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From: rhrs_ss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Rob Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Powerbook 180.....???????
Date: 1 Sep 92 15:34:47 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

Ok....
	I am interested in any information on this machine (the 180),
its configurations etc.  However, I am NOT interested in the MacWeek
info that apple has already graciously given us.  I want to know more
concrete facts, so I can get my hands on when when they ship on 10/19,
and not 3 months after that because I waited to see them first.  Any
and all info is greatly appreciated....thanks,

>>>>>>================================>>Rob Harris

rhrs_ss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu

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Organization: Penn State University
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 20:29:12 EDT
From: jim bowers <FQV@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: simm speed affect powercache?

I'm thinking of getting a 33 Mhz Powercache for my Mac II.  Will the
slow simms in my Mac affect performace?  Is it worth it to get 80 ns Simms?


                       thanks, Jim Bowers
From: nest@cup.portal.com (L E Woodard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Hot Horror Stories....
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 11:25:30 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: usa

As far as the effect of ~85 degree temps on hardware, I can't comment, but
on the effect of temperature and intelectual output, I read that they are
related: as temps go up, mental output goes down (do a certain degree)...

...boy, MIT sounds like a place I would want to send my children  :-)...

ask the 'powers that be' to get the AC for the good of the students who
occupy this lab, that is the most compelling argument you have.
Regards (and good luck!),
LW
From: pierce@radius.com (Pierce T. Wetter III)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Diff between MacFG24x & PrecisionColor24x
Date: 1 Sep 92 20:10:05 GMT
Organization: Skylab Team
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1

>: 
>: I was told that NEC MacFG 24x was actually designed, and perhaps
>: manufactured, by Radius.

   Yes, Yes.

>: Therefore, I would like to know the difference
>: between NEC MacFG 24x and Radius PrecisionColor 24x.  Can
>: any kind soul cast some light on this for me?


   The NEC 24x is the PrecisionColor 24x with only the timings for the NEC
   line of displays. (The 24x supports almost any monitor)
   

>  While we are on it. I've read in MacUser (i can post the exact
reference)
>a tip from a reader that the NEC MacFG 8x (and the  Radius
PrecisionColor 8x)
>can display 24 bits color if they are stuffed with VRAM. It seems they
have
>enough sockets for 2 MB of VRAM. But i didn't read any "official" answer
for
>the claim that only difference between the 8x and the 24x cards was the
VRAM.


True. The 8x is a depopulated 24x. It can be upgraded at any time to a
24x by
adding VRAM. Radius Product xxxx-xxxxx is the VRAM for the updgrade,
available
from your local dealer. You can also upgrade it half way to a 16x, which
gives
you only up to 16 bit mode.


The PrecisionColor product line:


    PrecisionColor 8:  This card does up to 2 pages at 8 bits. Not
upgradeable.
	PrecisionColor 8xj:  This card is accelerated and does 2 pages at 8
bits. 
	                      not upgradeable.
	PrecisionColor 8x:  PrecisionColor 24x with only enough VRAM to do 8
bits.
	                     Upgradeable to 24 bits with VRAM.
    PrecisionColor 8xk: This card only does up to 1024x768. It is
upgradeable by
	                     adding VRAM.
	PrecisionColor 24x: Top of the line accelerated 24 bit board that
supports
	                    up to 1152x882 (two full pages).
						
	All boards support video timings from 640x480 up to 1024x768.
	
	PrecisionColor/20 Display: Sony trinitron monitor that is capable of
handling
	   all the timings supported by the PrecisionColor board line.
	   
	   
  Also included is Dynamic Desktop software that lets you switch screen
sizes on
   the fly.
   
 Pierce
 
 
 P.S.
 
    Radius Tech support is available via support@radius.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.wanted
From: bwalls@eng.auburn.edu (Bryan K. Walls)
Subject: Personal Laserwriter LS print area problem
Organization: Auburn University Engineering
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 21:01:40 GMT


I have a Personal Laserwriter LS.  I've found that when printing on legal-
sized paper from MS Word 4.0 (I don't remember which letter, but a late
one, and I'm using the truetype init patch they provide), I commonly lose
a border around the edges which seems to correspond to the business of the
items being printed.  That is, it can be up to about 1" around, taking off
several letters on each side (or parts thereof).  I'm also seeing the same
thing using MS Works, but it takes a much busier document.

