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From: Bryan J. Blumberg <b_blumberg@macsch.com>
Subject: Re: LASER PRINTERS: TI35 vs QMS PS410 vs PAN KXP4455
Organization: Systems Integration Branch
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.0
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 16:28:13 GMT

>I own a TI-PS17 (one step down from the printer you're looking at.) I
researched
>for a long time before making my purchase, and concluded that this is
the most
>printer for the money among the available printers. I am convinced after
6
>months of use that I made a correct decision. Features: 250 sheet paper
tray,
>Auto-switching (actually, mine doesn't have that), 9 ppm, VERY VERY
SMALL 
>FOOTPRINT, less wasteful toner replacement scheem (less than apple and
others),
>etc.
>
>All in all, I highly reccomend this printer. Also, I think that TI is
offering
>ATM for $10, and the Adobe Garamond family at a greatly reduced rate
when you
>buy a printer.
>
>Gil Kasparek
>HUDDLER@VTTCF.CC.VT.EDU


I own a TI-PS35, the older 6 page per minute variety.  I'm also very happy
with this printer.  The small foot print makes it possible to fit in the
small confines I have reserved in my house for computing.  It is really
creative the way the input paper tray does not stick out of the printer,
and the output paper tray is the top of the printer.  Most other printers
have all of these accssories that stick out all over the place making the
printer larger than it really is.

As far as Gil Kasparek's comment regarding TI offering ATM with Adobe
Garamond for $10--I just want you to all know that those advertisments
by printer companies that you've been seeing regarding getting ATM
and Garamond (a $349 value!) is misleading:

Adobe has been giving away ATM and Garamond for free for several months
to anybody who will call them up and ask for it.  I think they charge
something like $7.50 for shipping and handling.

I think that Adobe is being hurt by the fact that True Type is available
free from Apple and that Apple is selling True Type versions of all of the
standard 35 LaserWriter fonts for only $18.

========================================
Bryan  J. Blumberg, The MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation
815 Colorado Boulevard, Los Angeles, California  90041-1777
(213) 259-4914, B_BLUMBERG@MACSCH.COM
From: bill@sumax.seattleu.edu (Bill Flowers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: There is a crippled  LC II because ...
Date: 11 Apr 92 01:17:00 GMT
Organization: Seattle University, Seattle, WA

From article <4563@unccvax.uncc.edu>, by mpd@unccvax.uncc.edu (Michael Parker Davis):
> 
> Why would Apple Computer limit the LC's 68030 upgrade?
> 
[stuff deleted]
>   Would you have paid $20 more and waited an extra month for a coprocessor 
> socket on the motherboard?  I think so.  Would you have paid $20 more for a
> 32 bit data path?   I think so.

...and an extra $50 to use standard SE expansion cards?  And maybe an extra
$50 for the VRAM that they sell on the side?  And perhaps another $15 for
a second ADB port so you could have your mouse *not* dangling on the floor
when you put the keyboard on your lap?  And how about just $75 for a faster
SCSI II hard drive interface?  By the time you've added in all of the little
extras, you've brought yourself mighty close to an si.  Why not just spring
for that instead?  It's quite a bit faster, you know.

I understand your disgust at Apple over the product line.  I have my own
long list of things they could have done better, but the LC II is not 
anywhere near the top of the list.  If anything, I think the decision to
use the '020 in the original LC was a mistake and the LC II is what the LC
should have been in the first place.  When asked my opinion about which Mac
to buy (which happens all the time), I could not seriously recommend the LC
to individuals (as opposed to businesses) unless they just couldn't afford
the IIsi.  I refused to condone the purchase of LC's for my place of
employment (limited expansion, no PMMU option, yet another card slot
architecture).  The LC II changes that.  I still suggest that my office
purchase IIsi's (at least) but I will recommend with a bit more courage
that friends look into the LC II.

*   Bill Flowers, bill@sumax.seattleu.edu         *   My words,    *
*   Microcomputer Specialist, Seattle University  *  my thoughts.  *

P.S. When the LC first came out, I thought the '020 was a good choice,
but now that I see the direction Apple has taken, I don't like the design
as much.  The designers at Apple surely must know the future of the product
line at least three years into the future.  I imaging the '020 decision
was based on politics rather than engineering merit.
From: wingo@apple.com (Tony Wingo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Color QD in a Plus
Date: 9 Apr 92 17:04:45 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Apple Computer

In article <11596@tamsun.tamu.edu>, sef3179@tamsun.tamu.edu (Steven Eric Fuller) writes:
> 
> Can anyone explain to me why a Mac Plus doesn't have 32-bit Quickdraw?
> (yes, it does make sense to put CQD in a B&W Mac. e.g. SE/30, Classic II )
> 
> I am quite aware that CQD is not in the Mac Plus ROMs, but that should
> not make it impossible. Why hasn't Apple released a CQD extension that
> would define the traps found in newer ROMs? MANY new programs (QuickTime)
> require 32-bit QD. 
> 
> I just don't see any hardware reason not to have QCD.

My understanding is that QCD requires instructions that exist only
in the 68020 and up.  That is why it was available on the SE/30 but not
the SE.

Of course, I don't work for system software, so don't quote me on this :-)

-tony

>> the usual disclaimers apply <<
From: dave@gergo.tamu.edu (Dave Martin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Apple File Exchange
Keywords: info
Date: 14 Apr 92 21:32:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: gergo.14APR199215320375
Organization: Geochemical & Environmental Research Group, Texas A&M University
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <duane.703265798@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov>, duane@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov (Duane Clark) writes...
>exby@pogo.Colorado.EDU (J.'Doc' Exby) writes:
>>Could someone take a second and explain what "Apple File Exchange" is,
>>what it does, and where it's available from?  Thanks again oh wise       
>>net-folk. 
>>I'm running a SE with 030 accel card, and Sys 7.0 w/ TuneUp 1.1.1
>If you have System 7, it should be in your Utilities Folder. Apple File
>Exchange simply allows you to read and write DOS floppies on your Mac.

Apple File Exchange requires you to have an Apple SuperDrive (FDHD), not sure
if it also works with third-party high-density floppy drives or not, to be
able to read/write DOS disks. While some Mac SE's have them, most do not. As
long as there is an indication on the front of the SE's case stating either
'FDHD' or 'SuperDrive' (Apple initially labelled them with the 'FDHD', which
means "Floppy Drive High Density", but decided later to label them as having
SuperDrives), you can use AFX to read/write DOS floppies. SE/30's, and the
II's (starting with the IIx?) shipped with the FDHD, while I believe that the
upgrade was available for both the SE & the II (original). 

 -                                                                     -
 - Dave Martin - Geochemical & Environmental Research Group, Texas A&M - 
 - DAVE@GERGA[GERGO,GERGI].TAMU.EDU - BROOKS@TAMVXOCN.BITNET - AOL:DBM -
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From: te@uwasa.fi (Tuomas Eerola)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: internal speaker in a IIsi problem...
Date: 14 Apr 92 06:26:11 GMT
Organization: University of Vaasa, Finland

In article <9vwj!va.mspace@netcom.com> mspace@netcom.com (Brian Hall) writes:
>In article <1992Apr13.043613.6851@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> tblackma@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Tom Blackman) writes:
>>No, its is not a software problem.  I happend to me in both system 6 and 7.  
>>It does seem to be a hardware problem but of what type I don't know.  I have
>>have been told that it is an impedance problem in the speaker itself, and that
>>it is a dust problem.  The dust seems to be the problem because I recently cleaned it and have not had a problem yet.
>
>I think it is a hardware problem as well.  The same assembly that carries
>the lines for the internal speaker also carries the lines for the LED on
>the front of the case.  I had problems with both the sound and the LED,
>so I picked up a pair of external speakers and no longer care - the speakers
>always work.  The LED continues to blnk on and off from time to time.
>
We have had same problem with one of our IIsi:s. It was a hardware problem,
but quite easy to fix. Both led and speaker are connected to motherboard with
some kind of fingers. 
Take off hard disk drive. Speaker is under it. Take carefully off the speaker.
Note "fingers". Clean contacts, also under motherboard. Put everyhting back.
If it was a hardware problem, it should have dissapeared.

Tuomas
-- 
    Tuomas Eerola, Computer Centre, U of Vaasa  !  P.O. BOX 700
    tuomas.eerola@uwasa.fi                      !  SF-65101 Vaasa, Finland
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: hpapaleo@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Holly B Papaleonardos)
Subject: Handlebar in Multi-Finder?
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 02:56:40 GMT


      Although I am not a Mac user, I do have some computer experience, and a
   little with multi-tasking. That's why I was suprised to hear about the
   Multi-Finder feature of the Mac. Usually only two or three applications
   can be run on this system at a time, but still it's rather useful.

      Now here is the oddity, which I'm sure is explained in some manual, but
   of course I don't have it...:

      I was running the Information Manager on the "lesser" Mac LC for
   Compuserve. While downloading a file, the librarian who governs the area
   where the computer is walked over. Quickly I moved the mouse to the top
   right corner so she couldn't see what file I was retrieving. Once she left,
   I wiggled the mouse to see the screen again.  (^^^^^ O   I mean activating 
   Pyro screen saver program.)   It was around this time that I noticed a
   strange formation next to the IM icon. It looked to me like a handle for
   a lunch box or somemthing like that. It was just a simple one-pixel width
   drawing looking like: (one right, two down, four right, two up, one right)

                __        __
               |        |
                 |________|

          Relatively simple. It just sat there, didn't move, flash, or produce 
   an error. Clicking in its vicinity did nothing, unless I moved too close
   to the multi-finder icon area. BTW, the handle appeared JUST TO THE RIGHT
   OF THE MULTIFINDER ICON.



     Can anyone explain its occurance to me? Thanks foro any help you might
   have. Please use my mail address, and not this network; I will post a
                 follow-up should responses warrant.
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From: davidbu@loowit.wr.tek.com (David E. Buxton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: AutoDoubler -- User Feedback
Date: 13 Apr 92 20:02:36 GMT

Am thinking about getting AutoDoubler for my MAC+
I have a 30 Mbyte HD.

How easily does it install?

Is it bug free?  Can I trust it?

Any other comments?

Please email as I do not follow this newsgroup.

Thanks,

Dave
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: ericsc@microsoft.com (Eric Schlegel)
Subject: Re: After Dark --> DarkSide?
Date: 11 Apr 92 15:17:42 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corp.

In article <73003@netnews.upenn.edu> gasser@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Nathan Gasser ><>  ) writes:
>
>	Is there any reasonable expectation that one could make a
>DarkSide fader with an interface something akin to the ShowPICT or
>QuickTime fader, one which lets you pick from a file dialog an AD
>module to use, then sorta launches that module when it's told to fade?
>I think this could be reasonably cool.

I'm currently working on such a fader. I've got it running AD modules under
DarkSide 2.5; now I need to port it to DarkSide 3.0 and add support for the
AD configuration dialog.

I haven't had much time to work on this recently, but I may have something to
release in the next few months.

-eric
ericsc@microsoft.com

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,su.macintosh,su.computers.rcc
From: jhira@leland.Stanford.EDU (Lee)
Subject: Missing Trash Icon
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 21:42:41 GMT

I have a Mac IIcx which I just upgraded to System 7.0.1 with Tune-up
version 1.1.  Now the Trash Icon has disappeared.  Disk First Aid
shows nothing.  Any ideas?  Thanks in advance.

Terry Lee
From: unruley@mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu (Kriss Boyce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: internal speaker in a IIsi problem...
Date: 13 Apr 92 18:42:17 GMT

I was the origional poster of the speaker problem, and I just wanted to clarify
that this happened in any software from Loom to wordprocessing so I personally 
doubt that it is a software problem.  I'm still hesitant to pull out my hard 
drive.  I don't have a problem with the LED on the front panel, so is this    
really necessary?
kriss
unruley@mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu
From: blob@Apple.COM (Brian Bechtel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Latest edition of Intro to Mac Family Hardware?
Date: 14 Apr 92 04:01:09 GMT
Article-I.D.: apple.65374
Distribution: usa
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

mhk@cactus.org (M. H. Khan) writes:

>Is there any edition of the Apple publication "Introduction to the Macintosh
>Family Hardware" that includes the Quadras?  Or are there any supplements/
>technical reports that provide that kind of information for the Quadras?

Quadra/PowerBook/Classic II Developer Notes from APDA are the
"supplement."  Contact APDA via applelink.apple.com.

--Brian Bechtel     blob@apple.com     "My opinion, not Apple's"
Organization: Freshman, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Date: Tue,  7 Apr 1992 15:44:45 -0400 
From: John Hamilton Slye <jsbr+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: mac.binaries aaaarrrrggghhh!!


Thanks to all who have sent help, but I'm still having problems...
Here's the full info:

File: Desktop Textures Vol. I

Utilities used: BinHex 5.0, Stuffit Deluxe 2.? (BinHex 4.0), DeHQX 2.0.0,
                United v2.2, MacIP 4.0.1 (BinHex 4.0)

Problems: BinHex 5.0 - converts part 1 into archive "DesktopTexturesVol.1.sit"
                       and gives end of file error when converting part 2
          Stuffit Deluxe 2.? - same as BinHex 5.0 but freezes when I do
                               part 2
          DeHQX 2.0.0 - converts part 1 and can't find beginning of part 2
          United v2.2 - this utility links the parts together fine, but when
                        the combined file is being converted I get a
                        "No checksum error."
          MacIP 4.0.1 - chokes on converting

I realize  that a lot of the errors may have been due to the fact that
they weren't originally linked. But I can't get it to work even when
they are linked.

It might just be better if someone could tell me where I could ftp it from.

As before, any and all help is much appreciated! Thanks in advance!




=========================================================================
J. Hamilton Slye (jsbr@andrew.cmu.edu) 1071 Morewood Ave., Pgh, Pa. 15213

The opinions stated above do not necessarily reflect those of the author!

"HAPPY! HAPPY! HAPPY! HAPPY! HAPPY! HAPPY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY! JOY!"
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From: yaosenko@acsu.buffalo.edu (Yaosen Ko)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: access AppleLink from Internet?
Keywords: Applelink Internet Gate
Date: 14 Apr 92 11:39:19 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: UB

Hello net gurus,

Is there a way to send e-mail from Internet to Applelink?

Thanks in advance.
From: tbeaubie@ringer.cs.utsa.edu (Todd Beaubien)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Spectre requires a 68020 or better
Summary: OOPS! NOT!!
Date: 15 Apr 92 13:30:24 GMT
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio

In article <1992Apr14.235123.11325@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> tbeaubie@ringer.cs.utsa.edu (Todd Beaubien) writes:
>
>Spectre I know a little about. Spectre requires a 68020 or better
>to run, *not* a 68020 specifically (sp?). That means it'd run on
>a Quadra as well. 
>
>Todd Beaubien

Oh well, so much for being helpful. I responded to someone
else's post and made an assumption at the same time; bad
combination. I rediscovered that same evening that Spectre
does not require a 68020 or better, any 'ol 68000 will do
just fine if the happy tankers who have mailed my are any
indication. Sorry for any mis-information.

To all happy Spectre users: You all do know what a DAT is
don't you?? :-) :-) (Hint: it's not Digital Audio Tape)

Todd Beaubien
Smilin' cause now he's going to get mail of another type
from Army-familiar people everywhere! :-)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: cs225ex@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (A A DeGuzman)
Subject: HD drive cleaning?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 19:24:03 GMT

I work in a lab that consists of 30+ Macintoshes, ranging from SE's to
IIcx's. Lately, some of floppy drives have been failing to read or
write to disks that work on other machines. I figure that we should look
into some disk-drive cleaning kits. I have heard different reports on
effectiveness on the different types. Do the net-land gods have any
reports on this subject?

Thanks in advance.

-- 
Alan A. DeGuzman       |   "I think that the surest signs of intelligent life 
Calculus&Mathematica   |    elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has
Dept of Math, UIUC     |    tried to contact us." - Hobbes to Calvin
From: glenn@gla-aux.uucp (Glenn Austin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: TuneUp 1.1 companions??
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 13:57:08 PST
Organization: The Pit Lane
Reply-To: glenn%gla-aux.uucp@skinner.cs.uoregon.edu
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.5v4


In article <1992Apr7.160308.20611@news.iastate.edu> (comp.sys.mac.misc), kmradke@iastate.edu (Kevin M Radke) writes:
> 
> I've only heard of OmegaSane...  Does it help as much as I have heard
> for numerical calculations?  Where can one get it?  I would like to
> try it out on my SE/30!!!, since system 7.01 and tuneup was NOT
> supposed to help those 'dirty' rom machines.

OmegaSANE was an ALPHA/BETA release of what was in System 7.0.1 for the
newer machines.

You can get a SANE that is even faster than 7.0.1 by getting QuickSANE from
Total Systems.

