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From: howie@intermec.com (Howard Kaplan x1696)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Update on Mac IIvx
Date: 12 Jan 93 20:20:40 GMT
Reply-To: howie@intermec.com (Howard Kaplan x1696)
Organization: Intermec Corporation, Everett WA

In article <1993Jan8.182445.7190@linus.mitre.org> (m19701) writes:
>Greetings and Salutations all.  Just me again.
>
>CompUSA is now telling me they "might" see the Mac IIvx's w/ CD-ROM
>sometime in February.  Yes, that's right, February.  They say that Apple is
>having trouble with the CD-ROM (something about it being a 2-speed device).
>

If you do not have definate information you really shouldn't post rumors.  A
few weeks ago I saw a posting that said Apple recalled the vx!  Well I called
them and some dealers and they said they had not had nor heard of any
recall.

The demand for these machines is so high Apple cannot keep up with
production.  This is the real problem.  Apple way under estimated the demand
for all their new machines.

I've had my vx for 1 month and use the CD drive for data (high speed) and
audio (low speed) with no problems.  There are some software CDROMs out there
that will not work with the high speed transfer, hence the reason for
including a CDEV that allows one to manually set the speed.

Actually the fact that you are waiting may be a blessing.  As you know the
CDROM version only comes with an 80 Meg drive offering. This drive is way too
small for a "multimedia" machine that will most likely have large amounts of
data to store.  (I have since upgraded to a Quantum 230 and moved the 80 to my
old SE which needed a new drive.)  You might want to do swap before you take
delivery if you can get credit for the 80 or wait till the 230 version with
CDROM is announced.

Howard Kaplan
From: galanter@nyu.edu (Philip Galanter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: NTSC-Out Video Cards
Date: 13 Jan 93 04:05:36 GMT
Reply-To: galanter@nyu.edu (Philip Galanter)
Organization: New York University

In article <C0Los8.CJG@world.std.com> kev@world.std.com (Kevin R  
Lesniewicz) writes:
|What NuBus video boards provide self-contained NTSC conversion and output
|(preferable a COPOSITE signal) and are broadcast-quality? What's the
|cheapest? Most expensive?
|   Your reply is much appreciated and may help the education of many
|students and teachers in Massachusetts and around the country. Thanks in
|advance!
|--Kevin Lesniewicz / Mass. Corp. for Educ. Telecom.
|(Internet: kev@world.std.com)

Well, broadcast quality implies a component or digital video signal
(such as D1) so you may be asking the impossible.  (There is composite  
digital D2, but I doubt that is what you are asking for).

I would suggest the TrueVision NuVista+ card.  You can use the composite  
out, or step up to the S-Video (like S-VHS and Hi-8 uses) output if that  
is not good enough, or for even better quality use the RGB output with an  
external encoder. 

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Philip Galanter         New York University    phone:    212-998-3041
Research Associate      251 Mercer             fax:      212-995-4120
Academic Computing      New York, NY 10012 internet: galanter@nyu.edu

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From: jawalsh@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (John A. Walsh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: HP Deskwriter vs Stylewriter. Durability
Date: 8 Jan 93 15:26:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: usenet.C0JK7p.9MM
Organization: Indiana University

Regarding this issue, it should be noted that the HP Deskwriter comes
with a 3 year warranty as opposed to Apple's standard one year warranty
for the Sylewriter.  This may also suggest something about each products
reliablilty.

John
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: nView modification
From: C894HUP <C894HUP@SEMOVM.SEMO.EDU>
Date: 11 JAN 93 09:32:39 CST
Organization: University of Missouri - Kansas City
NNTP-Posting-Host: semovm.semo.edu

Does anyone have any experience installing the 'Mac Adaptor'
for the nView `Viewframe II' on the Classic?
The instructions refer only to the SE and SE/30 - when I called
up nView they told me just to go ahead and try it anyway, a
response which did not inspire confidence.
Any helpful suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Steven French
C894HUP@SEMOVM
C894HUP@SEMOVM.SEMO.EDU









Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: stiv@stat.rice.edu (david n stivers)
Subject: Brainstorm & MicroMac SE accelerators
Organization: Dept. of Statistics, Rice University
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 22:01:21 GMT

The Brainstorm accelerator is remarkably simple and elegant; it
consists of a new bus chip (twice as fast @16MHz and tweaked) and a new
CPU (also 2x as fast, a 16MHz 68000), both of which just plug in (the
CPU is by itself on a very small daughter board that plugs into the
expansion slot). I assume that there is some software as well.  This
package increases speed by almost exactly 2X (see MacWeek May 4), but
it's still significantly slower than the Classic II.  List is $289 for SE.
Could Brainstorm have used a 16MHz 020 or 030 instead?

