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From: Eric.Choi@p5.f175.n2240.z1.ieee.org (Eric Choi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Update on Mac IIvx
Date: 9 Jan 93 18:31:37 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:2240/175.5 - Association M, Grand Blanc MI

Apple is having problem meeting demand. They are too successful in the
powerbook
line plus other desktop models.

I just read that Acer in Taiwan has signed or going to sign an agreement with
Apple to do some manufacturing for them. The article went on to say Apple
traditionally
like to deplete their current inventory on older/discontinued models before
shipping the new ones in quantity.

May be that's why our local CompUSA is running radio ads every day to sell
their
Powerbook 170. Many customers will end up buying the 170s as the latest, not
knowing it has been discontinued.


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From: truesdel@ics.uci.edu (Scott Truesdell)
Subject: PowerBook Duo RAM Available
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: ICS Department, U.C.I.
Date: 4 Jan 93 16:53:44 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware

Just in case you're interested...

PowerBook Duo RAM modules are available from

  King Memory & Peripherals
  20 Fairbanks, Suite 171
  Irvine, CA  92718
  (714) 380-9876
  (800) 255-4200
  (714) 380-0995 FAX

This company OEMs for Apple. I got a 8MB module for around $350, I think. I
think they have all kinds of weird price tiers so you may have to threaten
them to get a good price. When I got this around 3 weeks ago they were
still working on 10 and 12MB modules.

Increase of battery drain is negligible.

  --scott
From: silvers3@husc8.harvard.edu (Jolyon Silversmith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Is Now the Time to Buy a PowerBook?
Date: 5 Jan 93 20:23:01 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc3.1993Jan5.152303.19029
Organization: Harvard University Science Center

The subject line basically says it. I want to buy a new Mac in the next six
months, and at the moment am looking at a PowerBook 160 because of its
combination of price and external video support. Is there any point in waiting
for a new PowerBook (I'm not interested in the Duos, however) or a machine
such as the LC III that would be cheap and yet powerful enough to justify buying
a desktop machine?

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silvers3@husc.harvard.edu ________________________________ CLUH.  But who knows?
From: cory@hobbes.sanders.lockheed.com (Cory Myers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Video Questions
Date: 5 Jan 93 20:01:20 GMT
Reply-To: cory@rocket.sanders.com
Organization: Lockheed Sanders, Inc.

I am interested in three questions regarding video displays:

1. Both the Sony 1304s and the 1604s are rated at 1024 by 768 at 70Hz.
Has anyone every run them successfully with Apple's built-in videa at
1152 by 870 at ??Hz?

2. Is there an Apple built-in video mode of 1024 by 768 in any of
their CPUs?

3. Who makes a 17" multisync monitor that does work in 1152 by 870
mode?

Thanks in advance.
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    Senior Principal Electrical Engineer      Room MER24-1583C
    Signal Processing Center of Technology    PO Box 868
                                              Nashua, NH 03061-0868

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From: anderson@Apple.COM (Clark Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: ImageWriter II for Sale
Date: 7 Jan 93 04:15:37 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

ImageWriter II For Sale

Excellent condition, low miles,
comes with cables for a Mac.  
$175, you pay the shipping
Call or e-mail.

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Clark Anderson                 BellNet: 408-974-4593
Apple Computer, Inc.         AppleLink: C.ANDERSON
                              InterNet: anderson@apple.com
I speak only for myself...
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From: gary@marshall.wvnet.edu (gary's news)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: PowerBook 180 Question
Date: 7 Jan 93 20:45:47 GMT
Organization: Marshall University

What third party attachments are available for the PowerBook 180 that
allows it to access an Ethernet Network ???

Thanks,
Gary

-- 
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Marshall University
Prichard Hall
Computer Center
Huntington, WV 25755-5320

Bitnet   address is GARY@MARSHALL
Internet address is GARY@MARSHALL.WVNET.EDU

Business Phone Number (304) 696-3205
Fax Number (304) 696-3601
From: hulsej@lclark.edu (Jose Hulse)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mobius Speedster '040
Date: 9 Jan 93 20:52:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: lclark.1993Jan9.205255.20683
Organization: Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR

What's all this jazz about an '040 accelerator being offered with/without
FPU?  I thought that the '040 processor had the FPU built in... am I on
drugs or what?

BTW, I guess Mac's Place just dropped its prices CONSIDERABLY on Daystar
Powercaches (all '030 based).  Someone else posted a price of around $900
for the 50 Mhz version w/FPU!  In fact I don't even know if the 33 Mhz
version is still being sold.

