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From: ben@banana.ithaca.ny.us (Ben Manvell)
Subject: Re: Name change LaserWriter
Organization: The Twisted Banana BBS, Ithaca NY (US)
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 20:15:52 GMT
Keywords: LaserWriter



> In article <42908@as0c.sei.cmu.edu> ear@sei.cmu.edu (Eugene Rindels) writes:
> >
> >
> >I would like to change the name on a LaserWriter Plus.  I know this may seem
> >trivial but I don't work with Mac's very often (wish I did).  
> >	Stuff Deleted...
> 
> I had the same problem a while back and Jeff Wasilko provided me this answer:
> 
> Use TeachText or some word processor capable of saving an ASCII text file and
> enter the following PostScript commands:
> 
> serverdict begin 0 exitserver
> statusdict begin
> (name here 30 char max) setprintername
> end
> 
> The () are required.
> Now start up the LaserWriter Font Utility (I am assuming that you are running
> System 7) and select Download Postscript File from the Utilities menu and
> select the file you just created above.
> 
> I hope this helps you.
> 
> Dave M.

A better solution is to use the LaserWriter Font Utility to
change the name.  It is a command under one of the menus.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: Martin B.Hill <Martin_Hill@qmcc.curtin.edu.au>
Subject: Re: DVI om MAC
Organization: Curtin Uni Computing Centre
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.0
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 12:27:58 GMT

Here's what I know about one DVI board available for the Mac:

***  The EyeQ series of boards from New Video Corporation:
-  EyeQ Delivery System:
QuickTime compatible; consists of a pair of NuBus cards which combine the
 Inteli750 video processor with 8-bit overlay for advanced multimedia 
capabilities including full-screen, full-motion video, audio and still
image  compression, decompression and displays with effects and graphical
overlays. 
-  EyeQ Capture Adaptor: 
Daughterboard for the EyeQ Delivery Board; accepts composite, S-Video
(Y/C0,  or RGB inputs, and passes them in digital video format to the
Delivery Board  for processing and/or display; 24-bit per pixel video can
be displayed with  8-bit overlay graphics in resizable windows at full
frame rate with or without  video effects.
-  EyeQ Authoring System:
Combines the EyeQ Delivery System with the EyeQ Capture Adapter and
capture  software; users can capture and display video and audio in real
time as well  as show video in a Macintosh window with special effects
and graphical  overlays. 
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From: green@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Bradley Green )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: comp.sys.mac.system
Keywords: HELP
Date: 15 Apr 92 20:50:25 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

Do any of you netters out there have access to a copy of the Guide
to Macintosh Hardware?  I have just a few questions I need answered, 
and I'd rather not spend $30 on the book just for that.  Anyone
who is willing to help, please e-mail me.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.programmer
From: mvivino@helix.nih.gov (Mark A. Vivino)
Subject: What does SerSetBuf actually do?
Organization: National Institutes of Health
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 13:15:04 GMT

I understand how to use SerSetBuf, but I am a bit confused as to how data
actually transfers to the buffer after you make the call. For
example, when I make the call:

  SerialErr := SerSetBuf(SPInputRefNum, Ptr(InputbufP), BigBufferSize);

I would assume that data starts tranfering out of the default 64 character 
hardware buffer and into the base adress of my Inputbuffer by using
some sort of interrupt mechanism. I obviously do not make any calls
to copy the data into my software created buffer, but the data gets
to the buffer without any trouble. The actual tranfer mechanism
is not discussed in IM, or I haven't seen it. If it is interrupts, then
when do they occur?

Not extremely important, but it's nice to know what goes on.

Mark Vivino
mvivino@helix.nih.gov
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: stocker@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (William Stocker)
Subject: Re: Floppy problems
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 20:42:00 GMT

>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..

The problem is that you are formatting high density disks as 800k -- the
Mac Plus doesn't know about the existence of high density disks, but
the LC does.  The LC recognizes it as a high density disk, but it isn't
formatted correctly as a high density disk, so you get the error message.

The solution is to use 800k disks, or to cover up (with a piece of tape)
the notch in the high density disk that identifies it as high density.

--Will
From: Apgar@Apple.com (Gar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: How to get around the 20MByte RAM limit of the quadra 700?
Date: 10 Apr 92 21:03:56 GMT
Organization: Apple

In article <1992Apr6.084755.12524@alf.uib.no>, sigurd@ii.uib.no (Sigurd Meldal) writes:
> 
> We are in the process of purchasing one or more quadras. The Quadra 700
> seems to serve our purposes in all respects except one - it does not allow
> more than 20 MByte of RAM.
> 
> Is there any way I can get around this limit? Expansion cards, NuBus cards,
> anything? The resulting configuration must be able to access all the RAM 
> as ordinary memory (as opposed to giving me an extra RAM disk or some 
> such).
> 

Use 16 Meg SIMMs.

