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From: Glen.Stewart@f175.n2240.z1.ieee.org (Glen Stewart)
Subject: RE: NewLife Accelerators?
Organization: FidoNet node 1:2240/175 - The Associati, Grand Blanc MI
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 12:11:35 GMT

I bought one.  I immediately had SCSI problems - my HD would lock up.  FOund
that the ONLY SCSI driver I could get to work was the SilverLining.  Even with 
it, the moment I turn file sharing on, it locks up the HD.

I'd look for another brand.  Better yet, buy a used SE/30 logic board from
Maya Computer or ssome other source, if you can find one.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Erik A. Johnson)
Subject: Colored lines on sides of Sony 1304 display?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 06:26:55 GMT

Hi all!  Got a little problem with my monitor ... a Sony 1304 14" Trinitron,
connected to an SE/30 (8MB RAM, System 7.0.1+Tuneup1.1.1), using a Micron
Xceed Macro Color 30 PDS video card.  The monitor has narrow (1 to 2 pixel
widths) colored lines along the left and right edges of the display ... the
best way to describe it is with a picture:


  BB*****************RR
  BB*****************RR
   B*****************R           B = blue
    *****************            R = red
    *****************            * = normal screen picture
   R*****************B
  RR*****************BB
  RR*****************BB

In addition, my color icons, when near the top or the bottom of the screen,
have slight (again 1 to 2 pixel widths) color bluriness with the same pattern
(i.e. if in lower part of screen, the right side is more blue and the left
side is more red, and vice versa in the upper part of the screen).

Any thoughts on what is causing this?  And is it easily repairable (by me)?

Thanks much!


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From: hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Hades)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Macintosh Performa 200
Date: 25 Aug 92 18:01:59 GMT
Reply-To: hades@Dartmouth.Edu
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Disclaimer: Personally, I really don't care who you think I speak for.
Moderator: Rec.Arts.Comics.Info

wismer@cfruni51.bitnet (Daniel Wismer Daniel) writes:

>If the Performa 200 will be a 'rechristened version of the Mac
>Classic II', will it come in the same box or will they abandon
>the classic line in favour of the pizza box ?
>I still like the compact size of my SE (and SE/30 at the office)
>and would like to see a lowest Performa in the same design.

    The word was that the Performa 200 and 400 would just be renamed
Classic IIs and LC IIs. Apple is not giving up the the compact Mac,
especially since they just announced the Color Classic in this weeks
MacWEEK.

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From: flemmon@lemmon.auspex.com (Frank Lemmon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Lapis Color Server & Sony Monitor?
Date: 3 Sep 92 23:40:53 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Inc.

Does anyone have experience with a Lapis Color Server 2-17 NuBus card?
I am considering buying one to connect a Mac IIci to a Sony 1302
Multisync monitor.  Currently, the Sony is connected to the IIci
internal video port and consequently one inch of the monitor is
unusable (since the monitor displays 1024x780 while the internal video
port only does 640x480).  I have heard that the Lapis card will solve
this problem.

Frank Lemmon
flemmon@auspex.com
From: brnt@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Mac IIsi's don't print under MULTIFINDER
Date: 31 Aug 92 11:37:06 CDT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

	I manage a lab at the University of Kansas.  We have two Mac II's, 14
Mac IIcx's, nine Mac IIsi's and one Mac Classic.  Recently we have discovered a
problem when trying to print to our networked LaserWriter from the IIsi's while
running MultiFinder.  All of our software except MacWrite II and DeltaGraph
Professional give a "Cannot open LaserWriter" error message and will not print. 
DeltaGraph Pro gives a similar message when launched, but it will print.
	None of the other machines have this problem, even though all the 
machines are running an identical system.  Is this a firmware problem?  Has
anybody else experienced it? or does anybody have a lab with IIsi's that WILL
print under MultiFinder?  Any suggestions on how to solve this problem?

Other (possibly) pertinent information:
		Memory: 4 megs
		Network: AppleTalk
		Netware: AppleShare 3.0
		Software that will not print:
			Word 4.0
			Word Perfect 2.1
			Excel 2.0
			Wingz
			Teach Text
			Cricket Graph
			SuperPaint
			HyperCard 2.1
		System: 6.0.7 with 7.0 print drivers
		Print Spooler: AppleShare 3.0 Print Spooler		
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From: ocl@cc.imperial.ac.UK (Olivier M.J. Crepin-Leblond)
Subject: Benchmarks for Macs
Organization: The Ohio State University Department of Computer and Information Science
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 15:07:53 GMT

Could anyone please forward me benchmark results for the mac range.
I am particularly interested in the benchmarks for the powerbook 170.
Thanks for emailing the stuff to me.

