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From: Peter_M._Williams@bmug.org
Organization: BMUG, Inc.
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 13:27:15 PST
Subject: Info. on IIvx video wanted

	I'm looking for information on the Mac IIvx's video support.  The Tech sheet
states that it  has "Built-in support for Apple monitors."  On the other side
it states that it, "Supports Apple monochrome and color monitors, including:
Macintosh 12" monochrome Display
Macintosh 12" RGB Display
AppleColor High-Resolution RGB Monitor
Macintosh Color Display
Supports some VGA monitors."
	I've heard that the IIvx would not support the Apple 16 inch monitor without
the addition of a video board.  However, MacUser's report of the IIvx states
that it does supports the Apple 16' inch monitor.  Does anyone out there know
for a fact whether it does or not.  
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From: geoff.peters@p99.f828.n800.z3.fido.zeta.org.au (Geoff Peters)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Quadra 950 + what fast ext. HD? = :)
Date: 5 Nov 92 12:11:46 GMT
Organization: Fidonet. Gate admin is fido@socs.uts.edu.au

Original to: unregistered@newcastle.ac.uk
  [snipt: HD's for direct-to-disk audio)

  uk> They've been offered a Fujitsu unit of 400 Megs with a 12ms access
  uk> time and a 1:1 interleave ratio but it's quite expensive. For those in
  uk> the UK, they were offered it at #975 (I've seen 1.2 Giga drives for
  uk> #1500 - Micropolis ones)

  uk> Can anyone suggest a fast external hard disk that will allow the
  uk> Quadra to be used effectively, and is just a little cheaper.

I'm not so sure on the Micropolis chambers, but the Fujitsu's are worth
every damn penny, no matter what the price. Not only do they come with a 5
year warranty (if it dies, Fujitsu want to borrow your system to find out
what killed their chamber :-) but it's fully SCSI-2 capable, something that
you can use to great advantage on the Quadra.

If I were in your shoes, I wouldn't look any further than a Fujitsu.


Geoff

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From: isr@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Michael S. Schechter - ISR group account)
Subject: Re: 25MHz IIsi and my engineering friend
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 19:05:55 EST

In article <1992Nov16.163015.1763@udel.edu> bower@pecan.cns.udel.edu (Tyson Bower) writes:
>A question which, to the best of my knowledge, no one has addressed yet.
>
>Assuming that running your IIsi CPU harder than it was originally
>designed to go, and this extra power is being consumed, won't this
>decrease the expected lifespan of your machine?
>Does anybody have any idea as to the long-range consequences of this
>"upgrade"?  I'm simply concerned that I may burn out my CPU sooner
>than is necessary.  

Y' know, you're right.. it could be the traces in the board for power
supplies might not be able to handle the increased power drain..
and since the increased heat would make the trace resistance greater,
they'll be more voltrage drop, and the CPU will draw still more amperage,
to keep running, thus causing more trace resistance. It COULD start a
never-ending cycle, which would end up  by possible frying the chip or
power supply. Either of those would be bad, but the worst-case would
be if thecopper traces coudn't handle it.. This IS a multi-layer board,
isn't it?? The power traces are probably internal, so they don't dissipate
heat, huh?  Anyone know???  ANy way, if enough heat built up, the
traces could expand, flexing the board and causing minute cracks in
internal layers.  This would need a whole new board, not just a chip
or power supply....
I wonder if Apple thought of that and laid it out in such a way that
increased current flow would also generate  magnetic effects in unclosed
loops so the board would be forced back down, to conteract thermal
epansion....


um... a heat sink should  do quite well in keeping long-term problems
from "Burning Up" your CPU....

Mike Schechter
Senior Systems Engineer
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From: janssen@staff.tc.umn.edu (Brian K. Janssen)
Subject: Re: HOW DO I rename a hard disk????????
Organization: University of Minnesota
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 19:37:39 GMT

In <1992Nov20.150036.29587@news2.cis.umn.edu> Patrick Parker <pharmacy@epx.cis.umn.edu> writes:

>In article <kq4guB1w165w@bluemoon.use.com> djredick@bluemoon.use.com (Darrin J.
>Redick) writes:
>>cwheeler@alsvid.une.edu.au (AlphaPrime) writes:
>>
>>> I have a Mac Classic II running system 7.1. I can't rename the hard disk.
>>> So far I have made sure the File sharing was off and made sure that no
>networ
>>> funtions are on.
>>> What do I do.
>>
>>Well, offhand, what _I_ would do is take the pointer, click on the name
>>of the hard drive, and type the new name.  I believe that is how it is
>>done.

