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From: eps@futon.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Subject: Re: Booting from external drive
Reply-To: eps@cs.sfsu.edu
Organization: San Francisco State University
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 05:23:12 GMT

In article <1992Jul21.154240.19780@cc.gatech.edu>
	vernard@cc.gatech.edu (Vernard C. Martin) writes:
>From what I can figure out, the NeXT cube always boots from device 0 (or the
>special case of the internal optical).

The OD is not a SCSI device.  I guess you could call it a
"special case," but then too booting from en (thinwire) or tp
(10BaseT) would similarly be a "special case."

>                                       I can set the external disks logical
>unit number to 0 but then it should conflict with the internal disks drive?

That depends on how old the cube is.  The original cubes shipped with
the internal drive set to SCSI UNIT=0 (assuming they had internal
drives).  Later ones (and all slabs) shipped with the internal
drive set to SCSI UNIT=1.  The default boot device is "sd0"--
that's *not* synonymous with SCSI UNIT=0--it's simply the lowest
unit-numbered thing on the SCSI bus that has "boot potential."

>         I was wondering how I can change the internal disks SCSI unit number
>so that the cube won't boot from it.

Refer to NeXTanswers' hardware.412

					-=EPS=-
From: cmoore@zenobia.mit.edu (Christopher B. Moore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
Subject: Re: DAT drive problems...
Date: 21 Jul 92 18:16:12 GMT
	<1992Jul17.173347.9108@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>
Organization: MIT Astrophysics


I wrote:
> 
> I just hooked up an Archive Python DAT drive to a mono NeXTstation.  I
> find that I cannot dump the internal hard drive to the tape.  I've
> dumped both (large) partitions of an external drive with no trouble,
> and tried different tapes.  Dump complains about a "tape write error"
> after writing a fraction of the tape and the following ends up on the
> console:
> 
> 
> sd1 (1,0): scsi_timer: timeout op:0x28 sd_state:7 scsi status:0x0
> Target 6: BUSY; retry 1
> ..
> ..[etc]
> ..
> Target 6: BUSY; retry 16
> st: cmd = 0xa sr_io_status = 2H
>     Sense key = 0x6  Sense Code = 0x29

The problem seems to have been with a too long SCSI cable.  I had (for
historical reasons) 6+6+2=14 feet of cable hooking three devices to
the NeXT.  The SCSI standard calls for a 6 m (= 19.7ft) maximum cable
length.  Replacing one of the 6ft cables with a 1.5 foot cable made
dump very reliable where it had failed consistently before the switch.

I'm somewhat concerned that I got into cable length trouble with 5.7ft
less cable than the maximum.  I read in a manual for a DECstation 5000
that each device on the bus (including the CPU) counts for some amount
of cable length due to internal cabling.  Perhaps this is the source
of the extra length? 


Christopher B. Moore
cmoore@maggie.mit.edu
MIT Astrophysics
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
From: robert@metropolis.com (Robert Munyer)
Subject: Re: Death of the internal speaker ... or ?
Organization: Metropolis Software, Inc.
Distribution: comp.sys.next.hardware
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 12:59:38 GMT


In article <24139@castle.ed.ac.uk> cdreyer@castle.ed.ac.uk (C B Dreyer) writes:

> HELP!!
> 
> the internal speaker in my monochrome monitor doesn't work anymore! with
> headphones it is perfect, though ... any ideas about what has happened to
> it? i just connected the headphones to it recently and left them plugged
> in for some time, and this morning i realise that there is no more sound.
> i hope that i have sent this call for help in the wrong newsgroup and it
> is just a software problem ... thanks for any help!

The way most headphone jacks work is that when you insert the plug, it bends a
springy piece of metal away from a contact that is connected to the speaker.
When you remove the plug, that piece of metal springs back.  Maybe yours just
lost its springiness, and didn't come back all the way.

By the way... "JUST a software problem"?  Seems to me I'd rather face a
hardware problem.  Just send it away and get it fixed.  Some software problems
NEVER go away...

______________________________________________________________________
Robert Munyer            |   "I may be synthetic, but I'm not stupid."
robert@metropolis.com    |      -- Bishop, _Aliens_
From: hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu (Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy))
Subject: Re: gray screens
In-reply-to: dan@ennex1.eng.utsa.edu's message of 28 Jul 92 00:55:27 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
Organization: Department of Physics, UC Irvine, CA 92717-4575, USA
Date: 29 Jul 92 03:23:33 GMT


Here is a very old post of mine with a similar problem:

From: hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu (Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy))
Subject: "Grey-window-syndrome" and how to cure it.
Organization: University of California, Irvine, USA.

