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From: valdes@geosun.uchicago.edu (John Valdes)
Subject: Re: Ugrading a IIcx
Organization: Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 23:22:58 GMT


My $0.02: As a IIcx owner, I, too, have been looking at acceleration
options.  IMHO, the best option (available now) is to get a fast '030
accelerator (40 to 50 MHz) and wait for a RISC based mac :-) before
switching processor types (with their associated incompatibilities).
MacUser recently reviewed accelerators; I believe they mentioned that
one (if not more) was available which didn't use a NuBus slot by
either using a PDS or cache slot, or else by replacing the processor
on the motherboard.  Unfortunately, since the IIcx has neither a PDS
or cache slot, and since the chips on the IIcx are soldered to the
motherboard, you have to send it to the manufacturer in order for them
to desolder the processor chip from the motherboard, put a socket in
its place, and plug in the accelerator.  Unfortunately, I don't have
the name of the company with me now; check the May or June issue of
MacUser.

John Valdes
valdes@geosun.uchicago.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: UC580591@mizzou1.missouri.edu (Evan T. Carpenter)
Subject: Do I buy a NEW or USED Mac?
Organization: University of Missouri
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 14:53:32 CDT

Hey, with the deals that are out (as of Aug. 1) for all of us kids I
want a computer!!!
Do I buy a NEW machine, or will USED suffice for my first Macintosh?
I am looking to max out what ever I get.  I feel it would be more
economical to buy a bare bones machine and add all of the necessity
myself.  Of course what is necessary depends on which Mac I decide on.          decided)
An LCII is the bottom of my options, and $MONEY$ limits my upper options.
Who out there is going to sell their LCII or IIsi to finance an upgrade?
What did you like about your machine?  What would you have done different?
Should I buy NEW or USED?  What problems will I have with a PRE-OWNED Mac?
 
Basically the situation I am in is I can buy a NEW Macintosh:
 
LCII 4/40 12" AppleColor Monitor and Keyboard                     : $1,408
LCII 4/80 12" AppleColor Monitor, Extended Keyboard and 512K VRAM : $1,668
LCII 4/80 13" HighRes Monitor, Extended Keyboard and 512K VRAM    : $1,929
IIsi 3/40 13" HighRes Monitor, and Extended Keyboard              : $2,040
IIsi 5/80 13" HighRes Monitor, and Extended Keyboard              : $2,255
 
from my school's computer extension.
I do not necessarily want exactly what they have to offer, that is why I
am now in the market to find a "DEAL" I will be happy with!!!
 
Please send any information which my be helpful to me to:         -={8~)
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: john@granada.mit.edu (John Olson)
Subject: PB Modem
Keywords: PowerBook, modem, help
Organization: Massachvsetts Institvte of Technology
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 20:42:57 GMT

My advisor recently bought a powerbook 170, and Apple's modem
(though I warned him I'd read complaints about it on the net).  It
doesn't work with the modem on our system (surprise!) so he's 
trying to get a refund or something.

Has anyone got a suggestion for another modem?  In particular,
the MacZone sells a "PowerModem 24/96 SR Internal" for $215,
which is from PSI, a company of which I know nothing.  Has anyone
used this thing?  Does it work?  Do you know if it's any more or
less reliable than the Apple product?

Thanks for your time. Please email replies.

John Olson.
From: ds8k+@andrew.cmu.edu (Donpaul C. Stephens)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: When? ftp.apple.com
Date: 21 Jul 92 23:48:35 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.IePF=HK00WBKQ0o3V6
Organization: Sophomore, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

When is this file server up?

I'm either at work or dead asleep between 9-5 EST and i try when people
at Apple definitely should not be bothered by me incrementally slowing
their machine down for ftp [late at night].  Could somebody please tell
me when it is up?

Thanks in advance!

Donpaul C. Stephens
***************************************
Ross Perot in '92
    - the only candidate that realizes the govn't needs fixed...not tweaked
From: mcp@drutx.ATT.COM (Mike Paugh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: IIsi SIMMs in a Mac II
Keywords: problems
Date: 28 Jul 92 12:58:20 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Denver

I recently purchased a new IIsi 5/80 for my boss. We loaded
it up with 4 Meg SIMMs and I took the 1 Meg SIMMs to put
into my Mac II.  I have been using this machine for 5 years
with 5 Meg of memory.  I was looking forward to having 8 Meg.

