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From: dholmes@netcom.com (Dennis Holmes)
Subject: Re: LaserWriter LS - Paper Curls
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 01:28:37 GMT

zisk@adobe.com (Stephen Zisk) writes:

>I missed the start of this thread, so feel free to flame me if I miss
>the point. One problem you might check is the paper. The fusing roller
>(run by an ordinary heating element, *not* the low-power imaging laser)
>has to get the paper/toner very hot to melt the toner. If you are using
>cheap paper with high moisture content, the moisture will be driven out
>and the paper will curl a lot. If you switch to "higher grade" or
>copier-rated paper, it will not curl much. The LS uses the same Canon
>engine as lots of other 4 PPM printers (Laserwriter NTR, HP LJIIIP,
>DEClaser 1152, etc), and is a reliable engine. I have one on my desk
>and have no curl problems at all.

Specifically, what kind of paper do you use?  I have Xerox 4200 DP 20 lb.,
and it was around $2.50/ream I think, about the cheapest I could find.  The
label bills it as "the most versatile paper you can use, from copying to
electronic printing."  Sounds pretty copier-rated to me.  As I said in
another ravel of this thread, I have curl problems which are mostly
tolerable but still a little annoying.  The highly rated, more expensive,
and coated (as I discovered after purchase) "laser paper" would form itself
into a tube after printing.  I found it completely unsuitable for its
advertised purpose and returned it.
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From: Duane Clark <duane@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: How do you set up a LocalTalk net b/t 2 Macs???
Date: 26 Jan 1993 01:17:07 GMT
Organization: Jet Propulsion Labs
Distribution: world
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In article <1993Jan25.075421.26585@mic.ucla.edu> Chad Jones,
cjones@physci.ucla.edu writes:
>>For the LocalTalk connection I've tried both PowerUser LocalTalk
>>connectors from MacConnection and PhoneNet-type connectors (obviously
>>I didn't try to combine the two types of connectors).  I've plugged 
>>the connetors into the Printer ports on both computers (I've also
>>tried the Modem port, but that shouldn't work, right?).
>
>Did you terminate the extra port on each PhnoNet connector?  You should
>have gotten an RJ-11 plug with a 120 ohm resistor across two of the
>contacts that you use as a terminator.
>
>Also, make sure you have LocalTalk selected in the network control panel.

And be sure you make Appletalk active in the Chooser.
From: jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: PB180 vs. NEC4FG (16" rez)
Date: 29 Jan 93 00:27:43 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: USC-ISI


Well, after much ado with NEC about the 4FG and PB180 (both of which
support the 16" resolution of 832x624), it seems there's no way to
actually drive the monitor from the PB because of... the connector.

Seems the sense pins pon the connector say "I'm a Macintosh Hi-Res
Display!" and so it gets driven at the 13" resolution.

"Any other connectors out there?"  I ask.  "Nope," he answers.  "Plan
to make a new one soon?" I query.  "Nope," he says.

Sheesh.

Does anyone know where I can get a 16" connector for a NEC 4FG?

(P.S.  The *last* time I called NEC about this, they said "Just change
the resolution in the MOnitors control panel -- the PB180 doesn't use
sense pin technology"  This time, they tell me "I don't know who could
have told you that, but they were dead wrong.")

jas


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From: lkimes@alshain.usc.edu (Lance 'Moof' Kimes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Quadra 700 questions..
Date: 28 Jan 1993 11:08:06 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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In article <1993Jan28.130909.27250@pcnntp.apple.com>, Dale_Adams@gateway.qm.apple.com (Dale Adams) writes:
|> In article <John_Shepardson.esh-270193134043@moose.slac.stanford.edu> 
|> John_Shepardson.esh@qmail.slac.stanford.edu (John Shepardson) writes:
|> > Here is an old posting by the original Quadra video engineer:
|> > Hey Dale, think you might update us for the 950 and on?
|> 
|> Apple Developer Support will soon be publishing a TechNote which is 
|> basically an updated version of my original posting.  It will include 
|> information on the Q950, although there are really only a few differences:
|> 
|>  - 1024 x 768 monitor support
|>        - 75 Hz vert. scan, 60 kHz horiz. scan
|>        - sense line wiring: connect pin 4 to pin 7 (but not to gnd), leave 
|>          pin 10 unconnected
|> 
|>  - 16 bpp support on all displays, including the 21" (providing you have 
|>    enough VRAM - 2 MB is required for 16 bpp on 19" and 21" displays)
|> 
|>  - Q950 requires 80 ns VRAM - the earlier Quadras required 100 ns 
|> 
|>  - it's faster, too, of course  ;-)
|> 
|> - Dale Adams
|>   Apple Computer, Inc.

