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From: KWHITTY@FINABO.ABO.FI (Kevin Whitty FORB)
Subject: PB160 and VGA monitors.  Help me.
Organization: Abo Akademi University, Finland
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 13:42:51 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.24


I've recently purchased a PowerBook 160, and have a spare VGA monitor that
I could hook it up to.  Apparently, this is possible.  My problem is
simply this:  The nifty little monitor cable that came with the machine
has 15 pins in two rows of 8 and 7 pins.  The VGA monitor has 15 pins
arranged in 3 rows of 5.  I went to my local Apple dealer and asked if
there is a cable to overcome this, and they were rather clueless.
Hence, I pose my question to the masterminds who read this newsgroup.

Are the pin numbers the same?  That is, if I make a cable myself connecting
corresponding pins, will it work?  Or is there a different arrangement
which is necessary?  Also, does anyone happen to know if a multisynching
(autosynchronous) monitor is necessary?

Finally, another stupid question.  There's another monitor lying around
(again, a VGA) which has a 9 pin (5 + 4) connection.  Any ideas on how
this could be connected?

Thanks in advance.
                                             -- Kev
From: ISW@cup.portal.com (Isaac S Wingfield)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Advice w.r.t. Used IIci
Date: Tue,  5 Jan 93 12:58:54 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: na

I'm about to buy a used IIci - it comes without a hard drive, so I'd like
some advice on what to get. Dat on access speeds, reliability, etc. would
be appreciated. I intend to get an internal drive in the 120-150 MB range.

Also, what are the relative advantages/disadvantages to using the built-in
video capability vs. procuring a plug-in video card?

Any other comments, suggestions, etc. appreciated. E-Mail preferred. Thanks.

Isaac   isw@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: bauer@informatik.uni-ulm.de (Christian Bauer)
Subject: Re: Fan makes noise in Quadra 700!
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: University of Ulm
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 14:07:27 GMT

In article <Edward.Visse-120193125708@fastpath-24.wblab.lu.se>,
Edward.Visse@wblab.lu.se (Edward Visse) wrote:
> 
> In article <C0L4J1.5qz@lysator.liu.se>, mll@lysator.liu.se (Thomas
> Danielson) wrote:
> > 
> > Anybody know if there is a way to make the fan in a Quadra 700 not
> > so noisy?  My machine is turned on for 24h/day and I have no 
> > accessory cards installed.  Is there a temperature regulated fan out
> > there somewhere that I could use?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > /Thomas
> > mll@lysator.liu.se
> 
> The Atari ST used to have the same problem. The solution was to put in a
> resistor in the power line to the fan (I think it was 25 Ohm, but I'm not
> sure). You can try some different resistors, but be sure the fan is able to
> start up though. If you want A temperature regulated one, they exist for
> the Atari, but I don't know if they can be used directly in a Quadra.

Shure a resistor is the cheapest solution, but it is a little bit
dangerous,
because on power on the fan needs much more power to start (6 Volt minimum
for the better one) If you use a resistor this voltage can not be reached,
so the fan stands still and gets very hot.(the resistor too!) So the
better solution is to put in a Z-diode of about 3 to 6 Volt (for 12 Volt
fan)
so the starting voltage of 6 volt is shure.
But the best solution I have seen is to put in a microcontrolled silent fan
from Papst (or other vendors) which measures the temperature and according
to this value it controls the fan with pulse modulation (so even very
slow rotation can be implemented). And if the mac needs more power, the
fan spins faster to prevent overheating of your expensive 68040!. (this
fan is about 20 to 35 $ but it is very quite!)

Christian Bauer

bauer@informatik.uni-ulm.de
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: rajiv@athena.mit.edu (Rajiv A Manglani)
Subject: Rocket in a Duo Dock?
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 05:30:19 GMT

Has anyone tried a Radius Rocket in a Duo Dock? What would happen?

Rajiv Manglani
From: judson@watserv.ucr.edu (Mike Judson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Zoom 2400 baud send/receive FAX modem
Date: 12 Jan 93 04:00:31 GMT
Reply-To: judson@watserv.ucr.edu

I have a Zoom 2400 baud send/receive FAX modem which I would like to sell.
I am asking $100.00.  If you are interested, please E-mail me.