1)  I assume that I'm running out of printer memory.  Is this reasonable?
I just have whatever the thing comes with.  What kind of memory does it
take to upgrade it?  Can I do it?

2)  Or am I missing something?  Like setting borders wrong?

Thanks,
Bryan Walls
bwalls@marvin.msfc.nasa.gov
From: hcheng@Auspex.COM (Howard Cheng)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Using Two Screens
Date: 1 Sep 92 23:33:48 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara

What some people do here is leave windows open on the second screen for easy
access to files.  Of course, if you don't have a lot of memory, this probably
isn't a good idea.

h.
From: jflet@dir.mcc.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Help with building a Mac
Date: 25 Aug 92 10:06:10 GMT
Organization: Manchester University

Does anyone have experience with building their own Mac from spares ?
I've heard that using secondhand logic boards, analog boards, pc case, etc
and wiring them together, that its possible to get a cheap system up and
running.

1)	Has anybody tried this ? and what advice / suggestions do they have to offer
?
2)	Where is the cheapest place to get secondhand logic boards, etc ? (with
example prices)

Thanks in advance,


Julian Fletcher
Dept. of Chemistry,
Manchester University,
England.

jflet@dir.mcc.ac.uk
From: Scott Tilden <stilden@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Date: 28 Aug 92 18:38 PDT
Subject: Re: Powerbook 145
Nf-ID: #R:27AUG199223194194@vax2.concordia:-951637960:cdp:1364600006:000:113
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!stilden    Aug 28 18:38:00 1992


As far as I know, the PowerBook 145 will not have built-in video. Only the new ones slated for later this fall.
From: alan@km4ba.uucp (Alan Barrow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: PB100 2/20 at Microcenter in Atlanta
Date: 2 Sep 92 05:24:03 GMT
Organization: km4ba's packet radio gateway

The PB 100 2/20's for $749 did include the external floppy.

Cheers!

Alan Barrow
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: ellens@bnr.ca (Chris Ellens)
Subject: Re: NewLife Accelerators?
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Bell-Northern Research
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 21:15:09 GMT

I didn't see the original post on this - I have a NewLife25 Accelerator 
on an SE with the video option driving an Apple 2-page display. Have had
occasional compatibility problems (i.e. unimplemented trap errors); less
often since getting version 4.99 of the NewLife software. Had some 
problems getting the video to work at first, but NewLife came over and
fixed it. 


Chris Ellens
ellens@bnr.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: PC -> Mac+ mouse conversion?
From: stubbs@hawk.cs.ukans.edu (Jerry Stubbs)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 16:26:26 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Kansas Computer Science Dept


It's time to find a new mac mouse for a MacPlus.  I think I should be
able to convert a serial mouse for a PC to work on the Mac. Has anyone 
tried this, or does anyone know the pinout?

I know Jameco Electronics once sold a mouse for $30 that was probably 
a converted PC mouse, but they no longer carry it.  

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.next.hardware
From: ljg@ecosoft.com ()
Subject: How to use NeXT CD-ROM (Sony CDU-541) on a Mac?
Organization: Eco Software, Inc.
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 18:13:23 GMT


I have a NeXT CD-ROM SCSI drive which I'd like to use on a Macintosh. I've
tried the AppleCD SC Plus version 3.2 driver from Apple but it doesn't work.
The mechanism is a Sony CDU-541. Has anyone used this on a Mac? I would be
very grateful if someone could tell me how to get the Mac to recognize this
drive. Thanks...

- Lowell


-- 
Lowell J. Gray    ljg@ecosoft.com, uunet!ecosoft!ljg
Eco Software, Inc.
Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.hardware:16178 comp.sys.mac.programmer:14762
From: louis@well.sf.ca.us (Louis Jaffe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: What causes monitor flicker?
Date: 26 Aug 92 17:42:54 GMT
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link

It's very true that the external emissions from one monitor can 
interfere with the picture on another.  I recently got an E-Machines
T16-II.  This is a heavily-shielded, low-emission 16" trinitron.  
Checking with an EMR meter, I confirmed that the T16-II emits 25% 
less magnetic radiation than my older Apple portrait display (monochrome).

