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From: arnold@i81s15.ira.uka.de (Arnold Niedermaier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: SCSI II Hard Disk for Quadra950
Date: 8 Sep 1992 09:01:23 GMT
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
Distribution: world
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Does anyone know whether the hard disk in a Quadra 950 is a "standard"
SCSI hard disk or a "new" SCSI II hard disk?
 
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From: RJONES1@ua1vm.ua.edu (Bart Jones)
Subject: Re: CHEAP CDROM
Organization: The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 08:39:27 GMT

>        I was walking around in the mall the other day, and in the window of
>Software Etc I saw a CD-ROM for like $199. Of course the thing looked REALLY
>flimsy, and was for PC's, but what can you expect for 199? Anyways I was
>wondering if anyone knew anything more about it? The manufacturer was
>Mitsumi (or something like that)
        I don't know if I've ever heard of such a telling name.  It sounds as
if you buy the drive, the maker is saying, "you MIGHTSUEME."
From: newton@cs.utexas.edu (Peter Newton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Daystar Powercache (need info...)
Date: 13 Sep 1992 13:40:58 -0500
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
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> I'd really appreciate it if someone could post or email to me some
> Speedometer readings on IIfx's and/or Quadra 700's.  I'd be interested
> to see how an accelerated LC II compares to those machines.

Thanks for posting all that great information of Daystar.  Sounds like
a fine product.  Here are some Speedometer 3.1 numbers for a Quadra
700 with caches on, 8 MB RAM, virtual memory off, 24 bit mode, and an
internal Quantum 80 disk.

Perf. Rating
   CPU  16.2
   Graphics 18.9
   Disk 2.0
   Math 100.3
   Overall 22.6

Bench Ave 47.6
FPU Ave 9.12
Color Ave 4.55

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: sep@netcom.com (Scott Pendleton)
Subject: TrueVision Videocapture card for sale
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 04:13:48 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

For Sale:
- TrueVision NuVista 1M video workstation card
- Includes: All software and the VIDI/O box (encoder/decoder)
- Overview: The NuVista card can capture, store, manipulate
   and display images from a standard video source. It also functions
   as a regular NUBUS video card. With the VIDI/O box you can
   record your NuVista display onto videotape (VHS, Beta, S-VHS or
   ED Beta). The VIDI/O box transforms the NuVista output into a
   high quality NTSC or S-Video signal.
- Features:
   - Capture video images, real-time (1/30 sec): upto 640 X 480
      and upto 24bit color (16million)
   - Works as a regular video display board (supports 512 X 384 upto
      1024 X 768 from 8bit-24bit color)
   - Overlay Mac Graphics onto live video (Color-Key GenLocking)
   - Output Mac Graphics to video
   - Inputs: Mac Display, NTSC Video, S-Video, RGB video
   - Ouputs: RGB video, NTSC Video, S-Video
   - Hardware Zoom and Panning
   - VIDI/O box: external box that converts NTSC video, S-Video, and RGB
      video between themselves for maximum flexibility.
- Equipment needed:
   - NUBUS capable Macintosh (I don't think the Mac LC will work?)
   - Minimum of 2Mb RAM
   - System 6.03 or greater
   - Display Device: Recommended: RGB Multi-Sync monito such as Sony
      CPD-1302 (horiz scan rates: 15-35KHz & vert: 25-100Hz). Note: Apple
     RGB 640 X 480 (35KHz horiz and 67Hz vert.) is a fixed scan rate monitor
      It can be used with the NuVista but cannot display "live video" prior to
      capture of an image. "Live video" can be displayed if you have a multi-
      sync monitor.
   - A video source: Camera or VCR, etc.
   - Proper cables: I have cables for most uses.

Asking $1000.00 for the package but the price is negotiable (somewhat).
Email me here or call (510) 736-8051

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From: drg@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu (David Gutierrez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Performas sold through schools?
Date: 15 Sep 1992 16:57:42 GMT
Organization: Univ. Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

In article <Sep.15.11.59.56.1992.20076@gandalf.rutgers.edu>
rgonzal@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Ralph Gonzalez) writes:
>Does anyone know whether the Performas will be sold through
>educational institutions?