===============================================================================
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| Macintosh Wizard and           |    Turn too late, much better fate."       |
| Auto Racing Driver             |   -- Jim Russell Racing School Instructors |
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From: cory@enigami.mv.com (Cory Kempf)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: scanners?
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 92 13:51:36 EST
Organization: EnigamI, Inc., Nashua, NH
Reply-To: cory@enigami.mv.com
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.5v5


In article <92099.005426JP1WWCPW@MIAMIU.BITNET> (comp.sys.mac.misc), JP1WWCPW@MIAMIU.BITNET (Jon) writes:
>I work for a college newspaper and the paper's editor has told me to look into
>scanners so that we can hopefully purchase one this summer.  I am wondering if
>anyone could tell me which type of scanner is best for our needs and what one
>would expect to pay for such a thing.  We have Macintosh ci's and a Clipper
>65 Xitron laser printer.  We would be using the scanner primarily for photo-
>graphs (8x10 and smaller) but would occasionally use formats of at least 14x11.
>Please drop me a line if you can help me.  Thanks.

Without knowing more about your needs, I can only tell you of a couple
of scanners that I know of that sound like they might suit your needs.
I know that there are some other brands out there (Agfa, HP, Apple,
Epson, uMax, etc) that compete with us, but I am not really up on
their products.

I am afraid that the rest of this sounds like an advert for Howtek.
I have tried to keep it down to useful information and specs.

You were doing OK until you wanted to do 14*11.  Howtek (one of the
companies that I work for) makes a couple of scanners that might help
you.  Most of the low end scanner market (HP, Apple, Epson, etc) is focused 
around 8.5 * 11 or (like our PCS) 8.5 * 14, at 300*600 or 400*800 dpi. 
(Our PCS is 300 dpi in the X direction, and can step at 600 dpi.  The 
software I wrote interpolates up to 600*600).

When you said that you needed 11*14, you put yourself out of the small
scanner market.  I know Howtek makes a 11*17 scanner (the ScanMaster 3+),
which might suite your needs, but it is a lot more expensive than
the PCS (the PCS (8.5*14, 600 dpi, colour) sells for something on
the order of $1000 or so.  The SM3+ (11*17, 1200 dpi (actually 400*1200),
colour, w/ transparancy option) goes for something on the order of
$8000).  I think that there are some other companies that make 11*17
scanners, but I don't know who off hand (I have been busy with a 4000
dpi drum scanner of late -- $40,000).

If you want, you can call Howtek and talk to a sales type at 1-800-44-Howtek.
If you want to explore the other vendors, grab a copy of MacLeak --
usually they have ads in there.

+C


-------------------------------------------------------------
Cory Kempf                    EnigamI, Inc.
cory@enigami.mv.com           ...!decvax!enigami!cory
Microsoft Free and Proud Of It!... 
                           ...Microsoft Products: Just Say no.
From: ace@tidbits.halcyon.com (Adam C. Engst)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: TidBITS#119/13-Apr-92 posted in c.s.m.digest
Date: 14 Apr 92 05:41:57 GMT
Article-I.D.: tidbits.D2150083.a5pvvm
Reply-To: ace@tidbits.halcyon.com (Adam C. Engst)
Organization: TidBITS

TidBITS#119/13-Apr-92
=====================
 
 It's not as big a deal as when a car company does it, but Apple
   recalled Tune-Up 1.1 last week and replaced it with 1.1.1.
   That's embarrassing, but not nearly as embarrassed as you'd
   be if your portable caused a plane to have problems due to
   the radio frequency interference we discuss this issue. The
   latest rumors from Claris aren't in the slightest bit
   embarrassing though, and neither is Dan Walkowski's
   excellent trash management utility, TrashMan.

Topics:
    MailBITS/13-Apr-92
    Sorry, Charlie! (Tune-Up Recalled)
    RFI Interference Letter
    RFI Follow-up
    Claris Windows Rumors
    The TrashMan Cometh
    Reviews/13-Apr-92
 
[Archived as /info-mac/digest/tb/tidbits-119.etx; 26K]
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
From: hofbauer@csri.toronto.edu (John Hofbauer)
Subject: Best paper for the Personal Laserwriter NT
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
Distribution: na
Date: 9 Apr 92 19:57:02 GMT

What kind of paper gives the best results on this beastie?
Organization: Masters student, Information Networking Institute, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 15:01:22 -0400 
From: Marissa Gonzalez <mg4s+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: SWIM chip?

In reading an article on the MacIIfx, I came across a reference to the
SWIM chip.  I think it's referring to woz machine.  Am I right?  What
does SWIM stand for? ("super woz __  machine"?)

Also, I've been trying to find good system block diagrams for both the
MacIIfx and the Quadra.  If you've seen any, I'd really appreciate the
reference.

Thanks,
Marissa
<mg4s@andrew.cmu.edu>