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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: how about classicIII?
From: cvadsgvo@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu
Date: 22 Jan 93 19:12:48 PST
Organization: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Nntp-Posting-User: cvalj001

based on macweek, ClassicII is actually a LCII in one compact case.with 16 mhz
68030, 16 bit bus, 10 inch screen (512 * 384) with 8 bit color, and no fpu. and
apple will have something like classic IV later this year with 14 inch screen.
classicIII will have a price of 1400, while LCII's price will be lower to 1000.

my question is: how can apple market this thing? it is no cheaper than an LCII
with 14 inch monitor and is much less flexible. if the screen size is bigger
than classic, it is logical the case is also bigger, and it is logical the
owners of classic and classicII will not be able to upgrade. i think one case
design is only  good if the whole thing is small, i can't even imagine what
will a one case computer look like with 14 inch monitor.

i think apple will be better off by using the same case and make classicII
upgradable. any thought?

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: scott@rhombus.cs.jhu.edu (Scott Smith)
Subject: Re: My Duo Battery Problem
Organization: Johns Hopkins Computer Science Department, Baltimore, MD
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:26:04 GMT

fairchil@helix.ucsd.edu (Kevin Fairchild) writes:


>To recap:
..

>The Moral of the Story:  Check your Contacts.  (And thanks to those who
>emailed me and suggested this, even after the fact.)

I'd like to add that I had the same problem once -- the contacts didn't
always contact properly, and the battery wouldn't charge.  I
re-inserted it and all was OK.  

One possibly related point is it is possible to shut the battery door
improperly, namely the battery doesn't quite go in all the way.  Be
sure to push the battery in firmly before sliding the lock shut.

Scott

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Scott Smith, scott@cs.jhu.edu
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From: steinfeld@vos.stratus.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: MacShopper/MacWarehouse CD ROM Drive Opinion Wanted
Date: 28 Jan 93 20:06:07 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: dougs.hw.stratus.com


 The current MacWarehouse catalog has an external CDROM drive advertised for
$299.  No specs are given.  Does anyone have any experience with this drive or
have any info regarding speed, compatibility, etc.?

Thanks in advance...

Doug
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: Stormbringer <mateyg@rpi.edu>
Subject: SyQuest/Bernoulli Comparison NEEDED!
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A788DBFC08035538@stormbringer.stu.rpi.edu>
X-Xxdate: Sun, 24 Jan 93 23:51:24 GMT
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d17
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 04:51:30 GMT

I need to buy a removable media product at the end of the week and I 
have narrowed it down to two products:  the SyQuest 88 or the Bernoulli
MacTransportable 90 PRO.  I have found that both cost ~$500, but 
cartridges for SyQuest cost ~$100+ while those for Bernouli cost ~$150+.
That along with the fact that SyQest is a very popular format, as 
evidenced by the fact that almost EVERYBODY sells there own brand 
SyQuest, while Bernoulli tends to be a bit scarce, would make me lean
towards to SyQuest.  However, a while back on the net I followed a
similar dicussion and found that SyQuest was taking a beating among the
John Q Public critics.  I would like two sorts of responses for this 
post: 

1)  You have used both a SyQuest (44 or 88) and a Bernoulli (90, but 
     any model) drive.  Please give me a comparison of the drives, 
     listing your idea of pros and cons and any trouble with 
     either/both of them.  Please be specific.
     
2)  You have had trouble with either of the drives and would not 
     purchase another.(I ask for problems because I believe you learn 
     more about a product that way)  Please include the specific 
     trouble you had in your post

NOTE:  PLEASE give the name of the MANUFACTURER of the drives (Spin, 
APS, Club Mac, etc...) if you can.  This way the mechanism won't be
given a bad rap by a bad manufacturer (especially if the problem was 
not the mechanism:  power supply, SCSI termination, cheap case, etc...)

