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From: oueichek@imag.fr (Ibaa Oueichek)
Subject: Re: Apple monitor model #M1212 (Q)
Organization: IMAG Institute, University of Grenoble, France
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 10:06:46 GMT

In article <1992Dec22.163811.214@nhqvax.hq.nasa.gov> Rob Winters <rwinters@nhqvax.hq.nasa.gov> writes:
>The current deal on IIsi's for govie employees is bundled
>with an Apple 14" monitor. I don't know anything about
>this monitor, as our Mac procurements seem to be coming
>in with NEC 3fgx's and the like.
>
>The Apple Catalog said, 14", 640x480, .70 dot pitch (?)
>
>Is this monitor any good, or is it an el-cheapo VGA
>adaptation? Any comments would be appreciated.
>Is it Trinitron? Is it junk? Who makes it?
  Apple monitor is a TOP quality one. It's a trinitron and the image
is flicker free. I have an old one (really old, almost 2 years) at home and
it's still as sharp as a new one. The trinitron tube is manufactured by Sony,
the rest is by Apple itself.
  Actually you should check the monitor photo, if it has bottons on the front
then this is a newer model than the one which i have. It's based on the old
one (same trinitron tube) but with better technology and respects Sweidish
standards for ELF emission.
  If you are planning to use your monitor with only a Macintosh, then go for
it. It's far better than the 3fgx (too grainy) whose the only advantage is
being a multi-sync monitor.
>
>For that matter, does anyone have reviews of the latest
>batch of Apple monitors or a pointer to such?
  Maybe MacUser in Nov or Dec issues.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Rob
>rwinters@nhqvax.hq.nasa.gov


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From: ibhan@husc8.harvard.edu (Ishir Bhan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Apple monitor model #M1212 (Q)
Date: 1 Jan 93 22:00:28 GMT
 <1992Dec31.103356.3508@fys.ruu.nl> <C06xJB.5BC@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>

jgraham@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (the End) writes:

>It is my understanding that both monitors have the exact same SONY picture
>tube and the new 14" has better magnetic sheilding and a built-in tilt-swivel
>base. It is marginally more expensive via the academic channels ($500 vs $435).

>Could you substantiate your claim that the new 14' uses a flatter tube ?

The 14" does seem to have a flatter tube, but it's hard to tell.  There is
definately a difference in the image quality (14" is better).
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From: jmunkki@vipunen.hut.fi (Juri Munkki)
Subject: PowerBook-like trackball for ADB?
Reply-To: jmunkki@vipunen.hut.fi (Juri Munkki)
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 19:58:49 GMT

I finally got rid of my wrist pains, when I started to work almost exclusively
on the PowerBook. Typing on a keyboard seems to be ok, but using the mouse can
cause wrist pains that last for days.

Getting a Quadra 700 made desktop development more attractive, but I would
like to find a good trackball. The best solution would be something that
sits next to the space bar so that it would have the same feel as the PB
trackball.

I guess I could get a PowerBook trackball as a spare part and wire it to
regular ADB, but I'm looking for an easier solution.

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 jmunkki@hut.fi					      Macintosh: fast software
From: tal691@huxley.anu.edu.au (Tonio Loewald)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Memory Expansion For 2M Classic?
Date: 1 Jan 93 14:41:02 GMT
Organization: Australian National University
NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.203.2.12

Roman.Brice@f204.n2603.z1.ieee.org (Roman Brice) writes:

>Well you can get up to 4mgs Ram on the Classic, 10 on the Classic II.

>I don't know what configurations you need for the chips but you should be
>able
> to get that info easy enough from any mac mag or mail order house.

>Easy enough, no?

For a 1MB Classic, you'll need a little daughter board to start with.
This is the Classic 2MB expansion. A 2MB Classic already has it.

For 4MB, get 2x1MB SIMMs.
For 10MB get 2x4MB SIMMs.



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for dead/Just remember what I said" (Paul Simon-not the senator)
From: dwade@svcdudes.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: IIsi on it's side?
Date: 29 Dec 92 20:21:30 GMT
Organization: Software Ventures, Inc.

In article <1992Dec21.231858.4925@rat.csc.calpoly.edu> mdong@polyslo.csc.calpoly.edu (Michael Russell Dong) writes:
>In article <1h56u9INNhas@morrow.stanford.edu> kayt@deathstar.Stanford.EDU (Kayt Sorhaindo) writes:
>>
>>I used to work at Apple on their 800 number. I remember seeing one  
>>technical article that said that IIsi should NOT be placed on its side.
>>It probably works, but in this case, they don't recommend it. If the  
>>system fails and the failure can be traced to the computer being on its  
>>side, then Apple wouldn't cover the failure under warranty. 
>>Whatever, Kayt
>
>If this is true, then Apple should *specifically* stat, in the manual, 
>*not* to place the IIsi on it's side.

