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From: IYI4DTN@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (Gann Matsuda)
Subject: Re: Hard drive recommendations, APS?
Date: 19 Aug 92 02:32:05 PDT

In article <=+fy9am@rpi.edu>, on 18 Aug 1992 14:03:55 GMT,
johnsh@aix.rpi.edu (Hugh Johnson) writes:

>
>In article <1567@sousa.ltn.dec.com> long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) writes:
>>
>> Sorry if this is a FAQing question, but the time has come for a second hard
>> drive. Since I have an APS Syquest I've been happy with, I'm thinking about
>> the APS Quantum 105 (external).
>
>I can wholeheartedly recommend the Mirror 105's.  They are rated just as high,
>if not higher, as the APS drives (which I also considered when I was buying).
>The Mirrors are quiet and fast and reliable.  They also almost perfectly match
>the Mac's outer casing color and style (even the plastic "feels" the same!).
>Plus, for those of you with a IIcx, IIci or an SE/30, you can opt for the
>Mirror "portable" 105 (or 210).  This tiny drive is about the size of a brick,
>because it has no power supply.  It includes a special cable which draws
>the hard drive's power from the computer's floppy drive port (the cable only
>works with the aforementioned models).  So not only do you save desk space,
>you have a drive that is absolutely silent at idle.  I've had my Mirror Portable
>105 for a few weeks now, and have had no problems whatsoever.  I've called their
>tech help twice (for some real techy stuff that wasn't in the manual that I was
>just curious about) and they were friendly, helpful and unhurried.  The normal
>105 external is $479 and the portable is $450.
>
I also recommend Mirror Technologies for their external drives.  Mirror
has what is probably the best after-sale support in the industry now
(service and technical support).  Undoubtedly better than APS.

However, for internal drives, I would go with APS.  Their prices are
better than Mirror's for internals.  They are about the same on
externals.

Gann Matsuda
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby)
Subject: Color Printer/Color Scanner recommendations?
Organization: 3M Company
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 13:30:42 GMT

A client of mine is interested in getting a color laser printer and a
color scanner for use in the creation of presentation materials. Their
main output material will be OVERHEADS. Applications which will be used
include Microsoft Word and Excel, Aldus Persuasion, MacDraw Pro,
Kaliedagraph, and DeltaGraph.

I'm interested in people's opinions on color laser printers in the <$10K
price range.  We have a QMS ColorScript in another department, but I am
not that happy with it's performance.  What are the 'favorites' at this
point?

In addition, a color scanner is desired for bringing in materials from
the literature, photographs, and other output which cannot be mapped
into the Macintosh world easily. Ideally, software would be included in
the price of the scanner. Minimum desired resolution is 300 dpi.

Total cost on a system is open, but I think it would be best to stay
below $15K for the printer, scanner, and software.  Any input,
suggestions, or pointers are appreciated!
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From: paul@taniwha.UUCP (Paul Campbell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: info on NTSC out boards/boxes?
Keywords: video NTSC rosebud
Date: 10 Aug 92 17:41:06 GMT
Organization: Taniwha Systems Design

In article <1992Aug7.211649.16297@tamsun.tamu.edu> jdhaney@benthos.tamu.edu writes:
>
>we are making videos using MacroMind Director, a Computer Video NTSC
>encoder box hooked to an Apple 8.24GC card in a IIfx.
>but we are not satisfied with the quality of picture we are getting.
>almost all the colors are ghosting quite a bit - the reds of course
>being the worst.  (a red circle shows as two distict circles side by 
>side, one orange)

Ghosting in video systems is usually caused by reflections in the video cables
somewhere - like SCSI cables - video cables must be properly terminated -
usually this is done internally in the monitor (or the thing you have at the
other end of the cable) - this is often visible when you go to a trade show
and someone has slaved 2 big monitors of the same CPU by using BNC T connectors
without removing the terminators from the middle monitor.