For $299, there is a 25MHz 68030 accelerator from MicroMac. This is
designed around 60ns SIMMs. How much of a performance hit do you take
if you use 70 or 80 ns SIMMs instead? (They sell 60ns 1M SIMMs for $37
apiece). This is a more traditional daughter board that plugs into the
expansion slot, and includes an FPU slot and a PMMU.

These two are the cheapest accelerators for the SE that I've been able
to find. I really like the elegance of the Brainstorm, but it seems a
little overpriced if you can get a 25 MHz 030 w/FPU slot and PMMU for
only a little more. I guess that the disadvantages of the MicroMac
would be slower disk throughput and poorer compatability. The tradeoff
would be _much_ greater CPU speed (esp w/FPU) and greater memory
capabilities (16M w/Virtual 3.0).

I guess I'm really wondering why Brainstorm didn't use a more powerful
CPU. I could live w/o the FPU and extra memory, but I'd really like the
greater speed, and I like the trick that they used to speed up the
bus.  Why couldn't they use a 16MHz 020 or 030 (assuming that the bus
speed is tied in to the CPU speed)?

Reviewing the Speedometer results posted (are all those copies
registered? :-| ), it seems that using the 030 boosts speed by 2x, so
that a 16MHz 030 is about 4x faster than an 8MHz SE/Classic.

Brainstorm 415-964-2131
(Reportedly, WE FIX MACS 800-933-4962 carries these at a pretty good
discount.)

MicroMac 714-362-1000

Comments?

David
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: bredell@tdb.uu.se (Mats Bredell)
Subject: Re: do I need to reinitialize?
Reply-To: Mats.Bredell@udac.uu.se
Organization: Uppsala University Computing Center (UDAC)
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 08:26:56 GMT

Phillip Dang (pdang@eis.calstate.edu) wrote:
: I have a IIfx, 80MB SCSI, sitting horizontal. Do I have to reinitialize or
: format the hard disk if I change the IIfx to a standing, vertical, position?

First you should check your IIfx manual to see what it has to say about
putting the computer in a standing position. If the manual doesn't mention
anything about it, the computer is not designed to work in a standing
position. If a computer can work in a standing position, the manual will
say so. Otherwise, Apple doesn't recommend doing so, and it could give
you problems.

/Mats
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: echoi@athena.mit.edu (Eric H Choi)
Subject: Powerbook Memory For Sale
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 07:06:42 GMT


=========
FOR SALE:
========= 


POWERBOOK MEMORY:  PB 140,145,160,170,180  2MB PseudoStatic Ram

Email echoi@athena.mit.edu if interested.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From:  (m19701)
Subject: Update on Mac IIvx
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: mitre.org
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 18:24:45 GMT

Greetings and Salutations all.  Just me again.

CompUSA is now telling me they "might" see the Mac IIvx's w/ CD-ROM
sometime in February.  Yes, that's right, February.  They say that Apple is
having trouble with the CD-ROM (something about it being a 2-speed device).

For those of you that didn't follow this thread from the beginning. . .I
ordered/pre-paid for a Mac IIvx 5/80 w/ CD, 12-meg of memory, monitor and
extended keyboard II (just under $3700) on Dec. 3rd.  I was told they'd be
in in a week, then told "by Christmas" for sure (fer sure?), then told
"early Jan.", and now told "maybe in Feb.  Seeing as how its been 5-weeks
now and only overdue for 4-weeks, I'm beginning to wonder what the story
really is.  Does anyone know or know who might know.  Will these systems
ever appear?  Oh, CompUSA did inventory at end of Dec. and shipped monitor,
memory, and keyboard to me Dec. 30th.  However, they sent it to the wrong
place and I just found it in a warehouse.

ed

(insert standard disclaimer here)
From: gary@cayman.com (Gary Lampal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: PB100 2 MB SIMM 4 Sale
Date: 7 Jan 93 21:02:46 GMT
Organization: me
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1.1d13
X-XXDate: Thu, 7 Jan 93 15:59:01 GMT

I have a 2 MB SIMM for a PowerBook 100 for sale.  Was installed and used
for approximately 4 months.