Apgar@Apple.com                   I said it, NOT Apple.
From: slater@acsu.buffalo.edu (Joseph C. Slater)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Upgrading personal LaserWriter LS to personal LaserWriter NTR?
Date: 6 Apr 92 19:39:50 GMT
Organization: UB

Is it possible to upgrade a personal LaserWriter LS to a personal LaserWriter
NTR just by replaceing the controller card?

Joe Slater
Mechanical Systems Lab
Buffalo, NY
slater@mother.eng.buffalo.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: deek@pecan.udel.edu (michael deerkoski)
Subject: Re: Another LCII Opinion
Organization: University of Delaware, Newark
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 12:45:36 GMT

In article <1992Apr10.071709.15255@morrow.stanford.edu> HK.MLR@forsythe.stanford.edu (Mark Rogowsky) writes:
>Apple would have not had to spend the minor reengineering costs on
>the LCII nor the MAJOR marketing costs. They'd be richer, we'd have
>a legit SE/30 replacement and all this nonsense titled "LCII FUBAR"
>would stop cluttering my screen whenever I log on to this bboard.
>
>Mark Rogowsky
>rogo@forsythe.stanford.edu

Well golly, why didn't apple think of this?  In fact, why didn't apple 
introduce the LC II with a '040?  I'm sure it will be replaced sooner or
later.  :-)

Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: lstein@athena.mit.edu (Lincoln Stein)
Subject: Re: (Q) Daystar PowerCache cards
Keywords: daystar,powercache
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 00:32:30 GMT

>Question 1: 
>Is PowerCache 50 MHz based on a 68030 clocked at 50 MHz? (I
>thought, for 68030, 40 MHz, that is, IIfx CPU, was the fastest among the
>existing ones. Does a 50 MHz one by Motoroloa actually exist?)  Or does the
>card simply consist of a large cache clocked at high frequency?

The PowerCache 50 MHz does indeed use a 68030 clocked at 50 MHz.  A chip 
capable of sustaining this speed has been available for a while now.  Of 
course, the Mac's RAM cannot sustain transfers at anything approaching this 
rate, so in order to avoid inserting a large number of wait states, DayStar 
includes a fast 32K static RAM cache to cache frequently accessed memory 
locations and allow the CPU to run at a rate approaching its clock frequency.

>Question 2: If each of these cache cards does have a separate CPU, then does
>it, when installed, simply block the original CPU on your Mac or does it
>"share" the load with the original? If it indeed put the original CPU out of
>job anyway, then wouldn't it be cheaper to by Mac IIsi or IIci and install 
>the Daystar 50 MHz PowerCache rather than buying a Quadra (unless you really 
>need the extra features of a Quadra)?

Each of these cards blocks the original CPU, putting it out of business.  In
fact, when you install one of these cards into a Mac IIcx, you pull the 
original CPU out of its socket and toss it in a drawer.  The accelerator 
installs into the CPU socket.

The 50 MHz PowerCache does -not-, however, run as fast as a Quadra.  In my
informal tests it runs at about the rate of a IIfx -- maybe a little faster for
CPU intensive applications.  (For example it runs the sieve about 30% faster
than the fx -- but who runs the sieve for a living anyway?)

The big thing you give up by going to the PowerCache instead of a Quadra is the
Quadra's on-board video performance, which beats the pants off any Nubus
Quickdraw accelerator I've ever tried.  The big thing you get by using the
PowerCache is compatability.  Watching my coworkers struggle with endless 
Quadra compatability problems while effortlessly sailing along with a Power-
Cache has been a very satisfying experience.

>Last Question: Does the 68882 FPU installable on these cache card have to
>operate at the same frequency? For example, can a 20 MHz 68882 (a slower FPU)
>used with a 50 MHz PowerCache?

If you install a 68882 on a PowerCache card you must use a chip that can handle
the 68030's clock frequency.  If you don't install a 68882, the card will make
use of the slower 68882 already installed on your motherboard.

===============================================================================
Lincoln D. Stein                                Brigham & Women's Hospital
lstein@hstbme.mit.edu                           Boston, MA
===============================================================================

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: robinson@EE.Stanford.EDU (Heyward G. Robinson)
Subject: cleaning floppy disk drives
Organization: Stanford University
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 05:35:25 GMT

The floppy drive on our Mac cx has been getting pretty unreliable
lately.  I suspect that it may be dirty.  Is there a way to clean it
without taking it to the shop?
                     Thanks,
                           -Heyward Robinson
From: Leigh_MacKay@mindlink.bc.ca (Leigh MacKay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Faulty keyboard ADB port
Date: 6 Apr 92 15:58:51 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

The left-side cable port on my standard Apple keyboard has become unreliable.
I'm guessing that constant tension as loosened the contacts inside the port.
A new cable proved it is the port.  Wiggling the cable will unfreeze the mouse
and allow input from the keyboard again.