The problem is that it does not seem to recognize the new
1 Meg SIMMs.  One symptom is the 5 chord noise when I boot.
If I wiggle the SIMMs in their sockets, the machine will go
ahead and boot.  But, when I check "About the Finder", it
tells me that the system only has 4 Meg of memory.

Where, oh where, am I screwing up?


Mike Paugh                Reading departure signs in some big airport
AT&T Bell Labs            Reminds me of the places I've been.
Denver                      -- Jimmy Buffett --
mcp@drutx.att.com
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Wednesday, 29 Jul 1992 13:55:07 CDT
From: John Walsh <U33695@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: LaserWriterSC upgrades?

I have a LaserWriterSC which is painfully slow, about 2-3 pages per minute
printing simple text when hooked to a MacSE.  Is there any way to speed up
this printer?  Would a memory upgrade help? A better print spooler (I use
PrintMonitor)? A logic board swap?
Help!
John Walsh
U33695@UICVM.BITNET
From: okabe@unixg.ubc.ca (Ian Okabe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: PowerBook
Date: 30 Jul 92 03:15:12 GMT
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

In article <1992Jul30.014012.26942@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> rrumpf@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Robert Rumpf) writes:
>My PowerBook 100 has an Apple modem installed in it, and flaky is the right 
>adjective to describe it.  There are times when NO software will recognize the 
>modem EXCEPT the fax sender; after sending a fax initializes the modem, all my 
>other software items DO recognize the modem and can dial out.  This is 
>FRUSTRATING AS SIN, Apple Corp., and a bit silly seeing how the Apple modem 
>costs MORE than ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EQUIVALENT INTERNAL PB MODEM!
>
I guess I'm lucky then. My Apple modem works just fine. I have the same
set up as you and I use Versaterm too.
-- 
Ian T. Okabe (okabe@unixg.ubc.ca)
Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
From: mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Where is Price Club? (In N. California)
Date: 23 Jul 92 23:06:47 GMT
Distribution: na

In article <Brq2t9.Mv2@well.sf.ca.us>, tswift@well.sf.ca.us (Theodore John Swift) writes:
> 
> 
> c
> The Price Club has metastesized around the San Francisco Bay Area,
> where it is headquartered.  I'm not sure, but it may very well be
> that there _aren't_ any Price Club stores outside the area, though
> there may be similar stores (member-only discount/bulk stores)
> that will be distributing the PB100.  If you can't find it in your
> phone book, it probably isn't there.

there are price clubs in Dallas, Phoenix, and Tucson that I know of.
I'm pretty sure that there are some in S. Calif, as well.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.system
From: d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
Subject: Not an HFS Disk !?
Originator: d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Distribution: comp
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 11:40:43 GMT


File sharing has started to act strangely lately (i.e. crashing
in "InitSeg" when starting up) and I went looking for the cause.
Running Disk First Aid on my Wren 600 MB drive, it turns out
that one of my partitions won't be scanned by DFA, since it's
"Not an HFS disk" !? However, the Finder works on it well, and
the partition utility (Apollyonics) sees nothing wrong with it.

How could this happen, and how do I get DFA to recognize the
partition ? (Q900, 7.0.1, Tune Up 1.1.1)

Oh, and any reason why FileShare would crash in InitSeg ?
(actually when returning from it, the stack contains 0xffff00ff...)

Any help appreciated,

							/ h+

-- 
         Jon W{tte, Svartmangatan 18, S-111 29 Stockholm, Sweden

### You have the Easy Access virus. This virus may cause strange sounds.
### You have the 24-bit virus. This virus eats system memory like CRAZY.
From: sstai@ocf.berkeley.edu (Samuel S. Tai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re:  Why is the IIsi so slow?
Date: 28 Jul 1992 22:19:42 GMT
Organization: U. C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: lightning.berkeley.edu
Keywords: IIsi


Add more RAM!  The IIsi doesn't hit its stride until it's got 5 MB under
the hood.  And 4 1 MB SIMMs are cheap nowadays!

