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From: dave@nakiska.ucs.ualberta.ca (David Ross)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Do not buy the Asante SCSI ethernet adapter
Date: 12 Aug 92 20:52:15 GMT
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada

In article <1992Aug11.154223.953@midway.uchicago.edu>  
jcav@quads.uchicago.edu (JohnC) writes:
> In article <1992Aug11.135312.6078@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>  
rrumpf@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Robert Rumpf) writes:
> >I also had massive freeze problems with my Asante En/Sc box.  After a 
> >frustrating few days talking to a tech rep, I finally managed to get  
the new 
> >driver for the box (version 2.0, now up to version 4.1 on the Universal 
> >Installer which finally handles the En/Sc).  The new drivers make a  
HUGE 
> >difference.  I couldn't get the Asante Si board to work on a IIsi for  
anything 
> >until I installed the 4.1 driver.  GET THE NEW DRIVERS, anyone who is  
having 
> >problems with Asante boards.  The hardware is fine, but the older  
drivers 
> >really had some bad bugs.
> 
> I requested and was send a disk allegedly containing the version 2.0
> drivers.  The lockup problem under this software was _worse_ than under  
1.25.

I had the same freeze-up problems with my box - it would flood the  
ethernet and pound on the destination site.  I only had it occur while  
using MacTCP applications.
In any case the version 2.0 drivers fixed my problems as well (SE/30,  
Sys7.0.1, TuneUp 1.1.1).  BTW, the actual version of the EN/SC Extension  
is still 1.0, but the modification date has changed to July/92.

I would also be willing to distribute this by email if anybody would like  
it that way.  Only the EN/SC Extension has changed I think (right  
everyone?)   I have confirmed this with Asante - the software is freely  
distributable.
--
David A. Ross, Programmer Analyst  | dave@nakiska.ucs.ualberta.ca
Computing and Network Services     |  (NeXTmail is fine)
352 Gen Serv Bldg, Univ of Alberta | Phone: (403) 492-9339
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada  T6G 2H1 | Fax:   (403) 492-1729
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: dlb5404@tamsun.tamu.edu (Daryl Biberdorf)
Subject: Re: Problem:  SE formats HD floppy as DD, but LC rejects it...why?
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 04:45:44 GMT

In article <1992Aug17.215300.3099@news2.cis.umn.edu> oleary@epx.cis.umn.edu writes:
>darylb@sword.eng.hou.compaq.com (Daryl Biberdorf) writes:
>>I know that the behavior described is indeed the way the Mac
>>does things, but it seems kind of silly.  DOS machines routinely
>>"adapt" to the format of the floppy inserted into the drive,
>>provided the drive is capable of writing the format the disk is
>>using.  My 1.4 MB drive has no problem at all recognizing and properly
>>using 720K diskettes without being told which it is.
>
>Mac's with 1.4MB drives have no problem recognizing 800K or 400K disks
>either.  It is not, however, a feature to have the computer use 1.4MB disks
>as 800K disks, or vice versa.  The difference between HD and 720K/800K disks
>is more than a notch in the case!  The media, and thus the way the drive
>reads and writes it, is different.  The fact that DOS is clueless is a bad
>thing.  Using an improperly formatted disk can result in lost data.

I realize that there is a media difference, but I've never had problems
formatting HD disks to DD and reading them later.  I don't do this
often, and I don't recommend it (because I'm aware of the difference).
But in a pinch, it'll work.  The Mac is preventing some people from
working with this bogus design limitation.

Daryl
-- 
Daryl Biberdorf  N5GJM    dlb5404@rigel.tamu.edu  or  dlb5404@tamsun.tamu.edu
        "You're not messy.  You're organizationally impaired."
                _Real_Life_Adventures_, July 3, 1992 
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From: werner@cs.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: new software available for FTP shortly (was Re: Do not buy the Asante SCSI ethernet adapter)
Date: 13 Aug 1992 16:26:30 -0500
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: dimebox.cs.utexas.edu



	I called them (1-800-662-9686) and received their permission
	(Glenn Chou <70007.3145@compuserve.com>) to make their software
	available for FTP (as soon as I get it);  if anyone cares to email
	the latest versions to me, that would accelerate the process,
	probably; version 2.0 and 4.1 seem to be the latest versions of
	the respective drivers...

	as soon as I get the files, I'll post to inform you of their
	location (they will be on RASCAL.ICS.UTEXAS.EDU in directory
	mac/support-for-products  somewhere); those of you who cannot
	FTP may want to learn how to use one of the FTP-by-mail servers
	(site DECWRL and others are providing such a service) and
	depending on things, I may provide a one-time manual email
	service to all who request it (but don't send me any such
	requests yet).

