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From: oueichek@ngulu (Ibaa Oueichek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Was the A4000 announced?
Date: 29 Sep 92 22:46:22 GMT
Organization: IMAG, University of Grenoble, France
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Val Kartchner (val@news.ccutah.edu) wrote:
: bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig) writes:
: : That was some very interesting information about the A4000 and A600!
: : But I wonder: with the prices of Macs and IBM PC's and clones coming
: : down, who's going to buy an Amiga?  Sure, it's good with multimedia,
: : but so are Macs (and even IBM's and clones, increasingly).
: 
: Here are the prices for the new Performa line from Apple (summarized from
: "Apple launches its Performa line", "InfoWorld", September 14, 1992, p. 31)
: and the Amiga specs and prices for comparison:
: 
: Name:          Processor:   Memory:  Disk:  Other/Comments:            Price:
: -------------  -----------  -------  -----  -------------------------  --------
: Performa 200   68030 16MHz    4MB     80MB  Built-in monitor (yuck!)   ~$1250
: Performa 400   (LCII equivalent) -->        640x480 (color)            ~$1500
:                                             Processor direct slot
: Performa 600   68030 32MHz    4MB    120MB  3 expansion slots          <$2000
:                                             Processor upgrade slot
: Performa 600                                w/CD-ROM drive             <$2500
                                 
  Just a minor correction. The P600 HD should have 160 Mb (not 120). The
P600-CD has also an accelerator slot + 1 MB of VRAM for the built in video.
It should drive a 640*480 (14") monitor at 32000 colors. And the CD-ROM would
support Kodad photo CD-ROM. The P600 CD-ROM is a real bargain, i wonder how
could ANY other machine beat it in Price/Performance ratio. The street price
may even be lower than $2300 (i was quoted an eventual price of $1700-$1800
for the "normal" P600 at MacCenter. I won't order anything from them after the
horror stories i've heard here on the net, but that gives an idea about street
prices).
  BTW, What's this "processor upgrade slot" ?. Are you confusing the Acelerator
slot on the P600-CD ?.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: kohn@cs.swarthmore.edu (Daniel Kohn)
Subject: e-mail from Internet to Compuserve
Organization: Swarthmore College
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 16:18:48 GMT


	What is the address for Compuserve accounts so that I can mail one
from my Internet site?  What extension do you have to put on my address in
order to reply to me from Compuserve?

	Please e-mail me the answer and I will post a summary.  Thanks for
your help.
-- 
______________________________________________________________________
Dan Kohn 	        "Don't get too close to     Swarthmore College
kohn@cs.swarthmore.edu    firefighters who are      500 College Avenue
AppleLink: ST0559	    always bandaged."     Swarthmore, PA 19081
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: raist@rmece02.upr.clu.edu (Ricardo Hernandez | 802-36-4453)
Subject: Re: Atari Falcons $799... Who cares?
Organization: UPR-Mayaguez--ASEL Lab
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 19:22:26 GMT

In article <1992Sep30.215208.2802@newshost.lanl.gov>, hutch@bellman.lanl.gov (John Hutchinson) writes:
[stuff deleted]

|> The Falcon comes with MultiTOS which is a true multi-tasking operating system.
|> Late in coming, true, but at least it does exist now.
|> ---------------

    When we see it, we'll believe.  Some people rumoured that the Falcon might not
come with MultiTOS, that MultiTOS can't format/use diskdrive and continue processing
(unlike the Amiga), and the Amiga has been tested/debugged longer.

|> >Just my 2 centavos,
|> 
|> I think the most recent exchange rate seriously devalued your "centavos".  :)
|> 
     Just my 2e16 million dollars :-)

|> Dependent upon the users needs, the Amiga can be a fine machine.  But this is
|> also true of the Atari Falcon, Macs and PC's.  Why can't you just leave it at
|> that?  This "my computer is better than your computer" ranting and raving is
|> the most childish waste of bandwidth on the net.  Kindly cease and desist so
|> we _adults_ can get on with a more useful exchange of information.  Thanks.
|> 
|> And sorry to fellow Mac users for the cross-post, but this kind of idiocy
|> just begs for a reply... if not a good spanking!  :)
|> 
   I agree :-)
|> -Hutch-
|> 