-- 
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Samuel S. Tai          | Wisdom is supreme, therefore get wisdom.
sstai@ocf.berkeley.edu | Though it cost you all you have, get understanding.
                       |                                -- Proverbs 4:7 (NIV)
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: pwan@scott.skidmore.edu (peter wan)
Subject: Re: Powerbook screen clean
Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 03:34:11 GMT

bdugan@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Bill Dugan) writes:
> All right, so I'm a coward.  My Powerbook 140 has a couple fingerprint smears
> on it and I want to clean it but I hesitate to spray Windex on it!  What
> should I use to clean it up?
> 
> TIA--
> 
> bill
> 
> -- 
> Bill Dugan
> bdugan@gnu.ai.mit.edu

What does Apple say about care and maintenence in the owner's manual?
Or don't they?
From: brandonl@gold.gvg.tek.com (Brandon Lovested)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: PowerBook 100 Pricing: Here's Why
Date: 29 Jul 92 22:49:33 GMT
Organization: Grass Valley Group, Grass Valley, CA

In article <lkingsley-290792125619@lkingsley.crd.ge.com> lkingsley@crd.ge.com (Lorne J. Kingsley) writes:
>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.
 
Incorrect asumption.

Quoting Macweek (07.27.92):

"Apple dropped this month the PowerBook 100 with 4 Mbytes RAM, a 40-Mbyte
hard drive and external floppy from its retail price list.  The configuration
is now available at the Price Club, the San Diego-based wholesale merchant,
with a price tag of between $800 and $900."

"Dropped from its retail price list" does not mean *dropped the product*.
Authorized Apple dealers (Apple's retail outlets) will not normally carry
it.  That is, I believe, the content of that statement.

As mentioned by a number of people on the net, the 100 was presumably
designed and manufactured (Sony) as a foray into consumer channels.
I would not be surprised to see the 100 in various consumer channels
right next to the Newton.


::Brandon G. Lovested                                    Ideas are wonderful::
::Software Engineer                                          until Marketing::
::The Grass Valley Group                                  gets ahold of them::
From: longdo@techbook.com (Don Long)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Serial Printer
Date: 27 Jul 92 06:06:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: techbook.1992Jul27.060623.9360
Organization: TECHbooks --- Public Access UNIX --- (503) 644-8135



I'm trying to hook up a serial printer to my mac plus, but i don't really
know how.  The printer has a max baud of 9600.  What software do I need
to do this (what do i need to have in my system folder?). Also, can I
use my modem cable and have it plugged into the printer or modem port?
Please post any info here or send e'mail to: coelloc@pdaxs.techbook.com

Thanks!

carol :)



-- 
longdo@techbook.COM  Public Access User --- Not affiliated with TECHbooks
Public Access UNIX and Internet at (503) 644-8135 (1200/2400, N81)
From: amunn@macbeth.umd.edu (Alan Munn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re:  Why is the IIsi so slow?
Keywords: IIsi
Date: 30 Jul 92 23:27:11 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park

Is the IIsi appreciably slower or faster than the SE?  (not SE/30).

Alan
<amunn@umd5.umd.edu>
From: weinhous@RadOnc.Duke.EDU (Marty Weinhous (guest))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Quantum Address/Phone query
Date: 23 Jul 92 00:25:49 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Radiation Oncology, Hahnemann U, Phil PA, 215/448-8616
Originator: weinhous@roentgen.RadOnc.Duke.EDU

We need to have a quantum 105 repaired. Could someone send me Quantum's
(service) address and/or phone number? Thanks in advance.

-- 

 Marty Weinhous, Ph.D.			weinhous@radonc.hahnemann.edu
 Radiation Oncology, Hahnemann U.
 Philadelphia, PA 19102,		215/762-8616
From: lsr@taligent.com (Larry Rosenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: PB 170 memory upgrades
Date: 23 Jul 92 00:51:09 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Taligent, Inc.

In article <1992Jul21.181837.901@msus1.msus.edu>,
(zaphod@vax2.winona.msus.edu) wrote:
> 
> to remove the screws on the bottom (I thing 4 ot 5) and the one screw on the 
> pannel where one would, or does have a modem.  With that done _gently_ lift 

The important thing (as I understand it) is to remove the battery (or
batteries on the PB100) before opening the case.