Please post as soon as possible as I have to buy one or the other 
during the first week of February.  Thank you for your indulgence and 
hopefully your help!  :)
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From: jonathan@rahul.net (Jonathan Heiliger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Opinions/experience with PLI 21mb Floptical drive?
Date: 23 Jan 93 05:40:16 GMT
Reply-To: jonathan@mecca.epri.com
Organization: Electric Power Research Institute
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]

Bruce Hoover (hooverb@cs.wvu.wvnet.edu) wrote:

> I'm considering buying a PLI 3.5" 21 mb floptical drive. I'm interested
> in hearing from anyone who has used/owned one. How fast are they? Are
> they reliable? Do they really read regular HD diskettes faster than the
> superdrive? Will they read DOS diskettes like the superdrive does?

   A friend of mine got one and absolutely hates it!  Whenever we put it into 
the SCSI chain there are total problems and we usually have to disconnect all 
of the other devices to get it working.  Another problem is that usually 
software installers don't know how to eject the disk to (when using it as a 
1.44mb drive) so you must manually eject the floppies with a paperclip.

-- 
Jonathan Heiliger .... Electric Power Research Institute
Internet: jonathan@mecca.epri.com -/- jonathan@rahul.net
Telephone <*> [415].855.2888
Organization: Senior, Social & Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,cmu.misc.market,comp.sys.mac.misc
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:37:00 -0500 
From: Sam Hui <sh50+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: **SONY 14" Monitor**

For Sale : The Award Winning SONY 1304 14" MultiSync monitor for
Macintosh or IBM ( I have cables for both )
 
Condition : 9 months old. Perfect condition, not a single scratch or
ding on it.
I have all the orginal manuals and packaging for it.
 
Price : I paid $629 + shipping, 
        Brand new they are now $689 + shipping
        I'm asking $525 + shipping (if outside Pittsburgh)
 
(please reply to this account or leave a message at 412-661-7501)
 
-Sam
From: eauu018@orion.oac.uci.edu (Glenn Kaino)
Subject: Re: Video Gear!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Date: 21 Jan 93 11:54:04 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware

In article <yjc-200193202441@b61539.student.cwru.edu>, yjc@po.cwru.edu
(Jerome 'TofuSoft' Chan) wrote:
> 
> I'm looking for recommendations for video cards for a Q700. Capable of
> capturing from video and outputing to video tape for under $4500.
> 
> ---
> The Evil Tofu

Digital Film or Video Vision
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: triona@merle.acns.nwu.edu (Kelly Madsen)
Subject: Re: HELP: Do you trust Disk First Aid 7.1?
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:48:43 GMT

In article <1jmh7kINNllu@bHARs12c.bnr.co.uk> agm@bnr.co.uk (Andrew G. Minter) writes:
>Do you trust Disk First Aid 7.1?
>

In my experience with recovering toasty disks (floppies and HDs) I have
discovered that Disk First Aid is sometimes the only thing that will
recover data from a floppy -- but I have NEVER seen it give a correct scan
on a hard drive.

If you need to scan a hard drive, use Norton (first choice!) or SUM (if you
don't have anything else). (Actually... I follow this rule for floppies
too, just because I think these programs are far more reliable).

Disk First Aid is great if you need a sector scan and/or need to pull off
some text from a (floppy) disk that is almost completely trashed. The few
times I tried it on a HD (before I learned better) I got a bizarre set of
errors... and it never gives the same errors twice.

$0.02   *ching*
--
Kelly A. Madsen (aka Triona ni Donncha)   :     Celestra of Liberty Force
          triona@nwu.edu                  : 
Student Consultant                        : "When in danger or in doubt,
  Macintosh Shareware Server Administrator:     run in circles,
  Asst. Workstation Lab Administrator     :        scream and shout."
Academic Computing and Network Services   :   -- Dora, "Time Enough for Love"
Northwestern University                   :                                6/pi
From: seanmcd@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Street Fighter
Date: 23 Jan 93 22:52:41 -0400
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