Is there a fix for this problem?

Leigh_MacKay@mindlink.bc.ca
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
On the banks of the Fraser River and the shores of the Pacific Ocean.

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From: ewang@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Edward S.T. Wang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Powerbook Screens
Date: 7 Apr 1992 09:24:03 GMT
Organization: University of California, at Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: cory.berkeley.edu

I have a question concerning Powerbook Screens.  I've been comparing the
Powerbook 140 against the 170.  Obviously, the 170's screen is much better,
but my question concerns the 140's.  The 140's screen seems less responsive
to the keyboard.  When I type something, there seems to be tiny but noticable
delay for the characters to appear on the screen.  Also, the pointer
disappears when the trackball is moved too quickly.  What I'm wondering is,
is this due to the screen technology, or is it because the CPU is too
slow.  If this problem is due to the screen technology, would it possible to
replace a 140 screen with a 170?  How difficult would this be?

	BTW, I've already decided to get a PB 140 -- cost being the main
factor.  I'm just wondering how difficult it would be to upgrade it in the
future.
	

							Edward
From: Mike_Steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mac IIcx--What microprocessor?
Date: 7 Apr 92 00:43:30 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Claris Corporation

In article <1992Apr4.084823.5289@wpi.WPI.EDU>, firenza@wpi.WPI.EDU (Timothy Mark Collins) writes:
> 
> We have a Mac IIcx at school and I was wondering what it had for a 
> microprocessor.  I have the Disktools II DA and it says it has a 68000.  Is 
> this correct?  I thought I read somewhere that it had a '020 or '030.  Can 
> anyone clarify this?

16 MHz 68030.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Subject: Re: My PowerBook won't mount my Quantums
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 20:15:00 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park

In article <NICK.92Apr15154846@campay.ed.ac.uk> nick@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell) writes:
>I have a couple of Quantum 80 meggers (model number Q280 I think) in a
>rack case. My SE/30 talks them them quite happily. My PowerBook 140
>won't; it refuses to start up (just the flashing "?"). The
>Quantums carry no termination; I tried various options including an
>inline terminator on the back of the HD-30 cable plus a terminator
>at the end of the chain. The PowerBook is happy with an old Rodime
>S20+.
>
>And no, I can't try it with just one of the Quantums because they're
>all wired up with power supplies and ribbon cables, and I'd have
>to dismantle the rack case and unscrew a lot of things to isolate one.
>
>One thing I might try if I feel brave is to start the PowerBook and then
>plug in the drives and see if I can see anything with SCSI Probe, but
>I don't like plugging in SCSI while things are powered up...

I noticed that when plugged in to my Q250, the battery seemed to drain
much faster.  Maybe there is a power problem of some sort.


-- 
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From: GFCARDINALE@poppy.ucdavis.edu (GEOGORY F. CARDINALE)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Anyone hook up an SVGA monitor to a MAC???
Date: 6 Apr 92 06:17:33 GMT
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG (Informatik Rechnerabteilung)
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.20

I am purchasing a Micron Xceed30 8-bit color card for an SE/30.  The connection
to the card is the "standard" mac video connector, i.e. DB15.  SVGA monitors
have the HD15 connectors.  In looking at the pinouts for both, all of the
connections (e.g. red +/-, green +/-, blue +/-, V-sync, H-sync, etc) seem to
match up except for the following:
1.  On the HD15 pinout, there's a "self raster" (pin 5).  Is this a
manufacturing test connection?
2.  On the DB15 connector (from Micron) pins 6 and 11 are Green Ground:  should
these be tied together and connected to HD15's pin 7 (green gnd)?
3.  On the DB15 connector (Micron's card) pin 3 is labeled "sync."  What sync
is this?  Could this connect to HD15 pin 5's "self raster" ?

Any help or information would be greatly appreciated.  SVGA monitors are
significantly less expensive (^$200) than their "Mac Counterparts" and it would
be a worthwhile experiment to check out connecting SVGAs to MACs.

Thanks.

Greg C.
gfcardinale@ucdavis.edu
From: green@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Bradley Green )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Serial Port Programming
Date: 12 Apr 92 15:34:16 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

I know this is more of a software quest, but I posted to the programming
group and had no responses, and thought that a few hardware hackers might
know the answer.  

I'm trying to run a distributed processing network, using a Mac as the 
master controller, with dedicated microcontrollers at the oother nodes
of the network.  What I want to do is to be able to run the Mac serial
port at its maximum asynchronous speed, which I believe is 230Kbaud, but
I haven't found any real info on how to program the serial port to do
this.  Note that I don't want to use AppleTalk protocols, but just to
send data byte-by-byte.

Any assistance is appreciated.