What are the VRAM requirements to run 16bpp on a 16" display and 13" for
the 950?


Lance Kimes
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: gaia@wam.umd.edu (L. Anathea Brooks)
Subject: PB 145 is Really a 140???
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 13:17:36 GMT

Hi,

I have a PB 145. The other day I read that Apple had shipped some 
145's with 140 motherboards. So I got to testing...

Speedometer give a reading of slightly more than 5. 

There is NO option to change the speed in the Battery control panel.

Edison says the machine is running at 25 megahertz.

The "about Mac" says I have a 140.

Speedometer says I have a 140.

All this info is contradictory. HOW CAN I BE SURE I WAS NOT RIPPED OFF??

I DON'T want to open the case.

Brooks
From: micj@origen.math.earlham.edu (Mic Jackson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: NeXT (Was: Power PC/68060/Taligent/Windows NT)
Keywords: conclusion?
Date: 25 Jan 93 18:51:16 GMT
Distribution: usa

In article <C19JIx.86B.1@cs.cmu.edu>  writes:
> 
> I found out something interesting from the Cursor_ (CMU's Computing
> Services Newsletter):
> 	"In addition to issues of support and configuration,
> 	our study showed that NeXT computers in our public
> 	cluster are used much less than any other systems in
> 	the clusters (e.g., Macintoshes, DECstations).
> 	Furthermore, NeXT computer use in that cluster has
> 	declined this year, whereas use on all other systems
> 	in public clusters has increased."
> 
> Draw your own conclusions from this.  I think they're pretty obvious.
> -- 
> I would conclude that the NeXT's are probably not set up too well.  Our  
experience has been different.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,alt.cd-rom
From: baron@insane.sanders.lockheed.com (Robert P. Baron)
Subject: Re: Questions on Apple CD300 Drive
Organization: Information Systems Division, Lockheed Sanders
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 13:27:11 GMT

In article <1993Jan21.124843.6710@desire.wright.edu> cse0603@desire.wright.edu writes:

>Hello

>        When is the Apple CD300 EXTERNAL cdrom drive going to be available?
>The dealers I've talked to have no info on it (not even price).  Anyone know
>the following details:

>        1. Price without Educational discount?
>        2. Price with educational discount?
>        3. Availability (ship?) date?
>        4. Disks included?
>        5. Cables included?
>        6. Driver software included?
>        7. Multisession Photo CD compatable?
>        8. Do I need system 7 to run it?

>        Would I be better off with the Toshiba 3401 for $679 or the NEC CDR74
>for $659?  Are these better drives?  Does their performance outweigh the
>benefits of having an Apple Drive (ie long term support of the product)?

>Any and all input appreciated.

>-Steve
>cse0603@desire.wright.edu

>Wright State University
I've had no luck with the local (Nashua, NH) Apple dealers here also. I was 
able to order one from the University of NH, since I have a daughter going 
there, for $545.00. [NOTE: UNH's educational discounts aren't as good as 
some larger universities.]. It comes with a power cord, 6 CD ROM disks, and 
driver software. It is Multisession Photo CD compatible (it uses the new 
Sony mechanism), has a front panel headphone jact and volume control as well 
as RCA jacks in the back for audio purposes. You have to buy your own SCSI 
cable ($15.00). Considering that the local Apple dealer is charging $599.00 
for the older CD 150, I think I got a good price. Delivery is listed as 2 
weeks. Its been one week since I ordered it so I'll expect it next week.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: kthompso@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Kevin Thompson)
Subject: Re: Latest Prices
Organization: NASA/ARC Information Sciences Division
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 23:09:31 GMT