As some of you may have read, my NeXT has been suffering for 5 days of
"Grey-Window-Syndrome": after a crash no new login window appeared
just a grey window with an arrow. 
I got lots of advice from helpful people (two of then from NeXT).
After replacing /NextLibrary/Fonts, /etc/hostconfig, /etc/netinfo, the
password database, and throwing out the CyrillicGothic.font, I_Comm
(which I suspected to be responsible for the mess) I discovered this
morning that the problem was caused by a corrupted keyboard file 
in /NextLibrary/Keyboards ( I had modified it to reassign \ to Ctrl-/,
using the /NextDeveloper/Demos/Keyboard application, and apprently
the NeXT did not like this).  When I removed the two suspect keyboard
files (which I detected by looking for files modified prior to the
crash) everything returned to "normal".
The file /usr/adm/messages was less than helpful.

So if you have similar problems check the /NextLibrary for nonexistent
or corrupted files.

I would like to thank all who have responded with advice, particularly
Pascal Chesnais, who spent many hours trying to reproduce the
condition on his machine. 

Hope it does not happen to you!

Greetings,
--
Hardy 
-----
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e-mail: hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu (preferred) or MMAYER@UCI.BITNET
From: brunkhorst@mayo.edu (Geoff Brunkhorst)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
Subject: TrackBalls for the NeXT
Date: 24 Jul 92 18:32:49 GMT
Reply-To: brunkhorst@mayo.edu
Organization: Mayo Foundation, Rochester MN. Campus

CH products is now shipping a NeXT ready Trackball, which by all indications is  
better than the LogiTech Trackman (Construction, durability, handedness, etc.)

NeXTConnection is reselling at a price that is equal to what I was paying for a  
modified Trackman.

I am buying two today (one for each hand)... will keep you informed.

- geoff
--
"The only thing obsoleted by Windows 3.1 is poking myself in the
eye with a pointed stick." - Gene Lee
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From: mwalwort@ucdacm.denver.colorado.edu (Matthew E. Walworth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
Subject: Printer Cable
Date: 27 Jul 92 19:03:22 GMT

This is probably a FAQ but I couldn't find it anywhere.  What type of cable is  
required to hook up an Epson printer with a serial card to our NeXTstation  
'040?  We have a macintosh modem cable, but haven't been able to get the  
printer to work with that.

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From: hillman@iastate.edu (Matthew C Hilleman)
Subject: Re: The Next OD and SCSI - One last time - HOW??
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 21:41:12 GMT

In <1992Jul29.201008.11552@leland.Stanford.EDU> m@crito.Stanford.EDU (M Carling) writes:

>In article <hillman.712376196@pv1649.vincent.iastate.edu>  
>hillman@iastate.edu (Matthew C Hilleman) writes:
>> p.s. If I can't get it to work with SCSI-I I am going to have to sell  
>it!!  
>>                                                                             

>Why would you have to sell it? One can put a Turbo board in a cube with an  
>030 or 040 board and use the OD fine. Sperical Solutions has it all worked  
>out. They can be contacted at sphere@netcom.com. See the article about  
>them in Fall NeXTWorld in the EXTRA section.

>M Carling

I am trying to implement this drive on a different PLATFORM. I need SCSI.

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From: farach@dickens.rutgers.edu (Martin Farach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
Subject: Supra modem problem
Date: 28 Jul 92 22:15:38 GMT
Organization: /climax/u2/farach/.organization

Hello all.  I finally got my supra fax modem, and it was "plug and
play" for data except for one thing.  When I first turn it on and go
into kermit and issue a dial command, I'll hear the touch tones but
I'll also hear a rhythmic clicking sound and the modem then
disconnects (always with a clicking sound).  After a while, it just
starts working.  Has anyone else experienced anything like that?

I've spoken with the people at supra and they don't know what it is.
If it isn't some setting that I need to change for the NeXT, then I
guess I'll have to get a replacement. :-(

Thanks.