In article <C1AxuL.HyE@unix.amherst.edu>, hjwulfso@unix.amherst.edu (Harris Wulfson) writes:
> Damon Lou (ma168wai@imath1.ucsd.edu) wrote:
> } Hope this isn't a stupid question but...how come there are no games
> } like Street Fighter for the mac (that i've seen)?  The only games
> } that i've seen (in that genre) are really weak imitations.  I've
> } paid thousands of dollars for my computer, but i can't play games
> } that a Super Nintendo can play???  Is this because the Nintendo
> } has specialized hardware or what?
> } 
> } Thanks.
> } 
> 
> You said it! Also, how come there are so many cool games for Intel-pased
> PC's and not for Mac? It must be the facist way that Apple forces developers
> to adhere to the rules and not hack the system. Also it has to do with the fact
> that different sized monitors run at different resolutions on the Mac, making
> it hard to make the game work for all monitors.
> 
> --
> Harris Wulfson
> hjwulfson@unix.amherst.edu

There are two basic reasons why there are so many cool games for PC's as
compared to macs.

1. Economy of scale. There are more PCs running games than Macs running games.

2. Lack of low-resolution graphics mode on macs. PCs have a 320 x 200 graphics
mode with 256 colours -- vga. This means that PCs have to move around about
1/4 of the pixels that macs do, making for much faster speed in games. This
is why Ultima Underworld or Street Fighter will have to wait for the PowerPC...
it should be fast enough to do quick 640 x 480 animation.

PC companies could do more for Macs though, especially Origin/EA. I just got
Pools of Darkness & Dark Queen of Krynn, and they retain their 320 x 200 
graphics resolution. If you click in the zoom box of one of these games,
you'll get an excellent understanding of how PC games are faster. It switches
between 320 x 200 -- a dinky window on a Mac -- and a double-sized window,
which looks chunky and cheap, showing that companies like SSI don't care too
much about the mac anyways...

Sean
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seanmcd@ac.dal.ca                 par excellence" - Nietzsche
From: Roman.Brice@f204.n2603.z1.ieee.org (Roman Brice)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Stylewriter Ii Costs
Date: 27 Jan 93 03:43:03 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:2603/204 - Not Even Odd, Forest Hills NY


 O> Also, what is the current approximate street price of the SWII?

The only vendor which I've gotten a price from is MacBest for $329.

I believe they ship from Tempe, AZ


 * Freddie 1.2 * I'm a feminist.  I believe in treating them all the same.
--  
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: bruner@sp10.csrd.uiuc.edu (John Bruner)
Subject: Re: Motorola's 68060 for the Mac
Organization: CSRD, University of Illinois
Distribution: na
Date: 22 Jan 93 14:40:51

There is a very ugly way to implement virtual memory in a 68000-based
system.  I don't have my 68000 handbook handy, but the technique
involves its "bus retry" feature.  If HALT is asserted while BERR is
asserted, the processor stops, and when HALT is negated the processor
will retry its last bus access.  A virtual memory system is
constructed by using two 68000's.  The primary one runs until it gets
a page fault, at which point it is frozen in mid-instruction.  The
secondary 68000 handles the fault, sets up the page, and then suspends
itself and restarts the primary 68000.  The primary 68000 retries the
last bus cycle, which now succeeds.

There are a lot of drawbacks to this approach, but there was at least
one vendor that used it in the early 68000 days.
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From: dgarrett@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Derrick Garrett)
Newsgroups: upenn.macintosh,comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: 8-pin mouse
Date: 21 Jan 93 16:16:01 GMT
Followup-To: upenn.macintosh


Does anyone know if Apple still manufactures the 8-pin mouse?  If so, does
anyone know how I could buy one?  

Obviously, I purchased my MacPlus before there were ADB ports.  Any e-mail
would be greatly appreciated.