--
If you ever fall off the Sears Tower, just go real limp, because 
maybe you'll look like a dummy and people will try to catch you 
because, hey, free dummy.

judson@watserv.ucr.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: CSP1DWD@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (CSP1DWD)
Subject: LaserWriter 6x0 and Photograde
Date: 10 Jan 93 01:12:54 PST

Anybody can explain how Photograde works with the new Laserwriters
600 and 630. The press release suggests that when Photograde is enabled
then the print resolution drops down to 300dpi... would upping memory
to say 12 or 16Meg give you back 600dpi when Photograde is enabled?
The 630 model shipped with 8Meg of ram behaves the same way.

>Also based on the 25MHz Motorola 68030 microprocessor, the 600 comes
>standard with 4MB of RAM, expandable to 32MB.  In its standard
>configuration, the LaserWriter Pro 600 provides 300 dpi resolution
>with FinePrint.  When upgraded to 8MB of RAM, the LaserWriter Pro 600
>prints at 600 dpi resolution or 300 dpi with PhotoGrade enabled for
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>the best possible print quality.  As a special introductory offer,
>Apple will ship the LaserWriter Pro 600 with 8MB of RAM, enabling
>users to take advantage of 600 dpi resolution and the superior
>grayscale printing capabilities of PhotoGrade.

-- Denis 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: khawkswo@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Kim D Hawksworth)
Subject: Re: Deskwriter v Stylewriter (was: Printer Footprints)
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 05:18:33 GMT


>I may order a DW any day now to get the HP $50 rebate. But I was
>curious about the quality of paper that it requires to avoid
>smearing.
>
>Is this a major cost versus the spool paper I use in my IWII?

>Any recommendations re decent and cheap paper that won't smear
>in the DW? Best source, eg mail order? Cost per page?
>
>Any paper types to avoid?
>
>Should I wait to see what Apple offers in the Stylewriter II?
>
>Thx much,
>Steve
>

I just replaced an ImageWriter II with a DW 550C last week.  I purchased 500
sheets of Hammermill Laser Print paper (Stock# 10460-4) based on the
recommendation of the computer store that sold me the printer.  Cost was just
under $8.  If I remember correctly, I bought 2500 sheets of tractor-feed
computer paper for the IW II for around $20.  So yes, the paper's going to
cost more to use in the DW.  However,  I won't be wasting as much paper, so I
think the overall cost shouldn't be that different.  Besides, the output
is so much nicer from the DW, especially color, the added expense is worth it.

K. David
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: net@gagme.chi.il.us 
Subject: Errors occuring after using Norton util's
Originator: net@gagme
Organization: Gagme Public Access UNIX, Chicago, Illinois.
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 06:21:35 GMT


I recently bought a used IIci running sys 7 and I have a pretty
baffling problem (Well, baffling to me anyway).  Everything was
working just fine when someone suggested that I might improve my
system's performance by running speed disk from the Norton Utilities.

I did that and the dialogue box informed me that I could not optimize
because files were open, but that I could de-fragment files, which I
opted to do.  After the de-fragmenting of files, virtually nothing
will open from the finder.  I get a message that says ..

"XXXX could not be opened because an error of type -50 occured"

This happens with virtually everything including Norton its self.  I
can open speed disk, but that is of no help. I can open SOME files
saved on floppy, but not others.  Disabling extensions is no use
either. When I reboot, I get this message....

-------
"Error opening FileSaver data file.  The file may be damaged or out of
date.  You should re-install FileSaver on HD. (error =32)

(FileSaver INIT Error Number 16)"

--------
This also happens when I try to empty the trash, although after
clicking on OK, the trash does empty.

I am running StartUp Manager, but it also gives me a error -50
message.

So, what can I do to save this machine?  I have had  success copying
files onto the floppy drive and I do have the system disks.  However,
I would like NOT to have to reload everything.

Please try to help, I miss my mac already.

E-mail is prefered, if possible, since news feeds here are slow,
e-mail is pretty fast.

