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From: rhessjr@darkside.com (Robert Hess)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Request for Information
Date: 8 Apr 92 22:14:54 GMT
Organization: Independent Consultant

In preparation for an article, I'd like to poll those of you using
AFP-compliant file servers on UNIX-based machines for your feedback.

What hardward/software are you running? Why did you choose the system you're
using rather than a Mac-based file server? How many people are you serving?
How hard has maintenance been (have you hired an individual to maintain your
Macs and your UNIX box)? What has response been like (both on the network and
from your users)? What issues have you not seen handled by the Mac media which
would interest you?

Please respond via email!

Robert Hess
Internet: rhessjr@darkside.com -or- 74660.612@compuserve.com
CompuServe: 74660, 612
America Online: RHessJr
AppleLink: ENDPOINT
From: d88-jwa@hemul.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Video card and accelerator , Both (was SE/30 video cards)
Date: 13 Apr 92 07:54:51 GMT
	<1992Apr13.013305.2246@acsu.buffalo.edu>
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Originator: d88-jwa@hemul.nada.kth.se

.buffalo.edu> yaosenko@acsu.buffalo.edu (Yaosen Ko) writes:

   I need both color video card and 68040 accelerator for my SE/30.
   But only one PDS is available.

   Anybody has any good idea?

Yes, buy a magellan 68040 and a SCSI video box.

However, the video won't be too fast.

-- 
"You should meet yourself someday. I'm sure you would hate it."
- Me: h+@nada.kth.se; Jon W{tte (The Diplomat - NOT!)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: pkap@panix.com (Peter Kapner)
Subject: Re: Looking 4 Mac keyboard w/control key next to A
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 22:27:08 GMT
Organization: PANIX - Public Access Unix Systems of NY

In article <1992Apr15.020627.5122@bilby.cs.uwa.oz.au> quinn@cs.uwa.edu.au (Quinn "The Eskimo!") writes:
>In article <29E210F4.3AC@deneva.sdd.trw.com>, simpson@minotaur.sdd.trw.com (Scott Simpson) writes:
>> 
>> I have a Mac Classic with the standard keyboard that came with it. I
>> am looking for a keyboard for it with the control key next to the A
>> key; that is, I want a keyboard like the DEC and Sun workstations.
>> Currently, my Mac keyboard has the Caps Lock key next to the A. Does
>> anybody know where I can find such a beast? I called Apple and some of
>> the mail order houses and none of them said they had such a thing.
>
>The Apple Keyboard (ie the cheapest Apple keyboard that you can
>buy; the low end machines like the Classic have the Apple Keyboard II
>(euphamism!!!)) has Control next to A.  Apple model number M0116.


Or you can try the Mac 101E keyboard from Datadesk, available at all
the mail order places.  I bought it to replace the useless keyboard on
my 512ke and now I use it on my IIsi.  It has both the old type
phone-plug connector and ADB ports.  It has dip switches to set the
type of port you want to use, and to switch between the location of
the control/caps lock keys.  It also has replacement caps for the keys so that
when you switch them, they're labelled properly.

I don't know why on earth anyone would want their control key in the
lower left corner.

--Peter K.
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From: mayoun1@pb2esac.UUCP (Mike Young)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Power-Up Screen Jitters
Keywords: 8/24GC SuperMac
Date: 14 Apr 92 21:59:51 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Pacific*Bell ESAC, Oakland, Ca.

I have a Mac IIfx with Apple's 8/24GC card and a SuperMac 21" color
monitor. For the first 5 minutes or so after power-up, the entire 
screen has the shakes. I think the GC card is the problem because
even if I power up the monitor 10 or 15 minutes before system power up
I still get the screen jitter. Has anyone experienced this problem
with their 8/24GC card?

Mike Young
Pacific Bell
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From: jcav@quads.uchicago.edu (JohnC)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: options for connecting LocalTalk printers to ethernet
Date: 14 Apr 92 19:21:47 GMT
Reply-To: jcav@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: The Royal Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things

We plan to upgrade our LAN from PhoneNet to twisted-pair ethernet.  We own
numerous LocalTalk-connected printers.  What are some reliable/inexpensive/
transparent ways to connect such devices to an ethernet?  I've heard about
the EtherPrint from Dayna.  Experiences with that and any other alternatives
would be most welcome.  Thanks.


