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From: ferch@ucs.ubc.ca (Les Ferch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Laserwriter 600/630 vs. HP Laserjet 4M
Date: 21 Jan 93 20:46:10 GMT
Organization: The University of British Columbia
NNTP-Posting-Host: swiss.ucs.ubc.ca

>> Nothing I've seen can beat the IIIsi though. That is the only printer
>> which lives up to it's engine speed (17 page/min!)

> Obviously you've never seen the QMS-PS1700. IMHO, it is every bit as
> good as the IIIsi, and offers some things the IIIsi doesn't, which is why
> I bought it instead.

Well, the PS1700 also costs a lot more than the IIIsi with PostScript.
However, the Compaq Pagemarq 20 blows both of them away for speed and
costs less too (tradeoff is that there is no double-sided option on the
Pagemarq, but there is 11x17). I think even the Pagemarq 15 processes
PostScript code faster than the IIIsi and PS1700, but I don't have any
test results handy.

One drawback to the Pagemarq is that Compaq does not have .APD, .PPD,
.PDF, or .PDX files ready (unless they just came out in the past few
weeks). So, Aldus and Quark users beware. The paper handling extensions to
the LaserWriter driver come with the Pagemarq and work very well. The only
problem I have found is that the extension for QMS printers can not be
used at the same time as the Pagemarq extension. Big trouble for LANs with
both types of printers. Hmmm, perhaps it's possible to have two
LaserWriter drivers installed and have the respective extensions not use
the same one. Arrgh, using high-end printers should not be so fussy. 

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From: spr@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian P Ruta)
Subject: New IIsi 3/40 going for $899
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:43:14 GMT


This is not an endorsement, but J&R computers in New York City is
selling out their si's for peanuts.  They had only a few (I bought two
for my place of work) but expect more this week.  They DO NOT do mail
orders.  (They can't, they are authorized by Apple).

Makes me glad I paid $1850 only 6 months ago.....  ;(

Oh, well....technology moves ahead.

FYI their phone number is 212/227-0220, but you have to visit the
store to  make a purchase.






-- Sebastian 
   spr@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: lord@andersen.uucp (Bob Lord)
Subject: Re: Need info on Apple 21" Color Display and Duo DOck
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 22:10:02 GMT

bcanning@reed.edu (Benjamin Canning esq.) writes:

>Hi,
>	I'm about to purchase a duo 230 and a dock, and am considering
>getting a 21" monitor with it. I don't, however, have the specs for
>the 21". Could someone post them?
>	Also, I realize the 21" won't run off of the Dock's internal
>video, and that I'll have to get an 8-24 Card. The questions are, is
>that the right graphics board to get? Will it fit in the docks NuBus
>slots without an adapter? How much RAM would I need to put on it to
>get better that 8-bit color?
>	Any answers greatly appreciated.

I put in a Radius 19" color monitor card in my dock.  There is a little
plastic tab that makes sure your NuBus cards are straight and don't sag
(since the cards are on their bellies, and not on their sides like other
Macs).  Well, the problem is that Radius cards (or at least this one) have
chips and other parts that go right up to the edge of the card.  This makes
inserting that tab impossible. I just left mine out, and have not had any
problems, but it bothers me just the same.  

-Bob

-- 
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Network Manager					Chicago IL, 60606
CSTaR Group, Andersen Consulting		312-507-5353
lord@andersen.com
From: 93kwt@williams.edu (Wayne Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: HELP -- power supply amps
Date: 23 Jan 93 20:21:12 GMT
Organization: Williams College, Williamstown, MA
NNTP-Posting-Host: bigbird.cc.williams.edu


The power supply in my SE/30 is dead, and I would like to replace it
with the small power supply out of a decommissoned (read:useless)
Leading Edge XT in my office, not only because this is cheap but
because the size of the Leading Edge supply will allow me to stay in
my Mac case. However, the -5v output of the Leading Edge supply is
about 1 amp lower than the current output of the SE/30 ps (the rest of
the leads provide way more than the amps provided by the Mac supply,
as one would expect). Does anyone out there know about the minimum
amps needed by an SE/30 board (and hard drive), or know where I can
look this up?

