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From: Joe_D._Ciarcia@fourd.com
Organization: 4th Dimension BBS
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 01:31:27 EST
Subject: Re: Need help on MIDI

Sorry I don't have any good news for ya .... but ..... Buy a keyboard with MIDI
.... trust me... it would be much cheaper to get a keyboard with MIDI than to
buy a pitch to MIDI converter.  Joe C,  section manager "The MIDI Store" (consumer
protection), Macintosh Users at Berklee, Berklee College of Music  Boston, MA
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From: blade@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: PB180 video == Quadra 900/950 video?
Date: 5 Nov 92 04:42:09 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

In article <1992Nov3.144439.1233@pcnntp.apple.com>
Dale_Adams@gateway.qm.apple.com (Dale Adams) writes:
>In article <22784@venera.isi.edu> jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan) writes:
>> Does anyone know if the video circuitry in the PB180 is similar enough
>> to the Quadra's that things like NEC's DPI-on-the-fly will work with
>> it?  I know the 950 can do 24-bit color with enough VRAM, whereas teh
>> pb 180 can only do 8-bit color on a 16" monitor, max, but other than
>> that, will the DPI-on-the-fly and related software work?
> 
>The video hardware in the Quadras and the new PowerBooks is completely 
>different.  To the best of my knowledge, the NEC software is pretty much 
>hard-coded for the Quadras, so I doubt very much that it will work.  (I 
>haven't tried this on the PBs, mind you, but I have tried on some other 
>machines with video hardware similar to the Quadras with no luck.)
>
>- Dale Adams

Does the DPI-on-the-fly work with non-NEC monitors, too?  (Such as
the E-Machines T16 II.)

The T16 II supports the standard resolutions from 640x480 to 1152x870
according to a dealer I called, but before I buy one (it is cheaper,
and from what I've read in MacWorld, comparable to the NEC 5FG) I would
like to make sure that I can switch resolutions without restarting.

As long as I'm here, I might as well ask whether anyone has a
recommendation for which I should buy:  the NEC 5FG or the
E-Machines T16 II.

Thanks,
David
From: firenza@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Timothy Mark Collins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: MONO IIsi
Date: 11 Nov 92 02:32:15 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
NNTP-Posting-Host: bigwpi.wpi.edu


  I don't know about the new ones, but a friend of mine has an IIsi he got in
April and it was capable of outputting sound in Dolby Surround Sound.  He had
the Mac connected to his stereo and the Dolby light came on, signalling it was
receiving a signal so encoded.

firenza
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Erik A. Johnson)
Subject: Mac IIci modem port <--> Laserjet III serial plug?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 00:44:23 GMT

Is there any problem connecting an HP Laserjet III (with a PacificPage
PostScript cartridge that supposedly give LaserWriter IINT emulation)
by it's (25-pin?) serial port to a Mac (IIci) serial (modem) port?
I know there is a package to adapt the Laserjet III for Appletalk, but
I don't really care to have it on our network (too many undergrads trying
to print to every accessible printer on the face of the planet), but rather
directly connected to the Mac.

Also what about a driver ... can the standard LaserWriter driver do serial?
or can it be modified to do so?

Thanks for the help!  E-mail and if there is interest, I'll summarize back
to the net.

Erik.


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From: simsh@aix02.ecs.rpi.edu (Chewbacca)
Subject: Re: Could be a vx's mem-manager problem?
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 19:33:40 GMT

noah@apple.com (Noah Price) writes:

>This INIT should NOT be used as it has been modified from Apple's
>experimental version which could cause data corruption, data loss and
>crashes. Apple strongly urges that you throw away the INIT and not use it."

It's in the trash. :-) Thanks for the reply.
-- 
     Hillel Sims                        e-mail: simsh@rpi.edu
     >:-) The Smiling Vulcan            Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: summeral@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (SUMMERALL  ELMINA LANIER)
Subject: When will DUOs/Docks be available to purchase?
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 00:13:27 GMT

My Mac II just died, and I'm thinking of moving up, but I want a Duo.  I need
it soon!  Any idea when they will be available to purchase?

