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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Subject: Re: Faulty keyboard ADB port
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 92 22:52:42 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park

In article <11275@mindlink.bc.ca> Leigh_MacKay@mindlink.bc.ca (Leigh MacKay) writes:
>The left-side cable port on my standard Apple keyboard has become unreliable.
>I'm guessing that constant tension as loosened the contacts inside the port.
>A new cable proved it is the port.  Wiggling the cable will unfreeze the mouse
>and allow input from the keyboard again.
>
>Is there a fix for this problem?

Resolder the contacts.


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From: daver@sunspot.ssl.berkeley.edu (David Ray)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: LC II
Date: 13 Apr 1992 22:51:21 GMT
Organization: /etc/organization
NNTP-Posting-Host: sunspot.ssl.berkeley.edu

In article <1992Apr13.203116.9161@cfa.harvard.edu> meleedy@cfa.harvard.edu writes:
>Has anyone out there actually used an LC II yet?  If so, what are your
>impressions?

  I have been using my new LC II for about 2 weeks and there are no
surprises. Compared to an LC it is usually about the same speed, sometimes
slightly faster. The virtual memory feature works, unlike the LC.
Compared to my friend's IIsi, sometimes the LCII is slower,
sometimes it is about the same speed, depending on whether the limiting
factor is the processor or the data bus. The IIsi has a 32-bit data
bus, but that only makes a difference when large chunks of data are going
between the ROMs and the HD. The 20MHz processor of the IIsi is only
slightly faster than the 16MHz processor of the LCII. For pure number
crunching, the LCII and IIsi are almost equally fast/slow (16/20).
The LCII has built-in 512K of VRAM, and I don't know how this compares
to an IIsi in redraw speed. I have read that the IIsi uses ordinary RAM
to support video, and some people deliberately put small RAM in the "B"
slot of their IIsi to speed up the redraw speed. if anybody has some 
hard numbers on this comparison I would be interested.

   I have had the usual problems -- some cdevs and inits conflict, causing
the system to hang or crash. I have had to throw out a corrupted system
and finder reinstall the system a couple of times when tring to load
freeware/sharewae with unknown compatability. I have to turn off the
virtual memory when running MIDI or Quicktime. The 32-bit addressing feature
of system 7 obviously is unusable on the LCII. I have not found any
situation where increasing the cache level improves performance.
Still, the LCII is adequate for what I'm doing.

Dave
From: d88-jwa@svart.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: IIsi Internal Disk
Date: 6 Apr 92 16:07:35 GMT
	<92093.143901STREATER@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
	<3483@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> <3496@caslon.cs.arizona.edu>
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Originator: d88-jwa@svart.nada.kth.se

.edu> jtgorman@cs.arizona.edu (J. Taggart Gorman) writes:

   I think) that Q in using on all theie new drives.  It uses two platters and 
   four heads and flies (Timedrive rates it at 2246k/sec). It is only 1" thick

     2.2megs per sec!  Yowsa!  It's time to get a new hard drive for my IIsi!

That's transferring from the track cache. As soon as you miss out on
that (which is frequently, especially if you do VM) you have to
re-fill the cache, which takes time...

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: HK.MLR@forsythe.stanford.edu (Mark Rogowsky)
Subject: Re: Powerbook RAM
Organization: Stanford University, California, USA
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 04:35:36 GMT

One last time:

DRAM is the power-eater not pSRAM.

DRAM is used in standard SIMMs for most Macs. pSRAM is the RAm of
choice for Powerbooks because of it low power consumption. Look for
Hitachi chips if you're concerned.

Of the above, I am certain.

Mark
rogo@forsythe.stanford.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: ryan@netcom.com (Ryan Miller)
Subject: PowerBook 170 questions
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 92 03:05:27 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 


I may soon get a PowerBook 170 for college and I have several questions
for anyone with any knowledge on the subject...

1) Will Apple soon be offering a 8/80 or higher configuration than 4/40?

2) Is Apple likely to cut the price of the PB 170 in the next 6 months?

3) I've heard of different types of RAM for the PB 170, one is more expensive
   but is less of a strain on the battery.. anyone know the difference in
   price/performance?

Any of your insights would greatly help my decision-making process. I can
purchase it through the educational discount. The only reason I would not buy
a PB 140 or Outbound portable, is because the PB 170 has a MUCH superior
screen in my opinion.

Thanks, Ryan

From: r_ellison@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Ellison)
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 18:12:06 GMT
Subject: Color Pivot or T16 for SE30?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware

I'm about to get a color display system (hurrah for income tax returns! :-)
for my Mac SE/30.