Thanks in advance,

Wayne
From: hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Brian Hughes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Apple Duo Modem
Keywords: powerbook duo modem
Date: 22 Jan 93 14:41:36 GMT
Reply-To: hades@Dartmouth.Edu
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Disclaimer: Personally, I really don't care who you think I speak for.
Moderator: Rec.Arts.Comics.Info

afung@athena.mit.edu (Archon Fung) writes:

>    I would like to know about apple's expres modem for the Powerbook
>Duo.  In MacWeek, they said that it would operate at up to 14.4k bps, but
>that some of the error correction and compression was implimented in
>software.  Does anyone have one of these puppies and can they tell me how
>much performance degradation there is?

    Well, I'm sure that people would like to be able to tell you about
any problems they are having with the new Apple Express Modem, but no
one has one yet, so they can't. And yes, the compression and error
correction tasks are not implemented on the modem because it is too
small to fit the data pump chip, so they are offloaded to the '030.

>    If this modem is too slow, are there other internal modem options for
>the duo?

    There are no other internal modem options for the Duo, yet. And why
do people keep expecting the modem to be slow? Unless you are planning
on doing lots of downloading in the background, the 25 or 33 Mhz '030
should be able to handle any modem tasks sent to it.

>    Finally, the MIT Computer Store has them listed, but they don't know
>when the apple express modem will be in stock.  Are these modems actually
>shipping right now?

    No they are not shipping yet, but a lot of stores have them listed.
I'm hoping that the two Express Modems that I have on order will arrive
at the same time as the 180 that I'm also waiting for...




--
-Brian V. Hughes 
"December 1 - What begins as a friendly transitional get-together between
 the Bushes and the Clintons ends in tragedy when Millie ralphs up what
 is later identified as Socks the cat." Dave Barry 1992 Year in Review
From: hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Brian Hughes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Quadra 800 has only 1 MB VRam???
Keywords: Quadra 800 VRam
Date: 21 Jan 93 16:19:51 GMT
Reply-To: hades@Dartmouth.Edu
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Disclaimer: Personally, I really don't care who you think I speak for.
Moderator: Rec.Arts.Comics.Info

kussacca@w252zrz.zrz.tu-berlin.de (Christian Kuss) writes:

>Hi...
>I heard that the new Quadra 800 will have only 1 MB VRam, which is also the
>maximum for that machine. Could that be true??

    Well, everything that I have heard says that the on-board video of
the Q800 will be identical to that of the Q950. Which means 1MB standard
with 4 slots for 80ns 256k VRAM SIMMs.



--
-Brian V. Hughes 
"December 1 - What begins as a friendly transitional get-together between
 the Bushes and the Clintons ends in tragedy when Millie ralphs up what
 is later identified as Socks the cat." Dave Barry 1992 Year in Review
From: gel212@gel.ulaval.ca (gif19268 Systemes numeriques avances)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: I NEED info on new Macs!
Date: 23 Jan 93 14:35:07 GMT
Organization: Universite Laval

Can somebody please send me info on these new Macs everybody is talking
about. I know I probably missed an entire week of discussion on this
subject, but I would really appreciate you E-mail me some info. Was there
any discussion on these new Macs in MacWeek or MacUser?

Thanks in advance,
+===========================================================================+
| Eric Gailloux                                E-mail: gel212@gel.ulaval.ca |
| Department of electrical and computer engineering,                        |
| Laval University, Quebec, Canada                                          |
|                                                                           |
| ONLY AMIGA MADE IT POSSIBLE...              ...now every computer does... |
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: jlbraddy@iastate.edu ()
Subject: LCII programmer's switch
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 05:36:27 GMT

Anyone know why the ClassicII has a programmer's switch but the LCII
doesn't?  I was disappointed when I found out that my LCII didn't
have one.

Thanks in advance,
Jason Braddy
jlbraddy@iastate.edu

-- 
|      Jason Braddy         "The only thing that stays the same...is change"  |
|  jlbraddy@iastate.edu                     Melissa Etheridge                 |
|    Computer Science        "Sometimes you kick, sometimes you get kicked"   |
|  Iowa State University                          INXS                        |
From: mead@hamal.usc.edu (Dick Mead)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Sampo Color Monitors???
Date: 26 Jan 1993 12:23:52 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: hamal.usc.edu

Has anyone used one of the Sampo 20 inch color monitors, as advertised
in MacWeek ads? Mac Direct has an 8-bit system for about $1300.00 and
I am curious as to the quality. I wonder if it supports multiple
resolution modes with another video card, or is it a single fixed
freq monitor?