Martin Farach
--
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From: lee@pipe.cs.wisc.edu (Soo Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
Subject: Re: Samsung 4M Simms in NeXTStation
Keywords: RAM SIMMS Samsung
Date: 22 Jul 92 14:04:20 GMT
Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept

In article <1992Jul21.232518.25822@athena.mit.edu> jtduran@athena.mit.edu (Jason Tomas Duran) writes:
>	I just orered another 16M of Simms from the same Mac place I
>got my original 16M (4 4M SIMMS) and installed them Now my NeXT doesn't
>work with these new Simms installed. They're Samsung brand. Are these the same
>simms that someone was talking about a couple of weeks ago as specifically
>not working in the NeXT's >
>
>--jt

Are you sure you did order "low profile MAC IIci" SIMMs?
Incompatibility does not come from the maker's but from configurations for
different type of machines.

Soo
lee@cs.wisc.edu.
From: isbell@cats.ucsc.edu (Art Isbell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
Subject: Re: External case for NeXT internal drives
Date: 27 Jul 1992 04:47:37 GMT
Organization: Cubic Solutions - NeXT software development and consulting
NNTP-Posting-Host: am.ucsc.edu


In article <1992Jul24.190008.2301@doberman.uucp> doberman!mike@esunix.sim.es.com writes:
>In article <OTTO.92Jul24145516@galahad.jyu.fi> otto@galahad.jyu.fi (Otto
                                                                 ^^  
>J. Makela) writes:
>> 600Mb hard disk.  Is there any standard way to have the case power up at
>> the same time as the machine, without having to switch it from a  
>separate
>> mechanical power switch ?  Not afraid to do electronics.
>
>Radio Shack has a power strip that is controlled by current through one of
>its outlets.  If you plug your NeXTStation into that one, and your other
>peripherals into the other ones, your peripherals should power up when
>you power up the 'Station.  I don't recall prices or power capacity, but
>I think it will fit the bill.

I've been using the Radio Shack power strip you describe for over 2 years, and
it works fine as you describe.  Although Radio Shack is a big company, I'd be
surprised if Mr. Makela can find his neighborhood Finnish Radio Shack :-)
-- 

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Email: isbell@cats.UCSC.EDU                                Voice: (408)335-1154
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From: isbell@cats.ucsc.edu (Art Isbell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
Subject: Re: Another request for ZyXel fax driver info
Date: 29 Jul 92 21:41:34 GMT
Organization: Cubic Solutions - NeXT software development and consulting
NNTP-Posting-Host: am.ucsc.edu


In article <Bs5unM.3B@atherton.com> dlw@atherton.com (Remo Williams) writes:

>(Craig Goss) is finishing the droid you are looking for. It  
>slices it dices and will definitely support the ZyXel 1496 FAXmodem series.
>He'll announce it when it is done and place a demo->key->product version on the  
>archives so we can all test drive it. And yes it will work with 3.0.

Do Craig a real favor and hold off on the email until he announces his product.
He's scrambling to fix final last minute installer gliches and email will only
delay his product.  It'll be worth the short wait.
-- 

Art Isbell                                                      Cubic Solutions
NeXT Registered Developer #745         NeXT software development and consulting
Email: isbell@cats.UCSC.EDU                                Voice: (408)335-1154
USmail: 95018-9442                                           Fax: (408)335-2515
From: droege@infko.uni-koblenz.de (Detlev Droege)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
Subject: Re: Two-headed cubes & brightness control
Date: 24 Jul 92 11:17:00 GMT
Organization: Universitaet Koblenz (FB Informatik)

In article <1992Jul23.161800.3228@cs.ucla.edu> esky@marathon.cs.ucla.edu  
(Eskandar Ensafi) writes:
> Hi,
> 
> When you have a two-headed cube (ND & monochrome) with the color display  
> attached to the ND set up as the *main* screen, do the brightness controls  
(on  
> the keyboard & in Preferences) affect the monochrome, color or both displays?

Both. But on the color monitor, you additionally have the conventional
hardware brightness control.

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From: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
Subject: Re: Cleaning an Optical Drive (OD)
Date: 21 Jul 92 15:37:43 GMT
Reply-To: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu
Distribution: usa
Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT

In article <1992Jul20.164530.19612@ncsu.edu> buchanan@matagh.ncsu.edu (Bob  
Buchanan) writes:
> 
> I have a cube with an Optical Drive (OD).  I bought this cube as an
> '030 and had it for two years before upgrading to '040 a year ago.
> The OD was used for two years without an air filter and with the fan
> blowing in the "wrong" direction.  When I upgraded to '040 I installed
> the supplied air filter and reversed the fan.  Lately the OD has
> exhibited the behavior of accepting an inserted disk, spinning up for
> a while and then ejecting the disk without mounting it.  I believe
> this may be caused by dust build-up inside the cube and OD and the
> very fine particulate matter spewed out by my ultrasonic humidifier
> which I ran during the past winter.
> 
> I want to try and clean the OD myself.