Cheers,


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From: maurices@spock.dis.cccd.edu (Maurice Shihadi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: OCEAN 256 MB optical: experiences?
Date: 23 Aug 92 19:34:33 GMT
Organization: Coast Community College District, Costa Mesa, CA

In article <714198321.F00004@blkcat.UUCP> Ladd.Morse@p804.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Ladd Morse) writes:
>to: steinman@is.morgan.com (Jan Steinman) Newsgroups:
>  
>Re: your search for info on OCEAN 256meg MO drives
> 
>I'm also in the market and will be interested in what you find.
> 
> 



In case ya'll don't know Ocean is a sister company to MOST.  MOST distributes
to OEM's and Ocean (their sister; both susidiaries if Nakamichi) distributes to
consumers.  Also,  as you may know, there is much competition in the optical 
world so be patient while everyone fights its out.  Getting specs from MOST
(714) 898-9400 might give you the straight poop on this issue.  All in all
I find the exponential progression of storage quite interesting.  Hmmm,
next year is comming real soon.........
By the way, although the 256 uses 3.5' media take note that I hear (not sure)
the physical chassis is 5.25' (as opposed to the 128 at 3.5').  This could
cause a problem for those thinking about mounting it internally.  But then
again you have the Premiera ? IIzi thing with a slot for CD-ROM comming in
the fall.  
 
 maurices
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Laser IIg and default ENet zones
From: Michael.Breen@UC.EDU
Date: 26 Aug 92 15:06:11 EST
Distribution: usa,world
Organization: University of Cincinnati

I am trying to find out if anyone has a utility that can change the default
EtherTalk Zone for a Laserwriter IIg.  I would appreciate anyone's help in
figuring out how to do this.  

Also, if anyone knows about a System 7.0.1 compatible namer utility that can
change the name of an AppleTalk Imagewriter II, as Apple's Namer Utility that
was previously used to do this is incompatible with System 7.

If anyone can help on either of these areas, please reply via e-mail.
From: par@nwu.edu (Pete Rodriguez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: How do you add sound input to IIci?
Date: 1 Sep 92 19:28:06 GMT
Article-I.D.: mac126.par-010992143751
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Northwestern University

Hello.  I would like to know how sound input can be added to a Macintosh
IIci.  How much would it cost?
Thanks.

____________________________________
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Undergraduate Admissions
Northwestern University
E-mail:par@nwu.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: martin@lillee.cs.curtin.edu.au (Martin Dougiamas)
Subject: PB100 wierd screen crash.
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 03:06:51 GMT

[My last attempt at this post appears to have been munged.  Try again]

Occasionally, while booting, my PowerBook 100 has encountered system
extensions that were corrupted or had errors for some reason.  This
is not the problem.  The problem is that when the PowerBook crashes,
it doesn't bring up Macsbug or a System Error dialog - instead the 
screen just goes black.  Entirely black with two red (yes, red!) lines
the width of one pixel, going right across the screen.

One of the lines is about halfway down the screen and the other is
about a quarter of the way down (according to my memory).

I have always fixed this problem by booting with the shift key down,
and replacing the errant system extension.
    
My question is: is this behaviour normal?  (The PowerBook's, not mine. :-) )
What's happening?

Martin
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From: shawn@cars.com (Shawn Connelly)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mobius SE accelerator/display
Date: 1 Sep 92 01:50:08 GMT
Reply-To: shawn@cars.com
Organization: Connelly Automation Research and Services


In article <1992Aug27.231118.4242@aquila.sni-usa.com> (comp.sys.mac.hardware), voydock@obscure.sni-usa.com (Vic Voydock) writes:
> Mobius Technologies sells two products for the Mac SE.  Both include a board
> that is a combination of an 030 accelerator and a display controller.  One
> product includes a one page display, the other a two page display.  The 
> price is very attractive.
> 
> Does anyone out there have any experience with either of these products?
> e.g. info about display quality, display speed, accelerator speed,
> software that will not run on the accelerator, software that will, ...
> 
> Also, I've heard that they were going to offer a ROM workaround that would
> allow programs running on the SE to use up to 16 meg of main memory.  Any 
> info on this?
> 
> Thanks for any help you can give me.
> 

One of the computers I own is an SE with the Mobius accelerator, and
can only say good things about it. It does a great job of turning a
plain jane SE into a fairly usable machine. Since I don't have any
experience with Mobius monitors, or cards that drive them, I can't
speak to those issues and yeild to others that have more experience.

I will add one caveat, though. For whatever reason, the accelerator
interferes with the sound chip on the SE. It produces a certain amount
of static after installation. This was confirmed to me by the techs
at Mobius. Otherwise, no software incompatabilities, and any other
problems. All in all, I'm a satisfied customer.


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From: ostroff@Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: What's a Mac 512 good for these days?
Date: 27 Aug 92 17:16:13 GMT
Reply-To: ostroff@oswego.Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff)
Organization: Instructional Computing Center, SUNY at Oswego, Oswego, NY

In article <1992Aug24.133015.23512@eff.org> hshubs@eff.org (Howard Shubs) writes:
>
>You won't be able to use an 800k floppy on a Fat Mac.  OTOH, if it's a
>512Ke, that's another story.

This is not true.  When Apple came out with HFS and the original Hard Disk 20
the 512 (Fat Mac) was the top of the line; I had one.  They provided a 
RAM-based version of HFS which was called "Hard Disk 20".  Put this file
in your System Folder and your Mac 512 will recognize an external
800K drive.  Unfortunately, as I recall the RAM-based HFS was a little buggy.
Anyway, if you get a copy of System 3.2/Finder 5.3 (I *think*) you should
have these capabilities for your Mac 512.

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From: Mark.J..Sisson@p842.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Mark J. Sisson)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: LC video RAM upgrade
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1992 02:31:14 -0500

  JW> With a 512k VRAM you get 256 colors on a 640x480 display (13" Apple
  JW> RGB), or a zillion (<2 million) colors on a 512x384 display (12" Apple
  JW> RGB). So you in fact do need this SIMM for 256 colors on a 640x480.
  JW> The 256k VRAM only gets you 256 colors on a 512x384 display.
  JW> 
  JW> You don't get zillions of colors; you get 32768 of 'em (15bit) The LC
  JW> internal video cannot produce 24bit color (millions) However,
  JW> QuickTimes native format is 15bit color, so the LC is actually not too
  JW> bad as a QuickTime player - especially if you add a 040 card...
I agree entirely. I have a Tokamac LC in mine and I am very pleased! It is a
very expensive item though. You've got to REALLY want speed! But it works well.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,misc.forsale,ne.forsale
From: swt@cs.brown.edu (Stephen Thamel)
Subject: **************** Mac II si 5/105 for Sale *****************
Keywords: Computer System
Organization: Brown University Department of Computer Science
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 18:58:45 GMT

      Mac IIsi 5 Mb RAM, 105 Mb Quantum Hard Disk
      1.4 Mb internal floppy drive, mouse, microphone
      some great software preloaded

      13" Color Monitor Included.


	LOCATION: Boston/Worcester/Providence Area or Mailed.

I ask $2700 or reasonable offer.  I believe its reasonable, but will stand
corrected if need be.  The machine is in perfect condition, I'm going to get a
Quadra.

I also have a Laserwriter Plus with <10,000 copies I might be willing to sell
as well.  If you are interested, please send e-mail to swt@cs.brown.edu
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From: bms@penguin.eng.pyramid.com (Bruce Schlobohm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Powerbook screen life
Date: 1 Sep 92 17:49:09 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Pyramid Technology, San Jose, Ca.

In article <parkyn.715325512@sfu.ca>, parkyn@fraser.sfu.ca (Dale Parkyn) writes:
| Instead of worrying about brightness level try obtaining the 'Backlight Control' control panel from ftp.apple.com directory dts/util perhaps?
| Purpose is to turn of the backlight after an interval of keyboard and mouse 
| inactivity.  Interval is variable, mouse movement turns on light (probably
| a key press does too.)
| 
| I tried it.  It works even though it's version 1.0a1 or so...

I just checked on ftp.apple.com, and couldn't find anything with
an appropriate file name for this.  (I also checked the dir-files* lists).

Could you be more specific as to the name of this file?
It sounds like a very useful tool.  Especially in light (sorry) of the
recent postings in c.s.m.h on power consumption.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: ray@netcom.com (Ray Fischer)
Subject: Re: Ram disk on mac SE/30
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 20:22:41 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services
Distribution: comp.sys.mac.hardware comp.sys.mac.system

marcoc@strobe.ATC.Olivetti.Com (GUEST Marco Calamari) writes ...
>I own an SE/30 with 8 Mb RAM and system 7.0.1 + Tuner 1.1.1
>Using Mode32 I'm able to access 128 Mb memory and use 32-bit
> addressing without any problem.
>I've noticed that I cannot see the controls for RAM disk in
>"Memory" control panel.
>Those controls only shows on Quadras.

They're also available on the Powerbooks.

>Is this regular ? How I can use a Ram disk on my SE/30 ?