>I think he's aware that this used to be the way it worked, but is asking how to
>do it now that System 7 has changed things.  I don't know how many other people
>experience this problem, but I can't change my HD names without a utility
>either... and no I don't have sharing on, nor any applications running, etc. 
>Basically, I use DiskTools to rename the hard drive.  Also, I know if you mount
>with System 6 you can change the name.  I'm curious as to why it's become a
>problem to rename hard drives.  Maybe this is a _feature_ of System 7 so as to
>make it harder for non-welcome users from changing configurations.. who knows.

>Patrick Parker
>University of Minnesota
>pharmacy@epx.cis.umn.edu

System 7 has not changed how this was done (except for the fact that you now 
have to wait an extra second).  However, I just tried this on a Mac IIcx and
it did not work. I then noticed it was not tuned, so I installed the Tune-Up
package and afterwords it worked.  Maybe this is also a contributing factor.
Or, maybe it was just the fact I had to restart it after I installed the 
tune-up.  All's I know it that you should be able to easily rename you Mac
hard drives the same way you name a directory, file, or disk. 

Hope this helps,
Brian.


Brian K. Janssen				janssen@epx.cis.umn.edu
					work - 	bkj@unet.umn.edu

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From: jfreem@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Joe Freeman)
Subject: Quantum 210 (jumpers / drivers?)
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 15:52:17 GMT

I have a Quantum 210 that came off a sun that I'd like to
use on an SE. But, I get sense error or some other stuff.
I tried to use the a SCSI formatter I found on umich but
it says that no drive is available.  I think this drive
has a jumper set wrong (could be wrong ROM I guess).  

The jumpers are

WS
EP enable parity?
SS

C0
C1
P0

I don't know what any of the other jumpers should be set too.
Any help would be appreciated.


I've noticed that this type of question comes up a lot.
If someone could point me to a FAQ that'd be great.


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From: Joe_D._Ciarcia@fourd.com
Organization: 4th Dimension BBS
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 17:26:10 EST
Subject: Re: 7.1 Error #23

   According to the third addition of the Macintosh Bible errors 17-24 indicate
that there is a missing package (routines in the system that carry out certain
tasks) that is needed by your program.  Try reinstalling the system and see if
that takes care of the problem.  Just a note ... my source of information does
not cover system 7.1 so I may be wrong.  I don't think that error messages
change from system to system though.  Anyone else have some input???
Joe C. 
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From: fbrunel@pasteur.fr (Franck Brunel)
Subject: Request: opinions about accelerator cards for LC
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 20:11:05 MET
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Hello,


Can users with the experience of an accelerator card (for example
Daystar ones) to boost overall performance of the Mac LC give me their opinion.

I'd like to buy one. But I want to be sure there are no
incompatibilities and these card are a great help when running
Photoshop, Freehand and 3D modeling sofware (Stratavision).

Could you please reply by email, if necessary.

Sincerely,


 Franck BRUNEL, PhD / Voice: (1) 45 68 80 00 ext. 7284
 Institut Pasteur / FAX: (1) 40 61 31 10
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From: keithb@advtech.uswest.com (Keith Bechard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: How to print postscript file
Date: 16 Nov 92 13:59:58 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.system
Organization: U S WEST/Advanced Technologies

In article <1e7q8nINN6ho@agate.berkeley.edu>, jh@heel.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Jack
Hsu) wrote:
> 
> I downloaded a few postscript files from school and wanted to print
> them with my Mac and laserwriter. On workstations, one can just say
> 'lpr postscript.ps' to print a postscript file. How do I print it out
> on a Mac?
> 
> I tried reading it in with Word 5.0 using EPS conversion format, but
> the line-feeds were missing and it turned out a mess.
> 
> Does anyone have any experience with this? Please reply by email.
> Thanks.
> 
> -Jack

On the System 7 disks is a utility called Laserwriter Font Utility.  It has
an option to download PostScript files.  Note that it will only work with
Apple Laserwriters.

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From: David_A._Schnider@bmug.org
Organization: BMUG, Inc.
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 20:50:40 PST
Subject: Re: Duo system or 160 with monitor?

I think this comparison comes down to money.  The PB 160 is similar to the Duo
210.  The Duo can be attached to a dock and be expandable.  The 160, for about
$1000 less ($500 if you subtract a monitor) has a built in disk drive.  If you
have the money, a 230 and a dock is the best choice because it is upgradable. 
The 160 however is an excellent alternative, and if color is a factor -- get
it!