Brad
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From: jmale@thetis.inria.fr (Jean-Michel Male)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: The LCII FUBAR
Date: 8 Apr 92 07:50:53 GMT
Reply-To: jmale@cosinus.inria.fr
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: INRIA Sophia Antipolis

In article <64913@apple.Apple.COM>, bc@Apple.COM (bill coderre) writes:
b.coderre|>      |In article <1992Apr1.162653.4294@nmsu.edu> bgrubb@nmsu.edu (GRUBB) writes:
GRUBB|>        Who is making these SUPID hardware designs any way and more important WHY?
GRUBB|>        Who is running Apple hardware development Bonzo the Chimp?

                                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

							 What does that mean ?


b.coderre|>      I must say I am very impressed at the thought and care that went into
b.coderre|>      your article. Certainly you are also using the "cheap and quick" hack
b.coderre|>      to get your flames to market faster. Why wait for a spell checker or
b.coderre|>      actual facts? Just call dozens of people "Bonzo the Chimp" and be done
b.coderre|>      with it.

		 I must say that I didn't catch the answer.


		 Well, I am speaking to American people specifically here.
		 If you want to flame other posters, could you think that your
		 flame is being read by thousands of non-English-speaking-netters?


PS:     it is NOT necessary to explain me what are "cojones". 
                                ~
        Hablo bastante bien espanol.

-- 

	 I just realized that we, french people, are
	 surrounded by more than 6,000,000,000 strangers on
	 the Earth. Astonishing, isn't it ?

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	Email: jmale@mirsa.inria.fr



(Mort aux vaches !)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: kucharsk@solbourne.com (William Kucharski)
Subject: Re: Apple 21" greyscale equivalent
Organization: Solbourne Computer, Inc., Longmont, CO
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 00:28:44 GMT

While reading article <HROSE.92Apr2170548@rocza.eff.org>, I noticed that
hrose@eff.org (Helen Trillian Rose) said the following:
 >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. 

People have been asking WHY Apple dropped the 21" monitor -- well, I don't
know if their source was Moniterm, but Moniterm closed its doors about a month
ago and as such sources for large B&W monitors are few and far between.  For
example, NCD, Solbourne and SuperMac all used Moniterm B&W monitors.

If Apple made their decision to drop the 21" more than a month ago, I'm sure
it was unrelated...
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From: smisra@eos.ncsu.edu (SAURABH MISRA)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Sony 1304 Monitor Not All That Great
Date: 7 Apr 92 19:39:56 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: NCSU Project Eos

In article <1992Apr7.164933.24276@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> berger@atropa (Mike Berger) writes:
>Reviews like this are completely useless to anybody that might
>actually be interested in buying a monitor.  Would you care to
>mention WHY you don't like the Sony, and WHY you prefer the
>others?  How do you know that the Sony you saw was representative,
>and not misadjusted?

After getting BLASTED by several satisfied Sony users, I thought I would
post a followup to explain why I thought the Sony was not all that great.
Notice, I said "Not All That Great" - it is still a good monitor.

The Sony that I got was not sharp at all.  Perhaps the anti-glare coating
blurs the sharpness, but in terms of sharpness AND clarity, especially
in small point text, the Apple and Seiko are both much better.  The Sony
also blurs out at maximum brightness, like the Seiko...but the Apple manages
to resist blurring at extremely bright settings.  Also the contrast, (which
I guess contributes to clarity), is much better than the Sony on both the
Apple and Seiko.

Another important point, maybe, just maybe, the Sony I got was a defective,
but I doubt it, since it was still pretty good compared to a Goldstar or 
a Panasonic.  All the more reason to buy a monitor from a local dealer 
after testing it out, since shipping via UPS or other mail services is 
really harsh on the monitors, some poorly designed monitors may lose their
focus if dropped like UPS usually handles their cargo.  

I hope this satisfies the questions that accused me of Sony bashing without
explaining.

Saurabh
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: jcav@quads.uchicago.edu (JohnC)
Subject: Re: Another LCII Opinion
Reply-To: jcav@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: The Royal Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 16:07:57 GMT

In article <D88-JWA.92Apr10114456@dront.nada.kth.se> d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) writes:
>.stanford.edu> HK.MLR@forsythe.stanford.edu (Mark Rogowsky) writes:
>
>   What if the bean counters had put a 68030 in the LC in the first
>   place as was the logical decision at the time. If that was done then
>   the ASIC between RAM and the microprocessor would have provided a
>   32-bit pathway. Had this been done the following would have
>   occurred:
>
>At the time, the 68030 was still an expensive chip.
>The choice was between 68000 or 68020. The engineers had
>to convince the bean counters a 68000 wouldn't do it !

Well, the actual reason for the 68020 vs. 68000 was that the LC, being
intended to be the cheapest possible color-capable Macintosh, had to be able
to run Color Quickdraw, and since Color Quickdraw requires a 68020 or
better...

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