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From: wondertr@fraser.sfu.ca (wondertree learning center)
Subject: Re: Performa memory
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 16:41:35 GMT

First, to upgrade the machine to 8mb you first have to remove the four
256k simms that are already installed before you add the four one
meg simms... sorry not enough simm slots on the Performa/IIvx/IIvi's

Second, although installing simms might "void" your warranty...
you can quit easily install them ... I've done this many times with no
problem... and besides how is Apple to know that an authorized dealer
didn't install them to begin with... many times I've taken a machine that's
more than half a year old in for repair only to find that they don't even
record of the purchase on the repair system that's into every dealership...

TED

PS hey I went to tech school for a HW repair diploma and I'm finishing
retraining as a programmer/network/guru type guy too.
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From: Cliff_Stoll@bmug.org
Organization: BMUG, Inc.
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 23:21:08 PST
Subject: Re: IIsi Oscillator Upgrades: Still Going???

Is my Mac IIsi working after the upgrade?  You betcha!

No crashes after 3 months; the speedup from 20 to 25 MHz is nice.
I've gotten used to the speed ... now I'd like another speedup!

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From: vv1@eng.cam.ac.uk (V. Valtchev)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject: HELP: Using SUN4 (IPX) monitor on a Mac
Date: 12 Jan 93 11:07:02 GMT
Organization: Cambridge University Engineering Department, UK

Hi everybody,

I was wondering whether it is possible to use a 16" colour monitor from
Sparc Station 2/IPX on a Mac with 8-bit video card. Is it a matter of 
just getting the right cable or is it more complicated (I can see the
Mac/Sun connectors are quite different). Any help with technical details 
will be greatly greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Valtcho

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: Hammond@biomail.sjsu.edu
Subject: Re: Touch Screen for the Macintosh
Reply-To: hammond@biomail.sjsu.edu
Organization: Biological Sciences, San Jose State University
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:43:18 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.171547.22662@fns-nc1.fns.com> mcnc!fns-nc1.fns.com!hph
(Paul Holzworth) writes:
>Does anyone know of a touch screen that is available for the Mac.  I am
>trying to write an application for naive users (mouse phobic) and would
>like them to select from a list of choices by touching the screen.  I
>would appreciate it if you would post the name, phone #, and address of 
>any manufacturers along with any experiences that you may have had.
>
Try Troll Touch, 25020 Avenue Stanford #110, Valencia CA 91355
800.869.9225/805.295.0770

No experience with them, just saw the ad.


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From: jjmckay@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jim McKay)
Subject: PB crashes when woken up
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 15:41:52 GMT

I have a PB 170 that sometimes crashes when it is woken up.  The battery is 
pretty well charged so I don't think that is it.  I'm running System 7.0.1.

Thanks for any ideas.
From: tnguyen@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Thinh Nguyen)
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 22:47:21 GMT
Subject: Scsi 420Mb disk forsale.
Organization: the HP Corporate notes server
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware


    Friend of mine has a 420Mb SCSI disk drive for either Mac, NeXt or PC.
   3.5" half high, very fast, quiet and low power consum., for sale $675 plus
   shipping (if out of SF bay area). If you're interest or need more info, 
   drop me a email.

    Thinh
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From: jawalsh@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (John A. Walsh)
Subject: Is Stylewriter II more durable?
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 15:44:16 GMT

Are there any dealers or techies out there with any information about
improved durablilty with the Stylewriter II.  I've seen it posted many
times that in some dealer or techie literature Apple claims that the
original Stylewriter has a "servicable life" of 6000 (or 3000?) sheets.
Of course, many owners have reported printing much more than this.
Other owners, though, have reported their Stylewriters collapsing
shortly after the one year warranty exprired.  Anyway, I'd appreciate
anyone posting or e-mailing any reliable information on improved
durablilty in this new machine.  Thanks.