-David
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From: spw@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Steven P Wilkinson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Replacement for Quadra 700?
Date: 19 Nov 1992 11:17:54 +0800
Organization: The University of Western Australia
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From: Darren_E._Tong@fourd.com
Organization: 4th Dimension BBS
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 12:34:32 EST
Subject: Re: Unpredictable bombs & freezes on SE/30  HELP!

OK- here from Larry Pina's book-dead mac scrolls-
probable diagnosis: the internal HD has a bad driver map, bad partition
signature or bad directory block!

try uding disk manager mac-v2.24 and runa test of the drive.if bad blocks are
found and rewritten and drive still son't mount then reformat the drive

if thatfails-ask me theres more info but I can't type it all right now-sorry!

- BulkRate... and worth every penny!-darren_tong@fourd.com

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From: Darren_E._Tong@fourd.com
Organization: 4th Dimension BBS
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 15:34:17 EST
Subject: Re: Any comment about DoveFax fax modem ($199)?

Chuang  Lu-chia writes:
I am looking for a fax modem with the following functions,
     2400bps model, 9600bps send/receive, and Group 3 (what is this?)

I don't want to spend too much money on it.
One modem on my mind is DoveFax 2.0 from Dove Computer.
MacConnection sales it for $199. It sounds like a good deal.
However, I will like to know comments on this fax modem.

Luke- I have a dovefax+ modem and have had no problems with it.  I really like
the fax manager software that it comes with-by stf technologies!
I would recommend it-it's a cheap reliable modem- although one word of caution-dove is supposedly in chapter 11 and I'm not sure how they're support lines or if they are
going to go under or not.-but stf technologies seems very stable -they make
fax software for many of the modems as OEM. (grooup 3 is the standard fax
classification-most out there are class 3 compat)

- BulkRate: the Danish call it "Spumco"! WHY??-darren_tong@fourd.com

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Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.hardware:22218 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:30683 comp.sys.intel:2308
From: sward+@CMU.EDU (David Reeve Sward)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: 486 vs. Mac Benchmarks
Date: 23 Nov 92 06:52:35 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.gf4ElH600iV4A39oMi
Organization: Sophomore, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware: 23-Nov-92 486 vs. Mac
Benchmarks by Theodore Lee@TIS.COM 
> Fascinating.  I am finding it very hard to locate *any* published
> cross-platform benchmarks that compare 486's to Macintosh's in
> meaningfully comparable applications, such as wordprocessing.  So far
> I've only located two.  Does anyone know about any others?

Because benchmarks are bunk.  They are handy for bragging when the
<insert your favorite machine here> is benchmarked faster than the
<insert your most hated machine here>; but there is no practical use for
them no matter what is being "measured".
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From: neilg@fraser.sfu.ca (Neil K. Guy)
Subject: Re: Mouse 'skipping'
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 18:39:16 GMT

hausmann@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:

>My mouse will 'skip' an inch or two when I am doing fine actions like
>pixel-by-pixel editing of graphic items.  The mouse is about 3 years aold and
>is the original that came with my IIcx.  I do use a mouse-pad.  I've opened the
>mouse and cleaned every thing.  It is not an optical mouse.

>Is it time for a new mouse?

 Not necessarily. When you say you "opened the mouse" and cleaned it,
did you just open the round plate on the bottom and clean the rollers
with cotton and alcohol or something? If so, there's more you can do.

 For some reason (maybe Apple's engineers are bored) it seems that
Apple has gone through many many different mouse designs. Externally
all the ADB mice look more or less the same. But internally some are
the heavy rubber-coated metal ball, some have the lightweight black
plastic ball, some are electro-mechanical with the ball moving a disc
with vanes past an LED-detector setup, some have the ball moving a
disc with metal contacts on them, some are low-power, the old ones
aren't, etc. The various designs seem to have been made in the USA,
Japan, Malaysia and Singapore.

 Anyway, my point is that you're going to have to crack the mouse case
open. Some have one screw on the bottom, others have two. Either way,
separate the top and bottom halfs of the shell. This will expose the
rollers inside, which are probably covered with muck and dust if yours
is the average mouse. Clean everything off as best you can. Now
examine the actual detectors. If you see black plastic disks with
radial holes punched in them, you have an optical sensor. Blow out any
junk from inside the plastic housings if you can. If you have no
environmental qualms (maybe you already have some) use some of the
pressurised air that they sell in photo shops. (even if it's a new
bottle that doesn't contain CFCs it isn't simply air under pressure.
It probably contains propellant gases that contribute to global
warming, btw)

 If you're unlucky enough to have one of the rotten junky
metal-contact mice that Apple made for a while, you'll be able to see
a black plastic disc with radial metal strips on it. A pair of
contacts touches it, and there may be gunk in there. (that's why I
dislike these mice. My experience from mouse cleaning in a lab
suggests that these mice which rely on physical contact are far more
vulnerable than those which don't) You may have to use electrical
contact cleaner - the kind that comes in a definitely environmentally
non-friendly aerosol can - to clean these contacts.

