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From: mssmith@afterlife.ncsc.mil (M. Scott Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: 8-24GC strikes again...
Date: 21 Aug 92 22:37:19 GMT
Organization: The Great Beyond


   I have an 8-24GC video card on my Mac IIfx (13" monitor), and while I
probably can't help you with your problem, maybe someone can provide an
explanation for my problem..
   I bought it a year ago when I bought my system; at that time the Mac
magazines rated it as being the fastest.  It was by Apple, so I assumed I
couldn't go wrong.
   When I received my system, the salesman grimly informed me that the
video card wasn't compatible with System 7 (yet), so it would only work in
unaccelerated mode.  Great.  Whatever.  He said a fix would be coming soon.
   Several months later, I was called to bring in my video card; apparently
the hardware on the card needed to be upgraded to be System 7 compatible.  I
got the new card, and plugged it in my machine.  Didn't work.  Called the
dealer.
   He called Apple.  Apple told him that the card had been updated, but the
s/w still wasn't completed.
   Finally when the software became available (December?), I installed it, and
I would hesitate greatly in saying that it works.
   I have the latest release (v 7.01 from May), but this doesn't work much
better.
   The problem is this: whenever I turn on acceleration, my IIfx system
inevitably crashes within 10 minutes.  The solution: I have only had acceleration
on for about 20 minutes in the past year.  I paid over a thousand dollars
extra for this acceleration.
   Is it an INIT conflict?  Not so far as I can see..  I've done extensive
testing, and the only incompatibility I find between the 8-24GC software and
my system is with System 7 itself.
   (I should note I do use 68030 Cache control.)

   I'm sure this subject has come up before, but I just started accessing
news, so I've missed any discussions about the 8-24GC.  If anyone could bring
me up-to-date on what has been concluded here about it, I'd be grateful.

Thanks,

M. Scott Smith
--|mssmith@afterlife.ncsc.mil

P.S. If you reply via mail, I can summarize the responses and post them later.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: tswift@well.sf.ca.us (Theodore John Swift)
Subject: Re: powerbook100 by mail - missed the article
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 06:28:57 GMT


> >> A colleague of mine just decided he would definately buy a                  
> >> Powerbook 100 for the Price Club price...                     
> >> Can anyone please send the telephone # of the Price Club that
> >> will sell them through the mail?
> >
> >The Price Club does not do mail order.
>           
> I read an earlier post that the Price Club in Dallas, Texas will ship
> a unit COD. I believe you need to talk to their shipping department.
> Of course, they would charge you the $25 membership fee.
> The number of the Dallas Price Club is (214)265-2881.

Umm... I think you've convolved two postings:  I vaguely remember a posting
about a Price Club that would mail-order, but I believe it was in the
Northeast, not Dallas.  The COD mail-order offer in Dallas was made by
a private individual who was kind enough to drive down, buy them, and mail
them COD by way of UPS in exchange for the price, shipping, tax, and a few
bucks to make it worth his while (dinner for him and his wife :-).  Where
there are PB100s, there's the potential for more deals like this.  Properly
done, everyone comes out ahead.  Good luck- I think the PB100 is a great machine.
-- 
----------------------
Ted Swift tswift@well.sf.ca.us or, better yet, Ted_Swift@qm.sri.com
"You bally well are informed, Jeeves!  Do you know everything?"
"I don't know, sir"    ~P.G. Wodehouse
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: keary@apollo.HP.COM (Matt Keary)
Subject: WANTED: External HD, simms
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 20:41:08 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Chelmsford, MA


I'm looking for an external HD to use as transportable media device, 
any size is fine. (Smaller and cheaper preferred)

And 1 meg simms, to boost my SE/30 from 5 to 8 megs.