 - Raist
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: probulf@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Frank Probul)
Subject: Re: Disk cache size
Originator: probulf@hphalle3i.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 11:34:02 GMT


In article <chrisic.717722862@crash>, chrisic@crash.cts.com (Chris Sickels) writes:
|> I was wondering, I have a IIsi with 17 megs of RAM, for optimum perfromance,
|> what should my disk-cache size be set at? It is currently at 512k (system
|> default). Should I change it?
|> 

There are 2 solutions:

1) If you're using the internal video, set the disk-cache to 768 k !!!
The problem: The video-RAM of the IIsi and IIci is a part of the main memory.
If there is a screen-update (every 1/60th of a second), the whole memory 
bank A will be locked. So if the computer will access memory in bank A,
he has to wait until the screen refresh is done. This slows down the Mac by
about 20%. Most global system variables are stored in the low memory, 
and there are a lot of accesses! If you expand the memory of a IIci, 
put the bigger SIMMs in bank B!

The solution: The video RAM occupies the lowest memory (320 kByte), the 
next part of memory is the disk-cache. If you set the disk-cache to 768 K,
then the memory used by these two is 768 K + 320 K = 1088 K. Now there
will be no more memory accesses to the lowest 1 MB and the computer is now
faster.

2) If you're not using the internal video, a good size is about 32 K to 64 K 
per harddisk-partition.

Yours
Frankie
-- 
---------------------------------------------
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Emanuelstr. 17, D-8000 Munich 40, Germany

AppleLink: Probul.F@AppleLink.Apple.COM
internet:  probulf@informatik.tu-muenchen.de

Munich University of Technology
Department of Computer Science
Germany
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From: S_HARASTA@V1.BARTS.LON.AC.UK
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: hunting for MELBOURNE
Date: 6 Oct 1992 20:04:16 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

We are desperately looking for a font called MELBOURNE and would
greatly appreciate any information about where and how to get it.
Please write directly to me to s_harasta@v1.barts.lon.ac.uk 
Since I might have occasional difficulties in accessing my mails,
I would ask you to be so kind to repeat your message to
peter@psy.oxford.ac.uk if you would not get an acknowledgement
reply from me. 
Thank you very much, sandor
From: awg0971@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Think C 5.0.x Problem
Date: 6 Oct 92 17:04:21 GMT
Reply-To: awg0971@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology

I've used Think C for a while now and I ALWAYS get a crash when I
go into 'Debugging' Mode. I get a 'Trace Mode' error that can crash
what I'm doing. I'm useing 5.0.3 on a Powerbook 170. Any hints as to
Think C conflicts?

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From: ddorma@unf6.unf.edu (Dennis Dormady)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Reading Panasonic Word Processor Disks on a Mac
Date: 1 Oct 92 19:31:38 GMT
Organization: University of North Florida, Jacksonville

This may be a repeat....

I am looking for a program/cdev, etc. that would allow me to read
Panasonic Word processor disks on a mac (or pc).

Any help would be appreciated!
From: heberlei@cs.ucdavis.edu (Louis Todd Heberlei)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Price reduction and Educational discount
Keywords: educational discount prices
Date: 2 Oct 92 15:55:12 GMT
Reply-To: heberlei@cs.ucdavis.edu
Organization: Computer Science, University of California at Davis.

Perhaps this should be added to the Educational Discount FAQ suggested
by another reader, but I will go ahead and ask the Net directly.

Did Apple's most recent price reductions affect the educational
consortium prices?

Our local campus computer shop is unaware of any Apple price changes
in the last month.  I can now find the same equipment that I am
interested in (LC II 4/40 or 4/80) for lower prices in the regular
commercial market (I haven't even checked Sears' Performa prices yet)
than I can at our "educationally discounted price."  Is there still
an educational consortium discount by Apple?