John
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From: WHITESR@CONRAD.APPSTATE.EDU (Steve White)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: HP Deskwriter vs Stylewriter[II]:Durability
Date: 9 Jan 1993 14:53:28 GMT
Organization: APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Distribution: world
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> In <4912@svin09.info.win.tue.nl> keesh@wsinfo06.info.win.tue.nl (Kees Huizing) writes:
> >klarer@spdcc.com (Steve Klarer) writes:
> >>In a discussion a few months ago someone said that the Deskwriter was 
> >>designed to be able to print 60,000 pages but the Stylewriter was 
> >>designed for only 3,000.  Does anyone know if the figures are accurate?  
> I wrote this some time back.
> >As is pointed out in another posting, the 3,000 pages between failure is 
> >not official. Knowing the fame of HP and seeing (and using) the StyleWriter,
> 
***
> *** I know
> the inside of the Stylewriter. It is all plastic. Even the gearwheels.
> It is designed for short life.
***
> As a techie my experience is that there is prblems with many
> StyleWriters. I have replaced the printer frame assembly on quite
> a few because two passes of the head did not align, resulting
> in striped output. This is the sort of problems that will come
> when the plastic is worn.
> pope@imv.aau.dk    -   povlphp@uts.uni-c.dk

Does anyone know whether the SWII is built for better durability than
the SW? Less plastic? Does it now compare better with the DeskWriter?

How does SWII compare with the DW in speed while printing in the background
with ATM?

Steve
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From: seanmcd@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Could someone post prices for macs from MacWeek?
Date: 11 Jan 93 17:28:22 -0400
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Could some kind soul who has the recent MacWeek mentioned above, 1/11/93, please
post the projected prices for February's new macs? I'm very interested in how
the new line-up will look price-wise. Besides, i want to see if my prediction of
a 25-30% drop in the IIvx's price will hold true!

Thanks,

Sean
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From: Eric.Choi@p5.f175.n2240.z1.ieee.org (Eric Choi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: NEC CDR-74 How to play audio disks
Date: 6 Jan 93 23:44:22 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:2240/175.5 - The Associati, Grand Blanc MI

The music is played thru the audio out connectors in the back. You need either
a headphone or self-powered speakers.

You may have init conflict also. DOS Mounter has to be disabled before I can
play audio CDs. I assume the same for PC Exchange or anything that allow you
to mount MS-DOS disks. This doesn't apply to you if you are not a Mac user.

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From: alanh@cup.portal.com (Alan E Hattman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Cursor Problem with Mac+
Date: Thu,  7 Jan 93 08:24:17 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: usa

My Mac+ must know I've ordered its replacement.  In the last couple of weeks
my mac has developed a weird problem.  When I go to click on a button or
pull down a menu the cursor jumps to the right, sometimes as little as a 1/4
of an inch, sometimes as much as 2 inches.  It doesn't matter if all the
inits are turned on or not.  I've also replaced the system software and no 
difference.  Other problem some of the control panel settings clear 
themselves.  They are cursor blinking rate, mouse click rate and sound volume
I'll set them and a little later on they clear themselves.  I don't mean
set themselves to a different setting.  They just zero themselves out. 

This will happen when the machine is on. All other control panel settings
are fine.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as my new Mac won't be here
for at least another 4 weeks and I have a project which needs to be finished
in the next two weeks.

Thanks!

Alan
From: ewa@cs.ucsd.edu (Eric Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Powerbook Duo 210 - New Observations
Date: 10 Jan 93 07:45:10 GMT
Organization: =CSE Dept., U.C. San Diego

In article <1993Jan6.082801.17241@ausom.oz.au> rkay@ausom.oz.au (Richard Kay) writes:
>
>Eric, some people have indicated in other posts that the keyboard was
>a bit flimsy in its construction. Specifically, mention was made of
>the fact that if you press down on the "cntrl" key the left hand side
>of the keyboard has 1mm or so "give". Have you noticed this on your 210?

Yes I have.  You are referring to my earlier posting.  :-)

Eric Anderson                                     ewa@ucsd.edu
Computer Systems Laboratory
Department of Computer Science and Engineering    (619)534-8604 (lab)
University of California, San Diego               (619)534-7029 (fax)
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La Jolla, CA  92093-0114
From: ChazL@county.lmt.mn.org (Chaz Larson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: ImageWriter II LocalTalk Option
Date: 4 Jan 93 22:02:34 GMT
Reply-To: ChazL@county.lmt.mn.org (Chaz Larson)
Organization: LaserMaster Corporation

In article <Dec.30.15.05.21.1992.26281@remus.rutgers.edu>, 
ficara@remus.rutgers.edu (ken ficara) writes:
> Two questions: (1) is there an easy way to tell if the option has
> been installed or not? 

Given that I can't recall what the option looks like or where it's installed, 
here's what I would do:

1. attach the printer using a standard Imagewriter cable to the printer
   port on a Mac.

2. install both the Imagewriter and Appletalk Imagewriter drivers on the
   Mac.

3. open the Chooser and see where the printer shows up. [installing the
   option disables direct-connect mode]

I think the board goes under the ribbon carriage in the front of the printer, 
but I haven't installed one for about 6 years.