Mateo

Matt Keary
keary@apollo.hp.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: yil@engr.ucf.edu (Yilmaz Cengeloglu)
Subject: HELP about modem for MAC and PC
Organization: engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 19:40:22 GMT


Hi :

    Is it  possible to use same modem for Maciontosh and PC. I have check
    some places.  They  all have diiffrent modem for PC and MAC. I did not really
    understand why. I would be happy If anyone give some information why 
    two differebt  product in the market. As my understanding I should be
    abble to use some modem for different computers. 

				    yilmaz
			    yilmaz@ists.engr.ucf.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: mzajac@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Michael Stephen Zajac)
Subject: powerbook100 by mail - missed the article
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 19:46:35 GMT

A colleague of mine just decided he would definately buy a 
Powerbook 100 for the Price Club price, but that darned article
has expired on our news server.

Can anyone please send the telephone # of the Price Club that
will sell them through the mail?

Thanks very much,

Michael Zajac (Dept of Landscape Architecture)
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2
phone:  (204) 474 6449
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: mstov@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (michael.p.stovsky)
Subject: Help!  Stubborn Disk Won't Spin Up 1 Last Time
Organization: AT&T
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 18:24:05 GMT

Help!

I thought I had nipped all of my problems in the bud.  My hard disk was 
beginning to have problems spinning up, so I ordered a new disk and planned
to my all of my data and programs from the old disk to the new one via a 
3-headed SCSI connector.  Well, the new disk arrived & I had assembled all of 
the cables (power cable with Y adaptor & appropriate SCSI cable).  Of course,
when I tried to get stuff moved over, the old disk refused to spin up.  I can't
believe that in the 5 or six years I had the disk, I booted it one time too
many!

Anyway, despite my pleadings, the old disk won't spin  up.  Nothing.  Nada.
Not a single sign of life.  Of course, I had everything backed up, right?  
Well, it turns out my backup set is missing some key data I need.

OK, here's my question.  Does anyone out there know a way to start up a disk
one last time?  I don't care if it won't start a second time, I jusst need to
get the data off & then I plan to throw it away.  (Semi destructive methods
are OK, as long as the data can be moved.)

The disk is a Seagate ST277N.  It's a 60 MB disk, that was set up internally
in a Mac II.  Its replacement is a 105 MB Quantum.  I still have all the 
cables etc. & am willing to do most reasonable sounding things.  

The symptoms it displayed before dying were that it didn't like to spin up.
Usually a couple of tries and a wap on the side (with the power off) were
sufficient to coax it back to life.  Not now!

Please send me any ideas or suggestions you have.  I'll summarize to the 
net, if things go well.

NOTE: my e-mail address is not the same as the return path for this posting!

Many thanks in advance!

	Michael

	mps@cbvox.att.com


From: dlc@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Dennis Clark)
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 14:37:12 GMT
Subject: Re: PB Information Summary *****
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware

  Thanks for the updates and Rumor mongering.  But I have one comment, please
don't use tabs for table making - your careful formatting is a complete hash
when I read it...

DLC
From: jeff@svl.cdc.com (Jeff Needham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: What to do with 256K SIMMS?
Date: 12 Aug 92 22:34:12 GMT




Another use: 

For people who need to install Rockets.  The Rocket prefers to have 2MB
on the motherboard.  By moving your 1MB Simms up onto the Rocket and
replacing them with 8 256Ks, the borg-ware (or is that wear ;-) is
once again permitted to live in "futile resistance".

jeff


--
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As we won't be needing reasons anymore" --- Eno/Cale
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From: jonas@isy.liu.se (Jonas Wallberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Dual PDS-slot in SE/30 ?
Date: 19 Aug 92 14:29:53 GMT
Reply-To: jonas@isy.liu.se
Organization: Linkoping University

Is there any problems to use (make) a dual slot adapter to
use inside a SE/30 except problems with the power supply or over heating ?
I have a vague memory about the power supply on the SE/30 !
I color card use around 4-5W and I think that there where
about 11W that could be used with the original power supply.
Is 7W enough for the Daystar Power Cach (40MHz) for example ?