No, they won't. I downloaded the new price list yesterday and the Performas are
not included. Maybe Sears wouldn't play if they had to compete with
educational-discount prices.

David Gutierrez
drg@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu

"Only fools are positive." - Moe Howard
From: shiekh@ICTP.TRIESTE.IT (Andy Shiekh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Circuit diagrams for Mac logic boards
Date: 10 Sep 92 15:11:20 GMT


  Does anyone know of a source of the circuit diagrams for Mac logic
boards?

  I am asking on behalf of our techie


Andy

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From: temple@ucbeh.san.uc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Date: 6 Sep 92 15:05:52 EST
Distribution: world
Organization: Univ. of Cincinnati

I am trying to convince a friend of mine to purchase the LC II (price 
considerations here). I am aware of its limitations, but there is one 
thing I am not clear on.
	How can you get a LC II to 10 megs of real RAM?  I know that 
it has 2 simm slots, and it has 4 megs on board (the original LC had 
only 2 megs on board).  But with a ceiling of 10 megs, how can it be 
reached with waste?
	4-megs on board   +    2 1-meg simms    =    6  megs
	4-megs on board   +    2 2-meg simms    =    8 megs
	4-megs on board   +    2 4-meg simms    =    12 megs (2 megs wasted!!!)

None of these configurations work! So, fill me in guys: do I have to 
waste 2 megs to get 10 megs, or is 10 megs exactly unattainable on 
the LC II?  
	(or I wrong about it having 4 megs on board?  and 2 of 
these are just simms? So you 2 4-meg simms for exactly 10 megs?)


				Trying to do a friend a good deed,

				Jon Temple
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: kemper@millelac.rhrk.uni-kl.de (Michael Kemper [Informatik])
Subject: Re: advice sought on SE/30 and large color monitor
Keywords: Lapis, Sony 1604, SE/30
Reply-To: kemper@millelac.rhrk.uni-kl.de (Michael Kemper [Informatik])
Organization: University of Kaiserslautern (Germany)
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 09:17:09 GMT

In article <s5m-hL-@engin.umich.edu>, bohus@math.lsa.umich.edu (Geza
Bohus) writes:
|>Hello people,
|>
|>I am considering getting a large color monitor for my SE/30. I seem to
|>recall that the Lapis Colorserver-(some numbers here) with the Sony 1604
|>is a good combo. I'd like to hear from people who know anything about
|>this subject. I am also interested in other solutions, if not much
|>more expensive.
|>
|>A  specific question:
|>
|>Is it true that one can use this combo at different resolutions? This
|>would be great.
|>
|>AdvThanksance,
|>
I have the ColorServer SE/30-17 (that means for 17" monitors) and the
Sony 1404S (which is the 1304S in the USA). The card allows two
resolutions in that configuration: 832x624, which I usually use, and
640x480 at different refresh rates, which gives yoy true WYSIWYG at 72
dpi. Using a bigger display card (SE/30-19) lets you use 1024x768 on
your 17" monitor. 
I am very satisfied with both card and monitor, the installation is not
easy, but you can manage it. The software causes no trouble.
                 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Distribution: world
From: Steve_Costa@bmug.org
Organization: BMUG, Inc.
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 12:31:01 PDT
Subject: Re: * Looking for info on SupraFax modem (14400)

The fax part of the Supra 14.4 modems seems to work fine but as a 14.4
modem it seems to have major problems with some BBSs. Several BBSs have
had to stop using them due to dropped carriers and incompatibilty with
other 14.4 modems. Of course, some people seem to have no problems at
all. But I'd wait until Supra fixes the problems before I bought one.


Steve Costa
BMUG
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From: benkei@cs.utexas.edu (William Kent Richards)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: powerbook battery lif
Date: 8 Sep 1992 01:09:57 -0500
Organization: U Texas Dept of Computer Sciences, Austin TX
NNTP-Posting-Host: nada.cs.utexas.edu

In article <1992Sep7.1164.13909@channel1> "joseph france" <joseph.france@channel1.com> writes:

>GT>With this [LED's Conditioner] I've been able to get 2 - 2.5 hours of
>GT>useful time on a PB 170 with 2Mb of RAM and 10MB of virtual memory
>GT>running MS Word 4.0.
 