>                          (2) does having the LocalTalk option
> installed allow one to use PrintMontor with an ImageWriter?

I don't think so.

chaz

..must think...bubble pipe will relax me and I think...
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From: drand@spinner.osf.org (Douglas S. Rand)
Subject: Re: IIsi speedup kit!
Organization: Open Software Foundation
Date: 12 Jan 93 13:58:29

In article <1993Jan11.215604.327@physc1.byu.edu> seth@physc1.byu.edu writes:

   >      AN 11 PAGE, FULLY ILLUSTRATED INSTRUCTION BOOKLET
   >      A HEAVY DUTY COOLING FAN WITH MOUNTING HARDWARE
   >      A LARGE HEAT SINK WITH HEAT CONDUCTING COMPOUND
   >      ALL NECESSARY COMPONENTS AND SOCKETS
   >      AND FULL CUSTOMER SUPPORT SERVICES
   >      Some soldering required
	  ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^

   This should read "Some soldering required, and you can really screw up your
   motherboard trying this, so only do this if you are very confident of your 
   ability to muck about with a multi-layered board and all and pry the stupid
   crystal off without putting yourself out $900 for a new motherboard..."

Add to this that things like disk access time and data transfer have
more to do with the disk and the SCSI controller than the CPU in 
many cases and the argument is even weaker.  

I can get most of the same performance improvement at 0% risk by 
purchasing a quicksilver cache,  no soldering required.  If I ever
decide the the IIsi is seriously too slow,  then I can buy an
68040 accelerator.

I can see the temptation to get the performance for nearly free,
but I agree with you that non-soldering non-electronics folks
should leave it alone.


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From: Daryl_Spitzer@mindlink.bc.ca (Daryl Spitzer)
Subject: PowerBook Memory
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 19:55:27 GMT

I'm looking at expanding my PowerBook 170 to 8Mb...so I'm pricing
6Mb SIMMs.  Any recommendations or advice?

Does anyone have anything good or bad to say about LLB?  They have
the best price of all the places I called (based on ads in MacUser
and MacWorld), plus the longest warranty.

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From: ewa@cs.ucsd.edu (Eric Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Duo HD problems: HELP (Apple: say something!)
Date: 7 Jan 93 04:41:52 GMT
Organization: =CSE Dept., U.C. San Diego

In article <lau-060193100320@michigan.aero.org> lau@aerospace.aero.org (David Lau) writes:
>In article <1993Jan2.173624@lamisun.epfl.ch>, pulfer@lamisun.epfl.ch
>(Jean-Michel Pulfer) wrote:
>> 
>>     I did have the same problem as David: I wanted to get rid of the
>> circa 2800KB `hole' Apple left on my PowerBook 180's 120MB HD. It
>I did reformat my drive to utilize all of the HD ...  Hmmmm  I wonder if that
>has anything to do with my HD crashes on my Duo....

Sheesh, well, Apple can keep the 5.5MB they set aside on the 80 in my 210
for a while longer!  Would anyone at Apple be kind enough to tell us

1. There must be some good reason for all that extra space, riiiight?
2. Are we crazy to think that reclaiming it could cause random failures?

Eric

P.S. Thanks everyone for the feedback on my 210 experiences posting.  I'm
still looking for a fix for the window title bars that does not require
using the "colorized" vaguely-3-d "colors" settings.  (ie, something other
than deleting the WDEF in the Enabler file)
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From: wprobarg@csemail.cropsci.ncsu.edu (W. P. Robarge)
Organization: Odyssey Ultraware, Inc
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 21:30:40 CDT
Subject: Re: HELP! Installing Daystar PowerCache card on MacIIcx!!

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!
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Something doesn't sound right. I put a Daystar 50Mhz in my IIci.
The book supplied with the card is clear on just how to do
this on a number of Macs.  Each one having their own chapter.
It is true that you need the adapter for the others except
the IIci, but no mention was made of sending it in to the
dealers.                       