They also don't say that you shouldn't feed it to mountain lions.  There's
a certain amount of common sense involved.  If I decide to install the machine
in my swimming pool, that's my problem, not theirs.





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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: hwa@fassm.jhuapl.edu (Hani W. Akhras)
Subject: Internal HD for PB 160
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Johns Hopkins University 
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 15:39:02 GMT

I am thinking of upgrading my PB 160 40 meg HD in the near future. I have
contacted APS Technologies and they have an 80 meg internal HD for $349.
That seems like a reasonable price. Has anybody had any experience with
this mail order company? Also, does any other company offer internal hard
drives for the PB. Any help would be appreciated.

____________________
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Crystal Upgrades (Correction)
From: starver@oread.cc.ukans.edu
Date: 1 Jan 93 04:33:59 CST
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Serces

Before I said

>Actually this is a different case. Both chips can be configured to 
>work on different bus sizes (foot in mouth if I remember incorrectly)

I meant the 386 and the 68030.

The foot in mouth still applies. My Intel486(tm) DX Microprocessor Data
Book says (p 85) ... Data transfers to 8- and 16-bit devices is possible
using the data bus sizing feature controlled by the BS8# or BS16# input
pins. ...

I don't have the 386 book but I pretty sure the 386 supports this also.

Another correction, change inbetweener to inbetweiner.

Steve

I would think it silly to presume that I speak for the University of Kansas.
But then again, you don't know me.
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From: levinson@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (David Levinson)
Subject: Personal LW LS upgrades
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 18:03:16 GMT

Apple says that if I install the additional 512K ram into my Laserwriter LS
it will work better with complex pages.  Will it speed up the printing of my 
usual only somewhat complex pages?  Any experiences from people who've added 
this RAM would be appreciated.
=====================================================================
David E. Levinson                 Systems and Technical Services Librarian
levinson@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu                           Lake Forest College
axvlfdl@uicvmc.aiss.uiuc.edu                         Lake Forest, IL 60043
From: vincent@cad.gatech.edu (Vincent Fox)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: *QUIET* hard-drive for PowerBook (internal)
Date: 28 Dec 1992 03:08:30 -0500
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, CAE/CAD Lab
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: cae.cad.gatech.edu

Anyone have any recommendations on a quiet drive? I need to replace this
20 megger in my PB100 with something bigger. In the process, I'd like
to find something that doesn't whine and rattle so loudly. Lower power
consumption would obviously be desirable as well :-) 

Price on the drives from LaCie looks reasonable, comments?

Background: I bought the PB100 on a lark when MicroCenter was dumping
the 2/20 configurations. Now I find I've bought myself a PowerPort Gold
14.4k modem, and a 6 meg upgrade, and find myself using it both at
work and at home as my main computer. Only thing left about it that's
weak is the hard drive (and the puny lead-acid battery life). 

This 16 Mhz 68000 seems to run plenty fast enough for all the kinds of
things I would want to do on a mono machine. If someone made a battery
powered ram disk to replace the hard drive (30-40 meg range) and a better
battery it'd be great. Ah well, maybe the next generation of Duo's will
be better than the current ones.

A PB100 junkie....
From: Eric.Choi@zeus.ieee.org (Eric Choi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Apple video boards
Date: 26 Dec 92 17:18:52 GMT
Organization: IEEE Service Center, Piscataway, NJ

There is no good dim sum in Michigan! 

  KJ> I need information on to Apple video boards I have.  The first board
  KJ> came with my IIfx and appears to be the standard 8bit color board. 
  KJ> What has me puzzled though is that it has what appear to be to Simm
  KJ> memory holders on it.  What I need to know is if this is a memory
  KJ> holder what goes in it and why?(additional colors or more speed,
  KJ> etc.?)  The pictures that I have seen of other apple display cards do
  KJ> not include these holders.  The second board was purchased new if a
  KJ> 8.24 standard board.  My question regarding it is if the first board
  KJ> is really expandable with additional memory is there a need to have
  KJ> the 8.24 board.  One last fly in the ointment is that a wholesalers
  KJ> catalog shows that Apple list a 2meg upgrade for the 8.24 GC for about
  KJ> $300.  Is it possible that the 1st card is a 8.24 gc card with the
  KJ> 2megs of memory removed which is making it display in 8bit mode.  I
  KJ> apologize for my lenght but I am new to the Apple computer and I have
  KJ> no local source of Apple wisdom.  Please either reply here or via
  KJ> E-mail.  Thanks, Kirk Jackson.

1. Think twice before upgrading to a 8.24 GC. A lot of reports regarding
incompatibility with System 7. Apple upgraded the INIT, but I still heard the
card became a 24-bit card without the acceleration part. I only own a 8.24
card and can't tell you more.

2. Buy "Macintosh II: Repair and Upgrade Secrets" by Larry Pina, Brady
Publishing, $39.95. One section is on VRAM (video RAM) upgrade for various
Apple video cards, and which is or is not upgradable. Here is a list you can
check:
Model Number & Description
MO211 Mac II (4-bit) video card
M5640 Mac II Extended (8-bit) video card
MO322 Mac II (4-bit) High-Res. video card
MO324 Mac II Extended (8-bit) High-Res. video card
MO504 Mac II 1-bit mono video card
MO119 Mac II Portrait Display video card
MO260 Mac II 2-page mono video card
MO121PA/A Mac (8-bit) display card 4.8
MO507PA/A Mac (24-bit) display card 8.24
MO122 Mac (24-bit) display card 8.24GC

3. Upgrade your RAM soon. FX is a discontinued model and ou never know how
long dealers will stock SIMMs for it. 
 
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Distribution: world
From: bo3b@ultramac.uucp (Bob Overkamp)
Organization: Odyssey Ultraware, Inc
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 17:48:07 CDT
Subject: Re: MacPlus motherboard in a Mac128 case

> Can the Mac128 power supply handle a 4MB mac plus board?
> John F Sasso

yes
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From: dak@boomerang.com (David A. Kearney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: NEC 95fx or 97fx?  Anyone tried to FAX?
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 07:17:02 PST
Organization: Boomerang Information Services
Reply-To: dak@boomerang.com (David A. Kearney)
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v2

Greetings,

We are considering purchasing the NEC 95fx or 97fx because of its
postscript fax capability.  Has anyone tried using this printer's
fax with complex graphics?  How does it fare compared with a regular
fax modem?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanx

Dave


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Distribution: world
From: Sean_P._Peisert@bmug.org
Organization: BMUG, Inc.
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 12:48:39 PST
Subject: Re: HP Deskwriter vs Stylewriter. Durability

The deskwriter is faster, has better paper handling, and is just overall, a
better buy.  Even if speed is insignificant, I would still buy a deskwriter. 
At least that's what I concluded when I compared the deskwriter to the stylewriter.
 I ended up with a Deskwriter 550C.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: sjk6119@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (Sgt. Kleper)
Subject: Re: leaving macs running for extended periods
Reply-To: sjk6119@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 21:28:19 GMT

I've had my LC on since June - no problem. I shut it down during 
storms just to be sure (but there haven't really been any.) I 
sometimes need to restart for things like Appletalk and such. 
My reason is that I used to feel bad when I'd shut down after
using it in the morning and then start it up again twice more 
during the day. I thought that I was decreasing the hard drive's
life, so I just leave it on with the monitor off. It works quite
well, but gets kinda hot.

-Scott J> Kleper
"Sgt. kLeper"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: jolly@bmw.ece.cmu.edu (John Lee)
Subject: switching CAPSLOCK & ^ctrl keys
Organization: Carnegie Mellon University
Distribution: comp
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:53:49 GMT

Can someone summarize, or provide a reference?  I would like to switch the
caps lock and control keys on my keyboard (an Apple keyboard).  

Can this be done in software (in which case this is on the wrong bboard)--
or must it be done at the hardware level?

John.
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From: tjhendry@mcs.drexel.edu (Jonathan Hendry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: P5 v. PowerPC (WAS: Where the mac really wins)
Date: 2 Jan 93 07:25:40 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Drexel University

There's a few more factors:

1) Most important is that Apple is already in bed with Motorola.
2) The PowerPC is based on IBM's risc chip (I'm pretty sure, but I
  could be wrong) with many improvements. It now has been merged with
 certain aspects of Motorola's 88100 series. This means that it's closer
 to a second-generation chip than the Alpha. i.e. Elements of the PowerPC
 design have been beat on in real-world use.

Just a couple of .01's

Jon


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: jep@unlinfo.unl.edu (joseph panarelli)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Excel 4.0 doesn't work on my new IIsi!
Date: 28 Dec 1992 13:22:36 GMT
Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln	
Distribution: World
NNTP-Posting-Host: unlinfo.unl.edu

woo@woonext.dsrd.ornl.gov (John W. Wooten) writes:

>I just got my new IIsi running.  I moved the software from my old Mac 512
>that I had upgraded to a Plus with new roms etc.  Most things are fine, but
>Excel ends with an error code 90.

>Any ideas what is happening?

>Please reply to woo@ornl.gov
>Thanks

>- - - - - - - - -
>J. W. Wooten

     Error 90 is FPU instruction executed, but machine has no FPU.

     The fact that you moved software from a 68000 based machine to
     a 68030 based machine....and it crashed leads me to believe that
     *&^&&*^Microsoft's%^#$^$$&^ installer installs certain code based
     on which platform the installer is running on.  $.0 runs fine on
     my IISi.  Try using the installer.

Good luck, 

Stephen Panarelli     University of Nebraska-Lincoln
                      The usual disclaimer here.
     
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: oppedahl@panix.com (Carl Oppedahl)
Subject: Re: Dangerous RJ-11 Problem
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 21:28:09 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

In <1992Dec25.212613.168610@bmug.org> David_A._Schurr@bmug.org writes:

>A friend recently blew away his powerbook 170 modem. He connected the modem to
>an innocent looking RJ-11 connector in his hotel not knowing it was a PBX
>phone system (or some system feeding voltage to the RJ-11 wires) and therein
>lies a question.

>Since most hotel employees don't know PBX from MTV, how might one guard against this with some "simple" check? Voltmeter? Idiot light?


The simplest check is to look on the bottom of the hotel phone.  Does it
have an FCC registration number?  Does it have a USOC jack code of RJ11?
Does it have a ringer equivalence number (REN)?  If yes to all three, 
or to two of the three, you can plug in your modem safely.

If no, you should worry.

Also, carry a telephone line polarity tester.  If you plug it in and it
is red or blank, worry.  IF it comes on green, half a second after you 
plug it in, worry less.

Another simple check is this.  Plug a garden variety telephone into 
the jack.  Does it work?  IF no, then don't plug in the modem.

Pretty simple, really.


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From: jrg@punch (James R. Goble)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Need Info about ordering Lapis PDS30
Date: 21 Dec 92 19:07:31 GMT
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation; El Segundo, CA

In article <1992Dec17.101244.20733@ccds3.ntu.edu.tw>  
r81185@cctwin.ee.ntu.edu.tw () writes:
> Hi,
> 
> I want to buy a color monitor for my SE/30. And I decide to use Lapis
> Colorserver PDS30 series card. Does anyone know how can I mail-order it?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Bow-Yaw Wang
> 
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I think the MacZone sells these boards.  Pick up a copy of MacUser to get  
the phone number.
From: kopelman31@wharton.upenn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Looking for a cheap Syquest drive
Date: 28 Dec 92 04:46:38 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

Hi...  I'm looking to purchase a VERY cheap new/used 44Mb or 88Mb
Macintosh SYQUEST DRIVE...  If anyone is selling one, or knows of
a cheap one for sale, I would appreciate an email to:

    Kopelman31@wharton.upenn.edu, 

or a phone call to:

    (215) 293-4770 day
    (215) 222-4529 night

Thank you,
Joshua Kopelman
From: kxj6@po.CWRU.Edu (Kijin Jung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Microtek ScanMakers
Date: 29 Dec 1992 11:41:45 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: kxj6@po.CWRU.Edu (Kijin Jung)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


I am posting this in the Mac group as well as the PC groups since
the Microtek scanners are (I believe) platform-independent. Also, I'll
hopefully get more responses this way...

Does anyone have any information about Microtek's new Scanmaker II and
IIXE 24-bit flatbed scanners and how they differ from the recently
discontinued Scanmaker 600Z? What are the differences between the II and
the IIXE? (There have been many articles about color scanners in the
various computer mags lately, covering the 600Z; however, the II and IIXE
seem to have been released very recently - early December - and they're
much cheaper).

How is the customized PhotoStyler software for the above, and how does
it compare to the real Aldus PhotoStyler? Is OCR software bundled with the
scanners?

Any information would be greatly appreciated...         Happy New Year!...

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Deskwriter out of memory
From: starver@oread.cc.ukans.edu
Date: 1 Jan 93 03:54:40 CST
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Serces

From: Sean_P._Peisert@bmug.org, BMUG, Inc.

Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 14:45:31 PST

Using my HP Deskwriter 550C, I have experienced "Out of Memory" problems, at
least according to my PrintMonitor.  I  am running my LC with 6 megs of ram
and the problem comes with MS Word 5.1.  It's my opinion that the system has
expanded beyond its bounds, so I shut off all the extensions and it seemed to
work.  Thing is I don't want to have to do that every time.  Is there another
solution?  Without turning off background printing or without turning off HP Fon
ts,
or without shutting off extensions?  Thanks in advance!

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Maybe this is too simplistic and I don't understand the question but did
you try using printmonitor's info box to increase the application size.
I remember times when either I had to many things open or the document
size was too big for printmonitor to handle ( either, I can't remember
which).

Steve

I would think it silly to presume that I speak for the University of Kansas.
But then again, you don't know me.
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appears in the world, nor is there any virtue in their work, for nothing of 
them remains but full privies.
						Leonardo da Vinci

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