Dick


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From: jess@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Jess M Holle)
Subject: Re: HELP: Do you trust Disk First Aid 7.1?
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 15:48:28 GMT

Isn't Disk First Aid only applicable to drives using the Apple drivers,
i.e. Apple SCSI disks???


Jess Holle
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: Gene Naftulyev <chairman@staff.tc.umn.edu>
Subject: Re: Small monitors, big resolutions
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A78B6FE9D7066520@dialup-slip-1-32.gw.umn.edu>
X-Xxdate: Tue, 26 Jan 93 04:47:05 GMT
Organization: U of M
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d17
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 04:47:00 GMT

In article <C1369u.Jqq@world.std.com> jim bailey, jbailey@world.std.com
writes:
>This is a guess, but check to see if the CTX is a true multisync monitor
>or just one that can sync to "several" fixed scan rates.  CTX is a VGA
>monitor so it is likely that it can do super-VGA of 1024x768 or 800x600
>but not 832x624.  The mac cards probably don't support these VGA
>resolutions so you'll never get there.  A true multi-sync like the NEC
>4fg or 5fg should work though.

I got an NEC 3FGx running in 16in (832x624) witht the Emachine ColorLink
SX board and a custom cable....the monitor works, actually I like the
84dpi better than 72, but the colors are all fucked up...the pallete is
all pastel, can't do anything about it...I think this is due to the fact
that the 3FGx and I suspect the 4FG don't have 832x624 as native
resolutions...they are not mentioned in the manuals, only 600x800 and
1024x768 are mentioned, and so the color gets wacked...

The 5FG works fine at 832x624, but then again it is a 17in monitor...

From experience, if you want 16 in resolution, get a SONY, Mitsubishi or
an Apple monitor that was designed after 1991...anything else (eg, NEC)
will not worp 'properly' at 16 in mode.... Better yet buy the SuperMac
16in Which is now about $950 in MacWeek....
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: zaphod@bluemoon.use.com (Peter Bierman)
Subject: Re: ** AppleTalk Dongle?
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 18:21:08 EST

kenw@ekcolor.ssd.kodak.com (Ken Wieschhoff 253-1973) writes:

> 
> Is there a device which attaches to a LocalTalk network
> containing some static RAM cache which could store and return
> information? I'd like to use it for returning serial transaction
> numbers which I'd set and retrieve from the device.

Micro Security Systems sells dongles for the PC and Mac, but the Mac one 
is an ADB dongle. It's kinda cool, they'll send you specs and a demo unit 
if you sign a NDA.

MSS, Inc.
150 Wright Brothers Dr.
Suite 560
Salt Lake City, Utah
84116-2847

800-456-2587
801-575-6621 FAX


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From: jiangwu@heel.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Jiang Wu)
Subject: Re: PB 180 video mirroring
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 21:15:06 GMT

In article <C1Ky18.5t4@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Barry Thomas <thomasb@ucs.indiana.edu> writes:
>Our 180 finally arrived today.  The first thing I did was try the video
>out.  To my disappointment, the presentation mode (mirroring mode)
>reduced the size of display on the external monitor to the size of the PB
>screen.  Not what I had hoped for at all.  
>
>I looked in the manual but no info, other than how to enable  this mode. 
>It this as good as it gets?  Have I missed something?  A trick?
>

Unfortunately, this is as good as you get in the video mirroring mode.  Your
external monitor is an exact copy of the Powerbook's built-in display.

I am not sure exactly what you want.  But if you just want to be able to use
the external monitor as the main display and have all the menus and stuff
like that.  You can set up your Powerbook so that it uses the external monitor
as a 2nd monitor and position your external monitor to the top or left of
your built-in monitor from the monitor control panel.  This way, you will
have your external monitor acts sort of like a primary monitor with all the
menus and icons displayed on it.  And your built-in powerbook display will
acts like an extension to the external monitor.