Larry Rosenstein
Taligent, Inc.

lsr@taligent.com
From: costello@stx.UUCP (Michael E. Costello)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Price Club & PB100
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 09:21:12 GMT
Organization: BCS*Mac
Reply-To: stx!costello@world.std.com
Distribution: usa
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.5v4


In article <1992Jul30.133700.5537@vicorp.com> (comp.sys.mac.hardware), 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.
|  
|  
That wasn't my experience with the one in Seekonk, MA. They told me
everything I wanted to know right over the phone. A first-rate place,
and my first experience with membership warehouse sellers.

I picked up 4 yesterday (7/30). They put out 60 at around noon, and
30 had gone by the end of the day.


         .......................................................
         Michael E. Costello is Executive Director of the Boston
         Computer Society Macintosh User Group (BCS*Mac). He can
         be reached at costello@world.std.com or (617) 631-8188.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.sys.mac.wanted
From: kent@sunfs3.Camex.COM (Kent Borg)
Subject: Re: Mac Magazine Info (Summary)
Organization: Camex Inc., Boston MA
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 12:04:43 EDT


And another thing...  [I hear that folks responded to my gripe about
long lead times for monthlies like MacUser.  Our inbound news feed is
still messed up--long lead time--so I am typing a bit blind here.
Sorry.]

Yes, magazines are part of the publishing industry and these things
take time.  

So do accurate weather predictions.  The programs and supercomputers
that crunch the weather data take time to crunch all they would like.
The trick is to get them to spit out a reasonable prediction of the
weather before it actually happens.  Being told that last Saturday
might be a good day for a picnic doesn't help me much.  

Same with articles on the computer industry.  I would be willing to
have slightly *less* good articles (like a less perfect weather
prediction) if it means they can be timely (like hearing about the
weather before it happens--there is *very* real valuable in
timeliness).

I am starting to think the not having any magazine publishing
experiance would be a real competitive edge in this market, for the
inexperianced wouldn't know that monthlies need to have 6-month lead
times.  I am sure there are very good reasons for these lead times, I
just wish we could have kept them from the magazine publishers.

Luckily there is an existance proof for short-lead-time publishing:
Weeklies, even Dailies!
Kent Borg                                   kent@camex.com or kentborg@aol.com
                                            H:(617) 776-6899  W:(617) 426-3577
As always, things look better when some costs are left out.
						      -Economist 3-28-92 p. 94
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: ronchet@itnsg1.cineca.it (Marco Ronchetti)
Subject: problems with Asante' EN/SC and Powerbook 170
Keywords: powerbook,EtherTalk,Asante
Organization: Laboratorio di Fisica Computazionale, INFM. Trento Italia
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 13:33:03 GMT

I have a problem with an Asante EN/SC box. The software (EN/SC EtherTalk
Installer) refuses to install itself on my powerbook 170/6Mb RAM with fax modem.
Toward the end of the istallation it says "there is a software problem, I will
restore your old system software". I'm running System 7.01.
I tried to disable all inits and extensions, but nothing changed.
I send twice a fax to Asante', and they did not even care to answer!

Can anybody help me? please answer by mail, since I have some difficulties in
accessing the news. Thanks

	Marco Ronchetti
	
	ronchet@itnsg1.cineca.it
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
Subject: Re: scsi-2 drives on ordinary mac
Originator: d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 16:37:51 GMT

.jp> weigert@etlhit.etl.go.jp (Thomas Weigert) writes:

   Recently I have seen a lot of adds for scsi-2 based disks. Is it possible
   to use these disks with a normal mac, say a IIci, and hope that eventually
   my mac will have a faster scsi (via upgrade, or new purchase), but the disk
   will still be around?

SCSI-II is a new command set. It doesn't say your drive is
faster than a Mac can handle through normal SCSI. Almost NO
drives around can pump data faster than present SCSI of
fast macs can handle (Quadra 950) Just because it's SCSI-II
doesn't mean it's fast.

The IIci has a fast SCSI port too. However, to answer your
question, yes, you can (usually) use a SCSI-II drive with
your current mac.