Interesting.  Seems to go against the earlier post's warning against
draining the batteries all the way.  Anyone know why?
 
Kent
-- 

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benkei@cs.utexas.edu                   and senseless beauty"
From: ostroff@Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: SE to SE/30: Worth It?
Date: 15 Sep 92 15:02:39 GMT
Reply-To: ostroff@oswego.Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff)
Organization: Instructional Computing Center, SUNY at Oswego, Oswego, NY

In article <ingemar.716463164@isy.liu.se> ingemar@isy.liu.se (Ingemar Ragnemalm) writes:
>ostroff@Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff) writes:
>
>>True the SE/30 is faster than the si, but that's not the only issue.
>
>You are about the fourth person claiming that the SE/30 should be faster
>than a IIsi, and not telling us why.

Actually I was just trying to placate the multiple SE/30 users who informed
me that this was the case after I posted an article saying the comparisons
I've seen show them about equal.  I'm told that onboard video degrades the
si's performance.  Actually I was just wondering about that point too.  In
comparing the si to the SE/30, one should set the si's display for 1-bit mode,
since that's what the SE/30 has.  You also need to take into account the fact
that the si is refreshing a 640x480 bitmap and the SE/30 only has 512x342.
  
I would be interested to see any real data on how the machines compare rather
than "my dog's better than your dog" articles.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: consi@athena.mit.edu (Thomas R Consi)
Subject: hardware manuals
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 13:51:56 GMT

	Does anyone know when Apple is going to publish an updated
Hardware Manual?  The latest edition I could find only goes as far
as the Mac IIfx, I need information on the Mac IIsi.  It seems as if
new hardware releases are outpacing the documentation by a generation
or two!    

tom consi
MIT Sea Grant Underwater Vehicles Lab


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: kwun@css.itd.umich.edu (Michael Kwun)
Subject: Re: Is the Mac Plus good for anything?
Organization: University of Michigan ITD Consulting and Support Services
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 14:59:37 GMT

A Mac Plus and about $30 and three days worth of spare time will net you a
wonderful 2 gallon fish tank.  Cheapest way to get color on a compact mac
(this is no joke!  Ok, maybe it is a joke, but I'm telling the truth--
full instructions--a 35 page Word doc, complete with graphics, is available
from ZiffNet or Sumex.  Instructions are courtesy of Andy Something, 
MacUser columnist).

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From: spray@convex.com (Rob Spray)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Is there a list of all Mac models?
Keywords: FAQ models
Date: 11 Sep 92 16:20:09 GMT
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

I've been subscribed to this list for a while, hoping a FAQ
would show up that describes all the models of Macs (and their
limitations etc, e.g. OS support.)  Does anyone have such a 
list or can recommend an up-to-date book that has this info?

My son took my last PC to college and I'm in the market for a 
used Mac for minor WP, remote machine access, etc.  There's lots
of Macs in the classifieds, but I'm not sure what I'm looking 
for.  btw, I do have a copy of MacEnvy to supposedly check out a 
potential machine.

thanks,

--Rob, PC refugee
--spray@convex.com

"Don' have to live like a refugee."
			   Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From: marcoc@strobe.ATC.Olivetti.Com (GUEST Marco Calamari)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: QuickTime accelerator board ????
Date: 11 Sep 92 11:31:41 GMT
Distribution: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Olivetti ATC; Cupertino CA, USA

I've seen, on August MacWorld, a news about a RasterOps product
(QuickPack piggiback addition to 24STV video board) that state
the possibility to play QuickTime movies full screen.

There are netter with some knowledge about product or argument???

