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From: stuart@lorelei.ece.drexel.edu (Stuart R. Harper)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Mac IIci memory problems...
Date: 18 Dec 92 22:37:19 GMT
Organization: CCD - E4 - Drexel University

In article <78561@hydra.gatech.EDU>, ccastjs@prism.gatech.EDU (The Amazing Jim Stembridge) writes:
> 
> I have a Mac IIci with Daystar 64k cache card, 20 megs of RAM, internal
> 105 meg hard drive. I'm running system 7.0.1. When I do "About This
> Macintosh", I see the system using 16megs of the 20megs. 
> This is a problem. The system only should be taking up 2-3 megs and
> I only have the ram cache set for 512k. Virtual memory is off. The cache
> card is turned off. Does anybody have a clue as to why the system is 
> taking up all the memory? Please mail your responses...thanks.
> -- 

    The proble is you have disabled 32-bit addressing. to re-enable, goto the
Memory control panel and reselect it. 

BTW, can we have this put into the Mac FAQ???
From: Glen.Stewart@f175.n2240.z1.ieee.org (Glen Stewart)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: RE: Inside Mac files
Date: 18 Dec 92 20:27:42 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:2240/175 - The Associati, Grand Blanc MI

Scott-

I understood that HyperCard 2.02 was released to the Public.  As such, and due 
to the ties I have with the Flint Apple club, it is online on my BBS.  I
cannot e-mail it to you, but you can call my BBS at 313-695-6744 at any speed.

Were these the most recent versions of IM that you got?  I lost my set, and
would enjoy having them back.  Please let me know.

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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Quadra 950/19", GC Also?
Date: 16 Dec 92 03:15:18 GMT
Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland, College Park

In article <1992Dec14.213257.2612@pcnntp.apple.com> Dale_Adams@gateway.qm.apple.com (Dale Adams) writes:
>
>No, the GC card does not support this resolution.  An adaptor with the
>correct sense code will not help you at all becaulse the firmware on the 
>card simply does not have the support for this display resolution.  There 
>may also be a problem with the video clock generator on the card, in that 
>is can't generate a stable 80 MHz video clock.  (The 100 MHz clock used 
>for 2-page resolution is produced by a separate 100 MHz oscillator.)  To 
>the best of my knowledge, the Q950 is the only product Apple is currently 
>shipping that supports this resolution.

Is there any documentation for the display chip on the Quadras and the
8*24 and 8*24GC cards?
-- 
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Distribution: world
From: David_B._Hauer@bmug.org
Organization: BMUG, Inc.
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 20:41:12 PST
Subject: Re: printer quandry

>Now the problem is a printer.... So: Post-script
>(LaserWriter NTR) vs. QuickDraw (LS). . .  Is the former >really worth twice
the price?

Why are these the only two you are considering? Some might disagree, but I
think that the general consensus is that (except for some graphics
applications which I don't believe would apply to you, since music manuscript
printing would mostly rely on music fonts) it is not worth buying a quickdraw
printer. You can get an HP Deskwriter for less than $400, and the print
quality should be virtually indistinguishable from that of a laser printer. 
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From: gadget@engin.umich.edu (Timothy David Sharpe)
Subject: Re: IIvx recalled?: Sez who?!
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 02:31:37 EST
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor

I was in the school computer store getting ready to order a PB 160, when
someone I knew walked in and started looking at the 180's.  I knew the
student.  His dad had been researching the 180 for a while and liked it,
and commented about the feb macs and the HP 550c printer when he mentioned
that an Apple rep had told him yesterday that the IIvx were being recalled.

I don't really think there is need for alarm if no one else has heard anything
I was mostly just trying to ascertain the validity of the claim by having 
someone come forward to support it.

Tim
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Subject: Re: SCSI questions
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 03:46:18 GMT
Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland, College Park
Keywords: SCSI, Nubus

In article <1992Dec18.215923.1922@netcom.com> sjk@netcom.com (Shel Kaphan) writes:
>
>I have some questions about hooking things up to the Mac SCSI bus.
>
>- Are there any Nubus boards that give you a second SCSI bus? If so,
Yes, but I don't know any more information.  There are several SCSI-2
card makers and at least one I saw makes a mirroring system.

>- If one wanted to hook up a "raw" disk drive, i.e. one that does NOT
>contain a filesystem (but IS formatted!), is it necessary to supply a
>driver?  Or can one simply get bits on/off it using the SCSI manager?
>Or does the SCSI manager somehow depend on the driver being there?

The driver is just a layer (of sanity, one might say) over the SCSI
manager.  If you can stomach programming the SCSI manager, you can use
the disk drive raw.


-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: rajiv@athena.mit.edu (Rajiv A Manglani)
Subject: Re: IIsi 25MHz, how to do it ?
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 17:22:41 GMT

I think this should be posted on the net. Whoever has the instructions, please
post them to comp.sys.mac.hardware.

Thanks,
Rajiv
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: howes@cat16.cs.wisc.edu (Glenn Howes)
Subject: My PB100 hard disk woes
Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison -- Computer Sciences Dept.
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 07:08:08 GMT


For the last several weeks, I've been getting a crash every few days,
usually immediately after waking my PB100, after which the hard drive
refuses to mount, I get the flashing question mark icon on a restart.
Booting off the Disk Tools disk and running Apple's HD Setup program reveals
that there is apparently no SCSI disk present. 

At first, I fixed the problem by removing all the batteries, opening the case
and reseating the drives cable, but then I realized that it might be the 
removal of power itself that might be doing the fixing. Sure enough it did,
if you gave it long enough. Just now the crash happened, so as I was 
beginning to reboot off the Disk Tools disk, I zapped the PRAM, and the 
hard drive came back on line. 

So my question is: Do you think it is reasonable that some piece of 
software I use is setting the SCSI id number (which since it is user settable
must be stored in PRAM) to some invalid number, causing a) a crash and 
b) the drive to disappear? Has anyone else seen this and how would you 
suggest searching out the offending software?


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From: zaphod@vax2.winona.msus.edu (Gregory Talmo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: StyleWriter on ATalk via Hardware
Date: 16 Dec 92 23:23:17 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Winona State Academic Computing


  Well the subject says it all.
  Does anyone make an adaptor that will put a StyleWriet on an AppleTalk
network?  We've tried the software gimicks, and are not satisfied.
  Please reply via email or posting.

 Thanks

- Greg Talmo  (zaphod@vax2.winona.msus.edu)
                                  |The opinions expressed above are my own,
"A censor is a man who knows more |and do not necessarily reflect the
than he thinks you ought to."     |opinions, tastes, or policies of Winona
                - Granville Hicks |State University, its faculty, staff or
                                  |students.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: russ@unidata.ucar.edu (Russ Rew)
Subject: Monitor alternatives for Performa 600CD?
Summary: What alternatives are available to Apple monitors for Performa 600?
Keywords: Performa 600CD
Organization: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 19:15:35 GMT

What color monitors will work with the Apple Performa 600CD?  Apple offers
the Performa 14" and Performa Plus 14" monitors, but dealers who sell the
Performa seem unknowledgeable about any alternatives.  In particular, does
anyone know if the new Apple 14" RGB monitor can be used without an adapter
card?  How about the Seiko 14" color, the Sony 1304S, or the NEC 3FGX?

If you email responses to me, I'll summarize in a later posting.  Thanks.
________________________________________________________________________
Russ Rew
russ@unidata.ucar.edu
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From: chaffee@ohsu.edu (Alex Chaffee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Powerbook in France
Date: 14 Dec 92 23:52:05 GMT
Article-I.D.: ohsu.1992Dec14.235205.8334
Organization: Health Choice Inc.
X-Xxdate: Mon, 14 Dec 92 23:56:38 GMT
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d12

I'm about to go on a trip to France for a week or two, and I'm going to
take
my Powerbook 170. What do I need to know about plugging it into the wall
there?
I've heard that I just need to get a wall adapter, and the computer
will take care of converting from 220V to 110V (or whatever it needs). Is
this
true? Does it also apply to the battery charger (the 2-battery one from
Apple)?
Anything else you think I should know?

 - Alex
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: jbailey@world.std.com (jim bailey)
Subject: Re: pc and mac: was RE: 486 and mac benchmarks
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 19:17:05 GMT

ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:

>At least in Windows I don't have to dig through six layers of folders
>just to launch an app. Every Mac power user I know has to have some 
>kind of workaround (aliases - try explaining those to a novice - 
>launchers, weird inits that stick things under the Apple menu, you
>name it).

In general you should be launching from a document, then you don't
care where the actual application is.  Actually always launching
the application is a holdover from less sophisticated shells.  If you
spent a little time unlearning bad habits and a little time learning
the mac way of doing things this problem disappears.

You also don't need any weird inits to stick things in the Apple menu,
you only need system 7.

> How about .....?  Windows is simply
>>to painful to use for many things.

>So are Macs... what do you do when your numerous drive icons are 
>buried under a pile of windows? Shouldn't they have designed it to
>pop the icons up to the top when you bring Finder to the fore-
>ground? The Systems people have been relying too much on 10 year
>old ergonomic studies for the desktop.

Option click on the desktop.  Useful if you have two few monitors and
too many open applications.  There also is a really useful freeware app
called applicon that allows you to have an Icon for each open app and
a hot spot to pull the Icons to the top.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Distribution: world
From: Joe_Nartowicz@fourd.com
Organization: 4th Dimension BBS
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 21:27:42 EST
Subject: Re: SIMM installation

Colin,

There really isn't much to installing SIMMs in the modular MACs. I haven't
really seen any documentation on it but that shouldn't stop you from trying.
There's 2 metal clips, one on either side, holding the SIMM in. Move the clips
outward and push the SIMM to the left and pull up. Reverse this action to
install a SIMM making sure the contacts are fully seated before pushing the
SIMM to the right to lock it in place.

-- Joe
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From: nick+@pitt.edu (Nick C De Mello)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: PB 160/180 Express Modem
Date: 14 Dec 92 03:37:54 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

In article <1992Dec13.172458.22500@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> jnowak@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Joe Nowak) writes:
> 
>2.  I know that the Duo version of this modem and the PB 160/180 version
>    are different. According to MacWeek, at least the Duo version uses a 
>    Data pump technology and also offloads some of the modems tasks to the
>    CPU.  The long and the short of this implementation being that when the
>    modem is used in the background, it slows down foreground tasks.  My
>    question is, is this offloading of tasks also the implementation on the 
>    180 / 160 version.  Obviously it is preferable from a performance stand-
>    point for the modem not to do this.

 I think both the Duo and 160/180 versions rely on the CPU, that's
how apple was able to make 'em so cheap.  If anyone has any info
on a third party for the Duo, send me e-mail!

                                  -- Nick

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From: Sundar_Prasad@mtsg.ubc.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Mac driver for HP Deskjet 550 C?
Date: 18 Dec 1992 06:05:33 GMT
Organization: Civil Engineering, Univ of BC
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: tsunami.civil.ubc.ca

I don't know if you (the reader) has seen the color output of the HP
Deskjet 550C, but if you have I bet you can understand why I want to hook
that baby up to the Macs here. Does HP ship the 550C with their own driver
software for the Mac (cable too), or will this have to be a GDT solution?

Looking forward to some useful info from the net.

Sundar_Prasad@mtsg.ubc.ca
Ocean Engineering
Univ. of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: jrg@punch (James R. Goble)
Subject: Re: pc and mac: was RE: 486 and mac benchmarks
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation; El Segundo, CA
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 19:37:21 GMT

In article <Bz31Ev.LCs@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>  
ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:
> In article <1992Nov29.164643.1@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu>  
cvadsadm@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu writes:
> 
> >can you find a 24 bit graphic card for pc? i think you can. what is the  
price?
> 
> How about $180 for an accelerated 24 bit SVGA card? Check out the 
> Diamond Speedstar 24X.
> 
> >a mac person can play his machine constantly, add all kinds of things.  
adding
> >any thing to pc is a struggle. for most people, it is impossible to get
> >everything you want the first place.
> 
> Right - until some day the thing won't boot up then its time to 
> trash the System and build it up again piece by piece by piece..
> 
> 
> >in fact, most pc does equal to windows these days. damn, don't tell me  
pc
> >equals dos! it will be worse.
> 
> So whats wrong with Windows? 3.1 beats system 7 in a lot of ways.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
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I use System 7 at home and windows 3.1 at work.  I'd sure be interested in  
knowing what ways 3.1 beats System 7.  OK, granted 3.1 crashes more  
frequently, but I assume you mean positive aspects.


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It only frustrates you, and annoys the pig..

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Los Angeles
From: olsenm@ucs.orst.edu (Monte Olsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: HELP: LCII is really sloooooow
Date: 17 Dec 92 19:01:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: gaia.1gqipcINNdio
Distribution: world
Organization: University Computing Services - Oregon State University
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In article <85487@ut-emx.uucp> Michael Wootton, piglet@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
writes:
>
>If you have any idea what could be happening could you please let me in
on
>it?  I'm pretty much befuddled at this point.
>
>Thanks alot.
>
>									---  Michael


Mike,
Rebuild your desktop file. That should take care of the problem.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: sjk@netcom.com (Shel Kaphan)
Subject: Re: SCSI questions
Keywords: SCSI, Nubus
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 06:31:42 GMT

russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) writes:
>In article <1992Dec18.215923.1922@netcom.com> sjk@netcom.com (Shel Kaphan) writes:
>>
>>I have some questions about hooking things up to the Mac SCSI bus.
>>
>>- Are there any Nubus boards that give you a second SCSI bus? If so,
>Yes, but I don't know any more information.  There are several SCSI-2
>card makers and at least one I saw makes a mirroring system.

I just saw one also in the MacWarehouse catalog, but the ad makes no
mention of software interfaces.

>>- If one wanted to hook up a "raw" disk drive, i.e. one that does NOT
>>contain a filesystem (but IS formatted!), is it necessary to supply a
>>driver?  Or can one simply get bits on/off it using the SCSI manager?
>>Or does the SCSI manager somehow depend on the driver being there?

>The driver is just a layer (of sanity, one might say) over the SCSI
>manager.  If you can stomach programming the SCSI manager, you can use
>the disk drive raw.

So, if there's no driver installed on some random SCSI device, the
system won't barf during boot?  But it will still leave things in a
state where the SCSI manager can talk to it?  (I hope so...)

The other big question is then, how does the SCSI manager get to know
there's another SCSI bus on the machine?  There are no parameters in
From: colin@callisto.pas.rochester.edu (Colin Roald)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: SIMM installation
Date: 13 Dec 92 20:33:53 GMT
Organization: U(r) AstroTheory Group

Has anyone ever prepared a How To Install SIMMs document?  I'm considering
buying simms through the net (4x1mb for an si), and I don't want to try it
without instructions. I've looked through sumex and can't find anything.

Thanks,



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   romantic mystic   |  he saw both sides of everything and found he could
  cynical idealist   |    not move.                    -- james mcmurtry
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: rpadawer@utkvx3.utk.edu (Padawer, Justin Randall)
Subject: HELP ME: Quadra700 Modem Port Dead!!!!!!
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 17:24:00 GMT

Help!  My Quadra 700 modem port has stopped working.  MacEKG2.0
says that it (Serial Port B) is in constant use.  I have done
the following things...
1) I downloaded several serial port reset utilities from
America Online, including SPconfig_reset and Reset Ports and
some CDEV, but none seem to work with the Q700!!!
2) I tried resetting the PRAM by two methods, the first by
restaring with Control-Option-P-R (the recommended way) as
well as taking the battery out from the motherboard for 15
minutes.  Neither seems to have any effect.
Does anybody have another suggestion for me?
Help!  Ack!
Randy Padawer
RPADAWER@UTKVX.UTK.EDU

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: eacj@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Julian Vrieslander)
Subject: Re: Word Wrap Patches 1.2.1 causes Think C crash under System 7.1
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Organization: Cornell Theory Center
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 19:12:21 GMT

In article <1992Dec19.041717.14130@tc.cornell.edu> eacj@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Julian Vrieslander) writes:
>Word Wrap Patches is a nifty little hack that adds several functions
>(word wrapping, brace matching, etc.) to editors like BBEdit, Think C, etc.
>My favorite feature was the "Think Link" function.  This patch allows you to
>control-double-click on a trap name, causing Think Reference to launch and
>move to the entry describing that trap.  I had installed the Think Link
>patch (and none of the other patches) to my copy of Think C 5.0.4.
>
>But when I updated my System files from 7.0.1 to 7.1, Think C would no
>longer work - it crashed with ID = 28 (stack/heap collision).  Removing
>the Think Link patch cured the crashing.

My original message, above, was intended for comp.sys.mac.programmer.  Not
sure how it landed in the .hardware group.
 
Anyway, James Walker, the author of the Word Wrap Patcher, sent me a message
to report that the problem described above has been already fixed.  The
installer was renamed as "Text Editor Patches" and that may be why I lost
track of newer versions.  Sumex has version 1.2.3, which fixes the problem
seen under System 7.1. The 1.2.4 version is available by anonymous ftp from
bigbird.csd.scarolina.edu in pub/mac, and at other sites, according to
Walker.  The latest version fixes a problem with $$ pairing.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: tjfs@tadtec.co.uk (Tim Steele)
Subject: Re: Speaker hole on Classic II/Performa 200 (was Re: Using Color on a Classic II)
Organization: Tadpole Technology plc
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 19:23:45 GMT
	<NAKAMURA.92Dec14193758@samosn2b.samos.semicon.sony.co.jp>
	<dross.724359036@cs.wisc.edu> <blaine.724371400@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu>
	<dross.724376116@cs.wisc.edu>

actually, all Classics and Classic IIs manufactured recently have the
speaker holes.

Tim
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: takrewso@sacam.OREN.ORTN.EDU (thomas a krewson)
Subject: Plus fix
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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