					Cheers,		---Werner
-- 
  werner@cs.utexas.edu |  ..!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!werner | werner@UTXVM.bitnet

              "Free Advice and Opinions -- Refunds Available"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: msmiller@Rational.COM (Mark Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: VideoSpigot Opinions?
Date: 18 Aug 92 17:51:15 GMT
Organization: Rational

I'm sure someone else has asked this, but ...

I'm thinking about getting a VideoSpigot for my machine and I'm
interested in how others have liked it. What I want to be able to
do is capture on-screen animation, capture video off a VCR,
capture audio off of CD, mix and match all this, and shove it out
back to video tape.

Can the Spig' let me do all this?

Is the 320x200 (or whatever) QuickTime viewing area a problem when
trying to create a videotape?

I have a half-full 200MB drive now - how much more disk space will
I need to get work done? Would a SyQuest or Bernoulli make sense?
Maybe a Floptical (21MB)?

What is the image quality of video that's been shoved through QT and
then back onto tape?

Is a IIci w/cache enough horsepower to get the job done, or do I also
need to jam an '040 accelerator in the box?

Assuming they still co-package with Adobe Premier, is this package
as good as the reviews say it is? Can it do fades and all that whizzy
crap?

Please respond by EMail, I'll post a summary if enough people ask.

	-MSM

________________________________________________________________________
Mark S. Miller                                     msmiller@Rational.COM
"Life is a 4-letter word."                        msmiller@world.std.com
[ insert tedious disclaimer drivel here ]                           IV-Q
From: goblec@physc1.byu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Grounding your mac
Date: 17 Aug 92 18:20:19 GMT
Article-I.D.: physc1.1992Aug17.122019.119
Organization: Brigham Young University

In article <hise.714052860@vincent1.iastate.edu>, hise@iastate.edu (Allan R Hise) writes:
>  What are safe & effective ways of
> grounding my IIsi?  I figure running a wire to the plumbing would be the best
> way, does that sound reasonable?

I grounded my IIci this way and it worked fine.  Most hardware stores have
a three prong to two prong adaptor with a screw connector for ground.  When
I worked at Los Alamos and as in dorms from WWII, I simply connected the
ground to the heating pipes and away I went.  I now carry the adaptor along
with some wire everywhere my system goes.  
(except that my system changed to a Mac+ that then had it's power board
fry [and inductor problem?] and took out the motherboard - so now I
wait for the new macs)

Clark Goble
goble@sofya.math.byu.edu
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From: bpb9204@tamsun.tamu.edu (Brent)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: IIsi vs new Macs - should I wait?
Date: 14 Aug 92 15:26:44 GMT
Article-I.D.: tamsun.1992Aug14.152644.4624
Organization: Texas A&M Univ., Inc.

jazzbo@leland.Stanford.EDU (Scott Raymond Harris) writes:
|
|	Yeah, I can get the same deal, but I have to buy in a few weeks:
|I'm graduating....

And I'm graduating tomorrow!! ;-)  Finally...

|	The IIsi is at the lower limit of the power I need anyway, since
|I do a lot of engineering and math intensive stuff.  

Ditto here.  I have done 3d graphics proramming (rendering, illumination
models) and some physics simulations.  I have been developing the basic
programs on my Mac + (ugh!) and then running the trials on a campus IIci.
I went ahead a purchased a IIsi this past Monday and I received it on
Wednesday.  It's nice; not as fast as a ci, but many times faster than
my plus.  (Approximately 10x faster in floating point)

|	Is a $1600 IIsi too good of a deal to pass up, or should I wait and
|pay retail on a new machine, or maybe get a IIci now?