>Thanks,
>
>Barry Thomas
>thomasb@ucs.indiana.edu
>Indiana University
>
>Opinions expressed our my own and do not represent the University

-- Jiang Wu
   jiangwu@postgres.berkeley.edu
From: chh9@ellis.uchicago.edu (Conrad Halling)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: PB180 screen problem? Help?
Date: 25 Jan 93 19:27:44 GMT
Reply-To: chh9@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago

In article <1945@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> labccc@emory.edu (Chris Chung) writes:

>MY pb180's screen has just gone all white.
>It's on, but the screen pixels won't darken.
>I think it's hardware since it does it as soon as I
>turn on the computer.

Sounds like a hardware problem.  Call 1-800-SOS-APPLE.  They will send a
box by overnight courier.  You put your PowerBook in the box and send it
by the same courier to Apple.  In a couple of days, they send it back repaired.

-- 
Conrad Halling
c-halling@uchicago.edu
From: ee52fas@sdcc15.ucsd.edu (Anand Rao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: hp deskwriters
Date: 23 Jan 93 21:30:07 GMT

i am a little confused here....I was under the impression that
hewlett- packard makes a distinction between the deskwriter for the
mac and the deskwriter for the ibm.  the deskwriter for the mac is
called simply 'deskwriter' while the deskwriter for the ibm is
called the 'deskwriter 500/500c/550/550c'.  have i been led astray
on
this????  


The reason why i am asking is i am looking at buying a deskwriter
for
my macintosh ssystem.  does anybody have any comments on this
printer?  i would appreciate any feedback. thanks.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: kenw@ekcolor.ssd.kodak.com (Ken Wieschhoff 253-1973)
Subject: ** AppleTalk Dongle?
Organization: Eastman Kodak
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 02:57:30 GMT


Is there a device which attaches to a LocalTalk network
containing some static RAM cache which could store and return
information? I'd like to use it for returning serial transaction
numbers which I'd set and retrieve from the device.

Thanks for any help!
--
Ken Wieschhoff          | Homer Simpson stunt double.
Siren Enterprises
883 Hidden Valley Rd.
Rochester, N.Y. 14624
"Mac Consulting since 1992"
From: hamachi@adobe.com (Gordon Hamachi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mac 512kE monitor problems....
Date: 26 Jan 93 19:40:54 GMT
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated

Tonio Loewald writes
> Um, when my 512kE had similar symptoms, replacing the power supply
> fixed it. I don't know if that helps, but I hope so.

That would be like buying new tires for your car whenever they needed air.

Mere mortals who barely know how to solder are able to fix many Macintosh video  
problems at little or no cost.  I myself have done so, using "The Dead Mac  
Scrolls" by Larry Pina.
From: 6500dat@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (David Tulchinsky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: HP Deskwriter C (550) and transparencies
Date: 24 Jan 93 00:03:10 GMT
Distribution: comp

Hi,

I want to be able to get color transparencies from my mac.  I
was considering buying a HP DeskwriterC(550) from the
school bookstore.  Has any body out there done this and 
have any comments on the output quality. We have a HP laserJet III
for text, but for presentations, color always works better.

Any other suggestions  for color transparencies??  (Note would
like a thermal wax printer, but I can't afford the cost).

David Tulchinsky
6500dat@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu
tulch@lotemp.physics.ucsb.edu
--
David Tulchinsky
Physics  Department                  Internet:  6500dat@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu
UCSB                                 Bitnet:    6500dat@ucsbuxa.bitnet
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From:  (m19701)
Subject: Modem question
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: mitre.org
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 18:23:01 GMT

Greetings.

Is there any  reaaal problem with connecting any basic (non-fax, voice
mail) modem to a Mac?  With modems being as inexpensive as they are and PC
modems being more so than "Mac" modems it seems an inexpensive way to go,
even if I need to buy a cable (<$10) and software.  Besides I have two
modems at home that I used with an Atari ST so just cable and software is
real inexpensive option.