Thanks,

Todd

heberlei@cs.ucdavis.edu




Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: yosinaga@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Naoko Yoshinaga)
Subject: Extensions and DiskDoubler 3.7.7
Summary: DD 3.7.7 and extensions
Organization: University of Hawaii
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 09:55:32 GMT

Hi. I'm sorry if I missed something somewhere, but after updating DiskDoubler
3.7.6 to 3.7.7 Gatekeeper vetoes all extensions which come on after the
DiskDoubler extension loads, which happens to be directly after the GateKeeper
extensions.

All the extensions which Gatekeeper vetoes are trying to modify themselves. If
I remove the DiskDoubler extension, everything works fine.

Why do the extensions which follow DiskDoubler try to modify themselves? Even
though Gatekeeper vetoes them, they still work fine.

This is all happening on my SE/30, 5 Meg RAM with System 7.0.1 with tune-up
1.1.1.

Thanks in advance for any help or advice. Please try to post to this newsgroup
as I am borrowing my friend's account to post this. Thanks!

Keith Nakasato


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From:  (jmhodapp@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu)
Subject: Portable Panel Update??
Organization: master/peon
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 92 12:55:54 GMT

Someone just mailed me a .hqx copy of  Macintosh Portable Update 1.0.
It alleges to be version 1.3 (I lost the mail file, so I don't have a name or
address of the sender.)  What does this do? I am hesitant to install a
new portable manager without any knoowledge of what it is/does.

Someone in this group refered to Macintosh Portable Updater version
1.3 being on ftp.apple, but I could not locate it?  Any info on either of
these would be greatly appreciated.

Jon jmhodapp@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu
================================
Definition of thought experiment: "We didn't get the grant."


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: tjones@triton.unm.edu (Tom Jones)
Subject: Re: My Grouch doesn't work!! HELP!
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 05:15:54 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <1aaus8INNqua@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> an780@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Travis Grundke) writes:
>
>In a previous article, larimer@zeus.cdc.com (Mark D. Larimer) says:
>
>>In article <1992Sep29.194928.2743@dvorak.amd.com> Faisal M. Bhamani, 
>>faisal@dvorak.amd.com writes:
>>>
>>>I have a Powerbook 145 and can not get the Grouch to work.  I
>>>put it in the system folder and it automatically put it in the
>>>appropriate folder.  When I restart and empty the trash, nothing.
>>>What's the deal?  Does it have to have color? 
>>
>>The last I heard, the Grouch doesn't work on any System 7 machine.
>>Sorry...
>>
>>Mark D. Larimer
>>(Control Data Systems, Inc.) && (University of Minnesota)
>>Internet: larimer@zeus.cdc.com
>>
>>Go Meanies (3-1) !!
>>
> Grouch runs fine for me under System 7 with AfterDark, "EYES", QuickTime,
>SpeedyFinder, and other numerous INITS installed on my 10/40 LC. Maybe
>it requires color. Check the docs with it.
>-- 
>         Travis Grundke- Contributing Editor, MacGames Digest
>                      an780@cleveland.freenet.edu
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
>    MacGames Digest: The first magazine dedicated to Macintosh Gaming.

Grouch does not require color.  I have been using it on my PB140 for
about 3 months with out any problems.  Holding down the command key
causes the grouch to stay in the can.  Are you using a command key
short cut to empty the trash?  Maybe there is a conflict between The
Grouch and some other extension.

I wish I could be of more help.

-- 
Tom Jones                    tjones@triton.unm.edu
From: arno@apple.com (Arno Gourdol)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Pen Macintosh
Date: 28 Sep 92 18:15:49 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d11
X-Xxdate: Mon, 28 Sep 92 11:15:31 GMT
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A6EC99D37203047E@arno.apple.com>

First, I am not representing Apple.

There is a lot of hype around Pen Computing these times. There is even
Windows for Pen Computing. 
Do you think there should be "Apple Extensions for Pen Computing"?

How would you view these? What do you think those extensions should
include
so that you could say that "Apple did the things right". What do you
expect?

What would you like to do with a Pen Macintosh?
Write a thesis? Fill-in forms? Take notes?

Do you consider that a Pen Macintosh would compete with Newton?
Would you do the same tasks with Newton than with a Pen Macintosh?

What would you rather buy? A Newton, a PowerBook or an hypothetical Pen
Macintosh?