-- 
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University of Chicago Hospitals |         John_Cavallino@uchfm.bsd.uchicago.edu
Office of Facilities Management | USMail: 5841 S. Maryland Ave, MC 0953
B0 f++ c+ g+ k s++ e+ h- pv     |         Chicago, IL  60637
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: wrast@isis.cs.du.edu (Winston MacKenzie Rast)
Subject: Outbound or PowerBook
Summary: comments on either
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 92 04:33:31 GMT

Has anyone had experience with the Outbound Notebook? Models 2030, 2030E, or 
2030S. Have seen most of the various specs and mag. comments. But I'm interested
in real world results. Is the trackbar worthwhile or a pain? Are they recom-
mended item or should I spring for the PB instead? Thanks.
wr
From: vacante@CS.ColoState.EDU (robert chris vacante)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Sun monitor on Mac II
Date: 8 Apr 92 07:35:27 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Colorado State University, Computer Science Department

I would like to know if anyone out there knows of a way to hook
a 19" monitor manufactured for a Sun workstation to a Mac II?
The monitor has BNC connectors on the back, and SYNC on Green.

Thanks for any ideas.
vacante@mozart.cs.colostate.edu
From: bmw@ldgo.columbia.edu (brian whiting)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: ci vs. quadra:  opinions sought
Date: 11 Apr 92 16:55:14 GMT
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory

Hi all,

I am considering purchase of a new mac for myself, at
educational prices, before I stop being a student.  I
am considering on of the two above, and lean toward ci
having read (here and .mac.apps) about troubles with
quadra compatability.

Needs:  16" (or bigger) color monitor
	ethernet connection
	hard drive ~200 Mb or so
	'only' 8 Mb ram will do for now
	blazing speed not important (I use Suns for serious computation)

So:	Can y'all tell me about pros and cons of my two choices, 
	considering the stuff I want?  Also, any ideas of current
	edu. pricing would be helpful, as I am away from my home
	institution (UNC-Chapel Hill) for a while.

Thanks in advance.

Brian Whiting    |		bmw@airy.geosci.unc.edu
Grad. Student    |		bmw@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu
UNC Geology Dept.|      	whiting@uncvx1.bitnet (if you must)
Chapel Hill, NC  |		919.962.0705
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: kucharsk@solbourne.com (William Kucharski)
Subject: Re: Apple Dealers reliable? (was: MacWeek reliable?)
Organization: Solbourne Computer, Inc., Longmont, CO
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 19:58:29 GMT

While reading article <33181@imag.imag.fr>, I noticed that
oueichek@imag.fr (Ibaa Oueichek) said the following:
 >  You can Install your own memory and your internal HD, but this will void
 >your warranty :-). Seriously, i'm not going to pay anyone to do that job
 >for me, and if you have a problem later, no "reasonable" dealer will refuse
 >to repaire your Mac because you have "opened the case" (except if the damage
 >is due to the parts you've put inside, a HD that draws too much power from
 >your si's power supply for exemple).

I don't know if I just have a really nice dealer, but about three days after I
purchased my Q700 I showed up at the dealer with 4 4Mb SIMMs and 4 VRAM SIMMs,
and they popped them in for me while I waited at no charge.   If nothing else
this shows that not ALL dealers are scum...

(On a related note, while I found a nice dealer here in Colorado (Colorado
 Computer Systems in Westminster) I found it near impossible to find a good
 dealer when I was living in the Bay Area.  However, now that ComputerWare
 is a dealer, I guess that's a moot point :-) )

-- 
| William Kucharski, Solbourne Computer, Inc.     | Opinions expressed above
| Internet: kucharsk@solbourne.com   Ham: N0OKQ   | are MINE alone, not those
| Snail Mail: 1900 Pike Road, Longmont, CO  80501 | of Solbourne Computer, Inc.
| President, "Just the Ten of Us" Fan Club        | "It's Night 9 with D2 Dave!"
From: bill@chaos.cs.umn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Problem with accelerator
Date: 7 Apr 92 12:52:37 GMT
Article-I.D.: chaos.bill.702651157
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.

MOM_17%CZHETH5A.BITNET@pucc.Princeton.EDU writes:

>Hey there

>I have an 'Excelerator XL20' accelerator board (from Irwin Magnetics)
>installed in my Mac SE. That is the same as the old ORION board from MacPeak.
>This is a board based on a 20 MHz 68020.
>The big advantage of this board is, that I can install up to 8MB of RAM and
>actually us them, although a Mac SE normally can use only 4MB. This is done
>thanks to the CDEV, which somehow convinces the System, that there are 8 SIMM
>(like in a Mac II) and not only 4 SIMMs. I have installed 5MB (4*1MB + 4*256K)
>and with System 6.05 this worked okay with all the apps and games I use.
>The problem is, that with System 7 this is not possible anymore.:-(

>Description of problem:

>If I instruct the CDEV to use only 4MB RAM (normal maximum for a Mac SE) than
>all works OK. But if I tell the CDEV to use all the memory installed on the
>board (that is 5MB in my case) strange things happen:
>1. "About this Mac..." say Total Memory is still 4096K.
>2. The amount of RAM occupied for System Software ("About this Mac...") is
>   between 0.5 MB to 1 MB smaller than before.
>3. In DiskTop 4.0.1 and OnLocation 2.0.1 (if I try to create a new index) the
>   names for my HardDisks disappear.
>4. With NowMenus installed I always get "Sorry, the original item could not be
>   found" if I select something in a hierarchical menu (control panel, chooser
>   or something in a folder that I put in the "Apple Menu Items").
>5. The problem with NowMenus (4.) disappear if I install a memory hungry
>   INIT/CDEV like ATM (with 512K cache) or TMON Pro, and so the RAM occupied
>   with System Software is as big as before.

>Obvious solutions:

>Use System 6.05    : No way (no alias, no "hide application windows",
>                         no custom folder icons, cleaner System Folder, etc.)

partial solution;
ther is a shareware? package called alias which does? what you would expect
master juggler will hide application windows (most)
thats 2

>Use only 4MB       : With System 7? Good joke :-)
>Call Irwin Magn.   : I did. They told me the accelerator is discontinued and
>                     they have no update for the CDEV. They even told me, that
>                     if I have equipped my board with a FPU and a PMMU, they
>                     will not work under System 7 :-(

>If you have any clues, solutions or tips, please e-mail them to me.

--
bill@chaos.cs.umn.edu
From: chas@netcom.com (Chuck Fisher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Floppy problems
Date: 7 Apr 92 14:23:32 GMT
Article-I.D.: netcom.=8pj0h_.chas
Distribution: na
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

In article <1992Apr7.132934.12038@watserv1.waterloo.edu> dcastell@csg.uwaterloo.ca (David Castell) writes:
>In article <1992Apr7.123342.4684@ncsu.edu>, chouck@eos.ncsu.edu (CHRISTOPHER  HOUCK) writes:
>> 
>> I am doing some work on a mac+ (sys 7.01*) and sending the files via 
>> us mail on floppies.  When the floppies arrive & inserted, the LC always
>> responds disk unreadable initialize or eject.  
>> 
>> The floppies are high density disks formatted 800k..
>> 
>Any Mac with a Superdrive in it will not accept high density disks formatted
>in double density.  I have no idea why this is the case and it is a real
>pain sometimes.  Anyways, to fix the problem just put a piece of tape or
>better yet write protect stickers from old 5 1/4" disks over the extra hole
>in the high density disk.  This will let the LC read the disk.

"HD" floppies use different media than the old-style 800K  (1MB)
floppies.  A different strength magnetic field is used to record the
different media.  It's not reliable to record HD with the stronger
magnetic field used in the old-style media.

Chuck

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From: rjbolger@vax1.tcd.ie
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Hi-Res screen fault
Date: 16 Apr 92 11:14:40 GMT
Organization: Trinity College Dublin

Anyone got a quick fix ?

I've got a Mac hi-res 13" screen that occasionally blanks out when hot
and makes a faint sizzling sound.  The problem disappears after the screen 
is switched off for a while, so I presume that its thermally related.

A while ago I took it apart and found that the sizzling comes from the 
power supply.  However if you power up any of these power supplys without
a load attached they make the same sound.  I then swapped supplys with
a good screen and the problem remained on the original screen so it seems
to be the other boards in the display acting up.

I cheated the last time by putting heat sink compound all over the power
supply anywhere possible, and the problem disappeared for a couple of months.
However it came back again recently and so I'd like to find a more long
lived solution.

Any hints gratefully appreciated.

-Richard.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: jhl@naif.jpl.nasa.gov (Jay H. Lieske)
Subject: Re: Powerbook Memory PB 100 differs from 140/170
Reply-To: jhl@naif.jpl.nasa.gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 21:19:31 GMT

In article <1992Apr5.141950.27957@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> dgraham@morgan.ucs.mun.ca
(David Graham) writes:
>In <rkvqsINNm2l@agate.berkeley.edu> stoll@ocf.berkeley.edu (Cliff Stoll)
writes:
>
>>Hi gang,
>> 
>>What's the scoop on adding memory to Powebook 100's?
>>One dealer told me that the 100 requires different
>>memory from the 140/170's.  
>>-Cliff Stoll   stoll@ocf.berkeley.edu
>
>I posted a question about this a couple of weeks ago. I was told (and
>have since verified with our people) that the Apple part number for the
>2Mb card is the same for all PB models. So they should be
>interchangeable.
>-- 
>David Graham, Dept of French & Spanish ** dgraham@morgan.ucs.mun.ca 
>Memorial University of Newfoundland  *-/-*  dgraham@kean.ucs.mun.ca
>

	I'm not a hardware type, but in the PowerBook specifications that are listed
in Apple's _develop_ CDs (the DeveloperCD for February was called "20,000
Leagues Under the CD" there is some discussion of the difference between PB100s
and PB140/170s and how designers CAN make RAM cards that will work in both
classes of machines.  Here's what the Apple documentation stated:

u	Note: If you design your RAM expansion card correctly, it will also work in
future Macintosh-family, 68030-based portable computers. A 68030-based machine
has a 32-bit data bus, whereas the 68HC000 in the Macintosh PowerBook 100 has
only a 16-bit data bus. You should design the expansion card as a 32-bit
device, but if you correctly partition the data lines and chip select lines on
the card, you can use the same card in either type of machine without loss of
performance. The card should have 32 data lines coming out to its connector,
and the chip select lines for the upper 16 data bits and the lower 16 data bits
should be separated to allow for individual selection of either the upper 16
bits or the lower 16 bits of data. The separated chip select lines are
necessary for the Macintosh PowerBook 100 because it can get access to only 16
bits at a time. A 68030-based machine does not require separated chip select
lines because it has a 32-bit data bus; therefore, the lines are tied back
together on the computer's main logic board.

Jay Lieske                                            jhl@naif.jpl.nasa.gov

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: delaney@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (John Delaney)
Subject: ?Micron Xceed 30: Supported screen sizes?
Reply-To: delaney@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (John Delaney)
Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 16:52:42 GMT

What screen sizes (in pixels) do the Micron Xceed 30 8- and 24-bit
color cards support?

Thanks in advance,

John

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: hofmann@cs.uiuc.edu (J. Scott Hofmann)
Subject: Apple 21" monitor specs
Originator: hofmann@sparc10.cs.uiuc.edu
Reply-To: hofmann@cs.uiuc.edu (J. Scott Hofmann)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 03:50:16 GMT

   Does the Apple 21" monitor support 24-bit megapixel (or better) 
resolution on a Quadra 900 with just the built-in video support?

                                                    Scott


Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: tron@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Tron)
Subject: 128 Meg Removable Optical drive
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 19:56:59 GMT

I posted earlier about which kind of 128 MB optical removable to get.
I received three replies.
One suggests PLI's drive, one suggests the Pinnacle drive, and one suggests
the DGR drive.

Thank you for replies.
The two things I'm looking for before buying one are speed and size,
I would like to get a fast 128 MB with preferably a sub-zero footprint.
Chuan
From: mancini@cee.uucp (Derrick C. Mancini)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Prices for Apple Ed Discount in Sweden
Summary: Need because I plan to move there
Date: 9 Apr 92 04:07:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: doug.1992Apr8.230715.13559
Followup-To: mancini@cee.engr.wisc.edu
Distribution: eu, se
Organization: Civil & Environmental Engineering Department

I will be moving shortly to Sweden to work at Uppsala Universitetet.
I am deciding between costly air shipping of my Mac to Uppsala, or
purchasing a Mac there with an educational discount (I will be a post-
doc employed by the university).  I would very much appreciate if
someone at Uppsala or in the Swedish University system could e-mail
me a list of the educational discount prices for Macs, including any
VAT that might apply.  Tack sa* mycket.

Derrick C. Mancini
mancini@cee.engr.wisc.edu
;-)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: hrose@eff.org (Helen Trillian Rose)
Subject: Apple 21" greyscale equivalent
Organization: The Electronic Frontier Foundation
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1992 22:07:16 GMT

Well, since Apple isn't making it's 21" greyscale monitor anymore, does
anyone have a recommendation for a *good* equivalent monitor? We don't
need color, so would rather not have to spend $2K more. 