Connecting point tells me not until late 1Q93.

Thanks,

Thomas Summerall

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: guiyu@spectra.eng.hawaii.edu (The Big Color Wolf)
Subject: MONO IIsi
Organization: University of Hawaii, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 23:16:46 GMT

1 RUMOUR: The newer IIci and IIsi have MONO sound chip

2 FACT	: The original IIci and IIsi and all of the Mac II family have the
	  Apple Sound Chip which has STEREO sampling capabilities.
	  It can do 8 bit sampling up to 44.1 KHz(mono at this freq, though)

3 MISC	: The new SOUND SYSTEM PRO by MacroMind claimed to be able to sample
	  16-bit at 48 KHz stereo with the hardware it provides. Cost : $320
	  (includes Sound edit Pro)

QUESTIONS ?? (please help me)
---------
1.	TRUE? I am considering a Mac IIsi to replace my LC largely because of
	the LC's mono sound and so forth.
		if so, since WHEN has the new mono IIsi and IIci shipped?

2.	Are there any SOFTWARE that allows 44.1 KHz sampling with the built-in
	Apple Sound Chip? The sound recorder provided along with the system
	software does only 22 KHz.
		Are there any SOFTWARE/HARDWARE that will take in digital 
		samples directly via whatsoever port(SCSI, RS-422) from the
		DIGITAL OUT of popular CD players? And then those samples can
		be played backed with no LOSS of quality directly?

3.	Has anyone used this system? What are the validity of the claims?

 	I would be grateful if any kind soul could ENLIGHTEN me on the above. 	
							Sincerely yours,
							Julian CHANG
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From: trimper@edsi.plexus.COM (Greg Trimper)
Subject: Re: Street price data points, PB160
Organization: Enterprise Data Systems Incorporated, Appleton WI
Distribution: comp
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 21:20:35 GMT

sje@xylos.ma30.bull.com (Steven J. Edwards) writes:

>Why is it that the pixel dimensions of the PBs are 640 by 400 instead
>of the nearly universal 640 by 480 for the PC notebook market?  Also,
>is it true that all the new PBs (actually, every model except the
>100) have 32 bit wide data memory paths?

Yes, the PB's are full 32bit, and as to the pixels:

Many VGA notes display 640x480 on screens smaller than the PB's.  One basic
mac principle is WYSIWYG, and you can not do true WYSIWYG 640x480 without
a 13" diaganal (640x480x72pixels/inch)

I much prefer the readable PB 640x400 screen to the same size screen
but 640x480 on a Compaq with Windows.  But, I'm farsighted, and the
bigger the better.
From: cho@ucbeh.san.uc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: I want a Powerbook that's powerful!
Date: 11 Nov 92 15:28:23 EST
Distribution: world
Organization: Univ. of Cincinnati


Greetings,

I have a need to purchase a notebook or penbook for meetings that
is a Mac, has a color screen, is lightweight, and can fax send/receive
messages (cellular modem/phone).  Also, a pen capability would be ideal.

Does the Mac make pen machines yet?  Are there color notebooks available?
I like the Palmpad that GRID makes, so one that size would be great,
but I want it to be Macintosh, and while I'd like the pen, I'd need the
modem aspect.

Is there such a device that anyone knows about or can direct me to?

Thanks,

-Pamela Cho-
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: hank@well.sf.ca.us (Hank Roberts)
Subject: Re: Mac SE Internal HD mystery (Miniscribe 8425SA 20 MB)
Keywords: Mac SE Miniscribe Internal Hard Drive HD Mystery
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 06:50:00 GMT


Re the SE with internal 20-meg drive; I just had occasion to ask
Berkeley Mac User Group's advice on ours which is flaky -- usually
"not there" but sometimes shows up on boot for a while, then fades out.

