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From: djpegg@utkvx3.utk.edu (PEGG, DAVID J)
Subject: Why Is the IIsi so slow?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords:  IIsi
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 21:20:00 GMT

I've always noticed that the IIsi is pretty slow but I
never knew how slow until I tried to do some work with
Word 5.0 and Equation Editor.  Even with very simple 
equations included in the text it slowed to a crawl.
For example, typing the word "is" took 5 seconds to
appear on the screen.  I tried everything I could think
of (shutting off all extensions, setting monitor to black
and white, changing cache setting) with little affect.

I'm going home now to use my SE/30.  Even with tons of 
extensions and two monitors (even with one running at 24 bits)
my SE/30 is leaps and bounds faster.

So what's the deal anyway? Both machines have the same processor
and coprocessor and the clock speed is faster on the IIsi.
But my SE/30 is considerably faster doing just about anything
I've tried.

Sign me, Tired and Grouchy.
From: lemke@radius.com (Steve Lemke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: How does Time Manager operate on accelerated machines?
Date: 27 Jul 92 19:04:56 GMT

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

>In article <1992Jul24.184653.12915@msc.cornell.edu> maynard@tamar.msc.cornell.edu (Maynard J. Handley) writes:
>>Near as I can tell, all accelerators come with an INIT that activates them.
>>To what extent is this OS version specific? Ie if it's patching every
>>routine in ROM that depends on CPU timing, will it break with the next OS
>>release?

>Yes.

This is a fairly general and harsh statement to make...  The answer really
depends on two key factors - (A) the accelerator, and (B) the system revision.

For instance, Rocket works with 7.0, and it works with 7.0.1.  Whether or not
it works with whatever the next system version is remains to be seen (as does
the next system version).  It would take a more in-depth explanation about
how the Rocket works than I have time to give, but basically, it's hard to say
whether it will or won't work with whatever the next version is.  System 7
broke lots of things (hardware AND software).  Radius responded with a version
of the Rocket software that did indeed work under System 7.  You can bet that
if there's a problem again, we'll be working on it (there would be a lot of
unhappy Rocket customers screaming at us if we weren't)...

It's worth mentioning that there isn't any code in the ROM on the Rocket
board - everything is software, and therefore everything is upgradable
quickly and easily (and in many cases, available from electronic services).

With other accelerators, it's hard to say.  Some are (or were) made by
companies that may be too small to have the resources to update them, or
may not even be in business anymore.

Of course, there are other accelerators that are also made by large
companies, and I would expect that if they have problems with new
system software, they would also update their software.

In any case, there's no need to create rumors or throw a wave of panic
out by saying (generically) that all accelerators will fail with new
system software.

To answer the original question, there are low memory globals in the Macintosh
that tell time-critical portions of system software how fast the machine can
execute certain operations.  The Start Manager (documented in Inside Macintosh
volume V, p.352) describes these globals.  I would imagine that most
accelerators would have to make sure these variables are set up properly.

As for the Time Manager, on the Rocket all Time Manager tasks are actually
executed on the motherboard.  Since Rocket completely takes over the system
there is a small process left running on the motherboard to handle things like
general I/O (serial, SCSI, ADB, etc.) as well as Time Manager functions, Sound,
and a few other things...

--Steve

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From: jfw@ksr.com (John F. Woods)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: LPS105 vs. Maxtor 120
Date: 28 Jul 92 10:30:24 EDT
Distribution: usa

lumpy@cup.portal.com (Larry E Woodard) writes:
>It has been my experience that the Maxtor 120 is a tad flakey (shame, because
>the 200 I have is a star).  I have run through 3 of these drives this month
>befor I got one that ran for an extended period.

Anecdotal evidence is, of course, of little use, but my wife's Maxtor 120
has performed flawlessly for most of a year; the only problems she had turned
out to be a flaky power supply (which would occasionally cause the drive to
shut down and spin back up; fortunately, it never lost any data while doing
so).
Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.hardware:14360 comp.sys.mac.misc:13945
From: jfw@ksr.com (John F. Woods)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: truetype fonts -- where to get Bookman and New Century Schoolbook
Date: 28 Jul 92 14:09:46 EDT

GFX@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>My installation disk had TT outlines for times, helvetica, courier, symbol and
>new york (I think). I frequently used bookman and New Century Schoolbook.
>Can we FTP their TTs or are there good substitutes around?

I don't know about substitutes, but you can't FTP those fonts, since they
are licensed by Apple.  If you ftp a copy of

	ftp.apple.com:/mac/dts/sys.soft/upgrade-order-form.txt

you can find out how you could have bought the Apple Printer Tune-Up that comes
with these two fonts (and more) for just $18 (not bad at all), but that seems
to have ended 6/22/92; perhaps someone from Apple can comment on whether Apple
will still honor these upgrade requests, or maybe you can just call the number
listed (1-800-947-5176) and see if it's still good (they'll want the model
number of a Macintosh printer, so find a friend with either a StyleWriter or
a Personal LaserWriter LS...).
From: de19@umail.umd.edu (Dana S Emery)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Help on repairing Mac SE, please!
Date: 25 Jul 92 19:59:12 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Personal

In article <894@telxon.UUCP>, joes@telxon.uucp (Joe Staudt) wrote:
> 
> >: 1) Does the checkerboard with happy Mac indicate something else?
> >
> >It can but in this case it is due to a bad memory address map... you took out 
> >1 meg simms and put smaller ones in, but did you make sure the resistor that 
> >lets the machine know what kind of simms are in was correct, and did you follow
> >the guidelines for the banks of simms.... i.e. the 1 megs have to go in the 
> >correct bank.... so check the address resistor ( 470k I think... its marked)
> >and try switching the banks of simms (in pairs)  your problem should go away.
> >
> 
> Actually, in the SE it's not a resistor, it's a jumper.  If the machine
> formerly had 4M of RAM in it, the jumper should have been removed.  It is
> labelled as to the correct configurations.
> 

Actually, since there have been multiple versions of the SE LB, you are
both right, the jumper is out for both 2.5 mb and 4mb; the resistors are (i
think) also both out for 2.5 and for 4mb.

For either machine, for 2.5 mb, the 1mb simms must be in the slots closest
to the cpu chip (ie, the interior slots).

(thank you Larry Pina).
--

Dana S Emery <de19@umail.umd.edu>
From: urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Ugrading a IIcx
Date: 27 Jul 1992 12:36:07 +0200
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1

In comp.sys.mac.hardware, article <2A6DF5DC.3437@ics.uci.edu>,
  pcolline@ics.uci.edu (Phil Colline) writes:
< >800-227-3971) has been advertising a cx to Quadra upgrade for $2599, and a ci
< >to Quadra upgrade for $1999. I don't know how their upgrade differs from the
< >
< >Jeff Willner
< 
< That ci upgrade is extremely expensive! UCI offers the upgrade for around $1000
< and it used to be even less at $899.  The quadra upgrade right now is a rip-off
< but hopefully will come down in price sometime soon.  Most stores should have
< an upgrade price near this amount.
< 
Consider yourselves extremely lucky. The German price for the cx/ci->Q700
upgrade is on the order of $2500..$3000.

-- 
You should go home.
-- 
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From: lkingsley@crd.ge.com (Lorne J. Kingsley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: PowerBook 100 Pricing: Here's Why
Date: 29 Jul 92 16:56:20 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: General Electric R&D

In article <4935@gold.gvg.tek.com>, brandonl@gold.gvg.tek.com (Brandon
Lovested) wrote:
> 
> In article <1992Jul28.011144.21903@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> an780@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Travis Grundke) writes:
> >
> >Apparently, for those stunned and in AWE at pricing for the PB100, it has
> >been stated that Apple has officially DISCONTINUED the PB100 and to clear out
> 
> "It has been stated"?  By whom?  State your source.
> It's not Apple.


In the MacWeek I got yesterday, it was pretty clear the 100 is toast. It,
and the 140 are being replaced by a model 145, with a faster processor, but
still no on-board FPU. bummer.

