled as to the correct configurations.



Joseph Staudt, Telxon Corp. | ...!uunet!telxon!joes || joes%telxon@uunet.uu.net
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