The surprise was that I couldn't use the two displays anywhere near each
other because the T16-II was totally scrambled up by the emissions from
the Portrait display (which itself displayed no interference).  Testing
further, I found that the T16-II picture is extremely sensitive to any
ambient fields, even very weak ones.  E-Machines tech support even told 
me that they adjust these things in their shop oriented East-to-West, and
if you use them in a different compass orientation the raster can be
affected.  I.e it's so sensitive it shows the effect of the Earth's 
magnetic field.

How a device that's so heavily shielded against mag radiation leaking out
can be so sensitive to mag radiation leaking in is very puzzling to me.

LJ
From: croson@husc15.harvard.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: PB100 2/20+FD $699 at CitiDollar
Date: 3 Sep 92 22:13:42 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc15.1992Sep3.181342.15345
Organization: Harvard University Science Center

In article <1992Sep3.203244.1332@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, rrumpf@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Robert Rumpf) writes:
> A few people have asked me about the Citibank Citidollars PowerBook 100 2/20 
> deal.  Well, I managed to find my catalog, and here is the order number:
> 
> Item #A2876FA Apple Macintosh Powerbook 100 2/20 w/FDHD
> 
> Good luck to all.
> 
> Bob

Plus $9.95 shipping/handling...seems like a good deal to me.

I have loads of Citidollar$, but I unfortunately also already own a PB100. :<
Note that the "Double-the-difference" guarantee doesn't apply to
limited-quantity items; the PB100 is limited-quantity if anything is.

Just my $0.02; your real income may vary.
Dave Croson
dcroson@hbs.harvard.edu
From: klarer@spdcc.com (Steve Klarer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Powerbook problem opening ClarisWorks.
Date: 28 Aug 92 14:56:05 GMT
Article-I.D.: spdcc.1992Aug28.145605.6105
Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA

I have a powerbook 100 (4/40). I'm using ClarisWorks and also have installed
an automatic compression utility called More Disk Space. The latter is set
up with ClarisWorks and files with its creator type as exceptions for
automatic compression. I launch ClarisWorks from an alias in the apple menue.
When I do so while the machine is plugged in, no problem.  If I do so while
on battery power the application launches and then, when I choose Word Processing
as the type of file I want to open I get the message the messate "The application
"unknown" could not be opened due to an error of Type One" (or words
very close to that at any rate.)
I have no problem opening while plugged in. Does this make sense to anyone?

I also noticed this morning that the battery was not fully charged in spite
of the fact that I'd left it plugged in a all night.  Is this related, perhaps?

Thanks for suggestions.
Steve.
.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: shahid@oit.gatech.edu (Shahid Sheikh)
Subject: Need to get SIMMS swaped out.
Organization: Network Services
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 01:35:12 GMT

I have 4X9 - 80ns standard Simms that I want to get swaped out for 
4X8 - 80ns Simms for the mac IIfx. The simms are new and havent been used.
Can anyone tell me if this is possible and how much its going to cost me?

Thanks in advance

Shahid Sheikh
Network Services -- Georgia Tech
shahid@oit.gatech.edu  ( response through e-mail would be best )
From: mancini@pslu1.psl.wisc.edu (Derrick C. Mancini)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: EtherTalk box for LocalTalk DeskWriters?
Date: 3 Sep 92 13:04:28 GMT
Followup-To: mancini@fysik.uu.se
Organization: Physical Sciences Lab, University of Wisconsin

Actually, products such as Geoprint and Dayna EtherPrint (the same boxes
I think, with different names) act as internet Apple talk routers for any
Appletalk device.  Should work fine with the HP DW.

Derrick
Fysikum Uppsala U.
From: alan@km4ba.uucp (Alan Barrow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: PB100 2/20 at Microcenter in Atlanta
Date: 1 Sep 92 06:15:32 GMT
Organization: km4ba's packet radio gateway

PB 100 2/20 for $749. I suspect these will be available at all 
Microcenters!

I will wait for the 145 closeout whenthe 160 comes out! :-)

See Ya!


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From: dross@cambizola.cs.wisc.edu (Dan Ross)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Classic II vs. SE/30
Date: 2 Sep 92 13:15:40 GMT
Organization: U of Wisconsin Madison - Computer Sciences

Just a few corrections/updates:

In <1992Sep2.041350.25264@amhux2.amherst.edu> cgarnett@amhux1.amherst.edu (Craig Garnett '87) writes:
>The Classic II has no expansion slot, while the SE/30 does. This
>can be a biggie if you think you might want to put Ethernet or an
>external monitor on the thing at some time.