Their advice:  "that's typical of those old Miniscribes" and the best
approach is probably just to take the drive out (replace it, or leave it
out and use an external hard disk).  They're gonna look at ours next
week and see if any disk tools have a chance at salvaging it. But
it's said to be a familiar problem these drives have with age.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: narain@ih-nxt09.cso.uiuc.edu (Nizam Arain)
Subject: Re: How to hook a DeskJet 500 to a Mac IIci
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 21:57:52 GMT


I have a IIci with a DJ500 hooked up to it, as well as to my roommate's  
386 box simultaneously. I use the software driver MacPrint ( < $100 ) from  
Insight Development, which comes with an appropriate cable to plug into  
the Mac's printer port.
I've had no problems printing yet, and the setup has been working  
flawlessly. I give it my absolute approval.

(I am in no way affiliated with Insight or HP, in case you were wondering.  
I am only a college student.) 

If you have any questions about the above, feel free to email me.

Nizam Arain
narain@uiuc.edu
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From: tsirbasc@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Tsirbas Christos)
Subject: Re: Sound chip in IIvx is a drawback to machine
Organization: Universite de Montreal
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 02:07:59 GMT

Dale Adams@Apple writes:
________________________________
 Well, the II, IIx, IIcx, IIci, IIsi, etc. all have true stereo output...
 
Very true.  Just because you don't have any software capable of generating
a stereo sound, don't assume that the machine's hardware isn't capable of
it.  The above machines' sound output _hardware_ is all stereo, and is
fully capable of generating stereo sound.  However, much (most?) of Mac
sound is generated in mono in software with the same signal fed to both
stereo channels.  All Mac speakers produce only mono sound (there's only
one speaker, right?).
__________________________________

Well, Dale, at least one programme I know of produces stereo sound and that
is Falcon 2.0 (Aside to Spectrum Holobyte: when do we Mac people get 3.0)
My question to you Dale is, however, this:  It is stated in the Apple Facts
10.92 booklet that the IIci and si have mono sound.  Has Apple indeed replaced the sound generation software in these machines with mono chips.
Inquiring Net-minds want to know.

Chris Tsirbas
Micro 2200
Universite de Montreal
tsirbasc@brise.ere.umontreal.ca
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From: Joe_D._Ciarcia@fourd.com
Organization: 4th Dimension BBS
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 15:19:18 EST
Subject: Re: Radius vs. Daystar Powercache

Thanx Pierce ..... Joe C
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From: jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: PB 180/160 "work with VGA montiros" -- how?
Date: 5 Nov 92 20:25:30 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: USC-ISI


Apple claims that the on-board video of the PB180/160 "works with some
VGA montiors."  How?  Which monitors?  Do you need some kind of
adapter?  If so, who sells them?  Or how do you get it?

I'm interested in driving an NEC 3FGx or 4FG at 832x624 (or whatever
the so-called 16" resolution is).  I know NEC claims that they both
can go up to 1100x800-something, so they *should* be able to do this,
right?

So, what do I need to have to make them do it? (Note: I don't have my
180 yet, so this is all prep-work/thought-experiment.)

jas

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: parkyn@fraser.sfu.ca (Dale Parkyn)
Subject: AE Plus drive with accelerators (Q)
Summary: Does it work?
Keywords: AE PLUS HD upgrade accelerator
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 17:56:03 GMT

Hi, everyone.
 Is anyone using Applied Engineering's Plus floppy drive with an accelerated
Plus, SE or Mac II?
 Our facility would like to make our Plus and SE models useful by making
them HD floppy compatible and 25MHz speedy.

Please reply here or e-mail parkyn@sfu.ca

Thanks for any help!
Dale
parkyn@sfu.ca

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From: martinn@mksol.dseg.ti.com (niels r martin)
Subject: Deskwriter vs. Deskjet
Organization: Texas Instruments, Inc
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 18:20:38 GMT

Is there any graceful way to print from a PB160 or Classic to a DeskJET rather
than a DeskWRITER?  Is there a hardware difference between the two, or is it
only a software (i.e. driver) difference?  I would prefer a software fix is
possible.