$75 or b/o.

Please reply to gary@cayman.com
From: model03@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (John Deke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mac IIsi vs. LC IIy
Date: 6 Jan 93 12:53:09 CST
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

In article <DRAND.93Jan5112056@spinner.osf.org>, drand@spinner.osf.org (Douglas S. Rand) writes:
> In article <1993Jan5.023237.29686@news.columbia.edu> fag2@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Farul A Ghazali) writes:
> 
>    The dealers around here are presently selling the LC II 4/40 and the
>    IIsi 3/40 at almost the same price. Does the IIsi have any advantages
>    over the LC II besides the slight speed difference? Thanks for any
>    replies.
> 
> Yes,  it is more than slightly faster,  it has a 32 bit data bus.
> It has more flexible builtin video and you can do a bit more with
> expansion without buying add on boxes.
> 
> Like the LC/LCII you have to buy a PDS board to put in the FPU.  I 
> think both the IIsi and IIci are being sold for very attractive
> prices right now.  
> 

Also don't forget that you can add alot more memory to a IIsi than you can to
an LCII. My sister has an LCII and I have a IIsi. The IIsi is much faster and
I don't have an FPU or cache card (neither does she). If a person is choosing
between these two computers and they're almost the same price, I'd say they'd
be crazy not to buy the IIsi. Of course, I'd also say they should wait for the
new computers to come out in February before deciding.
-- 

John Deke
jdeke@oread.cc.ukans.edu
From: Eric.Choi@p5.f175.n2240.z1.ieee.org (Eric Choi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Best of Pina's repair guides ?
Date: 9 Jan 93 18:16:36 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:2240/175.5 - Association M, Grand Blanc MI


  
  ju> Are there other Pina guides ? When are they dated, and which is the
  ju> most comprehensive in terms of the compact Macs or preferably the
  ju> entire line ?
  ju> 
  ju> Thanks much,
  ju> 
  ju> Jim
  ju> --- Squish v1.01
  ju>  * Origin: zeus.ieee.org * [140.98.1.1]  (1:107/10)

"The Dead Mac Scrolls": how to fix hundreds of hardware problems without going
bankrupt, Goldstein & Blair, publisher of MacBible. $32.00.

Macintosh Repair & Upgrade Secrets (128K mac to Mac SE only, can apply to
SE/30),Hayden
Books. $32.95.

Both are by Larry Pina.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: awg0971@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Subject: Looking For Monitor
Reply-To: awg0971@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 17:56:02 GMT

Is there a mac compatible monitor that has a composite input AND is a
multisync? I want it to be able to run on my mac and be able to take the
input from, say a VCR.

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From: tompkins@dream11.ibmpcug.co.uk (Eric L. Tompkins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: help me upgrade a Plus to 4M
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 00:11:25 GMT
Organization: Dream Engineering
Reply-To: tompkins@dream11.ibmpcug.co.uk (Eric L. Tompkins)
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v1


In article <1993Jan6.061612.9147@news.media.mit.edu> (comp.sys.mac.hardware), fredm@media.mit.edu (Fred G Martin) 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.
> 
> Any assistance would be appreciated.  Thank you!
> 
> 	- Fred Martin
> 
You must open the R8 resistor.  It's near the printer port.

Eric

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Dream Engineering			  CompuServe: 100013,1444
                                   Phone: +44 638 533 543
"Do not search for the truth, merely cease to cherish opinions."
From: jocallag@artin.helios.nd.edu (john ocallaghan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Powerbook 160
Date: 4 Jan 93 20:33:29 GMT
Organization: OUC, University of Notre Dame

In article <1993Jan4.202438.23368@news.nd.edu> jocallag@artin.helios.nd.edu (john ocallaghan) writes:
>

I guess I screwed up on my original posting.  So here I go again.