- Lorne

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: bob_janc-cdsr98x@email.mot.com (Bob_Janc)
Subject: Re: PowerBook 170 Briefcase??????
Organization: LMPS RESEARCH
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 15:26:50 GMT

**************************************************************
A company called Kensington makes a case called Notebook Traveler Deluxe.
It holds the powerbook, ac adapter, extra battery or two, and has room
for a few floppies, modem cords, papers, etc.  It is waterproof and has
rugged zippers and fasteners.  I have one and am very satisfied with it.
It is approximately $80 in the MacWarehouse catalog.
**************************************************************


In article <haase-210792131649@macpkh.meediv.lanl.gov>, haase@meediv.lanl.gov (Peter Haase) writes:
> 
> Can anyone recommend a case for a PowerBook 170 that can hold acc
> and Papers?????
> 
> <==================================+==================================>
>   Peter Haase                      +    Internet: haase@meediv,lanl.gov
>   Net Manager/MEE-Division         +    Phone: 505-667-2684
>   Los Alamos National Laboratory   +    FAX:   505-665-3911
> 
> "The opinions expressed in this message are my own and do not necessarily
>  reflect those of Los Alamos National Laboratory"
> 
> 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: Apgar@Apple.com (Gar)
Subject: Re: Quadra 700 + VRAM+ Apple 16 inch = HUH?!!??!
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 01:40:41 GMT
Organization: Apple

In article <D2150035.95ppq6@outpost.SF-Bay.org>, peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce) writes:
> 
> 
> In article <711788422.F00007@blkcat.UUCP> (comp.sys.mac.hardware), Mark.J..Sisson@p842.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Mark J. Sisson) writes:
> > "So far, only the LC II, Quadra 950, 8*24 (Rev. B) and 8*24GC (Rev. B)support
> > 16-bit color."
> 
> Is there any way to get an 8*24 card upgraded to rev B? I don't have
> 16-bit color from my 8*24 card :-(


Yes - thru any Apple Dealer that does repairs.

Apgar@Apple.com                   I said it, NOT Apple.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: morton@qucdntri.ee.queensu.ca
Subject: MAC KNOWLEDGE SOUGHT
Organization: Queen's University EE Department
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 16:52:53 GMT

I'm a disallusioned DOSer who is considering the switch over to Mac.
I really haven't kept up with the hardware. Could somebody who
really knows their stuff (Sales reps never know much about the 
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
technical aspects of it all) please give me a concise summary of 
	The line of higher-end Macs (ie 68030 and 68040 chips)
	Lots o' details on the operating system
	What sort of stuff comes standard (MIDI, modem, etc...?)
	Available hardware (Monitors+graphics cards, etc...)

I know this is a broad question, but it would be much apreciated.
And I'm sure it would give the Mac chauvanist no end of pleasure 
to convert an Intel user. 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: tfreeman@netcom.Netcom.COM (Thomas Freeman)
Subject: connecting HP IIP to a Mac
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 17:41:16 GMT
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Service
Distribution: comp

Sorry if this is a FAQ.  I'd like to drive a HP IIP from a Mac.
Is there a software driver that will do this, or do I need additional
hardware as well?  I bought the HPIIP for an IBM clone, and I'd like
to use it on my Mac as well.  The stores in the area want to sell me
connection hardware for something like $100 to $200, which seems rather
high.  I did find a reference to UT/DESKDRIVE in an index for mac.archive.umich
but that server seems to be down.  Is that driver only for HP Deskwriters?
Is it available on othere archive servers?
 thanks,
 -Tom
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: pwan@scott.skidmore.edu (peter wan)
Subject: Re: SE/30 Internal Greyscale
Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 03:31:17 GMT

tamone@uni2a.unige.ch writes:
> To have grey-scale on a se/30 is there a need for a special external
> monitor...

Yes, and also the necessary video interface card.

> ...or the built-in one can do it ?

No. The on board video circuitry driving the 9 inch tube of the SE/30
supports black/white only.
Although 32-bit color QuickDraw is built into the SE/30, you can't
take advantage of it (i.e. you don't SEE color/greyscale) without an
appropriate external monitor setup.  

> 
> Francois
> 

-Peter
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: Ben E. Colley <tpmaint@mizzou1.missouri.edu>
Subject: Re: Leaving Monitor on
Originator: news@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: Univ of Missouri-Columbia
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 05:29:04 GMT

In article <1992Jul29.170715.8960@ctr.columbia.edu> Daniel Schwabe,
schwabe@inf.puc-rio.br writes:
>want to restart this here. However, I don't recall having seen any
>discussion as to whether it is harmful (even if you have some sort of
>screen saver program) to leave your monitor on all the time. Does someone
>have any recomendations/experiences?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: tlt38517@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Terry Thiel)
Subject: APS 2 page discontinued.
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 16:32:14 GMT

For those who are interested;  I ordered a Sampo two-page gray-scale with a
Lapis card for the SE/30 today but they said it had been discontinued due to
quality control problems with the Sampo monitor.  They aren't sure if they will
ever offer this display again.  It's too bad because $849 was a really good
price for a 256 gray scale two page monitor.  Anyone know of a similar price
on another monitor?  It has to be gray scale.
-Terry
P.S.  At least APS had the brains to pull the product since it wasn't up to
their standards.
From: barretpj@uhura.aston.ac.uk (Phil J Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: DIY MIDI interface?
Date: 24 Jul 92 08:21:05 GMT
Organization: Aston University

I need a MIDI interface (for various reasons). My question is: how simple is
the circuitry? Is it just a matter of 5-pin DIN sockets into an 8-pin mini-DIN?
Presumably not - but considering I built a MIDI interface for my BBC micro
(oh, such memories!), I'd like to have a go and come up with a cheaper solution
than spending 50 pounds at MacLine.

(Alternatively, is there a cheap UK supplier?)

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: tinsel@nyx.cs.du.edu (Thomas Insel)
Subject: Re: SE/30 **RUMOR** question
Reply-To: tinsel@uiuc.edu
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 04:33:49 GMT

jlw7@ellis.uchicago.edu (jonathan lee wanak) writes:

>I have HEARD third-hand (from an unknown source) that the SE/30 MIGHT be pro-
>duced again.  Is there any validity to this rumor?

Although I haven't heard anything about it, I sincerely doubt this.  
The SE/30 was a more powerful machine than the current Classic II,
but it cost much more to make.  I think we can expect future compact
Macintosh models to continue the corner-cutting used in current low-
end models.  Personally, I doubt Apple will release anything much more
powerful in their compact line -- in general, people who need more
power than a Classic II also want larger monitors, and the expandability
offered by a Mac II series.
--
Thomas Insel (tinsel@nyx.cs.du.edu, tinsel@uiuc.edu)
From: hcheng@Auspex.COM (Howard Cheng)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Stylewriter: Pagemaker 4.0; vertical lines
Date: 28 Jul 92 00:47:37 GMT
Distribution: world,local
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara

In article <22JUL199222345093@violet.ccit.arizona.edu> dagnall@violet.ccit.arizona.edu (Robert A. Dagnall) writes:
>
>1)  I recently purchased the STudent Version of Pagemaker 4.0.
>It doesn't have a Stylewriter print driver.  Do I need to find
>one, or will one of the other drivers do?
>

The Stylewriter is a QuickDraw printer, so you don't need a PageMaker APD. Just
use the Chooser extension that comes with the Stylewriter.

h.

From: Todd.Szymanski@f438.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Todd Szymanski)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: print an imported EPS file in Word5 on a Stylewriter
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 14:50:04 -0500

I have similiar problems printing EPS files from my Deskwriter.
The problem is when you make something in Illustrator it comes up on the screen
in Quickdraw. The images are "clean" when you draw them. The Stylewriter along
with the HP Deskwriter is a Quickdraw printer. Everything is fine there, when
you export the file to EPS it is converted to Poscript. Illustator only gives it
a rough Quickdraw representation (Quickdraw is also the format you mac uses to
display images on the screen). So when you print it out in Word on you
stylewriter you only get that rough quickdraw image. If that file was printed on
a Postscript device such as the Laserwriter, it would come out "clean." Another
solution would be to buy an interperator program such as Freedom of the Press. I
don't know much about it other than it will fix your problem. It costs something
like $80 and I'm considering purchasing it myself. Does that make sense?


