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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: memory miracle ?
From: wiesmann@uni2a.unige.ch
Date: 11 Jan 93 11:01:37 +0200
Organization: University of Geneva, Switzerland

In article <1993Jan8.151320.46228@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, model03@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (John Deke) writes:
> In article <1993Jan8.171455.1590@uni2a.unige.ch>, wiesmann@uni2a.unige.ch writes:
>> Hello,
>> 	I've recently found 4 4Megs Simms, I had a SE30 with 8Megs 
>> (8 1 Megs Simms) so I took out 4 1 Megs Simms and plugged in the 4
>> Megs Simms, and now my computer tells me he has 32 Megs of memory and 
>> he works fine, but I'd like to know if:
>> a) did I put 7 Megs Simms in my computer (if they exist)
>> b) did I put 8 Megs Simms in my computer (then where are the 4 remaining
>> 					  Megs)
>> c) was it a act of God ???
>> 
>> Thanks in advance
>> 
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Millions of Lemmings cannot be wrong
>> 				throw yourself off a cliff
>> Matthias Wiesmann@uni2a.unige.ch
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
> 
> Can you actually use all 32 MB of memory? If you can, then are you using 
> any virtualy memory? If you're actually able to use all 32 MB and you're not
> using any virtual memory, then I'd say you shouldn't look a gift SIMM in the 
> mouth :-)
>  
No virtual memory I don't even have enought disk space to run a 32Megs 
Virtual Memory

Wiesmann@uni2a.unige.ch

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: cmmiller@iastate.edu (Chad M. Miller)
Subject: Re: IIsi Oscillator Upgrades: Still Going???
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 05:02:21 GMT

My 25 MHz IIsi is still going strong (fast) as ever.  I did the
upgrade about 3 months ago and so far, only more speed and no
problems.  My machine has System 7.0.1 w/ tuneup, a nubus adaptor
w/FPU.  I often leave it on for two or three days at a time.  I did
install a heat sink but only out of caution.  The machine worked fine
for the first month without it and the CPU really never got hot at
all.  

Long term problems??  If three months is long term, than no.  

Later

Chad




Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: hcb@world.std.com (Howard C Berkowitz)
Subject: Re: PowerBook Memory
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 21:07:09 GMT

In article <19261@mindlink.bc.ca> Daryl_Spitzer@mindlink.bc.ca (Daryl Spitzer) writes:
>I'm looking at expanding my PowerBook 170 to 8Mb...so I'm pricing
>6Mb SIMMs.  Any recommendations or advice?


I immediately upgraded my 145 to 8MB with an in-store brand.  My regret,
however, is that I did not look farther at things to be added WITH
the memory, such as a video adapter or modem.   In retrospect,
I would have done so; I've spent too much on memory to throw it away.


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: RHTR70@waccvm.corp.mot.com (Mark Swenson)
Subject: Re: Which inkjet should I buy?
Organization: Motorola
Date: 7 Jan 1993 18:54:55 MST


dowling@hubcap.clemson.edu (Drew Dowling) writes:

:>4.    When will the Stylwriter II be released, and how will it differ from
:>    the current model?

:It was announced today.  It is grey scale, and faster, and lookes cool (all
:one piece). It also is almost the same price.  I havn't had a chance to look

Same price as the Stylewriter?

:closely but we have one and the output is great.

How does the size of the Stylewriter II compare with the Stylewriter?
Bigger, smaller, the same?


Mark Swenson
TOHOKU SEMICONDUCTOR CORP., Sendai, Japan
(A Motorola/Toshiba joint venture company)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: yancm@engin.umich.edu (Eugene Harold Mcnay Ii)
Subject: Educational Pricing - info saught
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 93 11:07:30 EST
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
Distribution: usa

I am looking at buying a mac so i can (primarilly) write
my thesis. I seem to be in the market for a IIci or a IIvx.

My university seems to have crummy edu prices and very limited
selection. (No IIvx available) Is there any other way I can get
educational prices? Is ther any policy in place by mac re educational 
pricing and availability?