I'll summarize for the net if the subject worth.      Marco

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From: RJONES1@ua1vm.ua.edu (Bart Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Color monitor help needed/want opinions & info
Date: 11 Sep 92 06:10:13 GMT
Organization: The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa


      I'm looking at buying a color monitor for an SI I just ordered.  I plan
to use the built-in video to drive it, and plan to spend between $400 and $650
for the monitor.
      Is there anyone out there who might be able to help me with my options
such as a shadowmask vs. a Trinitron, brand preferences, etc...?  Thanks in
advance.
-Bart Jones
From: janolov@cdg.chalmers.se (Jan-Olov Lantto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Video cards - Ci
Date: 10 Sep 92 07:26:59 GMT
Organization: Chalmers University of Technology

In article <79736@yarra.pyramid.com.au> glb@yarra.pyramid.com.au (George
Budahazy) writes:
>Hello to all,
>
>I am interested in the opinions on the following video cards for a Mac CI.
>I have not been able to find any video reports, so my understanding of these
>cards below are based on ads in the US Mac mags .
>
>SuperMac 8 series 3	accelerated 8 bit can be upgrade to 24 bit
>
>RasterOps 8XLi		accelerated 8 bit can be upgrade to 24 bit
>
>Radius 8x		accelerated 8 bit can be upgrade to 24 bit
>
>RasterOps 8XL		accelerated 8 bit non-upgradeable
>Is there an equivalent to this made by Radius and/or SuperMac.
>
>My reasons for the interest is that there are vast price differences in the
>8 bit upgradeble cards between the various manufacturers eg. like double.
>
>I really don't need 24 bit, so a accelerated 8 bit card(upgradeble or not)
would
>suffice, but again which one.
>
>Any information would be appreciated.
>
>Regards George
>
I have a Radius PrecisionColor 8x used with a Radius PrecisionColor Display/19.
I think it was a mistake to buy an accelerated 8-bit card, since I cant notice
any difference between accelerated and nonaccelerated mode.

If you never will need 24-bit color, I think you should buy a nonaccelerated
card such as PrecisionColor 8.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: rajiv@athena.mit.edu (Rajiv A Manglani)
Subject: PERFORA 200, 400, MONITOR
Keywords: Macintosh, Performa
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 20:59:29 GMT

Yesterday, I was in Lechmere (a department store in Cambridge, MA) doing some
shopping, and guess what I saw... A delivery was just being made to the
computer section, consisting of two of the three Performa line of Macintoshes,
and the new 13" Monitor. Of course, they are really only the LC II and Classic II
in disguise, but there were are few changes. The Performa 400 now has holes
on the left side of the case. This lets the dinky speaker sound louder.
Also, both machines had At Ease, Apple's New Launching utility, installed. But
there was a control panel that wasn't part of the version of At Ease that was
shown at MacWorld Expo... it was called "Launcher." Wehn you put items into the
"Launcher Items" folder in the system folder, they would show up in the control
panel window. You could then simply click on them to launch them. Users of Now
Utilities, HandOff-II, or OnCue II, won't have any use for this, but it make the
finder a little less frightning to children. By the way, the system on both
machines was version 7.0.1P, and had the System 7 Tuner built in to it. There
were no other noticiable differences.
  The new 13" monitor, called the "Macintosh Performa 13" Display" is defintely
somehting to talk about. I hope that it does not replace the current 13" monitor,
not for reasons concerning the display quality, but becuase it looks terrible!
When I first saw it, I thought that the Lechmere workers had put some cheap PC
monitor on the Mac (the display does not bear the Apple logo on the front). The
case is smaller than the Mac's, and is not a sleek-looking as the Hi-Res RGB
Display.
  The Lechmere personelle did not have a date as to when they would receive the
Performa 600, or any other Macintosh items.

Rajiv Manglani
rajiv@athena.mit.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: barr@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Barr Ticknor)
Subject: Re: Mac Depot - Color Pivot LE
Keywords: Color Monitor, Mac Depot
Organization: Cornell Theory Center
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 10:16:25 GMT

>Mac Depot is offering the Color Pivot LE for $799 with the color card

>for an SE-30.  Two questions:

> 1.  Is the Color Pivot LE a good deal?