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: karches@utdallas.edu (Tom Karches)
Subject: Re: Price Club & PB100
Organization: Univ. of Texas at Dallas
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 03:43:56 GMT

In article <1992Jul30.133700.5537@vicorp.com> daniel@vicorp.com (Daniel Dee) writes:
>I called up Price Club in CT and they said that
>I have to have a business or be a CT state employee
>to join. Membership is $25. They won't quote the price
>of the PB100 or comment on their stock over the phone.
>
>Since I don't own a business and am not a state
>employee, an $800 PB100 seems beyond my reach.
>Is that true?
>
>Any comments is appreciated.

You can usually get approved by being a member of a credit union.

You could find someone who owns a biz in Connecticut and buy them a $25
membership and get the PB for you.

BTW, I got the last PB100 at the Price Club in Dallas. Movin like hotcakes.

Regards,
Tom Karches
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---------------------'----------------------------------- Richard Nixon
From: palais@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Are Fujitsu drives really more reliable.
Date: 26 Jul 92 14:37:21 GMT
Reply-To: palais@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University

My 105MByte LaCie Cirrus (three years old with a 1year warranty) just 
quit on me (I couldn't even reformat it) and I guess its junk.  After 
looking through MacWeek and various reviews, it seems like a Fujitsu
425 MByte (9ms. access, 10 MByte /sec. max. transfer---yes I know 
my IIfx won't do better than 1.5 MByte/sec. without a SCSI II card)
may be my best bet at $998 for an internal from MacDirect). I could 
easily make do with 240MBytes---$659 for a Quantum from APS), but I'd 
be willing to pay the extra $350 not so much for the extra speed and 
capacity, but rather for the 5yr warranty (vs. 3 yr) and the 200,000
hour MTBF (vs. 50,000 hr) if these really translate to greater reliability.
So my questions are: 

1)   Just how reliable are these Fujitsus really
2)   How reliable is MacDirect
3)   When a problem arises, how good is Fujitsu in honoring their 
     warranty obligations.
Many thanks in advance for any information.
From: hampel@siemens.com. (Ken Hampel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Need laser printer recommendations
Date: 21 Jul 92 14:08:38 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Siemens Corporate Research, Inc., Princeton, NJ

I'm in the market for a laser printer. I have a Mac Classic and
I usually print memos from Word, slides with some flowchart-type
graphics from MacDrawPro and PageMaker, and some small spreadsheets
from Excel.
I understand the difference between the PostScript printers and
non-PostScript (QuickDraw) printers. I've been told things like
only PS printers will give me high quality output when printing
non-text. Although, I'm willing to spend ~$2000 if necessary, I'd
much prefer to keep it < ~$1500. What printers can give me high
quality output in a reasonable time?
I'd like to get a feel for how slow the non-PS printers are. Is
the Apple LaserWriter LS painfully slow? Is it true that it does
not come with a spooler so I could regain control of the Mac while
printing?
Any comments and suggestions about any laser printers would be
greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Ken

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware

HP's first magneto-optical offering was based on a Sony mechanism.  But since
then, HP's Greeley Storage Division has invented and manufactured their own
mechanism with some bonus features, PN# C1716M.

Several Hewlett-Packard divisions have worked with Software Architects, Inc.
and their Formatter Five product for release with HP's mass storage drives.
One should be able to purchase this product from MacWarehouse and the like.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Richard Sucgang)
Subject: LaserJets and Mac PostScript (was Re: HP II Plus: Good or Bad?)
Reply-To: rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Richard Sucgang)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 01:49:37 GMT

[deleted comments on how slow LaserJets are in printing PostScript]

Actually, Pacific Data Products makes some damn fine PostScript
emulation cartridges and RISC boards that can make just about any
LaserJet fly. They recently came out with the PacificPage II/XL for
the vintage LaserJet II, a review of which will be in the upcoming
Mac/LaserJet UpRev v 2.0, available soon. Let's just say I REALLY like it.


-rich
Richard Sucgang  : Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology Columbia University
(sucgang@cuhhca.hhmi.columbia.edu | rs54@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu)
"For even in a dream were we divided from them." The Tempest