Barring the use of an inexpensive modem, my next step would be to get one
of the multi-purpose modems (Prometheus Ulimate Home Office, Quicktel Xeba,
Supra) in the $300 - $400 range.  I've read the reviews in the mags, and
their tests are fine and dandy, BUT they were just tests and didn't seem to
reflect  the big picture.  So of those of you owning any of the
multi-purpose modems, a few questions in need of answers:

1-  Are they reliable?
2-  Any major problems?
3-  Would you buy the one you did if you had it to do over?
4-  Does the software that comes with it work?
5-  Does the fax side work well?  Send/receive well?
6-  Does the voice mail set up work well?  Problems, smiles, or heartache?
7-  Can I set it up or do I have to find some 11 year old to do it for me?
8-  Can I live with a single phone line, a multi-purpose modem, and a
16-year old daughter without losing my sanity.

Thanks.  And I'll post summary if I get any answers.

ed 

(insert standard disclaimer here)

(This space for rent)

(Have a nice day!)
From: William Burrows <burrows@u.washington.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: PB 180 and Ethernet Support
Date: 26 Jan 1993 16:58:22 GMT
Organization: University of Washington
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.95.143.75
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1.1d13
X-XXDate: Tue, 26 Jan 93 08:59:00 GMT

Does anyone know of an Ethernet card for the PB 180?

Thanks

bill burrows
burrows@u.washington.edu
University of Washington, Seattle WA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: chienhua@simplex.ecn.purdue.edu (Chien-Hua Hsiao)
Subject: Which machine can use these simms
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 23:50:40 GMT


Please help me to identify which machine can use following simms.

+---------------------------------+
| +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ +-+ |
||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||
+----------------^----------------+
       |                  |
    32 pins            32 pins

These simms have 8 chips on it. The code on the chip is  AAA1M300J-08
                                                         NMBS    9130
Are the simms 1Mx8-80NS.

Thanks in advance. Please e-mail me.


Chien-Hua Hsiao
chienhua@ecn.purdue.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: hjwulfso@unix.amherst.edu (Harris Wulfson)
Subject: Re: Intellegent analog I/O board?
Organization: Amherst College
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 10:32:46 GMT

Steve White (white@fraser.sfu.ca) wrote:
} We are looking for a sound board for the Mac with the capability to
} upload digitized sounds and play back over external speakers
} independent of the CPU.  Anybody heard of such a thing?
}  
} Steve White
} CTF Systems, Inc.
} Port Coquitlam, B.C. CANADA
} V3C 1M9

Digidesign makes a nubus card that does just that. It is called the SampleCell.
The card it a 16-bit multi-timbral 16-voice sample-playback card for musical
applications.  It could be overkill depending on what you want to do. It
also comes with a CD-ROM loaded with sampled sounds (instruments, not star trek
clips!).


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From: sohn@Apple.COM (a phil sohn)
Newsgroups: apple.general,comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Upgrade for 128k Mac
Date: 24 Jan 93 20:01:43 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA


	Are there still upgrades for 128k Macs around? Who are they made
by? The only upgrade still on the Apple price list is to upgrade an SE
to the SE FDHD drive. Will this upgrade work in a 128k Mac? How about in
a Mac Plus.

-- 
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	a phil sohn		sohn@apple.com
				sohn@applelink.apple.com
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: noah@apple.com (Noah Price)
Subject: Re: What memory do I have?
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:25:11 GMT
Organization: (not the opinions of) Apple Computer, Inc.
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware

In article <1993Jan26.101443.19013@cc.uow.edu.au>, gkm@cc.uow.edu.au (Glen
K Moore) wrote:
> Board with 8 chips reads NEC MC-41256A8B-12 JAPAN 8804PB (2 off)

This is 30-pin DRAM SIMM built by NEC which is a 256K x 8 bit (MC-41256A8B)
at 120 ns (-12).  8804 is a date code (probably made the 4th week of 1988).

> Chips NEC JAPAN D41246L-12 8750EK005 on one board and 8749EK730 on other

Are you sure this number is right?  I bet it's really D41256L-12, since the
part number you gave is for a VRAM chip.  Again, the 8750 and 8749 are date
codes; the 50th and 49th weeks of 1987.

> Can I use these on my Plus and what are they?

Sure!  These are standard 120ns 256K SIMMs.  Four of them will give you a 1
MByte bank.

noah

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