As I need full-screen or near-full-screen portrait capability, I have
reduced my options to one of two choices:
    - The Radius Color Pivot, which has almost-full-page capability of
      554x760 pixels at 72 dpi, and has full-page capability of 640x870
      pixels at 82 dpi (software-switchable, I think), both with 8-bit color
      (plus the kind of neat ability to go to landscape...)
    - The E-machines T16 with a Lapis card, which is considerably shorter
      than a full-page portrait at 832x624 pixels at 72dpi (too bad you
      can't turn *it* on its side...:-)
    - The E-machines T16-II with another Lapis card that supports the
      same resolution as the T16, but is hardware-switchable to also 
      support two-pages (well, just shorter and a bit narrower than two
      pages) at 1024x768 pixels at 87 dpi.

Current prices for these (including necessary cards) are about $1900 for 
the Radius, about the same for the T16, and about $2300 for the T16-II.

Can anyone comment on experiences with these monitors?  One of my primary
uses will be music notation, so I'll have to deal with small symbols
regularly; will the 82 or 87 dpi settings give me a headache?  I've heard
some bad things about the Radius tube (from the E-machines salesthing,
amazingly :-); can anyone back this up with real data?

Any other information (like - am I going down the wrong path in the first
place? :-/) is also welcome.  Posting here is fine, but I'll also summarize
e-mail to the net.

Bob Ellison, HP Fort Collins
r_ellison@fc.hp.com
From: lingerke@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Raymond Luxury Yacht)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mac SE/30 w/ Micron Xceed 30: Internal Monitor Q
Date: 7 Apr 92 06:09:49 GMT
Reply-To: Linger@starsys.laf.in.us (Ken Linger)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Star Systems

In <1992Apr7.031145.3377@wam.umd.edu> huesmann@wam.umd.edu (Joseph Edward Huesmann) writes:


>Is it possible to switch off the internal Mac monitor on an SE/30
>with a Micron Xceed 30 card? It seems to be causing trouble for
>a few apps I have. Thanks for any tips!

>Joe

Which applications?  I'm using the same setup (Xceed 30, SE/30 and
a NEC/MacSync) and have never had a problem.  I'm asking because it
may be something else, or the program is too old to work on an SE/30
with any number of monitors.

Ken

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: prm@ssd.kodak.com (Philip McMillen (588-0659))
Subject: PRINTERS: Apple StyleWriter vs. HP DeskWriter
Keywords: Printers
Organization: Eastman Kodak
Distribution: all
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 15:41:49 GMT


I'm looking for a printer for my Mac LC II.  The laser
printers are too expensive, and the Ink Jet seems to
be the best quality for under $500.

I can get the Apple StyleWriter for $300, or the HP
DeskWriter for $400.

What's the difference between these printers?
Is the HP worth the extra $100?  I understand
the HP is slightly faster, but is it enough difference
for the money.

Is the print quality different between the two?

Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.


Phil McMillen.

"My dear mother wanted me to go into an honorable trade, be an
assassin, like your Uncle Gustav, she said.  Would I listen?  No."
        - Ghuda Bule to Borric in "Prince of the Blood".
From: eric@sequent.com (Eric Okholm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: MAC + PC Monitors ?
Summary: Are there monitors for both MAC and PC?
Date: 10 Apr 92 16:58:59 GMT
Article-I.D.: sequent.1992Apr10.165859.15815
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.

After a couple of years of struggling along without a personal
computer, by a strange twist of fate I will probably soon have
both a Mac Quadra and a 486 PC (1024x767 n.i. vga at 72 hz).   
Are their monitors which monitors can be connected to both systems?
If so, does anyone know where I could obtain some sort of video
cable switch box to allow switching the monitor from one system
to the other without recabling?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis)
Subject: Re: PowerBook trash problem
Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation Tech Central
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 04:09:31 GMT

 Stephan> == Stephan Lieske <stlieske@vassar.edu> 

[emptying the trash with file sharing on crashes machine]
 Stephan>   I am using system 7.0.1 (of course) and TuneUp 1.1.1, inits
 Stephan> like Gatekeeper, Suitcase 2.0, complete undelete -- nothing
                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 Stephan> unordinary.  Thanks in advance for any help.

Guess what process changes when you've got file sharing on?  Guess what
exact same process INITs like complete undelete and Norton FileSaver
mess with?