 So there you go. My completely non-scientific observation is that the
mice which use small black plastic mouse balls don't get as dirty as
quickly as the kind which use heavy rubber-coated metal balls. But the
small black ones feel light and insubstantial to use, so there's a
handling tradeoff. :)

 - Neil K. (n_k_guy@sfu.ca)
From: gfcardinale@ucdavis.edu (Greg Cardinale)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Internal HD in a Plus?
Date: 16 Nov 92 07:31:06 GMT
Organization: UC Davis


(sorry if this is a repost; we're experiencingg technical difficulties 
with our server).

Is it possible to mount an internal HD in a Plus?
Do you need to upgrade the PS?
It seems like if you can, you need to install a fan; is this true?

Thanks, in advance.

Greg C.
gfcardinale@ucdavis.edu
From: ibhan@husc8.harvard.edu (Ishir Bhan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Duo opinions wanted
Date: 17 Nov 92 18:31:17 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc8.ibhan.722025077

Robert Agustin <ra00+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:

>Powerbook Duos:
> - Is there some way to let the Duo function as an external HD or have
>   networking capabilities without having to buy a smaller portable dock?
>   (MacWorld didn't explicitly say)
You need a SCSI port to let it function as an external HD, and currently
the only way of getting one is with a dock (like the MiniDock).  I see no
reason why someone couldn't create a cable that just plugged into the PDS
slot and acted as a SCSI adapter.  You can have networking capabilities
without a dock using the built in serial port on the duos.
> - What are memory prices like? (I need at least 8 megs to live)
At Harvard, the educational price is about $200 for 4 extra megs, and
about $400 for 8 extra.

>   I guess I should also ask how System 7.1 is also.  For me, I've sworn not to
>   upgrade from 7.0.1 because of all the compatibility problems with software I
>   already have.  A friend of mine tried it on his IIci and had so much trouble
>   that he switched back in a matter of hours.
0 problems with 7.1 for me.

> - Does it have stereo or mono sound?
Mono, but can supply both channels with the same sounds.

> - Would I be able to add an extra hard drive in the dock?
Yes.
> - Does the MiniDock come with an FPU?
No.
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From: nick+@pitt.edu (Nick C De Mello)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Duo system or 160 with monitor?
Date: 20 Nov 92 16:26:33 GMT

In article <1992Nov19.205040.115259@bmug.org> David_A._Schnider@bmug.org writes:
>I think this comparison comes down to money.  The PB 160 is similar to the Duo
>210.  The Duo can be attached to a dock and be expandable.  The 160, for about
>$1000 less ($500 if you subtract a monitor) has a built in disk drive.  If you
>have the money, a 230 and a dock is the best choice because it is upgradable. 
>The 160 however is an excellent alternative, and if color is a factor -- get
>it!
>

  I don't see why you should subtract $500 for the monitor, or if color
is a factor you should get the 160.  One should make a flat comparisonof
the Duo+mini dock, to the 160.  In the first case you have a smaller,
lighter unit, that can get all the ports (including color out) of the
other by connecting to the minidock.  The PDS slot in the Duo is a hot
bead of 3rd party innovation, and you can expect tons of cables, cards,
and docks comming out that you can connect to (my idea is an overhead
display, with the video built it, just connect the cord to the Duo)
but being a component system you need to have all the addons, where
ever you need them.  If you'd prefer a more robust... all in one system
then the PB's are a good option, with the video out, the floppy disk,
and whole array of ports.
  Either way you win, you just have to decide if you need a more
complete system (like a student who wants to take it to the library
and home on the holidays), or if you prefer the component version
(like a salesman on the road, or researcher who wants to move it
back and forth from lab to home, and occasional fishing trips).

                                -- Nick


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From: 31babik@gw.wmich.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Stylewrite/Bubblejet ??
Date: 19 Nov 92 20:10:36 EST
Organization: Western Michigan University

Hmmm....well, when I went to purchase a new inkjet cartridge 
from my local computer store I was lead right over to the 
wall where they kept the bubble-jet refills.  Since they use
the same cartridge, I'm going to go out on a limb and say 
that the quality is probably very similar....

Incidentally, I ended up buying a bubble-jet cartridge for 
my stylewriter.  It works perfectly...

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