From what you say it sounds like you have a setup like:


	---------		---------		---------
	|	|		|	|		|	|
	| CPU	|---------------|encoder|---------------|display|
	|	|		|	|		|	|
	---------		---------		---------

The connsction between the CPU and the encoder is RGB video, and between the
encoder and display is NTSC video. 

If you only have a problem with red then the problem is either something wrong
with the encoder (in which case you have to replace it) or something wrong
with the cable between the CPU and the encoder - this last one is more likely,
it sounds like the red channel only has a problem - the best things to look for
here are:

	- make sure that you are using a high quality cable, is it damaged?
	- are both ends of the cable connected correctly?
	- is this cable too long?
	- is there a connector in the middle of this cable (if true this is 
	  a likely cause of your problem - all connectors in cables cause
	  impedance mismatches and reflections)?
	- is the encoder correctly terminated?


	Paul Campbell
	SuperMac
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	"'Potato', not 'Potatoe'"
		Bart Simpson - on the blackboard 6/25/92
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: whitmore@iastate.edu (Kurt D Whitmore)
Subject: Re: Using ^C with PB170 Internal Modem?
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 16:02:53 GMT

In <1992Aug20.141516.27251@cc.gatech.edu> gil@cc.gatech.edu (Gil Neiger) writes:

>I apologize if you're seeing this twice.

>The subject says it all (almost).  Is there any way to send a ^C over
>the PowerBook 170's internal modem?  It seems that the modem always
>wants to interpret it as a "break" character.  I can recover by typing
>"ato", but it's annoying and, more importantly, it doesn't send the ^C
>down the line.  Since I use the modem to log in to UNIX systems,
>sending a ^C can be quite useful (as an interrupt, for emacs, etc.).
>Is there any way to reconfigure or disable this part of the modem's
>operation?  It doesn't seem that "at y" will work.

>					- Gil Neiger



There are two things you may be able to do:

1)	Your software _may_ let you re-map ^C to another key.
2)	Unix (emacs) has alternate characters for ^S and ^Q, it 
	_may_ have one for ^C.

Hope this helps.
-- 
_______________________________________________________________________
      Kurt D. Whitmore            |        Whitmore Technical Publications
   whitmore@iastate.edu           |                1003 N. Hyland
   Iowa State University          |                Ames, Ia 50010
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From: nick@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: IIsi vs new Macs - should I wait?
Date: 21 Aug 92 15:48:37 GMT
	<1992Aug17.132220.21305@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
	<2A9311B8.29957@orion.oac.uci.edu> <BtBzMz.6nH@csn.org>
Organization: Naff Green Shorts Dance Co.
In-reply-to: bell@teal.csn.org's message of 21 Aug 92 11:23:21 GMT

In article <BtBzMz.6nH@csn.org> bell@teal.csn.org (Bell Scott) writes:

   >	Because not everyone has updated their softwares to system 7 yet

>   Also, System 7.0.x is STILL buggy!

So is System 6.

Nick.
--
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               nick@dcs.ed.ac.uk |     there in this bar?"
CASSIEL Contemporary Music/Dance | "Dunno; count the Dr. Martens and
     cassiel@cix.compulink.co.uk |     divide by two..."
From: anstine@rm105serve.sas.upenn.edu (David Anstine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Laserwriter IIg question
Date: 14 Aug 92 15:13:05 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

Sorry if this is a FAQ.

The documentation for a Laserwriter IIg says it can manage print jobs from
all ports. Just to confirm this, can I use the ethernet port for ethertalk
and the localtalk port at the same time.

Also, looking for the best solution to print from a cluster of RS6000's to
this printer. Can I set up the workstations to print thru the ethernet to
the IIG or is a serially connected workstation running lpd better idea.
What about gatorprint?

Thanks in advance,
-dave
From: Ladd.Morse@p804.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Ladd Morse)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: TI microLaser XL Turbo vs. HP LaserJet IIISi
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 21:43:25 -0500

To: davidw@jessica.Stanford.EDU


  DJ> Does anyone have any comparisons of these two printers for the
  DJ> Macintosh? 