Yup, trash emptying... ;-)

Time to upgrade your copy of Complete Undelete.
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From: hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Hades)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: 16" monitors
Date: 10 Apr 92 20:09:54 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

eriks@lin.foa.se (Erik Svensson FOA2) writes:

>I'm in the market for a new 16" color screen and I have pretty much narrowed 
>the choice down to between Apple's 16" monitor together with a 8.24 card or a
>NEC 3FG 15" with a Xceed ColorII card. My problem is, which one ? 

    The 3FG is 14" not 15", and is really only useful as a 640x480
resolution monitor. If you are looking to compare a NEC monitor to the
Apple 16" then you need to talk about the NEC monitor that can effectily
give you 832x624 like tehe Apple does. This monitor is the 5FG and it is
15". There is also the 6FG which is 17", but which NEC bills as their 2
page monitor.

>Is the NEC a good screen? Is the Apple 16" a good screen? Which one is best?

    The Apple 16" uses the Sony Trinitron picture tube, considered by
many to be the best picture tube on the market, and it is a very nice
monitor (in fact I'm typing this message on my Apple 16"). NEC uses
their own picture tube in their Multi-Sync monitors, and while I have
heard very good things about them, it has been mostly in regards to
pricing, and I have never actually seen one.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: emperor@milton.u.washington.edu (Darin Miller)
Subject: Re: PB 170 battery problem
Summary: Looking for a low cost 9600 baud modem
Keywords: modem
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 21:44:05 GMT

	I'm looking for a low cost (<$400) 9600 baud modem.

	Just curious if anyone has any suggestions - companys, models, etc.

	Reply via e-mail.
From: ssuther@brahma.trl.OZ.AU (S. Sutherland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Summary: Asante or Sonic 10BaseT cards
Date: 14 Apr 92 03:51:21 GMT
Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia

Recently I asked:

>We are looking at ethernet 10BaseT cards for our IIsi's one SE/30 and a
>couple of IIci's.  So far our favoured dealers have suggested Sonic and
>Asante brands.
>
>An important consideration for us is 100% compatibility with the Apple
>ethernet drivers to avoid future problems with not having access to
>proprietry software.  Getting hold of the Apple software is easy!
>
>Any recommendations on the merits of these cards?  We'd go for the 64k
>versions with FPUs for the IIsi's.

I have had four replies (mail) and a 'me-too'.  All favoured Asante,
although none had experience of Sonic - just good experieneces with
Asante.

Asante cards apparently meet my requirement for Apple compatability, and
are considered very reliable.

The price (here) is line-ball for both, so Asante will get our business.

Thanks to all who took the time and trouble to respond.  Another
demonstration of this great resource called news!

Scott.
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From: d88-jwa@byse.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Another LCII Opinion
Date: 10 Apr 92 23:09:19 GMT
	<D88-JWA.92Apr10114456@dront.nada.kth.se>
	<1992Apr10.160757.7560@midway.uchicago.edu>
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Originator: d88-jwa@byse.nada.kth.se

.uchicago.edu> jcav@quads.uchicago.edu (JohnC) writes:

   >At the time, the 68030 was still an expensive chip.
   >The choice was between 68000 or 68020. The engineers had
   >to convince the bean counters a 68000 wouldn't do it !

   Well, the actual reason for the 68020 vs. 68000 was that the LC, being
   intended to be the cheapest possible color-capable Macintosh, had to be able
   to run Color Quickdraw, and since Color Quickdraw requires a 68020 or
   better...

Well, yes and no. They actually tried to make color QD run on an
68000, according to the story I read, but it was just too darn slow,
as would be expected...

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From: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Spigot and Output
Date: 15 Apr 92 15:33:26 GMT
Reply-To: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
Organization: Peirce Software
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.5v4


In article <gdur7T200Uh7I9o6QL@andrew.cmu.edu> (comp.sys.mac.hardware), pn0o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Peter Ng) writes:
> 
> I am interested in editing movies. I know that the Spigot can have
> various input sources such as from a camcorder or VCR.  But can it
> produce output to a VCR so that I can record it on a VHS tape?  If it
> can't, is there a video board that can edit movies (does not necessarily
> have to be in Quicktime Format, but preferred) and can output to
> external sources?

Video Spigot is strickly a video input board.  

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From: ostroff@Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: MAC PLUS VIDEO OPTIONS?
Date: 16 Apr 92 21:58:27 GMT
Reply-To: ostroff@oswego.Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff)
Organization: Instructional Computing Center, SUNY at Oswego, Oswego, NY

In article <18248@oasys.dt.navy.mil> wunder@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Robert Wunderlick) writes:
>I now have free use of a Mac Plus.  I see that it has a video port on
>the back

Huh?  There is no "video port" on a standard Mac Plus.  There are two
RS-422 serial ports (mini DIN-8), a mouse port (DB-9), a speaker jack 
(mini phone plug) and a SCSI port (DB-25) along the bottom at the back.  
Perhaps someone added a video output board so it could be used with either an 
LCD display panel/overhead projector or a video monitor/projector?  
I suspect the only way to find out would be to crack the case open, look at 
the name of the board's manufacturer and try to run down the specs.  
In any case I don't think you'll get any better quality than the 512 x 342 
black and white 9" screen.