Cost, however, is not much of an option. If it's worth the price, we'll
pay it.

Thanks,

--Helen
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: sgrenander@nasamail.jpl.nasa.gov (Sven Grenander)
Subject: Re: Use of IIfx terminator on Quadra 900
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 15:48:00 GMT

In article <D88-JWA.92Apr8101427@hemul.nada.kth.se>, d88-jwa@hemul.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) writes:
> 
> .jpl.nasa.gov> sgrenander@nasamail.jpl.nasa.gov (Sven Grenander) writes:

 ...

>    Not an answer (sorry) but a related question: How dangerous (H/W & data) is
>    it to use a II terminator on a II fx ? (I wouldn't except my CMS Platinum
>    600 won't run without its internal II-termination installed !*%&!!).
> 
> So call CMS and give'm hell. You SHOULD NOT run a IIfx with the old-style
> terminator, since the power and bus is tuned to the new kind. You might
> burn something, or maybe just lose data, but it's not advicable.
> 
> -- 
> h+@nada.kth.se; Jon W{tte, the Diplomat - NOT!
> 
> 
Re. Call CMS and give'm hell - they are unable to provide a solution. They
gave me four (4 !) separate instructions (no jumper changes, some jumper changes,
more jumper changes ...) and when none of them worked they informed me that one
of the jumper settings they had told me to use "must have blown" a non-servicable
internal fuse, "sorry". So now I have a 600Mb paper weight which will run
perfectly, but only when the original internal terminators (Mac II) are installed.

-Sven
From: u2zj@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Stanton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Jittery SE/30 vid from bad solder
Date: 14 Apr 92 10:37:14 EDT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Cornell University

The repairman says that my jittery SE/30 video is caused by
bad solder joints.  To fix it takes 48 hrs.

Has anyone resoldered the offending joints themselves?  Is it
a trivial matter for someone who has replaced memory and
drives in an SE/30 and basically knows how to solder?

Thanks,
-Stanton
u2zj@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
stanton@chemres.tn.cornell.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: d2cheng@crocus.waterloo.edu (Dominic Cheng)
Subject: Re: 16" monitors at 24 bits (accelerated) on a IIci?
Organization: University of Waterloo
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 18:55:32 GMT

In article <CKD.92Apr10200340@loiosh.eff.org> ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis) writes:
[stuff deleted]

>Right now we have a IIci with the Apple 13" monitor; we'd like to get a
>video card that does accelerated 24 bit color on the 13", but will
>*also* do accelerated 24 bit color on either the Apple 16" or the
>E-Machines T16 (or a 16" Trinitron; does SuperMac have one?).
>

	The SuperMac does not have a 16" monitor but they have a multimode
	17" monitor which should be shipping by now.  It can support
	resolution from 640x480 up to 1024x768.


>In other words, we want to be able to move up.
>
>Will the newer SuperMac Spectrum 8*24 PDQ boards do this?  (We have a
>couple at work on Apple 13" RGBs, and like them a lot.)  If not, will
>there be a new SuperMac card that will?  How about Radius or E-Machines?
>(Apple's 8*24GC is out, because of the way it's been starved for support.)
>
	The 8*24PDQ can only gives 16-bit accelerated colors on 16" monitor.
	I don't know much about Supermac color cards (they're expensive!) but
	the E-Machines Futura SX can support multiple resolutions can gives
	24-bit colors on resolutions from 512x342 up to 832x624, and also
	8-bit colors on 1024x768 and 1024x808.

-- Dom 

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.wanted
From: bukys@cs.rochester.edu (Liudvikas Bukys)
Subject: Panasonic monitors -- any good?
Organization: Computer Science Department University of Rochester
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 20:47:11 GMT

At least a couple of vendors (Mac Products, Bottom Line) are offering
19" Panasonic monitors for about $500.  Are these any good?

Things I've already heard:
	People don't trust Mac Products to deliver what/when they say they will.
	People don't like calling Bottom Line's 900 number.

I'd like to hear technical comments on the monitor itself (or its 15" sibling).
Also, if you've tried the MacProducts MagicRailGun 030 accellerator, I'd be
interested in hearing about that.

Liudvikas Bukys
<bukys@cs.rochester.edu>