At my campus, IIsi 5/80, with included software (dictionary, "encyclopedia,"
resume writer, calendar program, and Correct Grammar) was a flat $1500.
My entire setup was just at $2K. (std keybd II, 12" RGB screen).

|	My own theory is that prices on the old machines are gonna drop
|once the new ones come out and a IIsi to hold me over for a year or two.
| It might be the most economical in the long run....

I won't be surprised if the machines drop.  But since I don't know how
to use a crystal ball and Apple had these IIsi price cuts NOW, I jumped.
I feel like I got a decent deal.  It sure beats the LC system a friend
of mine bought back in May for about the same cost.

---------
About the included "Student Aid" software package... 

ResumeWriter is a decent program.  You plug your information in and it
does a quick, but nice job of rearranging the information "blocks"
to whichever format you choose.

The Dictionary is nice.  Thesaurus, anagram search, etc.  A GoodThing.

Encyclopedia??  Uh, this has lots of topics, but is very very limited
in detail.  It can be called a topical dictionary.  "Hanggliding" brings
up about 3 lines of information about gliding.  On the other hand, I
wasn't expecting pictures and this program does its job well; that is,
it gives you a quick understanding of a topic.

The calendar program seems to be nice; haven't played with it yet.

Correct Grammar also seems to be decent; haven't played with it either.

just my $1/50...

-Brent
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: Greg Preston <greg@csc.canberra.edu.au>
Subject: Re: Powerbooks & Projection Displays...
Organization: University of Canberra
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1a2
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 00:44:34 GMT


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: ericr@solbourne.com (Eric Robison)
Subject: Re: Quadra 950 Power Supply Problems?
Organization: Acme Products, Toon town
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 20:41:25 GMT

rolfe@ldp.com (Rolfe Tessem) writes:
: In a conversation today with AVID Technology, (a reseller of high-end Macs  
: outfitted for non-linear video editing) a representative told me that they  
: have stopped delivering Quadra 950s to customers because of numerous and  
: recurring problems with power supplies.  They said Apple has resumed shipping  
: them Quadra 900s and they are delivering Quadra 900s to customers until the  
: problem is resolved.
: 
: Everyone is aware that Quadra 950s are in short supply, but this is the first  
: time I'd heard this reason.  Can anyone offer confirmation or other  
: information relating to this problem?
: -- 

Funny, I heard the same thing this morning from Ontrack. Said they may not
be able to fix a bug in some formatting s/w they sold me 'cause Apple won't
ship them the 950 they bought. They DID ask if they could use MY 950.

I musta lucked out getting mine. Hope the power supply ain't about to fry.

Somebody at Apple wanna tell us about this?  

--


-- 
| Eric Robison                 |Disclaimer: These are not my opinions, they
| ericr@Solbourne.com          |are the opinions of my evil twin, Skippy
| GET ME OFFA THIS &*^*&%&^# PLANET!!   

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener)
Subject: Offset from laser output
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 00:38:52 GMT

Never having gone from laser to offset before, I'm curious as to the way
photographs are handled.

Generally, if one were to take a regular b&w photograph and insert it into
a paste-up for offset, it would need to be halftoned first.

My assumption is that if you were to scan an image on the mac and insert
it into your favorite DTP package and then output it to a LaserWriter, the
very process of printing gray on the LW, even if you scanned the image in
grayscale, would essentially do the same as halftoning, since the LW cannot
print true gray to begin with.

Several questions:

1. Is my above assumption correct?
2. What is the effect of using the "Photograde" output of a IIf or IIg?
   Or outputting to a Lino?  I assume the output process in all cases is
   such that the output needs no further processing.
3. Assuming this is true, then at what resolution would an offset press
   no longer be able to reproduce a dithered gray?  (i.e. how fine is
   too fine?)

Thanks.