Perhaps an inconsequential bit of information to add to your search:

The office next door has an HPIIIsi and it is NOT a small machine....
From: mssmith@afterlife.ncsc.mil (M. Scott Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Bernoulli Drives: Are they good?
Date: 23 Aug 92 14:22:37 GMT
Organization: The Great Beyond

Howdy..

   I've been examining various storage solutions to add to my Mac; my 160
megs is nearly full, and, more importantly, I wish to back it up.
   I find that magneto-optical drives are still very expensive and very
slow in performance.  Regular hard drives aren't very cheap, but offer no
room for expansion, and don't seem to be the way to go anymore.
   Then there's the removeables.  Specifically, I have looked favorably at
the Bernoulli line, as they seem to be good in quality and not too expensive.
   And just recently, Bernoulli introduced the MacTransportable 90 PRO.  It
has a price tag which is supposed to be 40% less than the earlier drive, and
it offers all the features.  (It comes with the Mac interface built in.)

   So..  For all of you who use or know about Bernoulli drives, please let me
know your experiences!  How quick are they?  Have you had any crashes?  Are
you very satisfied with it, or do you have any horror stories?  Anything
special I should know?

   Also, how do you buy extra 90-meg cartridges?  And how much do you pay for
them?

Thanks in advance for any information!

M. Scott Smith
--|mssmith@afterlife.ncsc.mil
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: Mikey <mikey@nrc.com>
Subject: HELP!!!  TYPIST...Scanner sftwr problem
X-Xxdate: Thu, 13 Aug 92 13:54:48 GMT
Organization: NRC
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d7
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 20:54:50 GMT

I think that the problem that I am having is that some of the software
drivers are missing....might be that I have old versions.....but when I
try and do a scan with the Typist...the damn thing locks up.   Please 
HELP!

Mikey
mikey@nrc.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
Subject: Re: Truth in Advertising (can the PowerBook talk?)
Originator: d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
	<1992Aug19.180057.15796@phri.nyu.edu>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 21:15:10 GMT

.nyu.edu> roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith) writes:

   > PowerBook, and I'm not aware of any commercially-available (actually
   > released, not just vaporware) speech software other than Macintalk.

	   Talking Moose works just fine under System 7.  I don't think it
   uses Macintalk, but does it's own speech generation.

   >  "Dr. Langley taught me to sing a song.  Would you like to hear it?"

	   Ah, but can the PowerBook sing?  We may have to wait another 9
   years for that.

The PowerBooks can read pre-recorded speech...

Some really cool text-to-speech demos have been given in public.
The software's supposed to be in beta.

-- 
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- Traitor! This kind of attitude will get you nowhere around here. If you must
  know, it's not your boxes that are the problem, it's your lack of a
  sufficient number of boxes. Go out and buy something.
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From: ejohnson@void.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Eric E. Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Looking for place to buy monitor cable between Multisync and Quadra
Date: 20 Aug 92 01:31:46 GMT
Article-I.D.: void.ejohnson.714274306
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

I'm part of an organization that recently got a Multisync monitor for
a Quadra.  We were going to build the video cable, but can no longer
do so.  Where is there a good place to buy them from?

Eric
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: cinnibar@netcom.com (Jeff Wood)
Subject: Power Supply failure
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 18:59:10 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: na


Hi,
  Recently, a friend of mine complained about a recurring problem on his
  old Mac Plus, that he says has happened to other friends of his.  The
  problem causes the degradation of the video quality over a period of time.
  My friend believes that the problem lies in the fly transformer (part T1 on
  the Macintosh Sweep/Power Supply Board 630-0102-E, the actual part is
  TH-1565) and he would like to test and replace this one part without having
  to purchase a whole new board (As the salespeople he talks to would like 
  him to do, can't imagine why. :) )  So, if anyone out there has a solution
  to this problem, and possibly has a schematic of the supply board, could you
 please email to me?  Thanks.