Frustrated and anxious,
gene
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: abl9y@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Andrew B. Lederman)
Subject: Upgrade SE ---> SE/30?
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 20:37:23 GMT

I have an SE with a faulty logic board and was thinking of replacing it.

Can I sijmply buy an SE/30 logic board from a repair place and along with an FDHD to replace my 800k drive and have an SE/30 instead?

The reason I ask is theat SE/30 logic boards seem to be about the same price
as SE logic boards (+ or - $100).  Will this work?

Thanks,

Andrw

abl9y@virginia.edu
From: jmunkki@vipunen.hut.fi (Juri Munkki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,ubc.macintosh
Subject: Re: PowerBook data/fax modem
Date: 10 Jan 93 01:12:00 GMT
Reply-To: jmunkki@vipunen.hut.fi (Juri Munkki)
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology

In article <1inn7kINNnga@skeena.ucs.ubc.ca> mathew@unixg.ubc.ca (Mathew Englander) writes:
>When Apple announced its "Express Modem" in October, it said it would
>only work on the new models: PB160 and PB180 (maybe the Duos too). However,
>Two dealers have told me that the new modem will be compatible with my
>PB140. Is this true? and if so, why would Apple have announced the contrary?

It's not true. If the dealers had read the developer notes for the 160 and
180, they would know that the new modem will require the new modem interface.
The old interface was just a serial port in disguise. The new one is different.

For anyone really curious about the PowerBooks (and other new Apples),
I highly recommend the developer notes that can be found on the Develop CD.

-- 
  Juri Munkki					       Windsurf: fast sailing
 jmunkki@hut.fi					      Macintosh: fast software
From: ibhan@husc8.harvard.edu (Ishir Bhan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: YES THE IIVXcd WILL DRIVE THE 16" MONITOR!!!!!!!
Date: 11 Jan 93 17:30:04 GMT

zimmy@kalman.eng.ohio-state.edu (Michael Zimmerman) writes:

>I thought the IIvx was "advertised" to drive a 16" at 16bits with additional
>VRAM added after initial purchase.  You are saying this is not true?!??!

No offense, but you thought wrong.  Apple's ad doesn't say so, certainly. 
Perhaps you're thinking of the DuoDock?  
-- 
               -  Ishir Bhan -  ibhan@husc.harvard.edu  - 
                                     - - - 
           "The sky and the impossible explode..." -The Cure
From: eckman@stein.u.washington.edu (John Eckman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Duo HD problems: HELP
Date: 11 Jan 1993 17:21:38 GMT
Organization: University of Washington
NNTP-Posting-Host: stein.u.washington.edu

lau@aerospace.aero.org (David Lau) writes:





















>	Come to think of it.  I did reformat my drive to utilize all of the HD
>instead
>of the 3 Meg of free space that Apple leaves....  Hmmmm  I wonder if that
>has anything to do with my HD crashes on my Duo....  Can anyone comment on
this?

Well, the February MacWorld had a blurb on freeing up the Apple_free partition.

Basically, back up the drive, reboot with the Disk Tools disk,  click on 
partition, then click on custom.  Select the name of your current Hard Drive
volume, and select remove.  This gives you a warning dialogue,  click OK. 
(You did back up, right?)
THe just drag through the grey area to create a new volume, which can include   the "free" space.

I got 7 Meg on a IIsi with a 160M hard drive this way, your mileage may very.

(The article is on pg.278 of February MacWorld)

John Eckman

eckman@u.washington.edu or  jeckman@dehpost.sphcm.washington.edu
From: rene.vega@ivorytower.amdahl.com (Rene' A. Vega)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Duo HD problems: HELP
Date: 12 Jan 93 21:11:27 GMT
Reply-To: rene.vega@ivorytower.amdahl.com (Rene' A. Vega)
Organization: Amdahl Corporation

>	Come to think of it.  I did reformat my drive to utilize all of the HD
>instead
>of the 3 Meg of free space that Apple leaves....  Hmmmm  I wonder if that
>has anything to do with my HD crashes on my Duo....  Can anyone comment on
this?