> 2.  Is Mac Depot a good outfit to deal with mail order?



I ordered this package from MacDepot on Mon. 8-31, and was told it should

arrive Fed. Ex. by Thurs. 9-3.



On Fri. 9-4, when it still hadn't arrived, I called to find out why.  The

woman I talked with said the SE/30 adapters had been out of stock but had

been shipped from Radius, were in transit, and were expected to arrive at

MacDepot on Tues. 9-8.



On Wed. 9-9, when I talked with yet another MacDepot rep., I was told the

adapters were on backorder from Radius and were expected to arrive at

MacDepot "sometime next week".  This gentleman stated that there had been

problems with the adapters and that Radius was "still making some changes".



Seems to me someone at MacDepot has not been very truthful about what's

going on.  I'm still waiting to see how it turns out, but I'm not sure

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: amanda@intercon.com (Amanda Walker)
Subject: Re: Power Books (especially the 100)
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 05:43:18 GMT
Reply-To: amanda@intercon.com (Amanda Walker)
Organization: InterCon Systems Corporation

farber@linc.cis.upenn.edu (David Farber) writes:
> people must understand that pioneers get shot in the back. If
> you bought a pb 100 when they came out (about 10 months ago)
> you were a pioneer and you get shot in your checkbook back.

Of course, you *did* have a PowerBook for those ten months.  Some of us
did not, and wish we had.  It all evens out, one way or another.


Amanda Walker <amanda@intercon.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: On CD-ROM drive shopping (was: Should I hold off for PhotoCD?)
From: Dick Jackson <Dick_Jackson@ibd.nrc.ca>
Date: 9 Sep 92 11:03:39 +0600
Distribution: world
Organization: National Research Council Canada
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1.1d9X-XXDate: Wed, 9 Sep 92 17:01:48 GMTLines: 37

In article <1992Aug30.231115.7528@athena.cs.uga.edu> Kristopher
Johnson, kjohnson@castor.cs.uga.edu writes: 
>Well, most current CD-ROM drives can't handle the Photo-CD format, but 
>Photo-CD compatible drives will, of course, be compatible with existing 
>CD-ROM's.  There are a few more recent CD-ROM drives which *WILL* handle
 
>the Photo-CD format, though.

Just spoke with Educorp yesterday, it seems that the CD Technologies
drive (which they're offering in a very nice $649 bundle since some
compatibility problems with the NEC-37 and -74 drives came up) (you
want more?: they seem not to work with some titles, notably Spaceship
Warlock and <*gasp*> Virtual Valerie! -- but they're working on a fix
right now) (uh, where was I?), oh yeah, the CD Tech drive _IS_ 
Photo-CD compatible, and a good deal more reliable.  See MacWeek ad.

Recall that this is second hand from a distributor, but that's what I
heard!

I'd like to hear any other comments on CD-ROM shopping, particularly:

- is the speed of a drive likely to affect a Mac LC's ability to
  do QuickTime well?  (or is the bottleneck in the LC?)
  
- is there a better encyclopedia than Grolier's Illustrated?

- is there a recent review of CD-ROM drives in the magazines?
  (I'm sure I saw one, now I can't find it :-/)
  
Thanks,

-Dick

Dick Jackson
Institute for Biodiagnostics            National Research Council Canada
Winnipeg, Manitoba                               Dick_Jackson@ibd.nrc.ca
                      Any opinions: Mine alone!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: boortz@sics.se (Kent Boortz)
Subject: Backup questions?
Organization: Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Kista
Distribution: comp
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 00:12:50 GMT


I have som questions about back up software/hardware:

- Is Retrospect that comes with the APS DAT and Retrospect Remote
  the same software? If not, what is the difference.

- Will Retrospect Remote and the backup utility included in NUM
  backup to a WangTec DC6150 bought to a PC?

- What are the options for backup units for a Mac > 300 Mbyte? 
  I have found DAT drives but no Video 8. Is DAT better? What
  about the new 1.2Gbyte standard from Archive, Tandberg and Sanyo?

--
Kent Boortz
boortz@sics.se