Lastly, I am still not representing Apple.
If you want to voice any of your concern about Apple policies, write
(no e-mail, no phone, no fax (don't flame me for that, instead, complain
at
the adress below)) at:

        Apple Customer Assistance Center
        20525, Mariani Avenue
        Cupertino, CA 95014
        USA

This is the right place to do it. You will be heard.
--
Minds, like parachute, only function when open.
I did it, I did it!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system
From: cgarnett@unix.amherst.edu (CRAIG HAMMOND GARNETT)
Subject: Re: LCII 12megs = 10?
Organization: Amherst College
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 01:24:15 GMT

Yes, I can say. Your LC II won't see more than 10mb of RAM. Really.

The excuse I heard was that Apple used the same ROMs in the LC II
that they did in the LC's, and as the LC was limited to 10mb, so is the
LC II, even though you could physically put 12 in there.

Shocking, ain't it? :)
-C
From: majors@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Majors)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: ImageWriter II garbage (after 8th line)
Date: 6 Oct 92 14:15:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Oct6.141552.11605
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

I'm assisting someone with a Mac 512K (enhanced to 1MB he says).  He
is printing directly (with a serial cable) to an Apple ImageWriter II.
After the 8th line, the printer prints garbage (from both Word and 
Excel).  He has the ImageWriter (not LQ or LT) icon selected in
chooser.  System 6.0.5.  I told him to reinstall the system (and
printer drivers).  Anything obvious here?  (Everything has been
printing fine for a long time, until now--and he was able to get
the system to work by re-booting.) reply direct  thanks

majors@u.washington.edu
From: jjstrout@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Joe Strout)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Scoll Bars, Greyscales on Stylewriter
Date: 30 Sep 92 08:50:28 GMT
Article-I.D.: miavx1.1992Sep30.135029.13238
Organization: Miami University, Oxford, OH

Hello All,

	I'm new to the Mac (recently converted from the GS) and I've got two
questions...

	1. Is there an extension that will give me proportionally-sized scroll
bars?  This is a feature of GS/OS (and NeXT and even Windows) which I really
miss on the Mac.  Proportionally-sized scroll bars are simply more informative
than the square ones normally used.  (I've got system 7.0.1x).

	2. My Stylewriter printer is 360 dpi -- higher than most laser
printers.  But none of the software I have will print greyscales on it.  What
gives?  Is there any way to correct this problem?

Any tips/advice is greatly appreciated...

<<             /////       Joe Strout                                     <<
 >>           | @ @        Miami University                                >>
<<            c  _)        Oxford, OH 45056                               <<
 >>            \ o         jjstrout.miavx1.acs.muohio.edu                  >>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: cosc184z@menudo.uh.edu ((COSC148O) 92F00761)
Subject: Re: Random Start Up Screens
Organization: University of Houston
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 23:11:09 GMT

>>  How can I randomise my startup screens? Is there a utility to do this?
>>
>>---
>> The Evil Tofu

This is exactly what Randomizer (1.2?) was written for. I believe it will
also randomize startup sounds.  Check on sumex and mac.archive.umich.edu.

-- 
 
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From: eaeu137@orion.oac.uci.edu (Andrew Theodore Laurence)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: NOW Utilities 4.0 instability
Date: 7 Oct 92 01:14:55 GMT
Organization: University of California, Irvine

I hooked up to America OnLine the other day, and NOW had posted a 
message in their "area" saying, essentially, that "NOW has curtailed
all development efforts until the above problems are dealt with." A
list preceded the above, but it was far too lengthly for one who hasn't
upgraded yet to remember. :-)

--Andrew
  eaeu137@orion.oac.uci.edu
From: Bob_C._Lee@bmug.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Questions on selling "used" softwares
Date: 5 Oct 92 20:29:14 GMT
Organization: BMUG, Inc.


	Hi, I'd like to know what's involved in selling the software I purchased.

		1) How can I transfer registration, if possible?

		2) What sort of pricing is reasonable?

	If there are other considerations, please feel free to point out.

	Thanks in advance.

	...B.o.b...