Thanks 

Will
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: silber@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Jeffrey Silber)
Subject: Opening PB 100
Organization: Cornell Theory Center
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 19:26:26 GMT


I have a PB 100 (out of warranty) that I would like to open up to upgrade
the memory (I have a 2 MB module out of a PB 170).  Can anyone give me a
hint or two?  (With appropriate disclaimers, of course).
-- 
"A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money."
                                                          --Sen. Everett Dirksen
Jeffrey A. Silber/silber@tc.cornell.edu
AD-Admin Svcs/Cornell Center for Theory & Simulation in Science & Engineering
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: daniels@xstor.com (Daniel A. Segel)
Subject: Re: High Capacity DATs
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Storage Dimensions, Inc.
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 20:20:10 GMT

In article <1is71jINN12k@network.ucsd.edu>, Alec Plumb <aplumb@ucsd.edu>
wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> We are looking to moving from our current backup system (Two DAT drives
> each using two 60M tapes per backup session) to a single drive, single
> tape system.  Are Compression DAT's all that they are cracked up to be?
> Is 5GB a realistic archive size, or is it just the best that is theore-
> tically possible?  How much can you get on a 60M tape? (We have a lot of
> those lying around:)
> 
This really depends on what kind of data you are backing up. A single,
uncompressed 60M tape can hold about 1.3GB of any data, and a 90M tape
can hold about 2.0GB of data.

The compression algorithms used in both hardware and software data
compression (i.e. Retrospect software compression) will let you put about
2-4 times that onto a tape, depending on the type of data. Text files will
compress a whole bunch, JPEG files won't. This allows for 2.6-5.2GB on a
60M tape, or 4-8GB on a 90M tape.

You could test this yourself by doing a backup using RetroSpect and turning
on the compression option built into Retrospect. It will run slower than a
normal backup, but you will find out just how compressable your data is.

The compression DAT's do almost the exactly the same thing as Retrospect's
built-in compression algorithms, but they do it on the fly instead of using
valuable processor time to do the compression.

Daniel S.
___________________________________________________________________________
Daniel A. Segel, KD6NMT                      Macintosh Customer Engineering
Triumph Bonneville 650, BMW R75/5   Storage Dimensions, Inc. (408) 954-0710
daniels@xstor.com                     All opinions are of my own invention.
From: drg@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu (David GUtierrez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: ?educational discount price for StyleWriter II?
Date: 11 Jan 1993 07:32:12 GMT
Organization: Univ. Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

In article <1993Jan9.091513.6493@desire.wright.edu> jvance@desire.wright.edu
writes:
>Does anyone know what the educational discount price for the new 
>StyleWriter II will be? At my university, students, faculty, and 
>staff could buy the original StyleWriter for $300 (or maybe it was 
>$299).

The HEPP I price is $273, plus whatever your school tacks on, for the
StyleWriter II with cable. The ink cartridge, which is (possibly) not included,
is $14.

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

"Only fools are positive." - Moe Howard
From: ed@kronos.com (Ed Baker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Magnetized Monitor = Junk ?
Date: 5 Jan 93 15:54:18 GMT
Organization: Kronos Inc. / Waltham, MA
Disclaimer: This posting is a personal opinion and not that of Kronos Inc.

[monitor was magnetized and shows splotches of color]

This happens every now and then at work.  The monitor is not ruined.
Take a magnet and rub it very quickly back and forth across the monitor.
You should see a definite improvement.  Also, powering off and on may
help.

-Ed
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Distribution: world
From: C._L._Waltemath@bmug.org
Organization: BMUG, Inc.
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 11:38:02 PST
Subject: Re: Jazzing Up Your Mac LC

First, DO NOT expect anything from Apple!  We are orphans.

Second, be careful of how much you add to an LC, because it has a VERY wimpy
power supply.  I think I got the best out of mine with 10 meg RAM and a
DayStar Power Cache at 33 Mhz with a 68882. 

If you really want to speed up math, don't bother with a 68881, it is not worth the cost (if you could find one).