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From: chuj@horton.Colorado.EDU (CHU JEFFREY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: MACS
Date: 9 Apr 92 18:42:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: ucsu.1992Apr9.184250.5308
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder

Can someone send some info on these machines:
1) MAC PLUS, is 128K ROMS?  800K drives right? 68000 cpu right?
2) MAC CLASSIC, size of ROMS? DD capacity? 68000 again?
3) MAC CLASSIC II, size of ROMS?  HD capacity drives? 68030 right?
4) MAC SE, same questions as above

I'm just curious.
Can the MAC SE be hooked upto a color monitor with an card?  Is one available,
reason I asked is I think I've seen such cards before, but weren't sure.  A
friend of mine is going to try to get her SE to run in color.


					Thanks,
					Jeff
From: dsb@pacersoft.com (David S. Bogartz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: MacWeek reliable?
Date: 6 Apr 92 14:33:50 GMT
Organization: Pacer Software, Inc.

In article <1992Apr3.020947.14566@u.washington.edu>, cent@u.washington.edu (Bob Cent) writes:
> In the 2/24/92 issue of MacWeek there's an article called "Apple launches
> repair programs for product glitches."  Sorry I don't have the page number; it
> is not in the photocopy I made of the article.  In it is identified a block of
> mouse serial numbers which will be exchanged until March 23, 1994.  I have one
> of those mice and the problem identified, but several local Apple sources claim
> it's an invented story.  They also said MacWeek is a Scandal Rag.

I responded to this offer, but not directly because of the MacWEEK article.
I heard about it right here in comp.sys.mac.hardware.  There was a phone
number in the posting, and I called it, because my monitor had been serviced
out of warranty for the capacitor problem.  The person at the other end knew
exactly what I was talking about, and was happy to help.

I'm not that surprised that local dealers denied it.  I have heard the most
amazing un-, half-, and mis-truths from Apple dealers.  I'm not too surprised
that they said nasty things about MacWEEK, either.  After all, MacWEEK says
nasty things about dealers all the time. :-)

DISCLAIMER: Yes, I know, this is my second posting of late praising Apple.
I swear I am not in their pay or anything sleazy like that.  Just a
satisfied customer.
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From: eriks@lin.foa.se (Erik Svensson FOA2)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Screen cards for PBs
Date: 13 Apr 92 12:43:40 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: FOA, Linkoping, Sweden

A friend is buying a PB170 and he feels a need for a bigger screen.
What kind of screen cards are there?
Are they any good?
Is there any cards that support 24bit color? (the fool wants to run 
Macrenderman on his PB!)

Answer by e-mail please, as I will be away for some days.

Thanx
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From: margot@elde.epfl.ch (Antoine Margot)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Mac to Deskjet 500
Date: 15 Apr 92 09:11:46 GMT
Article-I.D.: sicsun.2763
Organization: EPFL(Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)-Chemical Engineering Dept.

Hi everybody,

Does anybody have the cable specifications (how to connect the Mac DB8 to
the PC DB25 connector) for a connection between a Mac and a Deskjet using
the Grappler LQ ?

Any help appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Antoine

margot@elde.epfl.ch
margot@sicsoft.epfl.ch
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis)
Subject: 16" monitors at 24 bits (accelerated) on a IIci?
Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation Tech Central
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 00:05:11 GMT

I'm interested in hearing about people's experiences with 16" monitors
running at 24 bits from an accelerated video card.  (I can't afford a
Quadra upgrade.)

Right now we have a IIci with the Apple 13" monitor; we'd like to get a
video card that does accelerated 24 bit color on the 13", but will
*also* do accelerated 24 bit color on either the Apple 16" or the
E-Machines T16 (or a 16" Trinitron; does SuperMac have one?).

In other words, we want to be able to move up.

Will the newer SuperMac Spectrum 8*24 PDQ boards do this?  (We have a
couple at work on Apple 13" RGBs, and like them a lot.)  If not, will
there be a new SuperMac card that will?  How about Radius or E-Machines?
(Apple's 8*24GC is out, because of the way it's been starved for support.)

--Chris
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