My Duo 210 also sufferred HD crashes in its factory configured state. It had 
to be sent *twice* to Apple repair before they finally found an HD that 
worked. On the first return from Apple repair, the Duo lasted all of ten 
minutes before the newly replaced HD developed extreme soft I/O errors that 
eventually shifted to permanent errors. 

It seems to me that the HDs are voltage sensitve, the problems on my Duo were 
worst when it was plugged in.

Anyway, I'm on my third 80Mb HD, and it seems to be OK now.

Good luck!

Rene' A. Vega    
Computer & System Architecture
*** My opinions, not my employer's ***
From: dkmiller@unixg.ubc.ca (Derek K. Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Recommendations on hard drives.
Date: 5 Jan 1993 20:18:37 GMT
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
NNTP-Posting-Host: unixg.ubc.ca

I'm in the market for a new hard drive. The old 40MB on my IIcx is, (a)
too small, and (b) having stiction problems. I'm looking for something
in the 100MB range, and am wondering about relative prices (I'm in Canada,
so I'll assume inflated exchange etc.) and reliability of various models.
I'd probably prefer an internal drive, but exterbal SCSI devices interest me
too. I want to know which brands and/or models you recommend, and bit
about speeds and reliability.

Thanks muchly.

Mail or post; it's up to you.

      :=:=> Derek K. Miller                 dkmiller@unixg.ubc.ca
      Researcher, Alma Mater Society        thegrodd@tz.ucs.sfu.ca
      University of British Columbia, Canada
From: hcrain@convex.csd.uwm.edu (Helen C Crain)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Recommendations/warnings re mouse alternative?
Date: 4 Jan 1993 15:45:34 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Reply-To: hcrain@convex.csd.uwm.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.30
Originator: hcrain@convex.csd.uwm.edu

From article <1993Jan4.001655.20080@news.acns.nwu.edu>, by golub@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Robert Golub):
> Does anyone have any particular recommendations or know of particular
> problems with any trackballs or non-Apple mice?
> 
I have a MouseSystems trackball.  My fingers took a while to
get coordinated enough to make it precise and accurate.
That's happened.  However, I've developed pains in my hand
and knuckles that the rheumatologist says is due to using
the trackball.
-- 
Helen C. Crain             hcrain@convex.csd.uwm.edu 
UWMilwaukee Nursing                   Wisconsin, USA
"There is more of good nature than good sense at the
bottom of most marriages"    HD Thoreau
Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.hardware:25574 comp.sys.mac.comm:12777
From: gt1086c@prism.gatech.EDU (Gregory Glockner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Best Powerbook modem
Keywords: powerbook modem
Date: 9 Jan 93 03:40:35 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In article <1993Jan8.183911.29614@cirrus.com> brian@cirrus.com (Brian Feinberg) writes:
>
>Does anyone know what is supposed to be the best Powerbook fax/modem?
>I've heard of Global Village's PowerPort Gold, and PSI's Powermodem (I think)
>but haven't heard anything about which is supposed to be better, more
> reasonably priced, etc.

I just saw ads for a Supra 14.4 internal fax/modem for $300 from
Mac Zone.  I'm not sure if it is v.32bis/v.42bis, though.

Gregory Glockner                            glockner @ isye.gatech.edu
Graduate Research Assistant                  gt1086c @ prism.gatech.edu
Computational Optimization Center
School of ISyE, Georgia Inst. of Technology          (404) 634-8855 (h)
From: em31+@andrew.cmu.edu (Eric Andrew Morgan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Duo Display Questions
Date: 11 Jan 93 13:19:21 GMT
Organization: Senior, Psychology, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

I just got my Duo 230 last week and have a few questions about the display.
 
I've read posts that mention backgrounds that do a better job of
preventing the cursor from disappearing, etc.  Which backgrounds are
these?
 
Also, on my display, if there is a window on the screen, the part of the
screen above it and somewhat to the sides is darker.  This is fairly
distracting.  Others have mentioned brightness and contrast settings
that are ideal, I haven't found the right ones yet.  Are these darker
patches and the resulting lines through my display normal? or is there a
problem?  Sometimes these darker patches are two large squares in the
upper half of the screen with a lighter space between them.  Sound
familiar?
  
--Eric

Eric Andrew Morgan
Psychology Department(Cognitive Science), Class of '93
Carnegie Mellon University
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig)
Subject: Re: Mobius Speedster '040
Organization: Starfleet Headquarters: San Francisco
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 21:15:24 GMT

hulsej@lclark.edu (Jose Hulse) writes:
>What's all this jazz about an '040 accelerator being offered with/without
>FPU?  I thought that the '040 processor had the FPU built in... am I on
>drugs or what?

The 68040 chip has a built-in math coprocessor, but there's also a
68LC040 that doesn't have an on-board math coprocessor and is
therefore simpler, smaller, and cheaper.  I've heard that a 68LC040 at
25MHz is still 70% faster than a 68030 at 33MHz.

-- 
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/_/_/  bskendig@netcom.com                de ceux que j'ai vus; j'ose croire
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: dholmes@netcom.com (Dennis Holmes)
Subject: Re: Does memory help in Personal Laserwriter LS?
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 02:00:35 GMT

bwalls@eng.auburn.edu (Bryan K. Walls) writes:

>I have a Personal Laserwriter LS with the 512K memory they come with.
>I'm somewhat confused from some conflicting info I got when the newest
>driver came out (7.2). I heard that it allows full size printing on
>legal sized paper (if you choose "Use larger print area") without expanding
>the memory. It was also _implied_ that since the new driver it doesn't even
>help to add memory anymore.
...

How can I get the 7.2 driver?  Apple's ftp site doesn't seem to have it;
even their upgrade order form is outdated.  I've been annoyed about not
being able to print on any respectable portion of a legal page.

Also, can the LS's memory be upgraded with a regular SIMM, or is Apple's kit
required?  My information is admittedly a little out of date, but I think
the Apple option runs a good bit higher than current memory prices.

Thanks!

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: bach@brahms.udel.edu (Baskaran Subramaniam)
Subject: Need help with power saving on PB170.
Organization: University of Delaware
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 01:52:08 GMT

Could some kind soul help me understand the power saving features on PB170, 
please?

	1.  First of all, a fully charged battery (charged overnight) seem to 
last only 1:50 hours!  Of course I had the processor running at 25MHz and 
was preventing it  from going to sleep.  Isn't the battery supposed to last
for 2:30 hours under this condition, and longer with power saving features 
enabled?

	2.  I tried using SpinD F-Key to turn off my harddisk, but it doesn't
work!  I tried it under system 7.0.1 as well as under 7.1, and it didn't make
a difference!  Then, I tried using the Portable control panel (System 7.0.1) to turn off the harddisk, and it doesn't work either.  Why?  Isn't it supposed to 
work in a PB170 (original 4/40 configuration)?  Is there something wrong with
my machine?

	3.  Under normal conditions, how long should a fully charged battery 
last?
	4.  I was watching the battery voltage using MyBattery and this is what
I found:  it charges using HI charge mode until the voltage reaches somewhere
around 6.7V then switches to LO charge mode.  At this point, if I unplug the 
charger from the back of the computer and plug it back again after a couple of
seconds, then the battery starts charging in the HI mode!!  The battery voltage
reaches and goes beyond 7.2 volts eventually!! Isn't it supposed to go only upto
7.20 voltst?  
	  Anyway, after the voltage goes over 7.00 voltst, if I unplug the 
charger from the back of the computer, the voltage drops down to 6.79 volts 
almost immediately and MyBattery shows 1:40 hours as the time left on the 
battery. Does this sound right?  Or, is there something wrong here?

	Sorry for this verbose message, but I need some help from the net
to resolve the above issues.

	Please reply to: bach@brahms.udel.edu

	Thanks a lot.

	Baskaran.
	(bach@brahms.udel.edu)
	

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: martin@DMI.USherb.CA (Jean-francois Martin)
Subject: Upgrade path to LC III
Organization: Universite de Sherbrooke -- Dept. d'Informatique
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 22:27:30 GMT

Does someone know if there will be an upgrade to the LC III (or wathever it is
called) from the LC/LC II?      

Is the LC III will have cache? math-co?

JF Martin

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From: dwallach@elmer-fudd.cs.berkeley.edu (Dan Wallach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Ergonomic keyboard query??
Date: 7 Jan 1993 07:26:21 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: elmer-fudd.cs.berkeley.edu

In article <RICE.93Jan2141437@HPP.stanford.edu> rice@sumex-aim.Stanford.EDU (James Rice) writes:
>Does anyone have a pointer to a keyboard for the Mac that has
>been designed with a mind to preventing/helping with repetitive
>motion disorders?  My wife seems to have damaged herself with
>typing at the office, but really doesn't want to give up her
>Mac at home.

Your wife need not give up her computer, although she may want to
go see a doctor.  Anyway, in answer to your question...

Apple announced such a keyboard today at MacWorld.  There was apparently
a big blurb about it in the New York Times (which I intend on buying on
my way home from work, so I don't have the info handy).  Essentially,
it's split in half, and each side is somewhat adjustable.  The cost is
quite cheap for such devices, around $219, I hear, although you have
to pay extra for the attach-on palm supports and/or keypad.  If somebody
could come up with a GIF (or whatever) picture of this beast, I'd love
to have it.

For those who don't follow these things, a number of vendors sell
'alternative' keyboards, with prices ranging from around $200 to over
$1000.  Most are around $6-700.  Everybody makes a PC version of
their keyboard.  Most vendors are either shipping or working on
Mac and even Sun versions.

BLATANT PLUG MODE:

I maintain the Typing Injury FAQ, which contains all kinds of useful
information if you care about this sort of thing.  You can grab it,
and all sorts of informative files, and even GIF pictures of every
keyboard I've found in any literature, via anonymous FTP from
soda.berkeley.edu (128.32.149.19) in pub/typing-injury.

The FAQ is posted monthly to a number of newsgroups, among which
sci.med.occupational has the lowest volume (if you just want to
watch for useful information in a very-low-noise-except-for-BIFFesque-
postings-from-dweebs-at-iastate.edu-to-all-newsgroups).

END, BLATANT PLUG MODE.

Hope this was useful,
--
Dan Wallach               "One of the most attractive features of a Connection
dwallach@cs.berkeley.edu  Machine is the array of blinking lights on the faces
Office#: 510-642-9585     of its cabinet." -- CM Paris Ref. Manual, v6.0, p48.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: gene@wucs1.wustl.edu (_Floor_)
Subject: Re: Don't turn off your computer for the day, how about a monitor?
Organization: The K-Zoo Crew
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 18:26:33 GMT

In article <5191@equinox.unr.edu> zhimin@unssun.nevada.edu (Zhimin Chen) writes:
] While most agree that it's better to have a computer running all day long instead of booting up everytime you have to use, I wonder should we turn off the monitor if we don't use the computer for a few hours.
] 
] What I do now is 1) have AfterDark to take care of the screen; 2) dim the monitor to near-black-out level.
] But to save more electricity, isn't it better to turn off the monitor. Is there any wear and tear when turning on and off a monitor

I'd like to know the answer to this as well. I used to do _exactly_ what
Zhimin does, but now I've gotten in the habbit of turning off the monitor.
Is that any better? Damaging?

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: dholmes@netcom.com (Dennis Holmes)
Subject: Re: Does memory help in Personal Laserwriter LS?
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 04:17:24 GMT

A mountain of helpful advice!  Big THANKS!
I will see what I can do and report back with my results (or lack thereof)
in a few days (hopefully).  I'm not into upgrading to System 7.1, as I
haven't heard of any part of it (save, now, the 7.2 LS driver) that would
really improve my computing experience. ;)

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.comm
From: brian@cirrus.com (Brian Feinberg)
Subject: Best Powerbook modem
Keywords: powerbook modem
Organization: Cirrus Logic Inc.
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 18:39:11 GMT


Does anyone know what is supposed to be the best Powerbook fax/modem?
I've heard of Global Village's PowerPort Gold, and PSI's Powermodem (I think)
but haven't heard anything about which is supposed to be better, more
 reasonably priced, etc.

Brian
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