Thanks for any enlightenment!
-Jose'
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...find the true meaning of Christmas--win money,money, money!?  Aargh!  My
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: "Gary Hopkins" <wk00624@psilink.com>
Subject: How to mount DOS SyQuests?
Organization: Gary Hopkins Typesetting
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 00:16:49 GMT
X-Mailer: PSILink-DOS (3.3)

I have read that Insignia, the SoftPC people, have an INIT which allows 
Mac mounting of DOS SyQuest carts. Does anyone know of a freebie item 
which does the same?

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: hal@cs.cornell.edu (Hal Perkins)
Subject: LaserWriter PRO questions
Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY 14853
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 21:56:43 GMT

I've looked at the Apple flyers describing the new LaserWriters and
I've got a couple of questions:

1)  The PRO 600 requires a "Photograde Upgrade Kit" to enable
Photograde and Fineprint.  Is this just an additional 4MB of memory
or is there more to it?

2) The descriptions of both printers seem to imply that they have two
modes: 600 dpi for text only with no photograde/fineprint or 300 dpi
with photograde and fineprint (provided you have enough memory on the
600).  New versions of the LaserWriter drivers are included and they
have radio buttons to select between the two.  Is that correct?  If
so, how do photos look at 600dpi compared to 300dpi+photograde
(assuming you're printing mostly text)?  How does 600dpi without
fineprint compare to 300dpi+fineprint?

3)  How do the LaserWriter PROs compare to the newly announced 600dpi
HP 4M (correct model number?) printers?  Assuming they were priced
similarly, which would you buy and why?

Postings or private mail welcomed.  Thanks for any enlightenment you
can provide.

Hal Perkins			hal@cs.cornell.edu
Cornell CS
From: hishimoda@vaxsar.vassar.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: HELP! HDFD ---> 800K HELP!
Date: 10 Jan 93 15:15:58 +1000
Organization: Vassar College



I know this is a software problem and may not be appropriate here, but
I am getting pretty desperate.

I just bought Civilization and it comes in 4 HD floppies. I, a Mac II/800K
drive owner, need to convert them into mulitple 800K floppies.

I have access to DiskDoubler, Copy II, and CPTExpand (?) at the moment....
will any of these apps do the trick for me?

Please drop me a line e-mail ! Thank You


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: LILMARA@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (Martin Lilly)
Subject: Magnetized Monitor = Junk ?
Organization: Yale University
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 93 01:08:47 EST

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
Newsgroups: HardwarePowerBook,comp.sys.mac.hardware,
Distribution: world
From: David_A._Schnider@bmug.org
Organization: BMUG, Inc.
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 14:41:39 PST
Subject: PB problem

I have been working with a PB170 and have encoutered a slight problem.  There
was some catalog/bitmap problem which I fixed.  Then, when I restarted, it
took three imnutes after the extensions icons were displayed to go to desktop.
 Anybody have any idea why this could be?  If so please e-mail me here.

-David

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

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: tk11957@medtronic.COM (Tim M. Kunau)
Subject: StyleWriter II grayscale driver software?
Summary: can I print in grayscale on my old StyleWriter?
Keywords: stylewriter, print, grayscale
Organization: Medtronic, Inc.
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 19:59:09 GMT

From the Apple Press Release about the new StyleWriter II:
>  GrayShare Software
>      GrayShare is new printer software that gives the StyleWriter II
>  advanced grayscale printing capabilities and also allows it to be
>  shared among users over an AppleTalk, TokenTalk  or EtherTalk
>  network.  With GrayShare, the StyleWriter II can print more than 100
>  shades of gray--adding a more realistic quality to monochrome images,
>  something previously achieved only on more expensive and
>  sophisticated laser printers.  GrayShare also allows the StyleWriter
>  II to print twice as fast as the original StyleWriter--up to two-
>  pages-per-minute.  And users can take advantage of background
>  printing, a capability that lets them continue working on their
>  computer as soon as a document is sent to be printed.


Does this software driver provide any benifits to the owners of 
the early Apple StyleWriter systems? Please mail or post. 

Thanks for any help,

Tim
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From: fag2@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Farul A Ghazali)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Info on the New Macs coming Feb 10th
Date: 12 Jan 93 18:51:05 GMT
Reply-To: fag2@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Farul A Ghazali)
Organization: Columbia University

In article <1993Jan12.022734.22681@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> jonkatz@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Jonathan W. Katz) writes:
>Since a LOT of people have been asking me for this info, here are some specs
>from MacWeek.  Please remember I didn't come up with these, and if I've 
>typed them in incorrectly, sorry!
>
>Centris 610:
>   20-MHz 68LC040
>   1 Nubus Slot (7 inch max)
>   Ethernet as an option
>   Memory expandable to 68 Mbytes
>   --> 4/80 retail $1,900

Does anyone know if the LC040 is upgradeable to a full 040 (ala the
Intel 486sx) ? Any ideas on the cost of the upgrade?