Derrick
dgarrett@gradient.cis.upenn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: IIsi Speaker substitute
From: bill.marr@pcb.batpad.lgb.ca.us (Bill Marr) 
Date: 24 Jan 93 12:02:00 GMT
Reply-To: bill.marr@pcb.batpad.lgb.ca.us (Bill Marr) 
Distribution: world
Organization: The Batchelor Pad PCBoard ~ Long Beach, CA ~ +1 310 494 8084

Thanks to all for posting information regarding the IIsi speaker problems. 
Since most suggest adding an external speaker of some sort, would like to 
request information on the best speaker(s) to use.

If you have speakers that you consider recommendable please answer the 
following questions and e-mail directly to me .  Will post a summary 
report if sufficient replies are received.

IIsi SPEAKER SUBSTITUTE RECOMMENDATION SURVEY QUESTIONS:
Brand and model number.
Price paid (each or in a pair?).
Source for best price, include 800# if available.
Cables included?  Additional cable/hardward required?
Is it amplified?  Volume control?
Any software included or needed (to do what?).
Do the speakers have other uses (connection to CD rom, VCR, etc.)?
Is there anything that you would tell someone looking for speakers to look 
for?
Power requirement (battery, wall outlet, power module, and/or none, self 
powered)?
General comments, pros, cons.

Thank you.
Bill Marr
bill.marr@pcb.batpad.lgb.ca.us



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From: sprattli@azores.crd.ge.com (Rod Sprattling)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mac IIsi sound problems
Date: 27 Jan 93 20:06:07 GMT
Reply-To: sprattli@azores.crd.ge.com (Rod Sprattling)
Organization: GE Corporate R&D Center

In article <1993Jan20.234850.84673@laison.w8hd.org>,
Jonathan_Rochkind@laison.w8hd.org writes:
|>Okay, this really should be a FAQ, and maybe it is, but I'll answer
you anyway.
|>
|>Many people report their sound going out on them with a IIsi....
|>.... Some have said the problem
|>can be fixed by cleanign the contacts between speaker and board, various
|>methods such as using a pencil erraser have been suggested. Others have said
|>this is only a temporary fix anyway as the residue will build up again
anyway, ....
|>

A last word:  those who opt to clean their contacts might try applying
a drop of Tweak! to the contacts.  Tweak! is an expensive fluid audiophiles
apply to audio cable connections to improve conductance.  I suspect (though
I don't know for sure) that it also has anti-corrosion properties.

Rod
---                            
Roderick Sprattling
sprattli@azores.crd.ge.com





 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: dpease@TrentU.CA
Subject: 21M Flopticals?
Reply-To: dpease@TrentU.CA
Organization: Trent University, Peterborough
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 23:51:35 GMT


Greetings,

I am a student and Mac SE owner who is looking to squeeze every last bit of
use out of my machine.  I can not afford to upgrade to a new hardware set-
up and that means no new mac for a long time :'(
The problem is that I need a SuperDrive or other HD drive so I can start
a meaningful DTP business.  The AE Plus drive is an outragous $300 so I am
investigating the 21M Flopticals, which seem to offer an ideal solution.

My question is: Has anyone used these drives and will they really work
    with 800k and 1.4M floppies?
I have heard that the PLI drive is not very reliable, how about the Mass
Microsystems drive (mail order ads)?
Are there any alternatives?

By the way, I need this drive for backups and for reading DOS floppies.

Please e-mail me the responses, I will summarize for the group.

Thanks a lot.

Andrew
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: jrg@punch (James R. Goble)
Subject: Re: IIsi adapter cards and 25mHz.
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation; El Segundo, CA
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 23:21:04 GMT

In article <C1Kur7.M0u@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> seiler@coos.dartmouth.edu  
(Endymion F. Seiler) writes:
> Howdy!
> 	Could someone post or send me the list of adaptor cards (w/FPU
> or socket) for the IIsi that work with the faster clock. BTW my IIsi
> runs lots faster and I've have had no problems.  Thanks.
> 						
> 						Endymion
> 
> 
> --
> |Endymion F. Seiler | "If you have to ask what a Vermonter is,         |
> |Dartmouth College  |  you'll never know."-Prof. Emer. Graham S. Newell|
> |Email to  ====>endymion@dartmouth.edu | "Forsan et haec olim meminisse|
> |Flames to ====>pissoff@ScrooU.edu :-) |   "iuvabit..." - Vergil       |

