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From: darenp@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Daren Patel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
Subject: Re: Can a Station live without an internal drive?
Date: 27 Jan 1993 00:50:34 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
NNTP-Posting-Host: doc.cc.utexas.edu

In article <1993Jan25.230703.25813@cs.wm.edu> ciardo@cs.wm.edu (Gianfranco Ciardo) writes:
>
>I am also thinking to pull out the original 250 and sell it on the
>net to recoup some cash, but, for variuos reasons, I would like to
>keep the Fujitsu in the external enclosure, not in the the Station.

	Yes, you can do this.  Here's what you need to do:  (1) Set up the
external drive and make sure you're booting from this drive. (2) Take out the
internal drive and put the cables, screws, etc. in a safe place where you can
find them if you need them later. (3) Now, you'll need a SCSI ribbon cable
like the one that was in there originally.  Cut one end off of this cable and
put a fifty-pin Centronics SCSI connector on the cut end.  (4)  Buy a
Macintosh SCSI terminator and attach it to the Centronics connector on the
SCSI ribbon cable.  (5)  Now, attach the female fifty-pin end of the SCSI
ribbon cable to the double row SCSI pins on the mother board.  You can tape
this down to the empty space when the internal drive used to be.  This worked
for me, but I can't guaranty the results for anybody else.  Your machine should
boot from the external drive now without any problems.  I also hear that
you can buy an internal SCSI terminator so you don't need the contraption
described above, but I was unable to find anyone that sold them.  Hope it works
for you...


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From: timbuck@borg.lib.vt.edu (Tim Buck)
Subject:  Jittery monitor
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 01:57:26 GMT

I've been noticing for about a month now that my NeXT monochrome monitor
jiggles slightly on the left hand side.  At first I thought it was because
it was too close to my printer, so I moved it, but the problem persists.

Can anyone tell me if there's any adjustment I can make or have made to it,
or is my monitor dying?

I purchased it in April 1991 -- the manufacture date says January 1991.
-- 
Tim Buck
   rri!tim@vtserf.cc.vt.edu        Recognition Research, Inc.
   timbuck@borg.lib.vt.edu         Blacksburg, VA  24060
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From: wsmith@cs.utexas.edu (Wesley C. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Subject: Hard disk media errors
Summary: What needs to be done with media errors?
Keywords: Media Errors, Disk, Bad Blocks
Date: 26 Jan 93 04:06:36 GMT
Article-I.D.: im4u.1k3nicINNjnt
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: im4u.cs.utexas.edu

I have a new disk drive (Toshiba MK538FB) and have been getting several media
errors. So for it has had about 10 in three weeks, one of which caused some
files to be lost. None of the media errors has occured twice on the same
block. Does that mean that 3.0 has marked those blocks as bad, the blocks
are borderline bad, or that my lightly used system hasn't tried to read
those blocks again?

What needs to be done about the Media errors? Please e-mail any suggestions or
comments. I have included the errors from /usr/adm/messages at the end.

Thanks,

Wes Smith
wes@arissoft.com  (NeXTmail)

	   Target 0: MEDIA ERROR; block 22a921H retry 1
	   Target 0: MEDIA ERROR; block 1657bH retry 1
Jan  7 15:59:23 arissoft mach: Target 0: MEDIA ERROR; block e8411H retry 1
Jan  7 16:14:55 arissoft mach: Target 0: MEDIA ERROR; block 1dd52dH retry 1
Jan  8 15:50:18 arissoft mach: Target 0: MEDIA ERROR; block 20bafH retry 1
Jan  9 10:41:43 arissoft mach: Target 0: MEDIA ERROR; block 20babH retry 1
Jan 13 02:04:35 arissoft mach: Target 0: MEDIA ERROR; block 189a09H retry 1
Jan 20 02:00:25 arissoft mach: Target 0: MEDIA ERROR; block 21d9c7H retry 1
Jan 21 18:30:50 arissoft mach: Target 0: MEDIA ERROR; block 224167H retry 1
Jan 21 02:00:19 arissoft mach: bad block -118620160, <3>/: bad block
Jan 23 02:01:27 arissoft mach: Target 0: MEDIA ERROR; block 1dd521H retry 1
Jan 23 02:04:10 arissoft mach: Target 0: MEDIA ERROR; block 122fdfH retry 1
From: S.A.McIntyre@durham.ac.uk (Scott A. McIntyre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
Subject: Re: service at TECOR
Date: 21 Jan 93 17:06:23 GMT
Reply-To: S.A.McIntyre@durham.ac.uk
Organization: University of Durham

I bought a Tecor drive a little over a year ago and was incredibly impressed with Steve
and Tecor in general (well, at that time Steve WAS Tecor)....I had the thing trounced upon
by FedEx, and since I happened to be in California, Steve wasted the better part of an
afternoon trying to get my HP to work in the way I wanted...