Thanks, 

Niels Martin
martinn@mksol.dseg.ti.com


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From: Mitch.Alland@p956.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Mitch Alland)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: LaCie 240 Ripped Out
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1992 15:30:53 -0500

After looking for several alternatives, I decided to buy the LaCie Quantum 240
LPS.  I have IIci's with 80 MB internal drives in the office and at home and
wanted to install an internal 240 at home and take out the 80 to use as an
external drive for my machine at work for which I wanted to buy a case.  The
cheapest case, however was around $115, with shipment.  And all the cases I
found were zero foot print cases that lie flat, while I wanted a small case that
could stand on its edge.  The nicest one I could find was the LaCie Cirrus,
small and elegant.

When the 240 Cirrus arrived on Thursday evening, I called LaCie to find out how
to open the case -- there are "buttons" that cover the screws that hold the two
sides of the case together.  Of course the LaCie people said that I would void
the guarantee if I opened the case.  The reality, however, is that the whole
operation is so simple that, if ever anything goes wrong with the drive, one can
reinstall it in the case, and LaCie or Quantum wont know that the case was ever
opened.  Let's get seriuos!

Taking out and switching the two drives was trivial, particularly as the 80 MB
drive in my IIci was also a Quantum.  The only thing that I had to do was to
remove the terminator resistors from the internal 80 and plug them into the 240
that was going into the IIci.  The other major (really minor) thing is that the
Quantum, being an older drive, use different size plugs for the little cable
that the Cirrus case to allow the user to change the SCSI address.  I left the
cable off and used Silver Lining to change the SCSI address of the 80 from 0 to
1, so that it wouldn't clash with that of the internal drive in my office
machine -- internal hard disks are 0.  Also, the plug for the light was
different on the old Quantum 80, so I had to  leave that off too.  

All this was extre,ely easy and now I have 240 MB at home and 160 MB in the
office in the form of two Quantum 80s.
 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: rob@netnews.louisville.edu (Rob Miracle)
Subject: Help Purchasing a Mac
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 23:56:32 GMT
Organization: University of Louisville

I am getting ready to buy a Mac (or a 486) for home.  I am a poor-power user 
and my budget is around $2000.  I want a Mac for me and the kids.  But, I get
more use (from a compatible with work sense) from a DOS machine.

I have a IIcx (8 mb RAM 105 mb HDU) with a 14" in my office and have fell
absoultly in love with Excel and WordPerfect Mac and so on.  Since I have a 
DOS machine at home (abiet a 16mhz 386DX, 4mb 85mb, VGA only) so the Mac would
make a good second machine (rather than having two DOS machines).

So here is my delima.  I am leaving the University and would like to take 
advantage of my cheap prices.  I have access to a Powerbook 140 in the office
now.  It is too slow (though it is probably memory related).  

I know little about the Mac line, in particular the new systems (Performa IIvx
etc).  The LC II is attractive because of the IIe emulator (since they still
use IIe's at my son's school).  I can get an LC II, with 8mb 160mb and a 12in
monitor for that price range.  But I think the LC II is going to be short
horse power to make my happy.

Can some one summarize the differences in the new Macs (including the Duo 
System (which is real attractive)) and maybe recommend some options for me?

Thanks
Rob

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From: mdlouie@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: help with formatting old HD
Date: 13 Nov 92 17:29:09 GMT
Reply-To: mdlouie@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
Distribution: usa

I just installed a Brainstorm accelerator in my Plus and didn't experience 
too much of a speed gain.  After doing some checking around, I've determined
that I probably need to reinitialize my harddrive.  Now, I've got an old
Seagate 30meg external.  It originally came with OnTrack's Disk Manager Mac.
Now, here's what i want to know:

1.  Should I get a new copy of the formatting software?
2.  Have hard drive "drivers" changed that much in three years?
3.  Could I use Silverlining instead?
4.  Once I get some decent new formatter, what should I set my drive 
   for optimal performance?  By that, I mean to gain the most from
   the drive (as is) and the accelerator.  Should I ditch the "blind
   read and write" and lower the interleave?
5.  Forgot to say, I'm running 608 on a 4 meg plus
6.  Where should I transfer the data in the meantime?  Disks or someone
   elses' harddisk?