I am seriously considering buying a PB160.  Should I order now, or are there
any rumors of price cuts in the next month or two?  Price increases?

Also, I read in MacUser that Apple stopped including Apple Remote Access with
the PowerBooks; now you have to pay $200 for it.  Anyone know if they are going
to continue this penny pinching, or if they will begin shipping it free again?

Thanks,
John O'callaghan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: todebon@scivax.lerc.nasa.gov
Subject: Dual Port Cards for a IIsi
Reply-To: todebon@scivax.lerc.nasa.gov
Organization: NASA LeRC
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 14:35:14 GMT

 I want to upgrade my IIsi with a math coprocessor and possible a cache card. 
I've seen some cards for the IIsi that can do this and still give you open
expansion slots.  The two I know of are from Daystar.  An add I've seen says
the Dual Port IIsi has 1 PDS, 1 Cache and a FPU.  It says a Combo Cache IIsi
has a 32K Cache, 2 PDS and a FPU.  Can anyone recommend these cards or any
others out there?  What should I know about Dual slot adapters for the IIsi? 
Can the IIsi's power supply handle it?  Thanks in advance.

Jim
todebon@scivax.lerc.nasa.gov
From: kevinh@apple.com (Kevin Hester)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: questions about PB duo's
Date: 6 Jan 93 17:22:57 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.

In article <shahn-060193111039@134.174.81.95> Sam Hahn,
shahn@hstbme.mit.edu writes:
>2) what does the battery switch do? the switch is not documented anywhere
>as far as I can tell. what position should I leave it in?

It is an indicator to allow you to keep track of which batteries are
charged.  It does nothing.

Kevin
---------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
S. Kevin Hester      | Disclaimer: Nothing I say has anything to do     |
kevinh@apple.com     | with Apple Computer.  The red zone is for        |
Portable Beer Brewer | loading and unloading of passenger vehicles only.|
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: crg@rocky.raleigh.ibm.com (Chuck Grissom)
Subject: Re: Strange Needs
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 14:50:00 GMT
Organization: IBM, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

In article <1364@blue.cis.pitt.edu>, stump1+@pitt.edu (Robert E Mitchell) writes:
|> 
|> 	Well, I have a strange need.  It would seem as if one of the people
|> I work with has decided that it would be best if they could get a device
|> (hardware, software, or both) that will turn on their file server (IIci)
|> at a specific time (AM) and off at another (PM).  I told them that they
|> would be better of just leaving it on (in my opinion they would be ...
|> I leave my servers in the office on all the time, as does everyone else I
|> know) but this particular administrator sees things differently.  So
|> how about it?  Any one know of a software/hardware contraption that will
|> do this efficiently?  I need reccomendations and rought estimates on
|> price.
|> 
|> 	Please mail me with the info.  stump1@oss7q.cis.pitt.edu is
|> preferred.  I just set up a decent mail program on this A/UX server
|> and have yet to forward the rest of my mail there.  
|> 
|> 
|> Thanks a lot, all.  I really appreciate it.
|> 
|> 
|> Later...
|> 
|> 
|> 				Stump.
|> 

MacWarehouse (and MacConnection, I think) has a product called PowerKey (most
of its functions you don't need for a IIci) which comes with a cdev which
provides programmable powerups and powerdowns just like you describe.  The price
is $75.  For an additional $35, you can get an add-on that allows you to power
up with a phone call.

Chuck G.
crg@vmet.ibm.com
72227.2715@compuserve.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: drand@spinner.osf.org (Douglas S. Rand)
Subject: Re: Mac IIsi vs. LC II
Organization: Open Software Foundation
Distribution: usa
Date: 5 Jan 93 11:20:56

In article <1993Jan5.023237.29686@news.columbia.edu> fag2@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Farul A Ghazali) writes:

   The dealers around here are presently selling the LC II 4/40 and the
   IIsi 3/40 at almost the same price. Does the IIsi have any advantages
   over the LC II besides the slight speed difference? Thanks for any
   replies.