--
Gabe Wiener - Columbia Univ.     "This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings 
gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu       to be seriously considered as a means of 
N2GPZ in ham radio circles        communication. The device is inherently of
72355,1226 on CI$                 no value to us." -Western Union memo, 1877
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.protocols.appletalk
From: Joe Niski <niski@ssd.intel.com>
Subject: Re: new software available for FTP shortly (was Re: Do not buy
     the Asante SCSI ethernet adapter)
Organization: Intel Supercomputer Systems Division
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1
     <1992Aug14.175529.15858@midway.uchicago.edu>
     <1992Aug14.195603.22439@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 06:15:36 GMT

>From: rrumpf@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Robert Rumpf)
>Subject: Re: Asante hardware (was Re: Do not buy the Asante SCSI
ethernet adapt
>Message-ID: <1992Aug14.195603.22439@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
>Sender: news@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
>Nntp-Posting-Host: bottom.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
>Organization: The Ohio State University
>References: <1992Aug10.212035.23739@midway.uchicago.edu>
<1992Aug14.175529.1585
>Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 19:56:03 GMT
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>
>I have to agree with you that the Asante boards are excellent.  The
DRIVERS are
>the only problem, and as far as I know those problems are solved.  The
new 
>drivers (Universal 4.1, or En/Sc 2.0) work fine on all systems, all 
>configurations we've tried here (about a dozen or more).
>

Way too many Macs on our ethernet (using various Asante cards with
various 3.x drivers, and a few EN/SC's) had been locking up frequently,
with no apparent pattern to software, network location, other net events
(the the Novell file & ccMail server crashing, broadcast storms, lots of
collsions).  Comparing the output of their diagnostic software from
stable and crashing machines, didn't reveal anything. After a few
conversations, Asante's support folks assured me specifically that mixing
driver versions shouldn't be a problem.  Well, after upgrading all the
machines to the latest drivers, things have settled down almost
completely.

Odd, and i can't imagine that the problem was _caused_ by the software,
even though getting everyone on the latest version made the problem go
away.

---------------------------------------------
Joe Niski                                          niski@ssd.intel.com
Macintosh Network Admin.
Intel Supercomputer Systems Division
Beaverton, OR USA
From: ICH530@DJUKFA11.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mac Plus Mass Suicide
Date: 18 Aug 92 09:32:39 GMT
Organization: KFA  Forschungszentrum Juelich

In article <92224.120318K360171@ALIJKU11.BITNET>, K360171@ALIJKU11.BITNET
(Norbert Mueller) says:
>
>During a period of unusual hot weather here (Austria/Europe) three out of
>four of our Mac Plusses decided to die within 48 hours....
>Two power supplies and one logic board failed...
>Apple has recently more than TRIPLED the exchange price for the MacPlus
>power supply in our country.
>
>N. Mueller

Make that 4 out of 5.  My Mac+ also exploded during this time :-(
Harald S. Poelchau
Forschungszentrum Juelich (KFA)
Germany
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.protocols.appletalk
From: donp@niaid.nih.gov (Don Preuss)
Subject: Re: Do not buy the Asante SCSI ethernet adapter
Organization: National Institutes of Health
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 14:11:02 GMT

We've got the Asante LC adapter and have also been having _great_ problems
with it. IT IS A DANGER TO THE NETWORK. When the LC locks up, it can flood
the network with packets and lock other systems out. (It's amazing what trouble
a little machine can make). We've seen the load jump to 40% (from 20%) when the
LC locks up. Beware.

donp

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From: martin@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (martin fallon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: power on problem with mac IIcx
Summary: usually nothing happens when i hit the power-on button
Date: 22 Aug 92 07:34:53 GMT
Expires: 29 Aug 92 17:38:01 GMT
Reply-To: martin@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (martin fallon)
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: martin@sylvester.cc.utexas.edu

There was a series of postings in the past couple of months
concerning relatively common occurences of "power on"
failure with Mac IIcx's.  (The symptom is that NOTHING
happens when one hits the triangle keyboard key or the
power switch in the back.)

I ignored the postings since
they didn't apply to me at the time, but now I'm dealing
with a couple of Mac IIcx's with this problem.

Can whoever had this problem solved send me the solution(s)
please?

						thanks in advance,
						steve knoll
						c/o
						martin@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu

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From: choi@gsbsrc.uchicago.edu (Dongseok Choi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Cheap 24 bit card for NEC 3FGx ?
Date: 23 Aug 92 00:47:24 GMT
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations

Hello, netters!

 I am looking for a 24bit card for my NEC 3FGx monitor with MacIIsi.
 I want to have 832x624 (16" mode).
 I know MacFG card from NEC. But they are too expensive.
 I also don't need 1028x768.( I guess that characters on monitor
 would be too small to read.)

