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From: mdl@junior.bintec.de (Mike Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Need driver for Toshiba TXM3301E1 CD-ROM
Date: 18 Dec 1992 09:11:12 -0500
Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation

Hi all,

I'm attempting to post this via mail, so if this isn't
comp.sys.mac.hardware, then something went awry :-(.

The story:

I just got a mailing of developer CD-ROMS from APDA but my  Apple
drive  is  kaputt.  I  snarfed  the CD-ROM drive from our Silicon
Graphics Indigo. This is a Toshiba  TXM3301E1,  but  the  Toshiba
driver  for  the  Mac  that  I  found lying around only caused my
machine (Mac IIci 16 MB, System 7.1) to crash. Does  anybody  use
this drive and have an up to date driver and support software for
it? If so, could you binhex or uuencode them and e-mail  them  to
me?

Thanks in advance,

Mike

p.s. vi, nroff and elm...it almost works
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: powell@ug.cs.dal.ca (Joel E Powell)
Subject: Cache settings...
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 23:39:52 GMT

Sorry, I know this has been asked before, but what do people recommend 
setting a IIsi's cache at to speed up video?  I have 9 MB of RAM, if it
matters.

Thanks all,
Joel.

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From: aro@aber.ac.uk (Andrew Ormsby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: A whinge about keyboards
Date: 18 Dec 92 11:33:56 GMT
Reply-To: aro@aber.ac.uk (Andrew Ormsby)
Organization: CS Dept, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth

Why do Apple feel the need to change the keyboard layout with each new
generation of keyboards?

I use my Macintosh, amongst other things, as an X terminal connected
to various UNIX systems and when using "vi" or "emacs", the control
and escape keys are both important.

On my old standard keyboard, escape was at the top left, as it has
been on every keyboard I have ever used (apart from the latest Sun
ones, which have also suffered an appalling change of layout). 

I have just changes machines and now have one of the new format
standard keyboards. The escape key is now immediately to the right of
the space bar.

The control key used to be a large one, immediately above the leftmost
shift key. It is now a tiny key at the bottom left of the keyboard,
its place having been taken by an essentially useless (to me) Caps
Lock key.

Why are these changes thought necessary?  Is it possible to buy
keyboards with a more sensible layout?

[Sun keyboards seem to have suffered an even more dramatic turn for
the worse. Since the keyboard which came with the 3/50 and 3/60, the
keyboards have gradually become unusable. Why?]

--
Andrew Ormsby	 AI & Robotics Research Group, Department of Computer Science,
aro@aber.ac.uk   University of Wales, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DB, UK.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: sevans@andy.bgsu.edu (Stephen W. Evans)
Subject: Re: Quadra 950/19", GC Also?
Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh.
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 01:00:30 GMT

russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) writes:

>In article <1992Dec16.130722.8410@pcnntp.apple.com> Dale_Adams@gateway.qm.apple.com (Dale Adams) writes:
>>In article <1992Dec16.031518.16936@eng.umd.edu> russotto@eng.umd.edu 
>>(Matthew T. Russotto) writes:
>>> Is there any documentation for the display chip on the Quadras and the
>>> 8*24 and 8*24GC cards?
>>
>>Nothing that Apple releases to the general public (or even most 
>>developers, too, I believe).

>OK, so who do I have to pretend to be to get it :-)

There is some excellent information on the Quadra video on SUMEX.  I
think it is in the info directory... or maybe help... somewhere around
there anyway.

-Steve

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: hjwulfso@unix.amherst.edu (Harris Wulfson)
Subject: Radius Pivot LE and a DuoDock?
Organization: Amherst College
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 02:48:53 GMT


    Well, I'm pretty sure I'm getting a Duo and dock, but I still don't
know what moniter to get. I can't really afford a 16", and the Apple
14" is a strong contender, but I've also been looking at the radius
Color Pivot/LE. I'm wondering what all you folks on the net think of it.
How is the display quality? Are the pixels too small? How many colors can it
display? Why should I or shouldn't I get it? The portrait aspect appeals to me
because I could use it to write and view scores in Finale. Also, why is the
LE so much cheaper than the color pivot? 
     One more thing: The LE comes with its own video card, but is it possible
to run it off the DuoDock's internal video? If so will it work only in
portrait mode? My reasoning is that by using the internal video, I could
get 16-bit color (with 1 meg of VRAM). Is this off way off the mark?
Thank yall for your wisdom and assistance.