Yes,  it is more than slightly faster,  it has a 32 bit data bus.
It has more flexible builtin video and you can do a bit more with
expansion without buying add on boxes.

Like the LC/LCII you have to buy a PDS board to put in the FPU.  I 
think both the IIsi and IIci are being sold for very attractive
prices right now.  

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Snail:         11 Cambridge Center,  Cambridge,  MA  02142
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From: marshall@sdd.hp.com (Marshall Clow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Deskwriter recommendations?
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Date: 4 Jan 1993 20:15:09 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard San Diego Printer Division
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: hpsdr160.sdd.hp.com

In article <1ia4quINNgce@agate.berkeley.edu>, dglo@manray.Berkeley.EDU
(Dave Glowacki) wrote:
> 
> 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?

This is what the 500C is designed for: people who usually print black
and white with "occasional use of 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?

For the use you described, probably not.
 
> 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.

The problem with hooking a DW up to a DOS machine is that the DW only knows
two ways to do IO. LocalTalk, and Serial @ 57.6Kbaud. Few DOS machines can
talk that fast (lat time I looked). Also, the DW is not command-compatible
with any other printer.

> Thanks for any help!
You're welcome.


Marshall Clow
San Diego Printer Division      Hewlett Packard
Internet: marshall@sdd.hp.com   AppleLink: HP.Marshall    AOL: MClow

P.S. I work for HP, but not in the division that makes the DeskWriters.
Disclaimer:
    Me, speak for HP?? Not!!
From: pug@apple.com (Russ Emmons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: 14" Monitor and DuoDock
Date: 11 Jan 93 23:35:58 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.

In article <ibhan.726773119@husc.harvard.edu> Ishir Bhan,
ibhan@husc8.harvard.edu writes:
>I have the Apple 14" Mac Color Display and a DuoDock with a Duo 230.  I've
>noticed that when docked, the Duo seems to have a built in screen saver. 
>Just as the undocked Duo turns off its backlighting after a period of
>disuse, the DuoDock's montor goes blank after a while.  The only thing I'm
>worried about is that it's not really blank.  There is a sort of glow that
>remains in the central horizontal band of the monitor (the top and bottom
>extremes are uneffected) that's greyish.  It also flickers just a little. 
>There are also so horizontal line patterns.  IT doesn't seem as if this is
>related to what is on the screen (it's not as if it's just not dim
>enough).  Is this problem, or is it merely some weird reflecting going on
>inside the monitor?

What you've discovered is a feature in the external video used in the Dock,
the MiniDock, and the Powerbook 160 and 180.  The external video drivers
on these machines support a "PowerSelect" call which is sent by the
Powerbook Display Control Panel's dimming controller.  So, when the 
Powerbook decides to dim its internal LCD, you'll also see the external
video turn off.  (If you decide you don't like this feature, just check the
"Don't dim when plugged in" checkbox.  (You are plugged in, right?))

So when this call is sent out, the external video circuitry is literally
powered down.  The controller is turned off and video ram contents are
lost.  The monitor itself is still powered, but it's no longer being driven,
and all you should see is a black screen.  And it should be solid black--
no grey banding or horizontal lines are expected.  When you "undim"
the monitor, you may see some interesting patterns as it powers on
the video circuitry and restores the video ram.

If you're saying that you're seeing the horizontal patterns and grey
band while the video is powered off, then I'd guess you have a problem
of some sort.  If you're seeing those symptoms after moving the mouse,
then you can probably attribute those actions to normal behavior for
the video mode you're in on that monitor.  What does your screen look
like when it's 100% black?

Russ
pug@apple.com
Portable Guy
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: "Gary Hopkins" <wk00624@psilink.com>
Subject: NEC CDR-77
Organization: Gary Hopkins Typesetting
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 00:14:50 GMT
X-Mailer: PSILink-DOS (3.3)

I have a NEC CDR-77 which I bought used a while back. It works fine, but 
didn't come with any documentation. I'd like to get a copy of the 
owner's manual, if possible. When I first bought the unit, I tried 
getting it through NEC, but I remember getting the royal runaround.

Any ideas? (If someone would USMail me a copy, it'd count toward your 
daily total of random acts of kindness!)

Thanks!

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware