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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Subject: Re: Sony 1304S monitor--less than $600?
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 22:20:25 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park

In article <BtCL97.EFH@hpbs654.boi.hp.com> kmarko@hpbs654.boi.hp.com (Kurt Marko) writes:
>In article <John_Shepardson.esh-210892103817@moose.slac.stanford.edu> John_Shepardson.esh@qmail.slac.stanford.edu (John Shepardson) writes:
>>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! 
>
>I've been using a 1304 off of the Quadra's internal video set to 16"
>(832x608, or whatever it is) for quite a while now...works like a
>champ.  You do need the `magic cable' to fake the Quadra into high-res
>mode however (does anyone else hate this...I mean, why couldn't they
>have put a switch on the back of the machine next to the video out
>port?). 

I'm pretty sure the switch can be done in software-- dynamically,
even.  I don't know of anyone who makes a utility for doing so.

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From: josh@vms.huji.ac.il
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: PB 140 math chip add-on ?
Date: 13 Aug 92 17:49:14 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The one fly in the ambrosia of my PB 140 is the lack of a math chip. The
reputed speedup to 25mhz in the 145 is of much less consequence to me than the
present glacial pace of calculations. Has anyone heard (rumors) of any means of
adding a math coprocessor to a PB140? Or, conversely, that such is
definitively impossible?



Josh Lieberman, Hebrew University <josh@vms.huji.ac.il>
From: giuaa@aix.rpi.edu (Alessandro Giua)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Powerbook 170 fax in Europe?
Date: 23 Aug 92 15:02:14 GMT
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY


I have not been able to use the powerbook 170 fax in Italy and France:
the modem does not detect a dialing tone and aborts. However, I can
use the modem for terminal emulation, since it is possible to disable
the tone checking with the command ATX1. I am not able to control the
modem settings when using the fax.

Any suggestions? 

Alessandro

______________________________________

Alessandro Giua
Electrical, Computer, and Systems Eng.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY  12180  (USA)
From: hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Hades)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: IIsi vs new Macs - should I wait?
Date: 19 Aug 92 15:20:52 GMT
Reply-To: hades@Dartmouth.Edu
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Disclaimer: Personally, I really don't care who you think I speak for.
Moderator: Rec.Arts.Comics.Info

dmeyers@mal-s1.gatech.edu (Dave Meyers) writes:

>Perhaps you misunderstand.  System 7 isn't the disadvantage. 
>The disadvantage lies in machines which won't run older OS versions.
>For people for whom system 7 is not an option, neither are new
>machines which require it.

    Yes, this is a large problem for some people, and in about 2 months
it is going to become even more of a problem, becuase there will be no
macs available for purchace that can run System 6 when the new machines
replace the older IIsi and IIci on October 19th. Hopefully developers of
software and hardware that isn't System 7 comaptible will start feeling
the pressure and upgrade their products to work with the latest system
and hence the new machines.

--
-Hades (Brian V. Hughes) Moderator: Rec.Arts.Comics.Info
		   "A clear case of curare poisoning
	       of one of her Majesty's Cold-Cream Guards"
						   -- Durlock Holmes
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From: maurices@spock.dis.cccd.edu (Maurice Shihadi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.wanted,misc.forsale.computers
Subject: Re: Macintosh SE30 for sale ($1650 or make offer)
Date: 13 Aug 92 01:09:09 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Coast Community College District, Costa Mesa, CA

In article <1992Aug5.151608.3966@hemlock.cray.com> kak@cray.com (Keith Krueger) writes:
>FOR SALE:
>
>Macintosh SE-30
>=========================
> 2 megabytes RAM
> 40 meg hard drive
> black/white screen
> carrying case included
>=========================
>
> Asking $1650, but lower offers will be considered
>
> ** DO NOT SEND ME MAIL, but call 612/644-6071 and say you **
> **  are interested in buying Lisa's Mac SE30.  Thanks!    **


This is a strange add.  I've seen SE/30's brand new advertised for
$1299.00 out here in southern CA.  Hmmm, maybe I should sell mine....

maurices
From: wyattw@loowit.wr.tek.com (Wyatt Webb;6291592;92-835)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: HP DeskWriter C
Date: 17 Aug 92 15:45:17 GMT
Organization: Tektronix - Instrument Controllers and Software
In-reply-to: stevewi@hpspdla.spd.HP.COM's message of 15 Aug 92 15:06:34 GMT

In article <17990011@hpspdla.spd.HP.COM> stevewi@hpspdla.spd.HP.COM (Steve Witten) writes:

   Yeah, I've seen lots of 'em.

   Mostly not at work though.  It's been out long enough for the street
   price to start beating HP employee discount.  Check your local dealer.

The 4-color model?  That's what the original poster was asking about.
If this is really true, when was it released?  Is there an upgrade path
from the old DW C?

Thanks!

	-Wyatt
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From: bab@doc.ic.ac.uk (B A Batacharia)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Syquest drivers
Date: 15 Aug 92 18:19:31 GMT
Organization: Department of Computing, Imperial College, University of London, UK.
NNTP-Posting-Host: oak3.doc.ic.ac.uk

I own a 44MB syquest drive, packaged for a non-Mac (I'm sorry. I asked for
a Mac, but the nice man at the shop gave me something else).
I now regularly use a Mac to develop software on, and desperately want
to connect the syquest to this machine. I have the leads, and, on
startup, the syquest's light flashes, but it fails to recognise the
drive in any other way. Apple's standard SCSI formatter can't find the
drive, and basically none of the utilities I've tried acknowledge the
exsistance of the drive.
This may, of course be because it has for so long been connected to such
an inferior machine, but I have reason for hope ...
An ancient utility, from the days when the Mac's file system was
flat-directory based (haha) formats the drive fine.

So, what I'm after is software to format a syquest cartridge on a Mac /
syquest drivers / anything to get the damn thing working.

Any replies would be greatly appriciated, by email please ...

Thanks ...

Bob Batacharia ... bab@doc.ic.ac.uk
From: wlopez@vitalink.com (Walter Lopez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: SuperMac Color Monitors
Date: 17 Aug 92 18:00:07 GMT
Reply-To: wlopez@vitalink.com (Walter Lopez)
Organization: Vitalink Communications


I am interested in anyone's comments on SuperMac's Color Monitors.

I have read the MacUser Feb/92 issue and it's findings. I have literature
on it's way. Apparently from what they say, 20" is what is being considered
standard.

Going to purchase monitor for a Mac IIci. Should I go 8/bit or 24/bit?

Thanks!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: What's with Ehman?
From: rgshacke@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu (Randy)
Date: 20 Aug 92 20:58:09 CST
Organization: Wichita State University, Wichita, Ks

Ain't seen any ads or anything lately. I heard they got run out of Wyoming
and are like underground or something.
-- 
Randy Shackelford                       "That's right, just keep tap dancing
rgshacke@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu              on the minefield"  -  Al Bundy

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: pkap@panix.com (Peter Kapner)
Subject: Re: Why Is the IIsi so slow?
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 22:04:00 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC
Keywords: IIsi

In article <1992Aug12.081203.19698@fys.ruu.nl> walsteyn@fys.ruu.nl (Fred Walsteijn) writes:

>8-bit mode (with large disk cache) is as fast as 1-bit mode
>for programs which do not (or hardly) access the screen.
>I.e. for numerical calculations.

Yes, and if you turn the monitor off, a Quadra 950 with a 21" screen
will have just a nice a picture as an LC with an Apple 12" monitor.
-- 
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Peter Kapner
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: making a ramdisk
From: jlawrence@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Date: 12 Aug 92 12:24:21 EDT
Organization: Wesleyan University

hi- 
I was thinking about the possibility of building an external RAM disk.  I was
wondering if anyone has done this, or if anyone has seen info on doing this, or
if anyone has any reccomendations.  What woulld be ideal is if a scematic were
floating around out there somewhere, but that I kind of doubt.  If anyone has a
sugestion, Id really appreciate it. 

Thanks,

jamie
From: long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Hard drive recommendations, APS?
Date: 17 Aug 92 17:06:07 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


 Sorry if this is a FAQing question, but the time has come for a second hard
 drive. Since I have an APS Syquest I've been happy with, I'm thinking about
 the APS Quantum 105 (external).  

 Any thoughts on that one? What about Maxtor drives (the 120, I guess)? My
 main concern is quietness, followed by speed, as I don't want anything slower
 than the internal Quantum 80 I have. 

 What's the formatted size of the Quantum? The Maxtor?

 I'd like to keep the cost under $500, preferably under $450. Thanks for any
 suggestions...

Richard C. Long			long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com
			  -or-	...!decwrl!mcntsh.enet.dec.com!long   		
			  -or-	long%mcntsh.dec@decwrl.enet.dec.com
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From: jlawrence@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: IIsi vs new Macs - should I wait?
Date: 14 Aug 92 14:32:32 GMT
Organization: Wesleyan University

In article <1992Aug14.051225.2052@leland.Stanford.EDU>, jazzbo@leland.Stanford.EDU (Scott Raymond Harris) writes:
> 
> 
> 
>>Through mid-October, I can get a Mac IIsi 5/80 for $1572 (bundled with
>>Word, a dictionary, an encyclopedia, and some other stuff) through
>>the university.  This certainly seems like a good deal in comparison
>>to standard retail prices.  But I would be really annoyed with myself
>>if I threw out all of this money (which I would have to borrow) only
>>to find on October 19 that I could get a bigger-better-stronger-faster
>>IIvi (or IIvx?) for even less money.  Does anyone out there have a
>>sense of how the new Macs will stack up against the IIsi in performance
>>and features?  Any Secret Insider Information would be much appreciated.
>>Thanks.
> 
> 	Yeah, I can get the same deal, but I have to buy in a few weeks:
> I'm graduating....  I'll be back in school in a year, so I'll be able to
> get educational discounts in another year.  Will a IIsi be a good buy if I
> plan to sell it in a year or so and move up to a better machine, or are
> they gonna can the IIsi line??  Are they coming out with any new powerbooks?
> 	The IIsi is at the lower limit of the power I need anyway, since
> I do a lot of engineering and math intensive stuff.  
> 
> 	Is a $1600 IIsi too good of a deal to pass up, or should I wait and
> pay retail on a new machine, or maybe get a IIci now?
> 
> 	My own theory is that prices on the old machines are gonna drop
> once the new ones come out and a IIsi to hold me over for a year or two.
>  It might be the most economical in the long run....
> 
> 						-Scott Harris
> 
> 	Thanks!
> 
> 
> 
> 
I bought a iisi in July, and paid 3600$ for the computer, a 13"RGB and a
stylewriter.  now I see that I coulld have gotten the same with a LaserWriter
for the same money.  But if I had done that, now I woulld think, well, in a few
more months, these cool new machines are going to come out.  By that point, the
PowerPC machines will be around the corner, and so I should wait for those...
I suggest just getting a machine now.  Unless you are amazingly rich, there is
no way to 'keep up' with apple.  When I am done paying for this computer (8
years and counting), it will be as obselete as the 512s are now, if not more
so, and I'll get another one, whatever the current midrange good-one is. If
anyhting, get the ci, because it will run software for a little longer than the
si, because it is more expandabe.  You can dump a lot more RAM into it, and it
can be upgraded to a Quadra700 if you happen across the money for it.

you can't win unless Apple picks you to be the official tester for thier 
current amazomachine.

jamie
   
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: cfejm@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (John Miller)
Subject: Imagewriter with IBM?  Help, please.
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 20:02:32 GMT
Organization: Eastern Illinois University


Hi All,

Can one easily use an Imagewriter with a DOS machine?  Hints or advice
would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

John

-- 
John Miller
Music Theory
Eastern Illinois University
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
Subject: Re: recommend a 14.4k modem?
Originator: d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 20:27:49 GMT

> Adam.Frix@p18.f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix) writes:

   to let you in on a sleeper of a deal:  the US Robotics Sportster line of
   modems is their consumer line, and their Sportster 14.4 Faxmodem sells for
   under $350 on the street (pick up Computer Shopper).  It's v.32bis, of course,
   and comes from a company with some years of experience in high speed modems.

However, the sportsters are not as good as the dual standard ones.
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From: owen@astro.washington.edu (Russell Owen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: any good size B (11x17") laser printers?
Date: 13 Aug 92 18:03:36 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Washington

Any recommendations for a size B laser printer? We've seen ads for a few,
and they sound very interesting but were curious if anyone had experience.

We'd like to use it as our only laser printer (hence for lots of 8.5x11"
pages as well as some larger-size drawings). Has anyone tried this? Is
output as good as a normal size laser printer? Are there any hidden
"gotchas"?

Useful features:
- fast postcript interpretation (our HP LaserJet III is sloooooow)
- Ethertalk port
- also accept jobs from a PC via IBM port
- separate tray for 8.5x11" paper

Thanks for any help. If I get any replies, I'll post a summary.

Russell Owen
owen@astro.washington.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: kayser@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (Susan E. Kayser NSSDC/STX (301)513-1673)
Subject: Re: Good handheld scanners
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 23:59:00 GMT

In article <66477@hydra.gatech.EDU>, gt0299d@prism.gatech.EDU (Curtis N. Sayre) writes...
>I am currently considering getting a decent handheld scanner for some 
>graphics work along with some light-duty OCR work.  Right now I'm considering
>getting the lightningscan 256.  Then I read a review of the Typist+graphics,
>and am considering getting that instead.  From all acounts I've heard, the
>original Typist was pretty lousy, but the typist+ is supposed to be a lot
>better.  Any comments as to which of these would be the better buy?

The latest MacUser (Sept. 1992, p.63) has a comparative review.  As I remember, 
Typist+ is better for OCR, but the LightningScan can "stitch" graphics slices 
together.  I'd be interested myself in hearing from users of these scanners,
not just a review. 

Susan Kayser		NCF::KAYSER  or  kayser%nssdca.span@star.stanford.edu
Hughes/STX at NASA/GSFC/NSSDC
Greenbelt, MD
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From: oleary@epx.cis.umn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Problem:  SE formats HD floppy as DD, but LC rejects it...why?
Date: 17 Aug 92 21:53:00 GMT
Organization: University of Minnesota

In article <1992Aug17.200351.2274@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com>
darylb@sword.eng.hou.compaq.com (Daryl Biberdorf) writes:

>I know that the behavior described is indeed the way the Mac
>does things, but it seems kind of silly.  DOS machines routinely
>"adapt" to the format of the floppy inserted into the drive,
>provided the drive is capable of writing the format the disk is
>using.  My 1.4 MB drive has no problem at all recognizing and properly
>using 720K diskettes without being told which it is.

Mac's with 1.4MB drives have no problem recognizing 800K or 400K disks
either.  It is not, however, a feature to have the computer use 1.4MB disks
as 800K disks, or vice versa.  The difference between HD and 720K/800K disks
is more than a notch in the case!  The media, and thus the way the drive
reads and writes it, is different.  The fact that DOS is clueless is a bad
thing.  Using an improperly formatted disk can result in lost data.

         ---------   Doc


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From: ttak@ellis.uchicago.edu (toki  takeuchi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: NEW Macs and COLOR PowerBook?
Keywords: ecto
Date: 19 Aug 92 15:41:37 GMT
Reply-To: ttak@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations

First of all, could someone make a list of all of the new Macs
that are going to be released and their features?  Including
X series, Z series, Persona Series, PowerBook series, etc.

Second, is a 8-bit color PowerBook going to be available any time
soon?  And is the gray-scale PowerBook 8-bit?

What I'm interested in doing is typing up papers not in my small,
dark, quiet room but outside in the sun with squirrels running
around and birds flying.  I'm currently using a Mac Plus.  So,
I'm looking forward to using a FAST(er), color computer that
is portable.  Color is fairly important to me because
color icons are cool!

I'm also a programmer, so I need decent speed for compiling
programs.  I'm looking at the Quadra 950, but you can't take
that out to the lawn and put it on your lap.

Also, is the Quadra 950 still going to be the fastest Mac after
the new Macs are released?

One MINOR question:  Are the Persona series going to have "Macintosh"
labeled on the case front, or "Persona"? Or "Macintosh Persona"?

Thanks.

Kenji Takeuchi
From: kfield@bbn.com (Ken Field)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: AOX:  How do I reach them?
Date: 21 Aug 1992 19:54:58 GMT
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com

Can anyone help me reach the company AOX, who makes (made?) a
16 MHz doubletime accelerator board for the MacSE?  I'd like
to try to get more current s/w for the board, which I bought
2nd hand (and without documentation, addresses, etc).
-Ken

Ken Field
BBN Systems & Technologies   |  internet:  kfield@bbn.com
Mail Stop 6/4B               |  telephone: 617-873-3842
10 Moulton Street            |  
Cambridge, MA  02138-1191    |  
USA                          |
From: js12@newshost.gte.com (john schettino)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: PB 100 Screen Woes...
Date: 21 Aug 92 13:06:03 GMT
Reply-To: js12@gte.com
Organization: GTE Laboratories, Waltham, MA

In article <1992Aug20.014626.8515@panix.com>, kmorton@panix.com (Ken Morton) writes:
|> 
|> 		My friend just bought a PB 100 from Price Club.  It now (second 
|> day after purchase) seems to be having a screen problem.  The screen
|> fluctuates in brightness and the Battery app indicator was also fluctuating.
|> This happened while the pb 100 was powered by the battery alone and also
|> while plugged into the wall.  Also, the problem seemed to have occured after he used the external floppy for the first time.
|>  
|> 		Any ideas?
|>  
|> 			Thanks
|> 
|> -- 
|> Ken F Morton
|> kmorton@panix.com		"Good Tea, Nice house." -Worf

There are a coupla "known" defects in the PowerBook line. One is that the cable that attaches the LCD to the video electronics can work loose over time. Call 1-800-APPL-SOS (I think.. the number is in the manual) and expain your problem. Have your serial number handy. They will wisk away your baby and install a screen cable 'shim' (somthing to hold the cable in place) and do any other standard fixes, and have it back to you in no time (2-4 days total).

My 140 flickered until it blanked-out, they fixed that and installed the floppy shield (140-170 only) at the same time. Since then, no problems!

Best of luck,

john schettino
js12@gte.com
From: scole@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com (Scott Cole)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 00:58:56 GMT
Subject: Anyone know about the Style Writer????
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware

Hi,

Anyone have any advice about the Style Writer for the mac?

Wether it's good or not.
Compatibility problems, etc.

Or anything else you can think of.

Thanks,
Scott Cole
From: mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: New Macintosh Hardware -- Mac IIvx
Date: 13 Aug 92 22:09:11 GMT
Distribution: na

In article <1992Aug13.161118.10405@cco.caltech.edu>, gjh@cco.caltech.edu (Greg J. Hiscott) writes:
> 
> Has anyone read about the new Macintosh products?
> 
> I have heard about the IIvx and the IIvi.  They sound
> like really nice setups.  What are your thoughts about
> these machines?  Has anyone seen one yet?

According to MacWEEK, they won't be released until Oct.
19th.  If anyone has seen any yet, it would have been
under a nondisclosure agreement, and they wouldn't be
saying anything--especially not on a network like this
one that has Apple employees reading the messages.
From: athos@apple.com (Rick Eames)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: E-Machines T16-II Monitor
Date: 19 Aug 92 05:52:21 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Apple Computer

Hi,

I am thinking of getting the E-Machines T 16-II color monitor, and was
wondering if anyone out there owned one and could answer some quick
questions:

* How do you like it?

* Do you use the board that E-Machines Sells?  Do you like it?

* How does the board compare to Quadra on-board video speed?

Thanks!

--
Rick Eames
athos@apple.com
I don't speak for Apple.  Really, I don't.
Organization: Sophomore, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA