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From: skum@bessel.umd.edu (Allon Stern)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: reformatting Apple HDs
Date: 23 Dec 92 15:11:16 GMT
Organization: Skum Knows Unix, Maybe

In article <1992Dec21.235211.15818@news.columbia.edu> rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Richard Sucgang) writes:
>In article <5750@gold.gvg.tek.com> bryanh@stout.gvg.tek.com (Bryan Hilterbrand) writes:
>
>>hard drive size reported by the Finder is 18.6MB.  I've read articles
>>in this newsgroup that say Apple doesn't format hard drives to full
>>capacity.  Does anyone know why they do that?  I'm thinking about
>            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^--------> No, I don't think anyone does :)
>
It actually makes some semblance of sense.
Think about it...if Apple formatted every drive for maximum capacity,
(which DOES vary from drive to drive, based on the number of bad blocks)
and needed to replace somebody's drive.  Suppose that the original drive
was formatted for 21 megs, but the replacement drive could only be
formatted for 20 megs....Apple would need to go rooting around for a
"20" meg drive which had 21 megs available on it.

By standardizing the size to a least common denominator (i.e. making
sure that all their drives have at LEAST 20 megs available), they save
a bit by making it more conveninent to replace.

Of course, if you format your drive for more, and need to get it replaced,
and actually HAVE more than 20 megs on the drive, they might have
trouble copying the data over...but then again, if you know what you're
doing anyway, you'll make a backup of your drive before sending it
in for service :)

--
Allon
From: baltman@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu (Brian Altman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: 486 vs. Mac Benchmarks
Date: 21 Dec 92 20:03:28 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)

Yes, but I'm sure that a 33Mhz '040 will cruise by a 486 33MHz.

-Brian
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: jcooper@utkvx3.utk.edu (Jonathan Cooper)
Subject: accelerating a pb140
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 00:09:00 GMT

i'm interested in information on speeding up a powerbook 140.  after opening
mine up, i noticed that the processor card said powerbook 140/170 on it, and
this leads me to believe that i can accelerate the thing with a few parts and a
little soldering.  Has anyone on here done this operation?
i want to know how fast i can take the thing by just changing the crystal, and
how fast it will go if i also change the processor.  also, can an fpu be
soldered on?

i have some time - the warranty doesn't expire until june, and i won't be doing
it until then.

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From: flemmon@lemmon.auspex.com (Frank Lemmon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Help wanted: Record sound on Mac IIci?
Date: 24 Dec 92 02:17:38 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Inc.

Does anyone have a suggestion on how I can set up a Mac IIci to record
sound?

Also, where does one obtain "Apple Remote Access" software from?  Is it
a commercial product or available from an ftp site?

Thanks,

Frank L.
From: hishimoda@vaxsar.vassar.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: ??????Second Hard Drive????????????
Date: 3 Jan 93 22:13:40 +1000
Organization: Vassar College


My 52mb Quantum internal in my Mac II is full, and I need more storage space!

I thought that the easiest way to get more storage is to simply add a
second drive.....or am I being naive? Is such a thing possible? 

Drop me a line e-mail please....any help would be appreciated.

H.S.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Longer cable for Mac+ Keyboard
From: stubbs@hawk.cs.ukans.edu (Jerry Stubbs)
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 16:46:51 GMT
Organization: University of Kansas Computer Science Dept


Warning: regular phone cords flip the connectors, so they are
crosswired lik this:

    4 - 1
    3 - 2
    2 - 3
    1 - 4.
This is the way the phone company does things.
The mac cable is straight through, 1:1.
From: tnakada@eis.calstate.edu (Tom Nakada)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Q900 & 950 with 45MB cart.
Date: 31 Dec 92 00:51:04 GMT
Organization: Calif State Univ/Electronic Information Services

stewart.submil.ulowell.edu (Scott Stewart) writes:
> We have a lab here with two Q900's and three Q950's each machine has a
> microtech 45mb removable cart. drive attached.  Every morning, after leaving
> the machine running all night, there is a message on the screen "This disk is
> unreadable" clicking on the "eject" key makes this message go away.  If I
> unhook one of the drives this message no longer appears.
> 
> I have the most recent extension in the sys. folder and each one of these
> drives was put on different machines IIci's IIcx's and the message never
> appears.  I talked to Microtech and they haven't heard of this happening.
> It only happens on the Quadra and only if the extension is enabled.
> 
> Has anyone else had similar problems or any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> scott stewart
> stewart@submil.ulowell.edu

We have two different SyQuest based mechanisms hooked up to a Q900 and
have never had the problem you describe.

I know that I did have problems with a MicroNet SyQuest when it was hooked
to a IIcx - but they disappeared when I used FWB HD Toolkit to reformat
the disks and used HDT Extension (the system extention that will mount a
SyQuest cart when inserted).

I use the HDT Extension if I know I'm going to be using a lot of carts, so
I won't have to bother with Command + spacebar to mount the disks with
SCSI Probe.

The above doesn't seem to help, but I'd say take out the MicroNet INIT and
try using either SCSI Probe or the FKey - Mount 'Em and see if the problem
persists. With SCSI Probe there is an option to flush the driver when a
disk is ejected, so it's the better choice if you have carts formatted
with either different versions of the same formatting software or carts
formatted with different formatting software...

Good Luck!

Tom
tnakada@eis.calstate.edu
From: skum@bessel.umd.edu (Allon Stern)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mac 512K Upgrade
Date: 25 Dec 92 09:23:30 GMT
Organization: Skum Knows Unix, Maybe

In article <1992Dec23.181259.16082@crd.ge.com> catalino@e7sa.crd.ge.com (Thomas Catalino X7099) writes:
>How do you upgrade the Mac 512K (not the 512KE) to a 
>Mac Plus (or anything else)?
>
>Tom Catalino
>catalino@e7sa.epi.syr.ge.com

Well, first you upgrade it to a 512KE, then you go from there...

Seriously, though...
the major difference between a 512K and a 512KE is that the E has
Mac Plus roms.  The reason that this was done was so that you could
use an 800K disk drive in the machine.  The 512K used the original
64K roms which only supported 400K floppy drives (following this?)

Any upgrade you are going to do is going to require new roms.
You could buy a Mac Plus motherboard (and back half of the case)
from some third party (i.e. Shreve, Pre-Owned Electronics, etc).

There are other products available which will give you expandability
in the form of simm slots (for up to 4 megs of ram) and a SCSI port,
but these require that you have Mac Plus roms in your machine.
They also require some amount of surgury.

Also, if the machine was used a lot, the power supply may be
frail...if you're going to do an upgrade, you might wind up
replacing that power supply soon afterwards.

You'd probably want a new floppy drive (800K) as well.

When all is done, you could probably have bought a new machine
for the same price.  Save your sanity -- buy a new machine.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: thf28310@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Todd)
Subject: HELP!!! IIsi hangs after boot!!!
Summary: Help me!
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 22:05:08 GMT
Keywords: HELP


I have a Mac IIsi and I recently encountered a problem during start-up.
I turn my mac's power on and after the "Welcome to Macintosh" screen
appears, the system hangs for about 10 minutes.  (Ocassionally, the Hard
Drive makes noise.)  Then, after the 10 minutes, the Finder loads normally.
Everything is then fine, just as if nothing was wrong.  I've checked for
viruses and anomolies, but have found none.  I've reinitalized my hard
drive and reinstalled the system and the problem still persists.  I don't
have ANY inits loded.
 
Please help!!!  I'm desperalte!  If you have any ideas as to what the problem
might be please send me some mail.  Thank you in advance.
 
-Todd Faulstich
thf28310@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: bredell@tdb.uu.se (Mats Bredell)
Subject: Re: Apple 14" monitor emissions?
Reply-To: Mats.Bredell@udac.uu.se
Organization: Uppsala University Computing Center (UDAC)
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 18:22:46 GMT

Ishir Bhan (ibhan@husc8.harvard.edu) wrote:
: brod@jessica.Stanford.EDU (Brodie Lockard) writes:
: 
: >Does Apple sell more than one 14" color monitor?  Do they all meet
: >Swedish radiation emissions standards?
: 
: Depends on how you look at it.  Really, the original AppleColor HiRes RGB
: 13" monitor is the same size as the 14".  It did not meet the guidelines,
: but I believe it's no longer made.  Avoid that one and you're left with:

  [text deleted]

In my department we have 4 Apple 13" monitors, and three of them meet the
guidelines but the fourth does not (it's cheaperm that's why we chose the
one with high emission).

/Mats
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Mats Bredell                                   Mats.Bredell@udac.uu.se
Uppsala University Computing Center (UDAC)     Ph:  +46 18 187817
Department of medical systems                  Fax: +46 18 187825
Sweden                                         Think straight - be gay!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: crg@rocky.raleigh.ibm.com (Chuck Grissom)
Subject: Re: Sticky Mouse Revisited
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 14:27:00 GMT
Organization: IBM, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Keywords: mouse problem

In article <dross.725075785@cs.wisc.edu>, dross@cambizola.cs.wisc.edu (Dan Ross) writes:
|>                                       Also, the problem seems to
|> occur much more frequently in SimCity. 
|> 

If it occurs more often in one program than another (it does for me, also) 
does that suggest a software problem (e.g. timing, botched interrupt handling,
etc.)?

I couldn't believe a new mouse behaved exactly the same way -- that's what makes
me really think it must be software.

Chuck G.
crg@vnet.ibm.com
72227.2715@compuserve.com
From: tnakada@eis.calstate.edu (Tom Nakada)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: WHERE IS APPLE SERVICE ?????
Date: 1 Jan 93 03:38:20 GMT
Organization: Calif State Univ/Electronic Information Services

sna@prophet.pharm.pitt.edu (Stewart Abramson) writes:
> I just bought a new quadra 700 with "Multimedia Til 8-15" from my
> University. When I got it, the 400MB hard drive was formated, but there
> was NO SOFTWARE on it, not even system software!!!  I had to install
> system 7 from the discs that were provided.
>
> When we looked inside, it did have a VideoSpigot card in it, although
> the back slot was not opened up.
>
> This computer was supposed to come with lots of bundeled software,
> and In fact I got some (all?) manuals for VideoSpigot, Adobe
> Premiere, and Aldus Persuasion. BUT NO SOFTWARE!!!!!
>
> My univresity Rep says that I cannot talk directly with the Apple
> Rep, and that our Apple Rep is hard to get a hold of, slow, and not
> very good.
>
> How do I get Apple to respond to this oversight on their part?????
>
> HELP!!!!!!!
>
> Please respond to
> Stewart
> sna@prophet.pharm.pitt.edu


ibhan@husc8.harvard.edu (Ishir Bhan) writes:
> Are you sure this multi-media thing is an Apple deal, not something your
> university cooks up?   I didn't see anything similar on my price list.
> --
>                -  Ishir Bhan -  ibhan@husc.harvard.edu  -
>                                      - - -

It was on MY price list - but the offer or rather the promotional bundle
was available for purchase through NOVEMBER 15, 1992 - NOT 8/15.

It says:


> Each of the following pormotional bundles include: QuickTime(tm), Ado
> be Premiere(tm) and Aldus(r)Persuasion(r) software applications
> PRE-INSTALLED [my emphasis] on the hard disk, a pre-installed SumerMac
> VideoSpigot(tm) Card and manuals. Software disks and video cable are not
> included.

Stewart,

If your bookstore or where ever you purchased it will not go to bat
for you - which they should. You can tell them to call Apple's Higher Ed
Support in Austin, TX ('course though since I couldn't help but see those
ads for Apple support personnel in Texas - you _might_ not get the prompt
reply you should) - your Apple Rep should be able to get you the number
for them there. If he can't or won't e-mail me and I'll let you know what
it is.

Good Luck!

Tom
tnakada@eis.calstate.edu
From: bredell@tdb.uu.se (Mats Bredell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Apple "Newton"
Date: 25 Dec 92 19:27:36 GMT
Reply-To: Mats.Bredell@udac.uu.se
Organization: Uppsala University Computing Center (UDAC)
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

eagle@silver.lcs.mit.edu wrote:
: 
: When is the Apple Newton coming out? Feb93? What will it cost? ?????

According to a letter I received recently from Newton Developer Relations, it
says "... will be released in early 1993". Exactly what this means, no one
knows. Personally I think Apple will try to release it together with the
new Macs in february.

Another section says "Initial Newton products from Apple will be available in
early 1993 at prices starting well under $1,000". Rumors say that the street
price will be $600-700 for the smallest model.

/Mats
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Mats Bredell                                   Mats.Bredell@udac.uu.se
Uppsala University Computing Center (UDAC)     Ph:  +46 18 187817
Department of medical systems                  Fax: +46 18 187825
Sweden                                         Think straight - be gay!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: xdab@kimbark.uchicago.edu (David Baird)
Subject: Re: IIci memory configuration question
Reply-To: xdab@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 19:48:52 GMT

In article <11594@sun13.scri.fsu.edu> lyons@scri.fsu.edu (Jim Lyons) writes:
>I am getting a IIci with 5MB. I assumed there would be two banks of 
>memory, one with 4x256K and one with 4x1M.  It was my intention to remove 
>the four 256K SIMMs and replace them with four 4MB SIMMs, giving me 20MB. 
>I don't have any technical info on memory configurations in the IIci, but 
>according to one of the detailed ads for a RAM chip company in the back of 
>MacWeek, this isn't allowed. :^(
>
>Could some kind soul who knows please post the memory configuration 
>options for the IIci. Is 20MB an allowed configuration? (BTW, I am 
>planning to use the Radius VideoVision card as my display card, so I don't 
>have to worry about memory contention by the built-in display controller, 
>right?)

	RAM	Bank A		Bank B
	1 MB	256K		empty
	2MB	256K		256K
	4MB	1MB		empty
	5MB	1MB		256K
	8MB	1MB		1MB
	8MB	2MB		empty
       12MB	2MB		1MB
       16MB	2MB		2MB
       16MB	4MB		empty
       17MB	4MB		256K
       20MB	4MB		1MB
       24MB	4MB		2MB
       32MB	4MB		4MB

The chart I had did not describe combinations with 8MB or 16MB simms,
which were not readily available at its printing. But I understand
that one can take a IIci to at least 64MB and maybe 128MB (4x8 by 2,
or 16x4 by 2???). Don't quote me on the 128MB though, that may require
a newer machine (=quadra).



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From: gleicher@CS.CMU.EDU (Michael Gleicher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: 16 inch monitors and 8.24GC cards
Date: 24 Dec 92 15:33:59 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.BzrsKo.E9t.1
Distribution: comp
Organization: CMU Graphics Group
Originator: gleicher@HOSTESS.GRAPHICS.CS.CMU.EDU


I was wondering,

suppose I buy a 16 inch SVGA monitor like a Sony 1604 or a CTX 1760.

can I hook it up to my 8x24GC card?
what resolution would it go at?
	is it possible to do 1280x1024? (even 1 or 4 bits of color?)
	is it posssble to do 1024x768?
			      800x600?

if I were to buy another card to drive the monitor-
	how much would I have to spend (8bit color is fine)?
	what resolution could I get?

Thanks,
	Mike

-- 
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		ski bum, graphics hacker, and SCS PhD student
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3891	(412) 268-6243 (school)
From: segall+@cs.cmu.edu (Edward Segall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: IBM 4026 Postscript printer w/mac?
Summary: Will this work?
Date: 22 Dec 92 15:23:22 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.Bzo2qz.71.1
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon

Will an IBM model 4026 Postscript printer work with a macintosh?
As a postscript printer, it would seem that it should.  But
I need to know if this is true, and if there are any special
considerations, such as cabling (e.g. I bet it doesn't speak
Appletalk), memory size, or anything else that might be relevant.
I know nothing about this printer, except that I can aquire it
for what seems to be a reasonable price.  

Please send information!

Thanks,


Ed Segall
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: jgraham@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (the End)
Subject: Re: Apple monitor model #M1212 (Q)
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 19:45:11 GMT

It is my understanding that both monitors have the exact same SONY picture
tube and the new 14" has better magnetic sheilding and a built-in tilt-swivel
base. It is marginally more expensive via the academic channels ($500 vs $435).

Could you substantiate your claim that the new 14' uses a flatter tube ?


thanks,

Jim
From: markets@netcom.com (American Infomation Exchange)
Subject: Re: PB160 availability and price
Organization: American Information Exchange
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 03:58:20 GMT

In article <1992Dec23.202416.1@stsci.edu> zellner@stsci.edu writes:
>I got a Powerbook 160 with 8 megs of ram and the 80-meg hard disk from Falcon
>Microsystems for $3040.  The purchase was made through my company (Computer
>Sciences Corporation), but at least that will give you a price to aim at.
>Delivery was in just a few days.

This seems like the going price (i've been doing a little shopping
myself).  However,  I seem to recall (from my previous lifetime as a gov't
contractor) that falcon is a GSA scheduled reseller.  Which means that
you might have gotten a GSA price on that mac.

>
>Falcon has offices in most areas of the country and can be called at
>301-341-0146.  I have no connnection with Falcon except as a satisfied customer,
>and my opinions are entirely my own.
>
>Ben
>
From: udarryl@mcl.ucsb.edu (Darryl 'Well)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Plus Woes...
Keywords: plus sad mac woe woe woe
Date: 25 Dec 92 09:10:44 GMT

hi...merry christmas.  yeah, i know i should be dreaming of sugar plum
fairies, but...

I've got a friend's mac plus that keeps coming up with a sad mac
almost every time i turn it on.

wait wait, before you send me to Larry Pina's Dead Mac Scrolls or
Macintosh Repair and Upgrade Secrets (which, are, by the way, great
otherwise, and have allowed me to revive other dead macs), let me tell
you that i've scoured both of those books and can come up with
nothing...

here'e the scoop.

turned it on, got a beep (not a bong) and a sad mac.

error codes ranged all the heck over the place, the only pattern i
could see was 01nnnn, where n could have been anything.  oh, and
another pattern that appeared (i've got nearly 40+ different
codes--mail me if you want to see them all), was nnnn3x (where x was
some letter A-E, and nnnn01 (where n could have been anything).

what else...oh, i plugged in my multitester, the voltage from the
power sweep board is reading a steady 5.0v, um, i can scrounge up
another plus around here and try plugging the motherboard into that,
and i can try plugging in a hard drive i suppose.  (it's only run off
of floppies, as far as i know).  Can anybody think of a reason not to
plug the (dead) motherboard into a good power supply?  What about vice
versa- (good) motherboard into (dead?) power supply?  

replaced the old 256k simms with my old 256k simms (which were from a
plus as well).

any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  i'm home (sf
bay area) for the holidays until tuesday, and then i head back to 
santa barbara.  i'd like to give this mac back to my friend in working
order before i leave.  hopefully if i need any parts fry's or
someplace in san jose will be able to oblige me.

thanks a lot :}

--darryl lee
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: Mike Wiese <mikew@apple.com>
Subject: Re: Toshiba HD
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d15
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 10:37:22 GMT
X-Xxdate: Mon, 21 Dec 92 10:33:40 GMT
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A75ADD84AD010C85@wiese.apple.com>
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.

In article <1992Dec17.221540.7583@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu> Craig
Kendall, kendall@sound.music.mcgill.ca writes:
>	Has anyone had any experiences with the Toshiba 830 Meg Hard  
>Drive.  APS says its a good deal, plenty fast and reliable but I'm not
to  
>familiar with model.

a friend got some Toshiba 830's and Fujitsu 520's last August at
MacWorld. We tested
them out with HDT Toolkit's bench test program. The Toshiba has a
disappointing
sustained transfer rate for such a big drive - I can't remember exactly
but it was
around 800 Kbyte/sec, an earlier post today mentioned the Fujitsu does
2100 K/s.
Sustained transfer speed is important if you're going to be capturing
sound to
disk.

Also the Toshiba is quite loud while it's spinning, the Fujitsu is louder
seeking
but quieter overall.

So, there's a reason the Toshiba is so few $/MB. But if performance
similar to a 
Quantum 80 is ok, then it's a great deal.

mike