---
Jonas Wallberg                  ! e-mail:   jonas@isy.liu.se
Dept of Electrical Engineering 
Linkoping University		
S-581 83 Linkoping SWEDEN
From: stricher@masig.fsu.edu (Char Aznabul)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Macs vs. PC's (or... I want the best of both worlds!)
Date: 20 Aug 92 22:01:06 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Murasami Labs

In article <92233.140635REE700A@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>, REE700A@MAINE.MAINE.EDU
wrote:
> 
> 
>    Flame retardant suit on?   Check!...

You better have...


> I understand a Quadra is a $10000 system!  For this, I can buy two (yes
> 2) 486/50 EISA systems with 676MB hard drives and truecolor video (on an
> NEC 3FGx)!  Come on Apple, your software is good but not that good.

Nobody is holding you back. Go and buy them, if you want. But don't whine
and moan that apple is not willing to meet *your* price expectations. You
state you bought a Classic II, but could have gotten a PC for an equivalent
price. Why didn't you? 

I suspect your answer is: because it will do what I want it to with a
minimum
of effort compared to it's competitors.

James
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: zaphod@bluemoon.rn.com (Peter Bierman)
Subject: Re: Video Toaster Comments
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 21:43:13 EDT

an780@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Travis Grundke) writes:

> 
>  If I'm not mistaken, NewTek makers of the famed Video Toaster will soon
> be releasing a version of the Toaster on NUBUS for the Macintosh.

I have a friend who is an Amiga _fanatic_, and I know quite a bit about 
NewTek and the Toaster. NewTek originally desinged the Toaster for the 
Mac. They felt that the Mac had a perfect user interface for such a 
product. Then when they did designs, they realized that the Toaster would 
end up being about $10,000. After this, the went to the Amiga. The Amiga's 
large number of graphics and audio coprocessors made the Toaster's task 
much easier.

In short, the Toaster (as we know it) is not just an I/O device. It 
_depends_ on the Amiga, that's why the so-called "Mac" version is just an 
Amiga driven by a Mac.

Don't get me wrong; I own two Mac's, and do lots of Mac programming. I 
love the Mac. But the Amiga is much better built for stuff like the 
toaster. This may change with the PowerPC, but I'm almost sure that there 
won't ever be a NuBus Toaster, without an Amiga as a coprocessor.


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outragous to post here.

IntNet:zaphod@bluemoon.rn.com    FutureNet: #33@#10
The Metropolis (614)-846-1911
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From: russ@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Sony 1304S monitor--less than $600?
Date: 17 Aug 92 17:07:27 CDT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

Can someone tell me where I can get a Sony 14" monitor--model 1304S
for less than $600? 

I'm not looking for a used model.  I'd like to find the name and phone
number of a mail order house where I can find this monitor at a good
price.

Post responses here or e-mail me and I'll post a summary.

Thanks,

Russ Paden
Internet: Russ@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Bitnet: Russ@ukanvax
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: ttak@ellis.uchicago.edu (toki  takeuchi)
Subject: VideoToaster!!!!!!!!!!!!! ecto
Reply-To: ttak@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 17:38:12 GMT

I NEED informationon the VideoToaster!  How much can I get it for?
Where?  Will it work with the Macintosh Quadra 950?

What are its pros and cons?  Is there better equipment than the Toaster?
I need near-broadcast quality or broadcase quality.

Will it work with 100 volt outlets in Japan?

Thanks.

Kenji Takeuchi
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
Subject: Re: Mac II differences
Originator: d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
	<ha#nk0a.bskendig@netcom.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 08:59:35 GMT

> bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig) writes:

   Hmm, lemme think.  This is all from memory, but here goes:

		   CPU	Speed	Coproc-		Int
   Machine	68xxx	(MHz)	essor?	Slots	mike?

   II		020	16	yes	6	no
   IIx		030	16	yes	6	no
   IIvi		030	16	no	3	yes
   IIcx		030	20	yes	3	no
   IIsi		030	20	no	1	yes
   IIci		030	25	yes	3	no
   IIvx		030	32	yes	3	yes
   IIfx		030	33	yes	6	no
			^^
The IIfx has a 40 MHz 030. It also has SCSI DMA for those lucky
enough to run A/UX.

-- 
- I have decided that it is not boxes but my lack of skill that's the problem.
- Traitor! This kind of attitude will get you nowhere around here. If you must
  know, it's not your boxes that are the problem, it's your lack of a
  sufficient number of boxes. Go out and buy something.
From: John_Shepardson.esh@qmail.slac.stanford.edu (John Shepardson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Sony 1304S monitor--less than $600?
Date: 21 Aug 92 17:29:41 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: slac

I found something really cool about my Sony 1304 monitor last week.  I
plugged it into a 16" card, and the monitor synched to the 16" mode! 

-------------------------------------------
John_Shepardson.esh@qmail.slac.stanford.edu
Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.hardware:15670 soc.rights.human:3122 alt.activism:15172 alt.co-ops:207
From: shena@haas.berkeley.edu (Shena C. Boswell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,soc.rights.human,alt.activism,alt.co-ops
Subject: Computer wanted for Non-profit group
Date: 20 Aug 92 22:52:44 GMT
Organization: Haas School of Business, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: haas.berkeley.edu

In order to improve our records and to keep up with the quantity of food
that we are distributing each week (over 3500 pounds) to needy families,
FREE the NEED is looking for a donation of a MACINTOSH SE-30 or better with
4 megabytes of memory.  We are also interested in higher-end PC's.  Any
type of computer donated would need to run Lotus/Excel, and a good
wordprocessing program.  

On behalf of needy people who receive surplus food and clothing through
FREE the NEED, we would like to ask for help in finding a computer for
administrating our programs.

FREE the NEED is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to redistributing
surplus produce, bread, dairy, and canned goods, along with clothing,
shoes, and other valuable goods.   Any donation would be federally tax
deductible.  Started in 1989, the food and clothing distribution program
has increased by over 300% in the last year alone.  It is imperative with the
strain of the current economy that people have increasing needs for any
surplus.

FREE the NEED is an all-volunteer organization that distributes food,
clothing, shoes, and other goods to needy families and to shelters in the
San Francisco, North Bay and Calistoga areas.  

FREE the NEED also welcomes donations of time, love, money, clothing,
food, or whatever.

Please contact Shena Boswell at shena@haas.berkeley.edu 
or call (415)337-7157.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: ferch@ucs.ubc.ca (Les Ferch)
Subject: Re: How to HIDE Files on a mac to prevent Piracy?
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 09:52:19 GMT

I'm not sure if I understand the exact need here, but a few very effective
techniques for keeping users from making unauthorized copies of software
are: 

1. If the software is on a local hard drive, use MacTools (I use version
1.2) FileEdit and click the "Protect" box on anything you don't want
copied. This technique won't stop people who have their own copy of
FileEdit, but it certainly stops Finder copying. 

2. If the software is on a Netware file server, use the CopyInhibit flag.
Perhaps other systems such as Appleshare Server and Banyan Vines can do
this too, but I don't use them, so I don't know. 

3. Use Keyserver from Sassafras Software. This product provides copy
protection (you can copy the programs, but they won't run on other Macs
unless you provide an authorized key). It also provides license control
by allowing you to limit the number of launches (keys) for any program.
Obviously most useful for a networked environment.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: zaphod@bluemoon.rn.com (Peter Bierman)
Subject: Re: How to HIDE Files on a mac to prevent Piracy?
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 92 00:34:17 EDT

ia4@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Imran Anwar) writes:

> Q. Any suggestions, and also: HOW TO MAKE FILES INVISIBLE eg a file in
> Preferences or Control Panels folder?

Yeah, but it's _too_ easy. Just go in with ResEdit and click the file's 
"invisible" bit. The problem is that almost any "power user" program will 
list invisible files in a SFGetFile box. Like CompactPro for example.


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outragous to post here.

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The Metropolis (614)-846-1911
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: peterbak@microsoft.com (Peter Bako)
Subject: How to post to binaries group?
Date: 13 Aug 92 18:56:20 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corp.
Keywords: posting, moderator?


I have a small application that I would like to post to
comp.binaries.mac, however that is a moderated group.  How
can I get in touch with the moderator, or better yet where
do I send my file?

Thanks,

Peter

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From: rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Richard Sucgang)
Subject: Re: How to HIDE Files on a mac to prevent Piracy?
Reply-To: rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Richard Sucgang)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 20:37:56 GMT

In article <1992Aug15.065903.25124@news.columbia.edu> ia4@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Imran Anwar) writes:
>I have spent a lot of effort and time to develop a solution to a communications
>problem/need and now face a quandry.
>
>While I do NOT want to limit users with the hassle of copy protection,
>keys eyc.  I do want to protect my s/ware.  There are two ways I feel

>I therefore think that one simple solution would be to install the software
>and my Macros in the user's machine BUT to make some of the files (eg
>Macros, Scripts) INVISIBLE to the user.  So even if someone copies files they 
>are likely to miss the INVISIBLE files (that are essential for the 

>Preferences or Control Panels folder?
>
[some stuff deleted]

Check out either the MacUser Security Kit or FileKit, both available on sumex.
the Macuser Kit is free, I assume, since no payment info came with it.
Personally, FileKit is better, IMHO, because it allows you to modify 
a lot more attributes, plus it works on whole folders. But it is shareware.

Just someone who has tried some stuff. Liked it, but don't need it. :)



-rich
Richard Sucgang  : Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology Columbia University
(sucgang@cuhhca.hhmi.columbia.edu | rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu)
"...Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, individually, collectively or otherwise." 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.databases
From: djwiebe@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Darren J. Wiebe)
Subject: Re: Another FileMaker Pro question
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 22:15:38 GMT

In <1992Aug15.213459.13281@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> geoffb@coos.dartmouth.edu (Geoff Bronner) writes:

>In <1992Aug14.090939.14131@nntp.uoregon.edu> srussell@cie.uoregon.edu (Steven Russell) writes:

>>Ok, here's another question:  I want to be able to create a field
>>that adds values from two other fields.  If field "A" contains the
>>value 20, and field "B" contains 17, I want my proposed field to
>>become 37.  So far, this is trivial, but I would like this same field
>>to be selectable for manual data entry if both fields "A" and "B" are
>>undefined.  If this is not possible, I will settle for having the
>>field be selectable for data entry without depending on the values in
>>fields "A" and "B".  Is this possible, or am I asking too much?  I've
>>looked through the manual for help with this, but haven't found a way
>>to make it work.

>The only way you could do this would be to define your proposed field as a
>calculation field, let the calculation run, and thenb redefine it as a
>number field. But you would have to re-run the calculation on an irregular
>basis.
>geoffb@Dartmouth.EDU - Computing Support Consultant, Tuck School of Business

Huh???
 
Truthfully, the only way to accomplish this is as follows:
 
Field A & B are numbers
Field W = A + B (Calculation)
Field X = Number field with auto-increment serial number (Start at say 1)
Field Y = Number field with defined values of 0 and 50000 (arbitrary but large)
dfg
:wq
Field Z = X + Y
 
 
Field C = Number field which looks up within the same file and copies the
          contents of W into C when a new value in Z matches a value in X
 
In this case if you define Y as radio buttons and size the box so you can't
see the 0 and 50000, you have a little toggle switch to perform the lookup, so
you can type in field C, but whenever you toggle, the value will be replaced
with the actual calculation...
 
There are a couple ways to make it work a bit easier, but they are more complica
ted in the formula's and require a special procedure when entering data, this is
the most user friendly way...
 
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