     -- farul ghazali.
        columbia university in the city of new york.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: clf3678@ultb.isc.rit.edu (C.L. Freemesser)
Subject: Re: Power switch on IIx
Originator: clf3678@ultb
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 21:55:12 GMT

I recently built myself a "Hackintosh" based on a Mac II motherboard.
Instead of spending the big bucks for those cute (and hard to replace
lithium batteries), I took a different approach.

First off, cut those lithium batteries off of the motherboard, but leave
the leads to them soldered in.  Use a pliers to straighten them out.

Run over to Radio Smack and pick up a pair of AA battery holders (each
holds two batteries).  These puppies have the same kind of connector
a square 9V battery has, so also pick up a package of 9V battery
connectors with the stripped leads on them.  When you get home, solder
the red lead to the + lead on the motherboard, and the black lead to the
- lead on the motherboard.  Do this twice (for each battery).  You may
want to use some extra wire and lengthen the leads on the battery
connectors.  Stick a pair of AA batteries in each holder, and you're
done.  You've now replaced those expensive little buggers with cheaper,
EASILY replaced AA batteries.  They probably won't last as long as the
lithiums, but you won't have to take your Mac to a dealer to replace
them.  Even Dan Quayle could replace a pair of AA batteries!

Using a hot glue gun, I glued the battery holders to the back of the
case (inside the case, above the SCSI port).  Since I did this 2 months
ago, I've not had one problem with losing dates or anything of the like.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: trimble@ph-meter.beckman.uiuc.edu (Chris Trimble)
Subject: Re: Info on the New Macs coming Feg 10th
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 02:03:03 GMT

bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig) writes:

>ctrbdo@iapa.uucp%mailhost.ecn.uoknor.edu (bryan d oakley) writes:
>>
>>Question: Should I be feeling really STUPID right
>>now for plunking down $2400 for a Performa 600 CD just prior to
>>Christmas?
>And should I be feeling really REALLY stupid for putting down $2900
>for a IIvx as soon as it came out?  I really hope that either the
>Centris 650 price is much higher than this, or else the upgrade from a
>IIvx is darn cheap.

  The Centris 650, according to MacLeak -- I mean, Week -- will retail
  for around $2900. 

  Speaking of MacLeak, I am starting to seriously believe that Apple is
  in cahoots with MacWeek and gets people riled up about new products
  before they arrive on the market. Especially for the Performas, where
  Apple had a limited time before Christmas to get these things selling.


    - Chris

--
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B.I. Systems Services    | the deed! - tear up the planks! - here, here! -it is
chris1@uiuc.edu          | the beating of his hideous heart!'"   - Edgar A. Poe
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: jonkatz@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Jonathan W. Katz)
Subject: Info on the New Macs coming Feg 10th
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 02:27:34 GMT

Since a LOT of people have been asking me for this info, here are some specs
from MacWeek.  Please remember I didn't come up with these, and if I've 
typed them in incorrectly, sorry!

Quadra 800:
   33-MHz 68040
   3 Nubus Slots
   one PDS
   8 Mbytes of RAM expandable to 136
   built in Ethernet
   --> 8/230 retail $4,700

Centris 650:
   25-MHz 68LC040 (no FPU)
   3 Nubus Slots
   one PDS
   built in Ethernet
   4 Mbytes of RAM expandable to 136
   Can be purchased with full '040
   --> 4/230 retail $2,900

Centris 610:
   20-MHz 68LC040
   1 Nubus Slot (7 inch max)
   Ethernet as an option
   Memory expandable to 68 Mbytes
   --> 4/80 retail $1,900

All of the above can come with a CD-ROM, will have the Quadra 950's fast SCSI
controller, and can display eight-bit color on monitors up to 21 inches.

Mac LC III:
   25-MHz 68030
   32-bit data bus
   4 Mbytes of RAM expandable to 36
   one PDS
   Support for eight bit color on 16-inch monitors
   --> prices start retail less than $1,500

Color Classis:
   16-MHz 68030
   10-inch monitor
   one PDS
   --> 4/80 retail $1,400


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: zimmy@kalman.eng.ohio-state.edu (Michael Zimmerman)
Subject: A ? about putting accelerators in different Macs
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept of Electrical Engineering
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 20:14:35 GMT

Ok, here's a question I have been thinking about for a while...

You take a look at all of the accelerator cards that have come out.
In particular I noticed the Mobius 040 card (which is much 
cheaper than Radius and Daystar equivs, anyone got one yet?)

When you look at the charts of speed increase they *imply* that when
you plug one of the babies in, that you are now running at speed x
which is as good or better than a Quadra.  What I am wondering is
how much does which Mac you have as a base matters... I mean
does an LC with one of these accelerators go as fast as a CI with
the accelerator.  I know the LC has a 16-bit bus, but how much
will that matter.  Will it have an affect like with the VX?
(my understanding if I remember right is that the 32Mhz VX has a 16
bit bus which causes it to act more like a 25Mhz CI).

So what do people think?

thanks for any opinions,
Mike

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: obi@finnbogi.ocs.com (Obi Thomas)
Subject: Re: Magnetized Monitor = Junk ?
Reply-To: obi@finnbogi.ocs.com
Organization: Online Computer Systems, Inc.
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 00:41:01 GMT

This is only indirectly related to the main topic, but what about
greyscale monitors whose images aren't square? I have one which I
transported in the back seat of my car. When I plugged it in after the
trip, there was some "warpage" at the top and bottom left edges of the
screen. By this I mean if I draw a straight line in MacPaint with the
window over in one corner, the straight line is kinda wavy.

Greatly exaggerated, a rectangle on the screen looks like this:

  ---------------------
 /                     |
/                      |
|                      |
|                      |
\                      |
 \----------------------

The actual deviation is perhaps 3mm or so.

Is this also a gaussing problem? I tried degaussing it with a color TV
degausser coil but it didn't change at all (no better, no worse).
From: dkmiller@unixg.ubc.ca (Derek K. Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: leaving macs running for extended periods
Date: 7 Jan 1993 20:00:39 GMT
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
NNTP-Posting-Host: unixg.ubc.ca

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:
>>  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.

Because I have a sticky hard drive which often won't spin up if I shut my
machine down for any significant period of time, I leave my Mac IIcx on all
the time, and simply turn the monitor off at night. (I have a screen saver,
but I figure the best screen saver is turning the thing off.) I've had no
problems, but will probly replace the tiny (40MB) drive anyway.

As for rebooting, I just do a manual reboot every couple of days to clean
out the memory and get things sorted out.

And we almost never get thunderstorms in Vancouver.

      :=:=> Derek K. Miller                 dkmiller@unixg.ubc.ca
      Researcher, Alma Mater Society        thegrodd@tz.ucs.sfu.ca
      University of British Columbia, Canada
From: bobp@cc.mey.nl (Bob Polis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: help me upgrade a Plus to 4M
Date: 6 Jan 93 13:12:28 GMT
Organization: Moret Ernst & Young
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d13
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In article <1993Jan6.061612.9147@news.media.mit.edu> Fred G Martin,
fredm@media.mit.edu writes:
>Can anyone tell me if there are special jumper settings a/o trace
>cutting needed to upgrade a Mac Plus from 2.5 meg to the full 4 meg of
>RAM?  Or do I just remove the two 256K SIMMs and plug in the two 1 meg
>ones.

There is nothing to cut or jumper settings to change if you upgrade a
Plus from 2.5 to 4 MB. Just replace the 256k SIMMs with 1 MB types.

(When you upgraded from 1 MB to 2.5 in the past, you already did the
necessary cutting: as you will notice, resistor R8 on the logic board
will either be cut on one side, or completely removed. This should be the
case if any 1 MB SIMMs are used.)

Bob Polis.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: fag2@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Farul A Ghazali)
Subject: LC III and 16" monitors.
Reply-To: fag2@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Farul A Ghazali)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 01:01:55 GMT


Will the LC III have a 16 bit data path or a 32 bit data path? Also,
will it support 16" monitors with the on board video? Thanks.

     -- farul ghazali.
        columbia university in the city of new york.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: lchang@Cadence.COM (Leon Chang)
Subject: Adjusting screen size of a Apple 12" color monitor
Organization: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 19:32:33 GMT

I've got one of the older 12" color monitors. I have been able to stretch
the screen size vertically using the adjustments on the back of the monitor.
(yes I realize that the charactors/graphics become elongated) So the
question is whether or not I can adjust the width/horizontal size.
There are only three adjustment points on the back of the monitor,
vertical size, shift/move left/right, shift/move up/down. Where is
the horizontal size adjustment.

Thanks,
Leon Chang
lchang@cadence.com