-- 
      Jon W{tte, Svartmangatan 18, S-111 29 Stockholm, Sweden
                  h+@nada.kth.se    +46-10-141652

              My cat usually runs around on the roof.
From: ccs@u.cc.utah.edu (Charles Storer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: 3.5 inch Syquests- anyone seen them?
Date: 28 Jul 92 15:41:27 GMT
Organization: University of Utah Computer Center

In article <1992Jul26.215528.8021@msc.cornell.edu> maynard@ept.msc.cornell.edu (Maynard J. Handley) writes:
>Sometime ago I read that Syquest was working on 3.5 inch versions of their
>removable HDs. Has anyone seen anything about these? My survey of the
>latest MacWeek turned up nothing promising.
>
>If these things don't appear soon and I'm forced to buy the standard 5.25
>inch 88MB Syquests, is this a good idea? Are these great value or so
>fragile that they're not worth the time? I want a medium for backup, and an
>auxiliary hard drive to which I can link uncommonly used stuff via aliases,
>so I don't care about details like compatiblity with service bureas and
>other macs.
>

Why not check into Iomega's Bernoulli 90? They are also 5.25 inches, but
are not particularly fragile.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: gnoer1@cc.swarthmore.edu (Geoff Noer)
Subject: Re: educ. prices on IIsi (was Re: ? About Expanding the IIsi)
Organization: Swarthmore College
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 13:55:00 GMT

In article <14fl9dINN4vv@network.ucsd.edu>, bsala@weber.ucsd.edu (Brian
Sala) writes:
> where oh where can you get a IIsi 5/80 for under $1400?  even on sale
> (and educ. pricing) our bookstore price for a IIsi is over $2000
> (bundled with keyboard and Apple RGB monitor, $2850 or so).  inquiring
> minds want to know.  is there still time for me to cancel my order to
> MacSource and get one of these miracle deals????
> 
> --brian
> bsala@ucsd.edu

Well, most educational institutions will probably start carrying IIsi's for
around these prices in August.  (At least that's the case here).  The IIsi
3/40: $1255, IIsi 5/80 $1400.  What surprised me is that the ci is the same
price it always has been (recently).

------------
Geoffrey J. Noer       gnoer1@cc.swarthmore.edu
Disclaimer: I don't speak for anyone but
myself.
From: sstai@ocf.berkeley.edu (Samuel S. Tai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: HP Deskwriters, esp. C
Date: 23 Jul 1992 22:37:11 GMT
Organization: U. C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: headcrash.berkeley.edu


HP makes two cartridges for the DeskWriter/Jet series of inkjet printers.
The vanilla DeskWriter just uses the black cartridge; the C uses both.
I believe you can only use one type per page/print job.  The cartridges
themselves just snap in & out of the carriage mechanism.  So to print,
for example, a 5-page report with a full-page color spread on page 3,

1.  Snap in the black cartridge & print pp. 1-2.

2.  Hit the "Cartridge" button on the front panel; flip open the lid
    & snap out the black cartridge.  Close the lid.

3.  Print p. 3.

4.  Change cartridges again & print pp. 4-5.

You can get away with printing the entire 5 pages with just the color
cartridge, but at $35 per, why not conserve?

-- 
-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------
Samuel S. Tai          | Wisdom is supreme, therefore get wisdom.
sstai@ocf.berkeley.edu | Though it cost you all you have, get understanding.
                       |                                -- Proverbs 4:7 (NIV)
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: jnchan@nyx.cs.du.edu (James W.Y.F. Chan)
Subject: Monochrome/Grey Scale Monitors-advice needed.
Keywords: Monitors
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 22:40:05 GMT

I am looking to purchase a good monochrome monitor for my ci.  I don't
need color because the computer is only used to handle large spreadsheets
for data/financial analysis.  Price doesn't really matter as long as
the monitor doesn't flicker and has a good warranty.  Thanks in advance.
Post here or reply via EMAIL and I'll summarize if there are other people
interested in this.
*james*

--
James W.Y.F. Chan
Department of Environmental Biology, U. of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada 
EMAIL: evbchan@VM.UoGuelph.CA or jnchan@Nyx.cs.du.EDU