 There are two cards in my mind.
 One is Radius 24xp and E-Machine Futura SX.
 But I am not sure these cards can support 16" mode because
 3FGx can not run 16" mode with Quadra built in board.
 NEC spec says 3FGx has
   Horizontal Frequency : 31 Khz to 38.5 Khz and 47.8 Khz to 49 Khz
   Vertical Frequency   : 55 Hz to 90 Hz
   Bandwidth            : 65 Mhz
   Max Resolution       : 1028x768


 Could you give me info which one will suppor my monitor at 832x624?
 Could you reply by email?

Thank you in advance,

D. Choi
choi@galton.uchicago.edu
choi@gsbsrc.uchicago.edu
From: zaphod@bluemoon.rn.com (Peter Bierman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: What to do with 256K SIMMS?
Date: 14 Aug 92 04:24:03 GMT
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])

par@nwu.edu (Pete Rodriguez) writes:

> Are 256K SIMMS good for anything?  I've got 10 of these things just
> collecting dust in a closet.  Can anyone think of anything to do with these
> things?
> 
> Thanks.

Sure. They're really not worth _anything_. I actually tried to order two 
from a mail order Co. They said the paperwork costed more, and sent them 
to me free.

I'll take them; from you or anyone. I have lots of friends with empty SIMM 
sockets. I have friends that make electronic jewlry. I can give them to 
the scholl to fill all the empty sockets.

In short, I promise not to sell them, and not to trash them. Anybody with 
256K SIMMs, or any SIMMs can send them to me. I'll be sure they go to good 
free use.

Peter Bierman
PO Box 141
Worthington, OH  43085


---
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: richard@fwi.uva.nl (Richard Carels)
Subject: Re: Enough of Re: Disadvantages of System 7 (Was: IIsi vs new Macs - should I wait?)
Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 14:21:50 GMT

In article <2A93198D.1297@orion.oac.uci.edu> eafu039@orion.oac.uci.edu (Wayne Chen) writes:
> 
> To clear one thing up, I never did say that there is a disadvantage of
>choosing system 7 over system 6.  Althought I did point out that there is a
>disadvantage of the new machine not giving a choice to choose between 6 or 7
>like the IIsi or the IIci, and that this "MAY be a disadvange for SOME
>people."  Please read my post right.  

When I bought my IIsi, I was very dissappointed it would not run system 1.1.
The system 6.0.7 I got with it was so much bigger, and the 'About the Finder'
dialog and the Control Panel were totally different from what I was used to...

:-)                                                                        (-:

Seriously, New Mac's always have only run the newest system software. 
System 7 is nothing special, it is just the current version.

Richard

-- 
Richard Carels,  University of Amsterdam      
                 Computer Science Department  Email:
Macintosh        Kruislaan 403                richard@fwi.uva.nl
systems manager  1098 SJ AMSTERDAM            Applelink: HOL0070
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Questions on What Mac to Buy
From: gandhi3@husc10.harvard.edu (Srinivas Gandhi)
Date: 13 Aug 92 18:56:00 EDT
Followup-To: sender 
Distribution: na
Organization: Harvard University Department of Government
Summary: Given roughly $2500 budget 


	I am planning to buy a new computer in early September,
and I am planning to spend roughly $2500.  The Technology Product
Center at my university told me that a Mac IIsi 5/80 with an 
extended keyboard and a 13" high resolution monitor would be
bundled and sold at $2321 (tentatively).  
	I have a series of questions.

1. Does this seem like a good price?
2. Given the recent discussion on a new monitor being introduced,
	would I be wise to get a cheap monochrome monitor and 
	wait for this new Apple monitor?
3. How good is the hi-res monitor anyway?
4. Is the IIsi significantly better than the LCII (in terms of
	speed [for non-compilers/CS persons]) and expansion capabilities?
5. Has Apple improved its internal disk drives since, say, four years ago?
6. I'm assuming that the processor for the IIsi is a 68030.  Is it
	wise to purchase it if the 68040 is already in use in some
	computers?

	I hope there's someone out there who can answer these
questions, and my thanks in advance!
 
-- 

Srinivas P. Gandhi
gandhi3@husc9.harvard.edu