**** From Planet BMUG, the FirstClass BBS of BMUG.  The message contained in
**** this posting does not in any way reflect BMUG's official views.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: ctrbdo@iapa.uucp%mailhost.ecn.uoknor.edu (bryan d oakley)
Subject: Re: MAC IIvx and Performa 600
Organization: FAA / Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 17:41:41 GMT

>>>>> On 5 Jan 93 00:40:13 GMT, ed@kronos.com (Ed Baker) said:
In article <1993Jan05.004013.19718@kronos.com> ed@kronos.com (Ed Baker) writes:

Ed> According to performance tests I recently saw, the IIvx is much faster
Ed> than the Performa 600.  Yet, the hardware description of the two machines
Ed> is identical except for the IIvx has some cache memory.  Does this account
Ed> for the performance differences, or are there other factors?

Ed> I also seem to be reading a lot of negative things about the IIvx; it won't
Ed> run AUX, it only outputs one channel digitized stereo, etc.  I am ready to
Ed> buy my first Mac and am having trouble sorting everything out.  At first
Ed> the Performa 600 sounded great.  Then after some research, I decided I
Ed> could spend a little more and get the IIvx instead.  I will only be using
Ed> the system at home to run household finances and games.  I have three young
Ed> children who will also be running games.  I don't need AUX or digitized
Ed> stereo.  Is the IIvx just fine for me?  Also, is 80MB hard disk enough?

Ed> I'm buying this thing this week, so let me know if I'm buying the wrong
Ed> machine.  Waiting for future machines is not an option; I have to buy one
Ed> that is currently available.

Ed> -Ed

Well, I bough a performa 600CD and am quite pleased.  This is my first
mac, so I can make no comparisons.  I thought briefly about the vx,
but was swayed with the free software and decent sized disk (160mb).
I was certainly lusting after the IIvx for the increased performance,
but since I too am using it mostly for home use (ie: wife and
soon-to-arrive kid) the deal seemed too good to pass up.  For the
record, I got the 600CD for $2399 and the performa plus display for
$399.  If you have little kids just learning to read, you (or
actually, they) may be impressed with the Cindarella CD.  And Claris
works seems just fine for home use type stuff.




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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: michael@iastate.edu (Michael M. Huang)
Subject: IIsi at 50mhz?
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 20:32:41 GMT

Hi there,

I heard from someone at work about reading certain articles in this group
on the subject of making IIsi into a "50mhz" machine.  I tried to go back
to scan through the old articles but can't seem to find it.

Will someone please Email me the information as to how to change my machine
from a 20 to a 50 mhz by just using a crystal and a heatsink?  What's the
compatibility rate from software and future board additions if I do change
my IIsi this way?

Please email to this account as articles tend to get lost in USENET.

Thanks in advance for any help.

-michael

-- 
Michael M. Huang    | Don't believe what your eyes are  telling  you.  All they
Carver & Vis Labs   | show is limitation.   Look with your understanding,  find
Iowa State Univ.    | out what you already know, and you'll see the way to fly.
michael@iastate.edu |- Jonathan Livingston Seagull -- #include  <disclaimer> --
From: bredell@tdb.uu.se (Mats Bredell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Magnetized Monitor = Junk ?
Date: 5 Jan 93 09:30:38 GMT
Reply-To: Mats.Bredell@udac.uu.se
Organization: Uppsala University Computing Center (UDAC)
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Martin Lilly (LILMARA@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu) wrote:
: 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?

Try pressing the degauss switch in the back of the monitor.

/Mats
-- 
Mats Bredell                                   Mats.Bredell@udac.uu.se
Uppsala University Computing Center (UDAC)     Ph:  +46 18 187817
Department of medical systems                  Fax: +46 18 187825
Sweden                                         Think straight - be gay!
From: fisher@ncselxsi.uucp (Chuck Fisher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Apple Express Modem at 19.2 kbps?1?
Date: 11 Jan 93 14:33:12 GMT
Organization: National Computer Systems, San Jose, CA 95131

In article <1993Jan9.112428.19262@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> mohr@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Gordon Mohr) writes:
>--
>At the MacWorld Expo in SF yesterday, I stopped by Apple's Duo kiosk to see
>what was up with the MiniDock and Express modem.
>
>I couldn't recall whether the Express modem was to be 9600 or 14.4k baud,
>so I asked. I'm pretty sure the Apple representative said 19,200 baud! Did
>I mishear, did he misspeak, or is this an especially pleasant surprise
>from Apple? (Send/receive fax, however, was described as just 9600 baud)