In article <82084@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt4997b@prism.gatech.EDU (hamza benamar) writes:
>
>	Here are the prices, educational must I add, at the GTech
>  computer store :

What's really amazing to me is how inconsistent these all are from school to
school.  I don't have the time nor inclination to type in tons of these, but
here's some examples, from the Stanford guide dated 12/31/92

>        IISI 5/80               : $1095
Stanford $1379
>        IIVX 5/80/CD w/ 1Mb VRAM: $2715
Stanford $2630
>        PB145 4/80              : $2125
Stanford $2004
>        PB160 4/80              : $2360
Stanford $2236
>        PB180 4/80              : $3475
Stanford $3584

It's just really strange that Stanford is *so* much less, than both the
market and Georgia Tech, on some machines, yet more than GT on others.  And
both schools have far better prices than UC-Irvine, which is where I'm a
student (sigh, that's why I bought mine on the open market).

Kevin Thompson

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: ray@netcom.com (Ray Fischer)
Subject: Re: 2m vram = faster 16 bit display ?
Organization: Netcom. San Jose, California
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 18:01:16 GMT

a-kraus@uiuc.edu (Albert L. Kraus) writes ...
>I have 1m vram and Iwould like to know if my diplay faster in 16 bit mode
>if I upgrade to 2meg vram ?

I'll answer your question, but first you're going to get flamed.

Beleive it or not, damn few of us are psychics and are pretty poor at
mind-reading.  That, combined with the fact that Apple has produced
several dozens different models of Macs makes it more than a wee bit
difficult to divine just which one you're talking about.  In the
future, when you ask such question make sure to let people know what
computer you're using, what monitor, and what version of the operating
system.

As for the answer:  No.

And yes, it is the correct answer, and no I'm not going to explain.
Assume I'm one of the few psychic ones.

-- 
Ray Fischer                   "Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth
ray@netcom.com                 than lies."  -- Friedrich Nietszsche
From: f2ehg786@umiami.ir.miami.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Off the wall HP DeskWriter question
Date: 25 Jan 93 18:17:08 EST
Organization: Univ of Miami IR

This is an out_of_left_field question but...does anyone know if HP will be
upgrading the DeskWriter in any way in the next 3 to 6 months. In particular,
I'm wondering if perhaps HP plans to increase the resolution of the DW's output
to say, 360 or 400 dpi?

Note that I have no basis for this question. I'm just planning to buy a DW in
the near future and want to know if I should hold off a bit. Seems to me that
by increasing the DW's output quality HP could pull the rug right out from
underneath the SW ][, thus making it a logical marketing move. OTOH, maybe they
wouldn't want to lure potential buyers of lower end HP laser printers away from
the higher priced products.

Rumors, comments (and even flames) welcome.

Bill

Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.hardware:26637 comp.sys.mac.system:16525
From: dstrout@sun.rest.tasc.com. (Dave Strout)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: One use for the extra HD space on a duo....
Date: 22 Jan 1993 12:02:32 GMT
Organization: TASC
Distribution: usa
Reply-To: dstrout@sun.rest.tasc.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: uranus.rest.tasc.com

All--

I have a Duo 230 4/120.  Fired up Apple HD SC Setup, there was 8MB wasted!   
Didn't want to go through the pain of a full dump & re-format (plus there  
has been the talk of Don't Do This!!!).  So I got a 3rd party HD toolkit ,  
and made a 2nd hfs partiton out of the 8MB.  It's a perfect place to put  
my swap file.

Wins:
8MB more on my main partiton (since the swapfile is gone)
I saved 800K in my running system (2500K -> 1700) by using the 3rd party  
scsi driver

Loses:
I now have 2 HD icons taking up space on my desktop.
I will still have to deal with the "re-format into one big happy drive"  
problem when my 8MB ram kit comes in (and thus I can turn off vm).


FYI,

dave.
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It's easier to make a 4 inch mirror then a 6 inch mirror
than it is to make a 6 inch mirror.
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From: jgraham@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (the End)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Street Fighter
Date: 25 Jan 93 18:55:00 GMT
Organization: Indiana University






Hellcats Over the Pacific.
From: tal691@huxley.anu.edu.au (Tonio Loewald)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: LC to LC III upgrade?
Date: 21 Jan 93 09:51:58 GMT
Organization: Australian National University
NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.203.2.12

m92pbo@tdb.uu.se (Peter Borken) writes:

>The main difference between LC and LC II is that LC II has a 68030 16MHz(?)
>but the same data path; 16bit... The difference between LC II and LC III is 
>(what I now about...) that the LC III has a 32bit data path, but the same CPU(?)
>... This makes the LC III much faster than the LC and the LC II.

>		/Peter (m92pbo@tdb.uu.se)

MacWeek also said that the LCIII would be 25MHz. 

Now, it's a numer III. What's gonna be wrong with it? :)

(Superstition is a wonderful thing.)

Tonio

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"Yes!! For the hundred and fiftieth time!
 We're burning in hell!!!" (John Callahan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: smisra@eos.ncsu.edu (SAURABH MISRA)
Subject: Macintosh IIsi Sale: $1550.
Keywords: Housing, Former Internal Hard Disk
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:15:32 GMT

Posting for a friend:

Brand new Macintosh IIsi 5/80 for Sale:

Includes System 7 complete with manuals.  Software box is unopened and
still in seal.  All boxes and in virtually new condition.
Includes new Extended Keyboard. $60 off if only regular keyboard wanted.

IIsi 5/80 by  itself:  $1500
With Apple 14 Inch Trinitron:  $1950
With Apple 12 Inch:  $1650.

Relatively new copy of Word with all manuals only with purchase:  $70
Relatively new copy of MathCAD for Mac only with purchase: $50.
MathCAD is a $495 piece of software normally.

Please reply via email.

Thanks.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: casgrain@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Casgrain Philippe)
Subject: Re: Accelerating an SE by upgrading the 68000 to 16mhz?
Organization: Universite de Montreal
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 15:08:45 GMT

In article <C1I38x.F1E@ccu.umanitoba.ca> John Andrusiak <umandru1@umanitoba.ca> writes:
>In article <1k3pmsINNmq9@moe.ksu.ksu.edu> Chandima Cumaranatunge,
>chan@matt.ksu.ksu.edu writes:
>>"you could just accellerate the 68000 chip in your SE from 8mhz to 16mhz
>>That would make it as fast as the SE/30 in the lab.  This would cost
>>approximately 150 dollars US, but it is alot cheaper than adding a 68020
>>or 68030!"

>>
>>I need to speed up an SE which is being used as a file server (using
It's _not_ as fast as an SE/30.  The SE/30 is about 4x the speed of a Plus;
I upgraded my Plus with a Brainstorm Accelerator (basically what you
describe), and while it is now twice as fast, it's still only half the speed
of my SE/30.

>>Can the local Mac agent install the new processor?
The Brainstorm Accelerator is a custom 16MHz 68000 that 'takes over' the
original 68000.  It is original in that it also has a 16 MHz bus, meaning
that _everything_ is twice as fast.  At $249, that's the most 'bang for
the buck' I've seen for a Plus.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: apollo@r-node.pci.on.ca (Andrew P. Herdman)
Subject: Upgrading SE/30
Organization: R-node Public Access Unix - 1 416 249 5366
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 23:21:35 GMT

After reading about everyone hacking their si's and ci's to bits
upgrading them with a faster oscillator, I began to wonder if that is
possible on my se/30.  Today I was doing a little PM on the machine, so
it was ripped right down.  On the mother board their are 3 oscillators.
Y1 is the real-time clock, Y2 is the main 31.xxxx oscillator.  And Y3 is
an unknown XTAL whose frequency I couldn't determine.  Now I was
wondering if anyone knew what circuitry other than the 68030 and 68882
are run off the main (Y2) Xtal.  Do the serial drivers use it.  This is
my biggest fear.  If the serial drivers use the main Xtal, they may
become useless to me which I cannot have.  If anyone knows anything
about the se/30 hardware.  I would love to hear from you via e-mail.

Thanks.....      Andrew

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: billy@irvine.com (*** Bouncer **)
Subject: Re: PB Back Door
Organization: Irvine Compiler Corp., Irvine, California, USA
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 01:05:56 GMT

>The one on my 160 stopped latching rather quickly.  It seems to work
>merely on friction of the bump in the tab in the slot.
>
>My repair was to take a bit of "PoserTack" a sticky yellow adhesive
>that is sold in stationary stores fro putting pictures and such on
>walls, and put it above the tab.  Sticks just fine.  Opens easily.
>
>Other people have just removed the door.

That's what I ended up doing.  The little "feet" that stick out into the
notches end up wearing out fairly quickly.
-- Billy@irvine.com
From: wagner@grace.math.uh.edu (David Wagner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Motorola's 68060 for the Mac
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Date: 21 Jan 93 08:54:37
Organization: UH Dept of Math
	<1993Jan18.024452.20791@bilby.cs.uwa.edu.au> <mhk=Av+@engin.umich.edu>
	<noah-200193075654@noah.apple.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: grace.math.uh.edu
In-reply-to: noah@apple.com's message of 20 Jan 93 16:14:40 GMT

"Noah" == Noah Price <noah@apple.com> writes:

Noah> I recently got the Fall 92 issue of a little newsletter called
Noah> "68K Connection."  It says Vol 1 Issue 1, so I guess it's the
Noah> first.  In any case, they had a table summarizing the M68000
Noah> family.  It had columns for 68000, 68020, 68030, 68040, and
Noah> 68060.

Noah> In that table, they listed the following info about the 060.
Noah> I'm sure this has all been published before, but here it is
Noah> straight from a public Moto brochure.

Noah>	MIPS 100+ (vs. 39 for the 040) 
Noah>	MFLOPS 12 (vs. 3.5 for the 040)

We hear this 3-3.5 MFLOP number for the 040 frequently, but
has anybody achieved this with a real Quadra (or even a 
real NextStation) and a real fortran or C compiler?  The best
I've seen is 1.6 MFLOPs (This was for a 25 MHz Radius Rocket.
The benchmark was compiled and run for me by Absoft.)

The benchmark that I ran was not the standard LINPACK benchmark,
but involved a conjugate-gradients solver for a large sparse 
matrix.  It's more memory-access intensive than the standard LINPACK
benchmark, so a Quadra with an external cache might do much better.

David H. Wagner
You didn't hear it from me!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: melbohn@cwis.unomaha.edu (Mel Bohn)
Subject: Re: New Apple Products in Feb 10
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 02:59:20 GMT

eabu288@orion.oac.uci.edu (Alvin) writes:

>I have heard many people talking about the new products from apple will be
>released on Feb 10.  Would someone please give me a list or brief
>description of these new products?


I too am interested in this because I have ordered an LCII on the 
educators' discount plan.  I want to know if the proposed 25mhz LCIII
will accept an Apple II card.  It is important to me to have Apple II
compatibility.  So far, I have not seen anything specific on this.  A
sales rep from our local supplier questioned whether the LC III would
have the Apple II card feature.

I have to make a decision ASAP as to whether or not to cancell the LCII
order and go for the LCIII.  If anyone knows anything substantial, 
please post the information to this newsgroup.

Thanks
--

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       voice: (402) 554-2220              fax:   (402) 554-3215
                  address: melbohn@cwis.unomaha.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: awg0971@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Subject: Redmann Cable?
Reply-To: awg0971@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 23:54:58 GMT

Anyone know the phone # for Redmann Cable? Please reply via e-mail.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: a-kraus@uiuc.edu (Albert L. Kraus)
Subject: Quadra 950 and MIDI
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: PES
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 20:01:37 GMT

I have problems getting my Qudra 950 and MIDI to work.
I would like to know if somebody has a similar setup running? 


Thanks!
Have a nice day!
From: maurices@spock.dis.cccd.edu (Maurice Shihadi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Need 1.44 used internal drive for SE/30.
Date: 27 Jan 1993 03:32:22 GMT
Organization: Coast Community College District, Costa Mesa, CA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: spock.dis.cccd.edu

Subject says it all.  The SE/30's Roms will support the drive
and I'd like to use my VISA to make the purchase.
Any referals?


maurices


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