I'm planning on buying another hard drive soon, and my first place to shop will be Tecor
without a doubt (they have black cases too).

Scott
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From: monty%roscom@think.com (Monty Solomon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
Subject: Turbo SIMMs
Date: 27 Jan 93 09:09:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: proponen.1993Jan27.090903.6283
Reply-To: Monty Solomon <roscom!monty@think.com>
Organization: Proponent

Are there any other vendors that use the same SIMMs as the NeXT Turbo in their  
machines?

The NeXT Turbo seems to require SIMMs of an unusual configuration.

Thanks.


-- 
# Monty Solomon / PO Box 2486 / Framingham, MA  01701-0405
# monty%roscom@think.com
From: alanlb@thor.cs.vt.edu (Alan L. Batongbacal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
Subject: Quantum LPS 525 on NeXT?
Date: 26 Jan 93 06:25:03 GMT
Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept., Blacksburg, VA

In my quest for a quiet internal 500MB drive for my NeXTstation (alas,
the Fujitsu 520 fails this requirement miserably, and I've tried *three*
of those), I'm looking at the new 525MB drive from Quantum.  Has anybody
tried this yet?

Thanks!

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| alanlb@cs.vt.edu                            |  it was never meant to be." |
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From: lemke@MITL.COM (Kennedy Lemke)
Subject: Dove Fax modem installation problems
Originator: lemke@narnia.MITL.COM
Organization: Matsushita Information Technology Laboratory, Princeton, NJ
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:52:05 GMT

Hello--

I'm trying to re-install the driver and accompanying software
for our DoveFax modem on one of our NeXTs since upgrading the
OS to 3.0.  Running Installer.App on the original pkg file on
the floppy seems to do the right thing in terms of copying the
driver files into place.

But the problem occurs when I use the print manager to try to
add the modem.  I bring up print manager and select "Fax Modems".
The fax modem panel comes up blank.  I select "Create" and the
Create Panel comes up.  I use their suggested name: "Local_Fax_Modem"
(which is what the fax modem was named before).  I use the create
panel to configure the modem to my liking, then when I click "OK",
I get an error panel that says the modem already exists.  The
create panel then disappears, and the new entry never appears
in the list of fax modems.

I have used niutil -destroy to manually remove the entries referring
to entry this from the netinfo database.  I have also removed the
old spool directory: "/usr/spool/NeXT/Local_Fax_Modem" but I still
get the "already exists" error message.  I have also tried creating
the modem with another name (which works) then attempted to use
"modify" to name the modem what I really want, but this also doesn't
work--same error message.

It'd be possible (but major-ly inconvenient) for me to use a different
name.  I'd like to know what needs to be done (e.g. what entry from
what file or netinfo database needs to be removed or what directory
needs to be deleted) in order for the print manager to no longer
think that "Local_Fax_Modem" already exists.  I'd appreciate any
pointers (checked the FAQs and recent articles but did not find
any helpful information).  Thank you.

				Kennedy Lemke
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
From: pan@athena.mit.edu (W. H. Pan)
Subject: Help Needed--Hard disk media error
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:18:07 GMT

Hi,

I was getting some media errors on my internal hard drive the other day. I was
told that a low level format would correct those errors. Well, I used disk to
perform the format and the initialization. But the media errors continued. I
guess I'm doing something wrong, could someone here please email me the
solution. Thanks. Any help will be much appreciated. 
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From: edmtl@taxus.uib.no (Thor Legvold)
Subject: ZyXEL source in NY city?
Organization: University of Bergen, Norway
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 14:13:17 GMT

I need to know (quickly!) a source for the ZyXEL Fax/modem everyone
is so pleased with in NY city (a friend is going there early NeXT
week :-)  Also the complete model name (ZyXEL U1496e, I think?)

Could someone please email adress(es) of store(s) which carry/sell
this fax/modem, and about what the usual price is.

Lastly - will power be a problem, or is it a plug which can take
9 or 12 volts DC from any standard (i.e. US/European) adapter??? 

-- 
Thor Legvold                 |    This is the strangest life
NorNeXT User Group leader    |    I've ever known...
University of Bergen         |         - Jim Morrison, The Doors
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette)
Subject: Re: New Trinitron Color Monitors
Reply-To: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette)
Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 06:40:21 GMT

In article <1993Jan21.195021.5257@athena.mit.edu> zmonster@athena.mit.edu  
(Eric M Hermanson) writes:

> Will someone please comment on the improved clarity (if
> any) of the new Sony Trinitron Color monitors over the old
> Fimi 17 inch monitors?  Is there THAT big of a difference to
> warrant selling an old color system and buying a new one with
> Trinitron monitor?

The Fimi sucks; it's an embarrassment to NeXT.  The new Sony
is so much better it's not even funny.  We previously refused
to purchase color NeXT systems without 3rd party displays
(Nanao T560i).  In the future we won't hesitate to order
the NeXT/Sony 17" display.

> How does the new Trinitron compare to the existing 21 inch
> monitors?

I think it's better than the 21" display (hitachi?), but
some people prefer the larger pixel size.  Note that the
viewing area does not increase since NeXT doesn't seem to
support 1280x1024 or larger displays, yet another curious
hardware decision in NeXT's history. 

--
Nathan Janette
PPP link from hilbert.csb.yale.edu

Please reply to: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu (NeXT)

Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
From: mark@cyantic.com (Mark T. Dornfeld)
Subject: Re: NS 486: Begin the Quest
Organization: CYANTIC Systems
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 20:55:25 GMT

In article <108572@bu.edu> mek@acs.bu.edu (Mark Kern) writes:
>In article <1993Jan27.210733.107936@zeus.calpoly.edu> mrothste@data.acs.calpoly.edu writes:
>>As the release of NS 486 has begun approach (hopefully NeXTEXPO '93) I  
>>have started to look through the rags to see what my developers system  
>>will cost.  I like to sugest that we start a thread and as we see good  
>>prices on NS compatable hard ware we post them and keep a running list
>>of the best prices.
>>
>>My idea of an entry Developers System is as follows:
>>	33Mhz. 486DX
>>	16 MB RAM
>>	500 MB HD
>>	accelerated localbus video (I dont know how much VRAM is needed
>>				    to achieve 16 bit color)
>>	17" color display
>>
>
>	Well, how about the current Gateway Systems :
>
>		486DX2-66
>		256k cache
>		16 megs ram  (additional $320 or so)
>		2 340meg IDE local bus drives (additional $400)
>		ATI Ultra Pro (16 bit local bus color with 1meg VRAM)
>		17" Nanao (Invar shadow mask, dynamic beam focusing, $700)
>		both floppies
>		mouse, windows, etc.
>		------------------------
>		$4415 (beats the heck out of an 8/250 mono turbo for $4118)

Let's not lose perspective.  There is no Ethernet, no DSP, no SCSI, and no
sound system in this configuration.  Someone create a feature table with a
price column before too many of these comparisons hit the wires.
-- 

Mark T. Dornfeld                              Voice: (416) 234-9048
CYANTIC Systems                               Facsimile: (416) 234-0477
101 Subway Crescent Suite 2103                Email: mark@cyantic.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
From: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette)
Subject: Re: SIMM expansion questions
Reply-To: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette)
Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 06:14:58 GMT

In article <1993Jan26.204038.3281@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>  
keith@iscp.bellcore.com (Keith Hawkins) writes:
> 
> 1) After reading the FAQ, I understand that SIMMs must
> be added in sets of 4.
> 
> Does this mean a set of 4 identical capacity SIMMs?
> Like can I add 2 1MB SIMMs and 2 4MB SIMMs to
> make a set of four?  (My guess is NO, the must all
> be of the same capacity.) 

Your guess is correct!

> 2)  Can I buy a set of 4 4MB SIMMs and add them
> to slots 8-11?  Or should I add them in slots
> 0-3 and move the 1MB SIMMS currently in those
> slots to slots 8-11?  Does it matter??

Doesn't matter.

> 3) Is the FAQ current with regard to vendors
> selling the appropriate types of SIMMS that
> work on the 68040 board??  Any other places to try??

Yes!

--
Nathan Janette
PPP link from hilbert.csb.yale.edu

Please reply to: nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu (NeXT)
From: pkron@corona.wa.com (Peter Kron)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
Subject: Re: RSI - NeXT
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 05:01:50 PDT
Organization: Corona Design, Inc.
Reply-To: pkron@corona.wa.com

> From: borrel@dhhalden.no (Borre Ludvigsen)
> Newsgroups: comp.human-factors,sci.med.occupational,comp.sys.next.hardware,nornext@alf.uib.no,comp.sys.next.misc
> Subject: RSI - NeXT
> Message-ID: <1993Jan20.102242.19868@dhhalden.no>
> Date: 20 Jan 93 10:22:42 GMT
>
> After having used Macs and other stuff the last 12 years, I got
> a  NeXT Dimensions Cube, fell in love with it and got RSI
> (repetitive stress injury).
>
Anyone else have problems after switching to a NeXT. I, too, had some
difficulty after switching to the NeXTStation, although not as severe
as this post. In my case it only affected my mouse (right) hand. I
suspect it had to do with dragging the wrist along the mouse pad, putting
slight but steady pressure on the "jellyware" therein. I was able to
alleviate the problem significantly by getting a foam wrist pad, but
placing it lengthwise under my right elbow and forearm rather than across
the width of the keyboard.