I know some of these questions sound ridiculous, but I don't want to destroy
my drive.  It will have to do for a couple of more years, then I can afford
a new one...that's why I got an accelerator.  Anyway, please email me your
opinions, comments, or questions.  Thanks a lot!

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Univ. of Texas at Austin   
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From: philip@concave.cs.wits.ac.za (Philip Machanick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: AIM Alliance (was RE> 68050)
Date: 13 Nov 92 10:38:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: shannon.1992Nov13.103852.4733
Organization: Computer Science Dept, Wits University
X-Xxdate: Fri, 13 Nov 92 12:31:08 GMT
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d12

In article <1992Nov10.162159.20074@oakhill.sps.mot.com> Matthew Holle,
matth@oakhill.sps.mot.com writes:
>> The next few years in the CPU business are going to be interesting...
>
>You can say that again...  I think end-users will be pleasantly suprised
>with the power of RISC in a desktop Mac.

The next few years? Next year will be interesting enough. Someone
from Silicon Graphics told me that by the end of next year they will have
a $5000 machine that's _faster_ than any uniprocessor machine they
currently make. By that time, we should also have a pretty good idea
whether DEC and IBM will survive and of course how the Apple/IBM joint
ventures are going to do.
--
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Computer Science Dept, Univ of the Witwatersrand, 2050 Wits, South Africa
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From: ggw@wolves.uucp (Gregory G. Woodbury)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Mac Tape Archiver Recommendations Wanted.
Date: 7 Nov 92 13:25:12 GMT
Reply-To: ggw@wolves.durham.nc.us
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Wolves Den UNIX
X-Md4-Signature: 95b7291165a3d2e511cba25ed40b6b6b

We have an older Mac II that has a rather newer 140MB hard drive and an
external Micropolis 690 drive.  The 690 is developing some problems, and
I need to be able to back up the drive before I take it and reformat and
re-install.

I'd like some recommendations for high-capacity storage tape backups for
the Mac series.  The preference would be for a system that could be
moved from Mac to mac for regular backup use.  The environment consists
of Mac LCs (running 6.0.8) to Mac IIs (6.0.8 and 7.0.1) to Powerbooks
(160 - 7.0.1) to a Quadra 900 (7.0.1+)

Thanks for any information.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.comm
From: jberman@jarthur.claremont.edu (Joshua Evans Berman)
Subject: Ethernet cards for IIsi (Q)
Followup-To: poster
Keywords: Ethernet, card, IIsi
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 02:59:35 GMT

Hi,
I am interested in buying an Ethernet card for my IIsi.  I have a DayStar
ComboCache installed, so I  need to buy a card that connects through a PDS
slot.  I would like to hear good and bad experiences from people who have
purchased Ethernet cards from Dayna, Farallon, TechWorks,  Asante, and any
other manufacturers.  What cards are good, which should I stay away from,
etc...  I'll post a summary of any responses I get.

Thanks for your help,
Josh Berman


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Platt Campus Center - Harvey Mudd College
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Claremont, CA 91711    (714)-398-4264
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: mbernar@erenj.com (Marcelino Bernardo)
Subject: Re: Experience with Sony CPD-1302 and IIci built-in video?
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Exxon Research & Engineering, Co.
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 15:56:16 GMT

In article <goodill_eric-051192133702@ericg.cpd.tandem.com>,
goodill_eric@tandem.com (Eric Goodill) wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to hook up a Sony CPD-1302 multisync monitor to a Mac IIci's
> built-in video.  I've heard this can be done but might be a bit tricky.  If
> you can offer any advice that can save me time, please pass it along.
> 

All of the information you need is in a Tecnical Note called "Macintosh
Color Monitor Connections" which is Technical Note #144 in the old
designation or M.HW.ColorMonitors in the new disignation.  The pin diagram
to hook up the Sony CDP-1302 is there.  Look for either of these in
ftp.apple.com.  I believe this note was last updated in Feb. 91.


Marcelino Bernardo
mbernar@erenj.com
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