Yes.  You can use a RAM disk by getting one of the many RAM disk utilities
available.  I like AppDisk on aumex-aim.stanford.edu.

The Quadra/Powerbook RAM disk is different in that it is supported by
the ROMs.  The contents of the RAM disk are retained over restarts.
This is especially nice with the Poerbook as one can just copy the 
system stuff onto the RAM disk and not have to use the battery-draining
disk drive.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: kaufman@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Marc T. Kaufman)
Subject: Re: Should I hold off for PhotoCD?\
Keywords: PhotoCD CD ROM
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 17:09:22 GMT

In article <1992Aug30.053954.1629@spdcc.com> dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer) writes:

>It would be pretty zany for Kodak to introduce a CD ROM storage medium
>which wasn't compatible with the CD ROM media and drives already out there.
>I'd be mighty surprised if PhotoCDs weren't standard CD ROMs with files
>written in ISO9660 format.

Surprise!  They aren't.  PhotoCD files are in a (hardware) format that can
be written in the field on writable CDs.  The format is "Mode 2 Form 1".
The logical format is ISO 9660:1988.

There are a number of drives on the market today that can read single-session
Photo CDs (including the newer Mac CD drives, but not the original).  Multi-
session drives are due "any day now", and have been announced as standard on
the new Macs.  I haven't been able to find any commercially, yet.  (One
"session" corresponds roughly to one roll of film transferred to CD).

Marc Kaufman (kaufman@cs.stanford.edu)
From: rgonzal@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Ralph Gonzalez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Help! Stubborn Disk Won't Spin Up 1 Last Time
Date: 30 Aug 92 20:08:30 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

More specifically, you can sometimes get a disk to spin up by
giving the cabinet a sharp spin in the plane of the disk. That is,
if the cabinet is the usual zero-footprint type which fits under
a compact mac, set it on a piece of paper on a tabletop and spin
it. There was a thread about this a while ago, and there didn't 
appear to be a consensus over whether this should be done while
the disk is powered up or not. I'd try it turned off first.

Another likely cause of your problem is a bad connector contact. Open
the case and try unplugging and replugging the connectors from the
power supply to the drive mechanism. My brother had this problem
and spent a lot of time spinning the cabinet fruitlessly before he
found it.

-Ralph
gonzalez@clam.rutgers.edu

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From: jmoulder@mis.mcw.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: What causes monitor flicker?
Date: 27 Aug 92 15:20:24 GMT
Organization: Medical College of Wisconsin

> This is a heavily-shielded, low-emission 16" trinitron.  
> Checking with an EMR meter, I confirmed that the T16-II emits 25% 
> less magnetic radiation than my older Apple portrait display (monochrome).
> 
> E-Machines tech support even told 
> me that they adjust these things in their shop oriented East-to-West, and
> if you use them in a different compass orientation the raster can be
> affected.  I.e it's so sensitive it shows the effect of the Earth's 
> magnetic field.
> 
> How a device that's so heavily shielded against mag radiation leaking out
> can be so sensitive to mag radiation leaking in is very puzzling to me.
> 
> LJ

The magnetic field you're measuring in an AC magnetic field (typically 2-20
milligauss at power-frequency).  What the company is adjusting the machines
for is a static magnetic field (typically 300-500 milligauss).

The company *is* probably adjusting for the earth's static magnetic field. 
Some monitors (including my Apple 13" RGB) come with a panel that
allows user adjustments that allow use of the monitor in non-standard static
magnetic fields.  

The effects of an incorrect static field adjustment are not screen flicker, what
you get is a color distortion in the corners of the screen.  For a quick demo,
turn your monitor in its side (carefully).  I'm interested in this because we
have to operate monitors in the fringe field (1-2 Gauss) of a superconducting
magnet.

To answer the last question, shielding for AC magnetic fields is different for
shielding for static fields.  Techniques for reducing emissions of AC magnetic
fields may have no effect on sensitivity to static fields.

Try putting a large (not necessarily thick) piece of steel between the two
monitors.  This might eliminate the interference.  If that doesn't work try
grounding the steel plate.

John Moulder (jmoulder@mis.mcw.edu)
Radiation Biology Group
Medical College of Wisconsin
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: mr@bernina.ethz.ch (Marc Raths)
Subject: Re: New powerbooks/duos
Organization: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 15:16:13 GMT

benkei@cs.utexas.edu (William Kent Richards) writes:


>I want to know if the problems with the serial port and modems in
>the powerbooks that I kept hearing about will be remedied in the
>new laptops.
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There's an Apple supplied PowerBook Tuner System Extension that should
fix the problem.
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