For Ethernet this isn't really a problem, as most networking vendors make a 
SCSI-connected Ethernet interface (an external box that sits next to your 
Mac--no more annoying than a modem) that isn't totally outrageously 
priced (~$250-300).  SCSI monitor interfaces start at around $600 (plus 
the monitor), though, and there is reportedly a performance penalty if 
you're using animation/multimedia-type applications.

>The Classic II has a 16-bit data path, not the full 32-bit path of the
>SE/30. This means that the CPU has to expend two clock ticks rather than
>one to get memory values. As a result, the Classic II runs slower than
>the SE/30. Perceptibly so.                    

Is that two clock ticks to get 32-bit data values, or all values?  (I'm not
sure--I've heard it argued both ways.)

>The SE/30 has a worldwide power supply. I'm not sure about the Classic
>II, not having my glossies handy, but the Classic didn't, and they're
>essentially the same machine.

My US-bought Classic II has a 120V/60Hz (North American) power supply only.

>The best comparison I've been able to come up with is that the
>Classic II is the compact version of the modular LC. 

Make that an LC II.  (16-Mhz Motorola MC68030 in Classic II & LC II, so
they can use virtual memory; 16-Mhz MC68020 in LC.)  Except, an LC II has
an expansion slot :-( and _requires_ you to buy a monitor :-) which could
be color :-(.

>The SE/30 is the compact version of a Mac IIcx. If the price were the same, 
>and I had some kind of warranty on the admittedly used SE/30, that's what 
>I'd take.
Agreed!!!

>-Craig

Dan
Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.hardware:16199 comp.periphs.scsi:4295 alt.cd-rom:2858
From: oueichek@ngulu (Ibaa Oueichek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.periphs.scsi,alt.cd-rom
Subject: Opinions of the NEC CDR-73 please.
Date: 31 Aug 92 08:38:17 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: IMAG, University of Grenoble, France
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4


	Bonjour, everyone.
	I've seen in the Sept issue of MacUser and ad for the NEC CDR-73,
it was advertised at $399 by Tiger software (+ $79 for the interface card).
I remember this dirve was the best cd-rom drive over the market till NEC
introducet the CDR 83M (or whatever). It has an access time of 300 ms and
a data flow of 150kb/sec. Is there a trap somewhere ?, i know that Tiger
software has a rather good reputation, but who knows ?; the price is too
good to be true (i've seen the same drive advertised at a much higher price
by several other mail order places). So do you think i should go with it ?, 
any reports about the drive will be appreciated.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: kmarko@hpbs654.boi.hp.com (Kurt Marko)
Subject: Radius Rocket Problems
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 17:07:50 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard / Boise, Idaho
Keywords: Radius Rocket modem

I've encountered an incompatibility between the Radius Rocket (running
Rocketware 1.3) and the Global Village TelePort FullFax ADB fax-modem.
Global Village's fax driver software will not load properly if the
Rocket is enabled and 32-bit addressing is turned on (this is with
System 7).  Even with 32-bit addressing off, while I have been able to
get Global's TelePort software to load, it still doesn't operate
robustly (I've hung it a couple times).  Needless to say, this is
pretty frustrating, since I really would like to use my fax without
rebooting the machine.  I'm not sure where the responsibility lies,
but since the GB s/w seems to work okay without the Rocket, it looks
like the culprit.  

Has anyone gotten this configuration to work?  Is there any hope of a
software patch anytime soon from Radius?  Would version 1.3.2 of the
Rocket software help?  Thanks in advance for the help.

Kurt Marko

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: besler@geop.ubc.ca (Steve Besler)
Subject: Screen Problem
Organization: University of B.C. Geophysics & Astronomy
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 06:01:00 GMT


	My friend's mac plus has a problem which is apparently quite common.
The screen occasionally goes out after several minutes of use and when you
wack it, it will come back on but blink out again later.  I heard that all
you need is to slam a new fuse in it or something...  better than paying
$65 at some "authorized" Macintosh service centre.  So if anyone can help,
please email this account.  (Sorry I don't read this group regularly, but
I don't even have a mac, this is for my friend)

	Steven Besler
	besler@geop.ubc.ca

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: robichau@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov (Paul Robichaux)
Subject: Re: What to do with (don't laugh) Dataframe 20?
Reply-To: robichau@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov
Organization: New Technology, Inc.
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 21:09:59 GMT

Au contraire, mon frere! The Dataframe 20 indeed has a hardware selectable
SCSI ID. Take the case off, find the jumper block on the controller card,
and away you go.