Not trying to raise an alarm about this, but I wonder, has anyone
had better (or worse) luck with the new mouse?
---------------
Peter Kron
Corona Design, Inc.
Peter_Kron@corona.wa.com

Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
From: ciardo@cs.wm.edu (Gianfranco Ciardo)
Subject: Can a Station live without an internal drive?
Organization: The College of William and Mary
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:07:03 GMT


I should receive a NeXTStation Turbo B/W 8/250 within days, and I
am thinking to buy an external DAT (Archive Python) and a large HD
(Fujitsu 3.5" 2694 1.2 Gig).

I am also thinking to pull out the original 250 and sell it on the
net to recoup some cash, but, for variuos reasons, I would like to
keep the Fujitsu in the external enclosure, not in the the Station.
The difference in price between the enclosure for the DAT only and
the enclosure for the DAT and the HD is only $25, and the extra
flexibility is worth it (to me).

Is this possible?  Reasonable? Advisable?

-- Gianfranco Ciardo

PS
Does anybody want to buy a more-than-new (it's not even here yet!) 250 HD? :-)
-- 
-- Gianfranco Ciardo
From: mycroft@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Alex Currier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
Subject: Re: NS 486: Begin the Quest
Date: 28 Jan 1993 05:24:54 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
NNTP-Posting-Host: louie.cc.utexas.edu

>In article <1993Jan27.210733.107936@zeus.calpoly.edu> mrothste@data.acs.calpoly.edu writes:
>As the release of NS 486 has begun approach (hopefully NeXTEXPO '93) I  
>have started to look through the rags to see what my developers system  
>will cost.  I like to sugest that we start a thread and as we see good  
>prices on NS compatable hard ware we post them and keep a running list
>of the best prices.


I cought an ad in a recent Byte magazine for MicroTech systems and had
them send me some literature. This one caught my eye...

486DX2-66, 256K cache, 8Megs ram (expandable to 64), 248Mb HD
seven 32bit EISA slots, one 32bit EISA/Local Bus slot
3.5 and 5.25 drive in mid sized tower case
14" SVGA non-interlaced .28dp monitor
Mylex GLE911 EISA graphics controller (1280x960x16 or 1024x768x256)

$4275 base.

I'd like a 16" monitor and more RAM and HD but it sounds like a decent
system and it is all black... case, monitor, and keyboard... so I won't
feel too bad about it.


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From: avery@ccrma.stanford.edu  (Avery Wang)
Subject: Re: Apple CD300 and audio disks and non-Macintosh machines?
Organization: DSO, Stanford University
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 04:20:19 GMT

Sorry, Newsgrazer is buggy--I tried posting, but it said that it could not  
post, so I kept pressing the post button.  But then I looked and saw that it  
had lied, and indeed had posted the article!
-Avery

Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
From: tmaas@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Anthony Maas)
Subject: NeXT memory prices
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:32:50 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM Rochester

I remember seeing this a while ago, but does anybody
have a list of current prices on memory for NeXTs?

Specifically, I have a mono 68040 NeXTstation, and
I'm wondering how much I'm going to be gouged to
upgrade from 8 to 20 meg.

Please post it or email to tmaas@cs.uwlax.edu(NeXTmail)

Tony Maas
IBM Rochester, MN
From: pgr@ramandu.ext.vt.edu (Patrick Robinson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
Subject: My NeXTstation has gone mute...
Date: 26 Jan 93 21:47:13 GMT

Does this sound like a hardware problem?

Suddenly, my NeXTstation (mono, 25MHz, running 2.1) won't make a sound.
The "Mute" button beside the Volume slider under Display Preferences is
clicked on, and I can't click it back off.  That is, it goes off while
I'm holding down the mouse button, but comes back on when I let go.

Command-mute does nothing.

I've tried "dsptest", and all the tests "win".

"dspbeep" says:
> 
>      oops!
> 
> dspbeep: could not init dsp
> *** Aborting
> ^C

Does this verify a hardware problem?  Is there anything else I should try?

Thanks,

-Patrick Robinson
 Extension Information Systems, Virginia Tech
 pgr@ramandu.ext.vt.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
From:  (slugg jello)
Subject: NeXT Printer Lubrication
Reply-To: slugg@mouthers.wa.com
Organization: Mouthing Flowers
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:25:47 GMT

Anybody know whether there exist instructions for lubricating the NeXT Printer?   
Mine is wheezing and squeeking like its very dry.

Thanks.
-- 
Doug Kent
slugg@mouthers.wa.com