The rep must have been mistaken.  There is no 19.2kbps standard for
data transmission.  There is 14.4kbps (V.32bis) and with compression
(V.42bis) you can certainly achieve rates between the DTE and DCE of
19.2kbps.  (Actually you can run at 38.4kbps for the DCE to DTE
interface which I'm doing now, but the Unix side of this connection is
only 19.2.)

Chuck
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From: Thomas.Tornblom@nexus.comm.se (Thomas Tornblom)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Powerswitch on IIvx, was Re: Power switch on IIx
Date: 5 Jan 93 11:34:40 GMT
	<1993Jan4.152328.1246@news.acns.nwu.edu>
Organization: Communicator Nexus AB


My wife got a IIvx just before christmas and she brought it home and I
helped her copy all data from her old SE/30 to it. When she brought it
to work the machine refused to start by using the start button on the
keyboard. She had to use the switch on the back. She tried several
times to no avail.

One evening we went down to her work to see what the problem was, I
used my magic finger and of course, the bugger started on the first
attempt! We turned it off and she tried it and it worked for her too.
Yesterday when she came back after christmas it refuses to start again
through the keyboard.

Has anyone experienced anything like this? The machine is brand new,
so I don't think the battery is dead. Isn't the battery needed also
for the button on the back?

Is it the keyboard or cable?

The machine is a IIvx with CD, 5M ram, 230 Mdisk, extended keyboard
(data communication keyboard), 14" color monitor.

Thomas
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Distribution: world
From: flip@cgrg.ohio-state.edu (Flip Phillips)
Organization: Odyssey Ultraware, Inc
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 21:34:40 CDT
Subject: Re: HELP! Installing Daystar PowerCache card on MacIIcx!!

In article <1992Dec31.221408.13153@ncsu.edu> wprobarg@csemail.cropsci.ncsu.edu
(W. P. Robarge) writes:
>In article <1992Dec31.181224.12387@serval.net.wsu.edu>
dshin@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (dongil shin) writes:
>>
>>	Hi!
>>	
>>      I have a Mac IIcx and am thinking about buying a powercache from
daystar.
>>I was calling mail order companies to get a daystar power cache 50Mhz with
math
>>chip. One of the salesperson told me that I need to SEND my computer to the
>>daystar with the powercache card for installation. Is this true?
>>It is quite hard to believe this.  I know that I need an adapter card for
>>Mac IIcx. I called the daytar several times, but
>>I could only leave messages. I haven't gotten any call back. 
>>
>>Thanks a lot!

I have 50mhz pc. manual sez some cx's have cpu soldered in. no cache slot in cx
(like previous posters ci) have to remove cpu and replace with socket so you
can plug in cache...

i strongly reccomend buying one of these, theyre great.
-- flip
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From: flip@cgrg.ohio-state.edu (Flip Phillips)
Subject: Re: HELP! Installing Daystar PowerCache card on MacIIcx!!
Organization: OSU Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design
<1992Dec31.221408.13153@ncsu.edu>
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 23:41:54 GMT
From: murray@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Murray Karstadt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: need info on upgrade floppy on Mac II
Date: 12 Jan 93 15:50:02 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

Hello out in netland,


   I want to upgrade the floppy in a Mac II to a high density drive. I'm a
hardware rookie so forgive me if this is a FAQ(I can't find FAQ list).
Do I need to replace anything else beyond the drive itself for it to work
properly.


thanks in advance for any help

murray

murray@andromeda.ruthers.edu
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From: WHITESR@CONRAD.APPSTATE.EDU (Steve White)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: DeskWriter II?
Date: 9 Jan 1993 15:00:56 GMT
Organization: APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: conrad.appstate.edu
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.24


Now that it appears that Apple has released the Stylewriter II,
has anyone heard of any plans for an imminent DeskWriter II?
If so, any details about the DW II? Specific improvements?

Steve
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