The latest version of the Dataframe software (4.2e, I think) has a nice
PICT illustrating where the jumpers and whatnot go.

"Don't laugh?" My DF20 is still working quite well after _SIX YEARS._ It's
not fast, and it sure is noisy... but it's still going.

-Paul
-- 
Paul Robichaux, KD4JZG          | I shouldn't bitch / I shouldn't cry
robichau@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov   | I'd start a revolution but I don't have time.


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: hank@well.sf.ca.us (Hank Roberts)
Subject: Where to buy/install 6-meg PB ram (QUERY)
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 06:25:59 GMT


(please edit the header if you're answering the query!).

Who's got a recommendation for getting a PB 6-meg ram upgrade, this week?
I gather there are two different types of RAM being sold, but don't see
that specified; and the magazine ads are hopelessly overpriced compared
to what I've heard mentioned lately.

And, are people happily installing their own, or being careful about
having an authorized Apple dealer do it?

(And, related question: anybody priced AppleCare on the PowerBooks?
I'd guess that'd give some notion of how well Apple expects them to age.)_
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system
From: isr@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Michael S. Schechter - ISR group account)
Subject: Re: Apple breaks promise? MODE32 not in 7.1?
Organization: Institute for Sensory Research
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 10:15:33 EDT


Well, just an interesting question...
Are those of you who are wanting MODE32 to be an Apple product the
same whiners and crybabies who go on and on about how Apple charges
too much for their hardware, compared to cloners who  simply
license Phoenix BIOS and tell who to run messydos?

--
Mike_Schechter@isr.syr.edu | XLII,B,+3dB,Non-Nak | Make Tapes, Not War
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: lhermens@luke.eecs.wsu.edu (Leonard Hermens - CS)
Subject: Re: Hot Horror Stories....
Organization: Washington State University!
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 23:00:52 GMT

In article <1992Aug25.193210.19421@athena.mit.edu> cstudly@athena.mit.edu (Todd Sterling Anderson) writes:
>
>	I am a chemistry graduate student at MIT.  Our lab and two others
>have a Mac cluster of about 10 machines in a poorly ventilated room.  The
>average temperature is between 82-87 F.  I am trying to convince my advisor
>that it would be worthwhile to purchase an air conditioning system for
>the room.  I do not have any hard numbers or even good stories about 
>how heat affects Macs.  For example, how much is the lifetime of the 
>computer affected by high temperature??  What components are most affected?? 
>Please send any information directly to me at:

   I would be more concerned about how heat affects ME in a room that
   warm...  :-)

   I'm sure that any temp. above "nominal" (as specified by the vendor)
   can't be good for the machines.

Leonard
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: bob_janc-cdsr98x@email.mot.com (Bob_Janc)
Subject: PB 170 UPGRADE???
Organization: LMPS RESEARCH
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 19:46:46 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware

I have a PB 170 and am satisfied with almost every aspect of it, it could
use a larger hard disk.  I noted that the PB 180 will have a 80 M and a
120 M capability.  Does anyone know if the PB 170 will be upgradable?

bob janc
From: john@library.nrl.navy.mil (John E. Rose)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Using Two Screens
Date: 1 Sep 92 15:59:09 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: NRL

In article <1992Aug31.235407.28352@gtephx.UUCP>, patfieldk@gtephx.UUCP
(Kevin M. Patfield) wrote:
> 
> 
> Anyone found good ways to use that 29 sq in of useful real-estate?
> Perhaps I should consider letting it as advertising space!
> 
> -- 
I found a second screen especially useful for debugging software be it with
Think Pascal or C, or with HyperCard.  It is easy to have the main program
running on the main monitor, and to use the other monitor to have a debug
window open.  Or with text or word processing, I find it useful to use the
second monitor to perhaps have an old file open for comparison to the new.
For an SE-type monitor, what you might want to do is have your control 
panels open there, or your about the finder with the memory status of the
programs you're currently running....


John E. Rose  -- Naval Research Laboratory, Microcomputer Software
john@library.nrl.navy.mil                           Support Center
johnrose@mssc_next1.nrl.navy.mil             //send NeXT mail here
johnr45@aol.com                //any opinions included are my own.