--
Harris Wulfson
hjwulfson@amherst.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: thacker@cc1.unt.edu (Mark D. Thacker x2568)
Subject: Re: Quadra RAM, VRAM & Other Woes
Organization: Computing Center, UNT
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 17:53:50 GMT

In article <1992Dec10.195533.6167@desire.wright.edu> ctaylor@desire.wright.edu writes:
>From: ctaylor@desire.wright.edu
>Subject: Quadra RAM, VRAM & Other Woes
>Date: 10 Dec 92 19:55:33 EST
>I have returned two sets of 4 MB simms to the seller being told by my local
>technicians that the simms were bad.  For the two original sets my Q 700 would 
>not boot.  The same machine works just fine with 1 MB simms in its 4 slots.
>My mail order source insists that the returned simms were tested today
>in 5 different machines and worked fine in all.  Is it possible that my 
>machine can recognize 1 MB simms but not 4 MB?  I also returned 6 256 VRAM
>simms because they did not work in the same Quadra.  How likely are thers two 
>problems related? 
>
> This machine is one of the multimedia bundles but it came
>with none of the *included* software pre-installed nor were the disks sent 
>[as was stated in the package description].  I have been waiting for 6 weeks 
>for 
>the software to arrive.  Apple did not even pre-install or send its own
>QuickTime.  I guess i need to be happy the VideoSpigot board was installed, but 
>I cannot be sure it works since I have no software.
>
>Charles S. Taylor
>Professor of Philosophy
>Wright State University
>Dayton, OH 45435
>
>ctaylor@wsu.bitnet
>ctaylor@desire.wright.edu


Gee, that's weird.  I bought the multimedia bundle on a Quadra 950 and 
EVERYTHING came pre-installed.  No original disks - but it came with coupons 
to get those by mail for free.  Also, no memory problems on my machine.

I would say that it does indeed sound like a hardware problem if your 
machine does not seem to accept VRAM or RAM well.  You might want to check 
the speed on the RAM, but that's probably not the problem.  Sounds like 
your *machine* not your RAM needs to be checked.  It should still be under 
warranty.


Mark

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CC1 Novell LAN Manager      Internet : Thacker@cc1.unt.edu
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University of North Texas   Denton, Texas 76203    817-565-2324
From: Keith.Jones@macrocosm.omahug.org (Keith Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Looking for a PB100
Date: 10 Dec 92 18:22:37 CST
Reply-To: keith.jones@macrocosm.omahug.org
Organization: The MacRocosm BBS, Lawrence, KS
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware

Does anyone know where I could find a new Mac Powerbook 100?  Do you know the
price.  I understand they are selling very cheap in retail outlets but I cannot
locate one.  

Do those run on a 000 or a 020 chip?

Keith Jones
Lawrence KS
Rock Chalk. . .  Go KU !!
From: Lester_Weiss@bmug.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: ESDI => SCSI Adapter
Date: 18 Dec 92 09:31:27 GMT
Organization: BMUG, Inc.

That's funny, we have a seventy meg ESDI drive that also has one of those
conversion cards to SCSI.  It originally came with an external DB-50
connector, but this one had three rows (like the High-Density DB-15s).  IJ
replaced the connectors with the Centronics 50, and let her rip.
Unfortunately, it would power up, then shut itself down (the disk would stop
spinning, but the power sounded like it was on).  I opened it up, and saw that
it had an Adaptec adapter board.  Thke only reasonable suggestion that I have
heard is that perhaps the DB-50 I took out had a pin devoted to powering up
the drive... I am still waiting for suggestions, hope this helps...

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**** this posting does not in any way reflect BMUG's official views.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Subject: Re: FTC Finds Microsoft Monopolizing Software Industry
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 16:37:15 GMT
Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland, College Park

In article <1h08p9INNb9t@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> an780@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Travis Grundke) writes:
>
>Well ladies and gentlemen, it seems Billy Gates and his Gestapo at
>Microsoft are going the way AT&T did in the early 1980s- a breakup.
>Yesterday the Federal Trade Commission found Microsoft to be monopolizing
>the computer software industry and to be practicing unfair business
>practices. The FTC wants to know how Microsoft garnered 95% of the overall
>operating system and major software markets before it cotinues further
>actions which will entail one of or more than one thing:
>
>1) Breaking up of Microsoft into smaller subdivisions
>2) Enacting "Barriers" around the company as to what its pricing, sales,
>   business practices may be. 
>

Ohhh, brother.  If there's anything worse than Microsoft monopolizing
the software industry, it's the government regulating it.  How long
before computer programming is no longer an unlicensed profession?
-- 
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From: dlb1@lle.rochester.edu (David L. Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: HELP: Quadra VM problem
Keywords: Help, Virtual Memory, Quadra, 32-bit
Date: 18 Dec 92 18:42:48 GMT
Reply-To: dlb1@lle.rochester.edu (David L. Brown)
Organization: UofR Laboratory for Laser Energetics

To Quadra 900 owners,
	I'm having a problem with a Mac Quadra 900.  It works fine until I
turn on the processor caches, 32-bit addressing, and virtual memory AT THE
SAME TIME.  I thought I heard of some problem with the disk driver long
ago but I havn't seen anything about this lately.  We've tried everything
I could think of, including replacing the system (7.0.1 w/tuneup) and 
removing all extensions and cp's.  The symptom is a crash just after the
"Welcome to Macintosh" box at startup.  The crash alternates between
generic hang, "Bus Error," and "...turn off all extensions and restart..."
The drive is an Apple-brand IBM-manufactured disk.

	Any and all help is greatly apreciated.

--Dave

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: eepmatt@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Matthew Friedman)
Subject: Re: LaserWriter sucks up Cat
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 06:50:32 GMT

In article <1992Dec10.095921.29120@lin.foa.se> eriks@lin.foa.se (Erik Svensson FOA2) writes:
>
>YES! And a filter in the mac to make me write only bug free code that works as
>intended the first time!
>--
>Erik Svensson			Research Officer
>Guided Weapons Division		National Defense Research Establishment (FOA)
>Stockholm			Sweden

Wait a minute. This guy is having problems writing bug free code that works as
intended the first time? And he works for the GUIDED WEAPONS division!?!?!

Oh, boy... I want to be very very far away...
<grin>


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: jaesyn@carson.u.washington.edu (Jason Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: PowerBook 10M RAM cards... availability?
Date: 12 Dec 92 23:42:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Dec12.234243.7949
Organization: University of Washington


	The subject line sums it up.  I'm looking for a 10M RAM card for my
180, which requires 85ns RAM.  The only place I've found to carry them so far
is my local Apple dealer... at $750 + installation.  Does *anyone* else have
these cards yet?  I've called the major mail order houses, and they all gave
me a resounding 'No' as of 3 days ago.
From: nick+@pitt.edu (Nick C De Mello)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: PBs and screen savers
Date: 17 Dec 92 17:05:17 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh


  If you're working in a lab or office with a lot of other people,
a new Duo or PB is irresistable.  As soon as you walk away from you
desk curious people come over and innocently fiddle with it.  After
Dark offers a screen lock screen saver that requires a password.
So there are a couple uses for Screen Saveer (albeit not there original
purpose).

                               -- Nick

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: tecot@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Edward M. Tecot)
Subject: Re: How does KeyCaps know which keyboard was used? [also: Dvorak]
Keywords: KeyCaps keyboard ADB Dvorak
Organization: CS Department, Stanford University, California, USA
Date: 18 Dec 92 02:13:57 GMT

tuc@calico.cs.wisc.edu (Brian A. Cole) writes:
>Try this:  Attach two different models of ADB keyboard to an ADB mac (or
>attach an external ADB keyboard to a PowerBook, like I did) and go into
>KeyCaps.  Press a key.  Now press a key on the _other_ keyboard.
>Presto-Zamboni, the key layout displayed changes to that of the new
>keyboard.  Pretty neat, huh?

>Now, I'm not complaining.  In fact, I think that this is just how I'd
>like it to work.  My question is _how_ does it work?  How did it know
>that I'd attached an "Apple Keyboard II" and not an "Apple Extended
>Keyboard II" (or, for that matter, some relatively unknown third-party
>gizmo)?

>I'd always thought that all a keyboard did was broadcast an ASCII (or
>otherwise) code whenever a key is hit, but it seems to me that it must
>also be sending some self-identification of some sort.  Or I guess that
>the few applications that care (like KeyCaps) could ask the keyboard to
>identify itself after every keystroke or something.

Sort of.  Each device on the desktop bus has its own address, sort of like
SCSI.  When a keyboard event is posted, the address of the keyboard that
generated it is posted as well.  When KeyCaps receives an event from a
different address, it looks up it's identification number (using the ADB
Manager).  These IDs are managed by DTS so that they remain unique.

>Either way, it seems like the System must have some list of possible
>keyboards somewhere.  If this is the case, how the heck do third-party
>manufacturers make Mac keyboards -- do they require a system extension
>or something before the keyboard can be recognized?  Will someone in
>the know _please_ fill me in?

Sort of - the keyboard driver requires a KMAP resource in order to understand
how to map physical key codes into virtual key codes.  The resource ID of
the KMAP resource is the same as the ID of they keyboard.  If the KMAP resource
is not found, KMAP 0 is used, which works fine for most keyboards anyway.
However, KeyCaps needs to know the physical layout of they keys in order to
present a proper display.  That's what the KCAP resource is for.  Once again,
the ID of the KCAP resource is the same as the ID of the keyboard.  If the
correct resource cannot be found, KeyCaps will put up an alert to complain.
So, if you were to build your own keyboard, you would need to:
1) obtain an ID from DTS
2) Make a KCAP resource
3) Make a KMAP resource if for some reason KMAP 0 was insufficient.

_emt
From: eric.larson@f620.n2605.z1.ieee.org (eric larson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Where the mac really wins
Date: 18 Dec 92 02:18:02 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:2605/620 - Shockwave Rid, Freehold NJ


 # Yeah. And when that happens you quickly find out what Apple
 # charges for replacement floppy drives (in the $400 region)
 # because the drive is ruined. Kaput.

What does IBM charge for replacement floppy drives? The SAME. Do you buy IBM
Floppy drives? No more than I buy Apple floppy drives.

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From: truesdel@ics.uci.edu (Scott Truesdell)
Subject: Re: System 7.1 /Duo Problems?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: ICS Department, U.C.I.
Date: 18 Dec 92 07:01:27 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware

In article <lau-161292093617@michigan.aero.org>, lau@aerospace.aero.org
(David Lau) wrote:
>
>   I would like to offer some of my experiences with my new Duo 230 and
> System7. and then ask for any comments or suggestions.
>
>   After some investigation I discovered that this happened all the time
> upon hard shutdown.  After further investigation I discovered that when I
> installed a virgin system the hard disk survived hard shutdowns.  I am
> pretty sure that
> the culprits are Extensions Manager and Before Dark.  Both modify the
> system
> in some way.  Currently I am running with a minimum of extensions being
> very wary after my experiences.


INITPicker 2.02 works like a charm. Contact the author of Extensions
Manager and see what the scoop is. What version do you have?

  --scott
From: slchb@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Video options
Date: 14 Dec 92 09:43:12 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

I am building a "Hackintosh."  I will have an SE Board and a Apple 12" Monochrome monitor.  What are my options as far as trying to interface them?  (What
products are there available to do the job?)  Thanks!  GW IN%"slchb@usu.edu"
From: an780@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Travis Grundke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: FTC Finds Microsoft Monopolizing Software Industry
Date: 19 Dec 92 22:47:05 GMT
Reply-To: an780@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Travis Grundke)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


Well ladies and gentlemen, it seems Billy Gates and his Gestapo at
Microsoft are going the way AT&T did in the early 1980s- a breakup.
Yesterday the Federal Trade Commission found Microsoft to be monopolizing
the computer software industry and to be practicing unfair business
practices. The FTC wants to know how Microsoft garnered 95% of the overall
operating system and major software markets before it cotinues further
actions which will entail one of or more than one thing:

1) Breaking up of Microsoft into smaller subdivisions
2) Enacting "Barriers" around the company as to what its pricing, sales,
   business practices may be. 


I know *I'm* Happy! :-)
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
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From: Brian_Geller@cybermac.sadye.emba.uvm.edu
Organization: Adrenaline Online, (802) 425-2332, a FirstClass system
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 21:35:13 EST
Subject: Re: HELP: LCII is really sloooooow

Michael, where did you get your ram? Are you sure that it has a speed of 100ns
or faster? If it is slower than 100ns, that is your problem. 100ns is the
minimum seed for the Ram, anything slower, 120, or 150ns will not work right.
But before you tear apart your computer(or have the guy at the store do it for
you), consider some other possibilities. Have you added anything new to your
computer? Otherwise I cannot think of anything else.

-Brian

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From: gk1@acpub.duke.edu (Gavin  Kistner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: EMERGENCY - IIfx won't boot!
Summary: Paper due in 24 hours!
Date: 16 Dec 92 19:28:52 GMT
Followup-To: gk1@acpub.duke.edu
Organization: Duke University; Durham, N.C.

I have a 12 page paper due at 4:00 tomorrow.  It's all on my computer, but
it needs revision.  I just went to boot up my computer and got the dreaded
question mark.  Here's the scary part:

Inserting any of 6+ floppies which I KNOW are bootable, causes the computer
to make a bit of reading-type noise, then spit them out.

System:
IIfx with 200MB Quauntum Internal.
20MB RAM
Sys 7.0.1 with Tuneup 1.1.1 installed on HD.
Floppies are sys 6.0.5, 6.0.8, 7.0, 7.0.1, plus installers from 7&701.

Was hooked up to NEC 73, terminated with special IIfx terminator.
After trying with it hooked up, I unhooked it and tried again.
I tried again with it unhooked, using the reset switch, after turning it
off and letting it sit.  I tried holding down CTRL-OPTION-P-R (this resets
the PRAM, right?), and holding down DOCS with a floppy in.  (I thought this
was to skip the internal HD and use an external hooked up, but it's worth a
try, right?)

It was working last night.  I believe I've had SAM turned before and since
I put any stuff of "questionable origin" on it.  And anyway, could a virus
keep the computer from booting off a floppy?

My best guess is that it's a SCSI problem, but I don't see how it could be.

PLEASE, if anyone has ANY ideas, no matter how inane they might seem,
please help me out.  If I can get it working, I'll tell ya what it was.

Again, HELP!!!!  (I figure if sounding pathetic will help, I'll go for it.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.advocacy
From: gwangung@carson.u.washington.edu (Roger Tang)
Subject: Re: Where the mac really wins
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 22:24:14 GMT

In article <BzBLAn.t7@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:
>In article <1992Dec8.183737.27668@u.washington.edu> gwangung@byron.u.washington.edu (Roger Tang) writes:
>>	And when I have to explain how to copy files in DOS every six weeks,
>>I really have to wonder about just how "easy" DOS is.
>Strange. I have to explain to users how to copy files on Macs.

	Well, you are at Indiana....

 They
>usually end up saving stuff to the desktop, flip their disk in the 
>trashcan, come back tomorrow and wonder where that 20+ page term paper 
>went.

	So do you have to tell 'em more than once? Cause I do...

-- 
Roger Tang, gwangung@u.washington.edu
Producer Emeritus, Asian Theatre at the UW
	"The definition of balls is for a non-singer to go karaoke singing
with the cast of a musical revue."