By the way, there was an upgrade offer from Daystar to convert
the 68030 version to their new 68040 version which should
be available after Jan. 1, 1993. That offer only applies if
you purchased their board between August and November 1, 1992.
You may want to wait and see what their new accelerator will
cost before purchasing the 68030 version.  The dates on the  
upgrade offer came straight from a rep at Daystar. Besure and
talk to them if someone else is giving you a different story.

wayne robarge
NCSU - Raleigh, NC




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From: wprobarg@csemail.cropsci.ncsu.edu (W. P. Robarge)
Subject: Re: HELP! Installing Daystar PowerCache card on MacIIcx!!
Organization: Crop Science Dept., NCSU, Raleigh, NC 27695-7620
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 22:14:08 GMT


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: lsr@taligent.com (Larry Rosenstein)
Subject: Re: How long does a fully charged PB170 battery last?
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Taligent, Inc.
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:28:41 GMT

In article <1993Jan10.134327.186516@bmug.org>, Ben_D._Weiss@bmug.org wrote:
> 
> *My* powerbook 170 battery (singular, unfortunately) lasts around an hour and a
> half or so per charge.

The Feb 93 MacUser has a good article on PB power management.

Larry Rosenstein
Taligent, Inc.

lsr@taligent.com
From: hareinke@apgea.army.mil (Harry A. Reinke III <hareinke>)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: SE/30 Logic Boards & SE analog Boards
Summary: Looking for SE/30 logic board
Keywords: SE SE/30
Date: 4 Jan 93 11:55:50 GMT
Followup-To: <none>
Organization: APG-Edgewood

Now that the SE/30 is not on the cutting edge of technology, I figured it's
about time to do something about my SE.  (It's to s..l..o..w..)

Is there a place where I can purchase remanufactured SE/30 logic boards?
I couldn't afford Apple's price of $1K for the SE -> SE/30 upgrade and I
still can't.  I have considered an accelerator but I have the need for
more than 4 meg of RAM and I figure the cost of a decent accelerator would
cost the same as a fixed SE/30 board.  Also I am in need of a new power
supply.  (Rebuilt of course...)

I would appreciate any suggestions you have.  Please email and I will post
a follow-up if there is interest.  (I am on a college budget, so at this
point, the cheaper the better!)

					Thanks,
					  Harry

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From: Sean_P._Peisert@bmug.org
Organization: BMUG, Inc.
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 13:55:55 PST
Subject: Re: Jazzing Up Your Mac LC

I have a Mac LC with 6 megs of RAM, a 40 mb internal, a 50mb external, and
System 7.1.  I have a 12" apple RGB monitor and a Deskwriter 550C.

My primary uses are word processing with MS Word 5.1a, programming in THINK C
5.0.4, running (not editing) quicktime 1.5 movies, playing games.  I do not
use spreadsheets or high-end draw programs.  What I need to know is if it
would be practical, beneficial, or needed for me to accelerate my computer,
and if so, how?

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From: death@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Gregory A. Mulhollan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: QUADRA 900 KILLS MOUSE
Date: 9 Jan 93 20:18:58 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX


In our lab we have a Quadra 900 which selectively crashes by ignoring
mouse movements. This is a repeatable occurance. 

Hardware: Q900 with 12M RAM. Internal hard drive, freshly formatted.
System 7.0.1 & TuneUp 1.1.1, freshly installed. 

Crashes with Apple extensions only enabled. One way to make it crash:
Open the alarm clock DA, turn on balloon help, mouse over to alarm clock,
instant mouse freeze up(cursor position freeze actually, the mouse clicks
still get through). Also crashes by  opening(and closing) windows in the finder
for a sufficiently long time(running NO applications!).For clarity:
the crash can occur after having rebooted and having run no application.
Finder operations are sufficient to cause crashes. Only the standard
system extensions are installed. No VM. 

The peculiarity: ONLY occurs when the cache is ON(set by Cash Switch DA).
No difference is seen in 24 or 32 bit addressing modes.

Any suggestions for remedies before I truck it over to my trusty repair
center? I.E., can this be a hardware problem?


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: cs000rjp@selway.umt.edu (Russell J. Pagenkopf)
Subject: accelerator + ethernet for LCII
Keywords: accelerator, ethernet, LCII
Organization: University of Montana
Distribution: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 00:40:22 GMT

Does anyone make a combination accelerator/ethernet card for the LCII? If
so, who and a phone number please. If not, suggestions and/or comments are
welcome. Email reply is better, summarization if requested.

Thanks,

Russ Pagenkopf    cs000rjp@selway.umt.edu   cs__rjp@lewis.umt.edu


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From: jxs18@po.CWRU.Edu (Jerry Sy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: need 21" gray scale monitor recommendation
Date: 7 Jan 1993 15:10:39 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: jxs18@po.CWRU.Edu (Jerry Sy)
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I am looking for a 21" gray scale monitor to use on my ci, any recommendations?
can I use it on built in video of ci or do I need another card ?

please email response if possible.
thanks
jerry

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