  Jeff Wood
cinnibar@netcom.netcom.com

P.S.  I know, I know, probably a simple question, but I don't know the answer,
  humor me. :)
From: heyes@dadev.cebaf.gov (Graham Heyes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Schematics for Mac plus logic board ??
Date: 12 Aug 92 16:38:22 GMT
Distribution: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility


I was looking for a project for the dark winter
nights and saw that you can pick up used Mac 
Plus logic boards for next to nothing. 

Does anyone know how or if I can get hold of some
schematics for the logic board so I can try out 
some dirty hardware hacks which I've had brewing 
for some time but haven't dared try in case I 
screwed up my mac completely. 

Results of said hacks to be posted here of course.

Thanks,

	Graham Heyes
From: gjh@cco.caltech.edu (Greg J. Hiscott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: New Macintosh Hardware -- Mac IIvx
Keywords: IIvx, IIvi,Mac, new
Date: 13 Aug 92 16:11:18 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

Has anyone read about the new Macintosh products?

I have heard about the IIvx and the IIvi.  They sound
like really nice setups.  What are your thoughts about
these machines?  Has anyone seen one yet?


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\_____/ (818) 356-2974
From: selliott@cup.portal.com (J Steve Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Recommendations for MAC hardwar
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 19:29:20 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

I've been asked by various people to recommend Mac hardware for them. Usually
it's for their college children. This, because I'm in the computer business.
Trouble is, I have little experience with Apple products.       

I know that it is important to buy a System 7 compatible Mac, but I'm not
really sure what that means, other than System 7 won't run on the 68000 based
Mac's. This would be the Mac Classic, right?

If someone could tell me what the various members of the 68000 family are
capable of doing, what is a reasonable amount of RAM to configure, and what
System 7 provides over the previous OS which is the one I've used before.

Also, does this apply to Powerbooks too?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanx
From: ags@seaman.cc.purdue.edu (Dave Seaman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: .. W A I T ...  Don't toss those 256K   S I M M S  !!! (mixing SIMM sizes)
Date: 13 Aug 92 14:55:31 GMT
Distribution: na

In article <1992Aug13.000632.18587@venice.sedd.trw.com>  
gilmore@venice.sedd.trw.com (Larry Gilmore) writes:
> In article <1992Aug12.150024.16906@sherpa.uucp> david@sherpa.uucp (Dave  
Quarles) writes:
> >tWe here at St. Petersburg Junior College have 2 meg SE's for the  
faculty
> >that have 2 slots empty that could use 2-256K SIMMS to add enough ram
> >for them to use Multifinder.  Believe it or not .5 meg makes a  
difference !!
 
> Couldn't get there via email- don't forget that you cannot mix SIMM  
sizes
> within the same bank.

A bank of SIMM slots on an SE is just two slots, unlike SE/30's, Mac II's  
and Quadras (i.e. machines that use 68020/30/40 CPU's as opposed to the  
68000 in an SE), where a bank of SIMM slots is four slots.

Therefore, if he says he wants 2-256K SIMMS for an SE, it follows that he  
is not mixing SIMM sizes within the same bank.

--
Dave Seaman
ags@seaman.cc.purdue.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Subject: Re: Problem:  SE formats HD floppy as DD, but LC rejects it...why?
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 22:09:09 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park

In article <1992Aug18.151614.3275@otago.ac.nz> stanger@otago.ac.nz (Nigel Stanger) writes:
>
>Is it even possible to tell the formatting type by looking at the
>media? Wouldn't you would have to know the formatting type  to be
>able to even try reading the disk (i.e. Catch-22)? I don't know,
>I'm only a software guy :)

Buried in one of the tech notes is a disk-inserted code which means
'high-density disk formatted as 800K'.  Assuming that code really
appears, I'd think Apple ought to recognize it, announce the
situation, and at least allow READING the disk.
-- 
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Some news readers expect "Disclaimer:" here.
Just say NO to police searches and seizures.  Make them use force.
(not responsible for bodily harm resulting from following above advice)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: tobridg@scivax.lerc.nasa.gov (James Bridges)
Subject: Re: Grounding your mac
Reply-To: tobridg@scivax.lerc.nasa.gov (James Bridges)
Organization: Sverdrup Technology, Inc.  NASA Lewis Research Center
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 15:11:21 GMT

I have also used the ground wire on the telephone and the shield line on home 
cable TV. The hard part is to make sure the connection is secure in these 
jury-rigged setups.