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: brady@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Sucks To Be Me)
Subject: Can you use virtual memory on an LC??
Keywords: Mac, Memory, LC
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 05:58:55 GMT

hey there,
  Anybody out there know if there is ANY way to use virtual memory on an LC
with a 68020 Processor?? I'd like to add a little more memory without having 
to buy more SIMMs. Please e-mail me at brady@ucsu.colorado.edu.
			advaTHANXnce,
			Sucks to be Me
   		
			ON-ON!!
From: mcote@sw.stratus.com (Mike Cote)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: NOW Utilities 4.0 instability
Date: 6 Oct 92 14:10:33 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.


Yes, it is definitely very unstable.  Here's a list of the problems that I have
found so far:
	1) Cannot launch a DA via an alias via the Apple Menu.

	2) SuperBoomerang does not erase the "recently accessed files" menu
	   when told to do so.

	3) SuperBoomerang crashes after using a single program for a while and 
	   opening a bunch of files (~20).  It drops into MacBugs with an
	   "overflow" error.

I've had other crashes and hangs that I cannot directly attribute to NOW Utilities
and cannot reproduce but I used to have a pretty stable system until I installed
4.0.  And I used 3.0 extensively.  

The review of NOW Utilities 4.0 in the current MACWeek is very positive although
they mention instability problems, too.  I hope that an update is soon
forthcoming.

mpac
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: ongh@iastate.edu (NightOwl)
Subject: Re: Anyone got info on the Sony 1304 monitor?
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 08:18:22 GMT

In article <gee.717567858@vincent2.iastate.edu> gee@iastate.edu (Gary W Clayburg) writes:
>In <oivindi.25.717342620@dhhalden.no> oivindi@dhhalden.no (OIVIND IDSO) writes:
>
>>I recently received recommendations to buy the Sony 1304 as an alternative 
>>to Apple's 13" RGB Hi-Res monitor. It only costs $395.
>
>exqueeze me?
>where can you get this monitor for $395?  I don't think I've ever seen it under
>$500.
>>                       **** SCHWING! ****
>>                          ************
>
>

absolutely no way this monitor cost below $500 even. i think he might have
been referring to the 13" version..i think the model is 1402 or 1302. but that
thing only cost around $330+ when i was in california in summer. 

Also, if i'm not mistaken, this monitor is no more in production.......(i might
be wrong)
i think it's a relatively decent monitor...i have the 1304 and it works fine
with my Mac, but not too sure about the 13"versionOD.
From: jsp@uts.amdahl.com (James Preston)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Another question about CheckFree
Date: 5 Oct 92 22:56:27 GMT
Reply-To: jsp@pls.amdahl.com
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA


I've just gotten the CheckFree software and I'm considering trying it out.
One thing, however, that doesn't seem to be addressed in the documentation:
For all the bills that I pay, they want you to return the bill stub along
with your payment.  Obviously, if you use CheckFree, the merchant doesn't
get that stub, even if CheckFree sends one of their laser drafts by mail.

Has anyone that uses CheckFree had a problem with this, like a merchant
complaining about the lack of the stub?  A couple of the merchants that
I will be paying (such as Cable TV and my condo homeowner dues) are
certainly not on the electronic banking network and so will be receiving
these laser drafts.  I'll probably end up calling them directly to ask,
but I was just interested in also hearing other CheckFree user's response
to this question.

--James Preston

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: craig@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Craig Oshiro)
Subject: Re: PC ScanMan on a MAC ???
Organization: University of Hawaii
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 02:57:29 GMT

In article <1992Oct4.161827.1@sc2a.unige.ch> jordi@sc2a.unige.ch writes:
>Hello netters,
>
>I have a ScanMan on my PC. I would like to connect it on my Mac.
>
>Did anybody already try this ? I have seen that the PC ScanMan port connects
>correctly on the Modem or Printer port on a Mac. I have heard that the
>Mac verison of the ScanMan connects on the SCSI port. Is it true ? Or is it
>only a matter of software ?

I'm trying to find out this info myself.  I can ask my friend who also has the
PC version to check with his sources at Logitech to see if its just software.
I sometimes borrow it and would also prefer to use my Mac to grab the
images.