My Digital Daystar ComboCache board with FPU works.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: applcore@utkvx2.utk.edu (Core, Andrew)
Subject: Re: New Apple Products in Feb 10
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 06:37:00 GMT

In article <melbohn.728103560@cwis>, melbohn@cwis.unomaha.edu (Mel Bohn) writes...
>eabu288@orion.oac.uci.edu (Alvin) writes:
> 
>>I have heard many people talking about the new products from apple will be
>>released on Feb 10.  Would someone please give me a list or brief
>>description of these new products?
> 
> 
>I too am interested in this because I have ordered an LCII on the 
>educators' discount plan.  I want to know if the proposed 25mhz LCIII
>will accept an Apple II card.  It is important to me to have Apple II
>compatibility.  So far, I have not seen anything specific on this.  A
>sales rep from our local supplier questioned whether the LC III would
>have the Apple II card feature.
> 
>I have to make a decision ASAP as to whether or not to cancell the LCII
>order and go for the LCIII.  If anyone knows anything substantial, 
>please post the information to this newsgroup.
> 
>Thanks
>--
> 
>Mel Bohn 	   Reference Department             University Library
>       voice: (402) 554-2220              fax:   (402) 554-3215
>                  address: melbohn@cwis.unomaha.edu

I asked that question today and was told yes, it would.  

_
Andrew Core
applcore@utkvx.utk.edu
applecor@utkvx.utk.edu
applcore@utkux.utk.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Distribution: world
From: elenay_creations@tcs.las-vegas.nv.us (Anthony D. Saxton)
Organization: Cyber Sanctum
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 07:42:54 PST
Subject: Re: HELP -- power supply amps

* The power supply in my SE/30 is dead, and I would like to replace it
* with the small power supply out of a decommissoned (read:useless)
* Leading Edge XT in my office, not only because this is cheap but
* because the size of the Leading Edge supply will allow me to stay in
* my Mac case. However, the -5v output of the Leading Edge supply is
* about 1 amp lower than the current output of the SE/30 ps (the rest of
* the leads provide way more than the amps provided by the Mac supply,
* as one would expect). Does anyone out there know about the minimum
* amps needed by an SE/30 board (and hard drive), or know where I can
* look this up?
*
* Thanks in advance,
*
* Wayne

Check out the book "Build Your Own Macintosh And Save A Bundle" by Bob Brant
(ISBN# 0-8306-3656-0  $17.95). This book contains all the info you would need
to do just about anything to your Mac SE/30!

Good Luck,
Anthony D. Saxton
Elenay* Creations
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: allen@lawnext.uchicago.edu 
Subject: Re: Changing the ID of an internal hard drive
Reply-To: allen@lawnext.uchicago.edu 
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 22:11:04 GMT


There are some pins on the bottom of that drive, I believe they aere labeled E1, E2,  
E3. Those pins need to be jumped. Some drive enclosures have SCSI ID changers which  
will jump the pins.  I don't know what the combinations are to the various ID  
numbers.  I have been able to use some internal drives in enclosures, with moderate  
success.  Usually I am replacing those Conner 40's with bigger drives.  As the  
Conner's have been crapping out in large numbers, recently.


In article <C16qnJ.CH7@acsu.buffalo.edu> feinberg@acsu.buffalo.edu (John A.  
Feinberg) writes:
> Does anybody know how to change the ID of an internal hard drive (in my case,
> the Conner 40mb model used in the early IIsi's) ?  I would like to put my 
> internal drive in the case/power supply of my dead external hard drive.
> However, this arrangement would be next to useless if the ID had to be 0!  I
> would only be able to use it on a Mac with no internal HD.  I don't even need
> the ID to be switchable; I would be happy just to permanently switch it to some
> number other than zero.
> 
> 
> John Feinberg
> SUNY Buffalo
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