(216) 433-8215 (Voice)
(216) 433-3918 (FAX)
tobridg@scivax.lerc.nasa.gov


From: stevewi@hpspdla.spd.HP.COM (Steve Witten)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 20:08:29 GMT
Subject: Re: HP DeskWriter C
Organization: HP Stanford Park - Palo Alto, CA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware

My previous posting refers to the 3-COLOR DeskWriter.  I misread
basenote...

Sorry... and thanks to all who sent me questions.

FYI, the current HP Journal (August 1992, Vol. 43, Number 4) has an
article about the design of the DeskWriter C, DeskJet 500C, the
printhead and the ink.

Joe Bob sez... Check it out.

===============================================================================
Steve Witten                    stevewi%hpspd@hplabs.hp.com
Network Test Division           ...!hplabs!hpspd!stevewi
Hewlett-Packard Co.             stevewi@hpspd.spd.hp.com

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: haber@shark.mel.dit.CSIRO.AU (Yaacov Haber)
Subject: Powerbook and Nota Bene
Organization: CSIRO, Division of Information Technology, Melbourne
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 02:22:31 GMT


Does anyone know if the DOS portion of the powerbook will run Nota Bene's
multilingual program. This is of urgent importance so I'd appreciate
any response.


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From: kucharsk@solbourne.com (William Kucharski)
Subject: Re: What to do with 256K SIMMS?
Organization: Solbourne Computer, Inc., Longmont, CO
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 19:27:58 GMT

While reading article <par-110892162810@mac124.ugadm.nwu.edu>, I noticed that
par@nwu.edu (Pete Rodriguez) said the following:
 >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?

They're great for confusing the (apparently) computer illiterate.  For example,
I upgraded my Mother-In-Law's SE to 4 Mb and so had four 150ns 256K SIMMs.  My
wife took them to work and jokingly put up a sign saying "Free Memory.  If you
can use it, take it."  Someone did...

(Unless whoever took them is planning to make key fobs out of them...)
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From: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: PB HD Warning
Date: 15 Aug 92 02:00:19 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

dgraham@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (David Graham) writes:
: 
: Maybe everyone's right here. I read somewhere that while the sleep mode
: *does* park the heads, the worry is that something (e.g. pressure on the
: case) will depress a key sufficiently to wake the machine and cause the
: disk to spin up, thereby creating genuine likelihood of real problems.
: Many people do carry their PBs around in sleep mode--I've done it myself
: while working in the library, for example, and once from home to work by
: mistake (I thought it was shut down)--without any problems. But why take
: a chance just to save a few seconds?
: Memorial University of Newfoundland  *-/-*  dgraham@kean.ucs.mun.ca

The Powerbook 100 will wake up from sleep with a touch of the spacebar 
(maybe other keys...my Powerbook is back at Apple being repaired for
an unrelated (:-}) problem). But it will ALSO restart from a total
shutdown with a touch of the spacebar! (the 140 and 170 will not)

I'd rather have it accidentally wake up from sleep, with likely minimal 
or zero disk activity, than have it go through all the disk activity of 
a full startup. So I carry mine around in sleep mode.

And a friend of mine says a thread on Compuserve's MAUG thrashed this out
and concluded the heads are safely parked during sleep.

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From: atteson@grip.cis.upenn.edu (Kevin Atteson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Recommendations on CD-rom drives?
Date: 14 Aug 92 13:50:54 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: GRASP Lab, University of Pennsylvania


I'm considering buying a CD-rom drive.
Does anyone have any recommendation/complaints on any
specific models?  How important is speed?  Is it possible
to get around speed by creating disk cache's in RAM or on
a hard drive?  Any comments about the CD's that come with
different models?

Please mail to me,

Kevin Atteson