NeXT-FAQ.internal: Questions about NeXT internal hardware

*** Subject: I3. Why OD continually spins up and spins
down?

A big problem with the Cannon optical drives is that air
flows through the drive to cool it.  Dust accumulates
inside the drive causing it to fail with the continuous
spin-up spin-down syndrome.  NeXT as part of it's 040
upgrades provides a dust filter to prevent this.  If your
drive has this problem it usually can be fixed simply by
cleaning out dust from the drive.  NeXT sells a cleaning
kit for both the drives and the optical disks. 

--
Nathan Janette		"I'm a NeXTstep man,
Dept MB&B, Yale Univ	 I'm a NeXTcube guy"
New Haven, CT
nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (NeXT)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc
From: brunkhorst@mayo.edu (Geoff Brunkhorst)
Subject: Re: NeXTstation Color Turbo RGB to Video In on video system (Summary)
Reply-To: brunkhorst@mayo.edu
Organization: Mayo Foundation, Rochester MN. Campus
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 22:43:09 GMT


In article <1992Jul20.225955.4130@bmw.mayo.edu>I wrote:
> 
> I have an opportunity to make a large presentation on our closed circuit  
system  
> using NeXT computers.  My only problem is that I do not have a NeXTdimension,  
> and would like to get a direct feed from my NeXT Color Turbo into one of
> our video feeds on the control panel 

The bottom line is, right now, yes, but not cheaply.  One responder pointed out
a 'scan-rate converter box'.  This is a $10K-20K device that converts
the RGB at 68hz scan rate to Composite 60hz scan rate.  Seems RGB to composite  
is not the problem anymore, but the high scan rate of non-interlaced mega-pixel
(generic) screens is the current stumbling block.

Scan Converters are off-the-shelf items in most large metro areas, and I got my  
quote of $18K with 2 day ship out of Minneapolis.  My video people concurred
that this is a workable solution, and are in fact trying to justify one.

The FAQs (I think) pointed out a 13W3 cable converter from NuData ((908) 842  
5757), for around $100.  I can probably get a high-end monitor with RGB and
daisy chain to the convertor box.

It is cheaper to use buy a NeXTdimension system to do this.  The problem is  
that the entire screen is not presented through the NeXTtv app.  This would
be a bother, but not unworkable.  I am trying to get an ND on loan to try
it out with our video people, to see if it is acceptable.

Most of the responses were misguided in the fact that I didn't want to have
a standalone projection system (to a large screen).  My problem is trying
to get my NeXT to display on our multisite satellite teleconferencing system.

Thanks to all who responded (since I didn't say I would summarize, I did
not want to report your names, to protect the innocent;-).

-Geoff
--
"The only thing obsoleted by Windows 3.1 is poking myself in the
eye with a pointed stick." - Gene Lee
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Guggenheim 10                                    (507) 284-1805
Mayo Foundation, Rochester MN, 55905 USA     fax (507) 284-5231 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
From: moose@svcdudes.com
Subject: Re: Info on Telebit QBlazer modem
Reply-To: moose@svcdudes.com
Organization: Software Ventures, Inc.
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 18:41:14 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.181054.17985@purelogic.cs.uwlax.edu>  
senger@csfac.uwlax.edu writes:
> I am considering using QBlazer V.32 modems to connect my home NeXT to
> my office via SLIP. Does anyone have experience with this? Also
> I would like to understand the pros and cons of SLIP versus the
> PPP implementation which recently appeared on the archives.

I like the QBlazer, on my Mac, not on my NeXT.  They use a custom cable that  
can only be hooked up to a Mac or PC, not a NeXT machine.  Actually, we have  
had some success with MicroPhone II for the NeXT and a QBlazer, but not enough  
recommend it.  


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Cubist				|	makes me a NeXT programmer
Software Ventures		|	maker of MicroPhone II
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From: mgrubb@next.com (Monte Grubb (CC))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
Subject: PowerGloves and VR helmets
Date: 22 Jul 92 18:30:42 GMT

Hi all,
Has anyone connected any type of glove to the dsp?  If so, could someone  
point me in the right direction?  Also, if you have any type of virtual  
helmet connected to your NeXT could you pass that info alone as well?

thanx,
Monte Grubb
NeXT Campus Consultant
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
From: Zacharias J. Beckman <zac@dolphin.com>
Subject: Fax / Modem Ring Detector?
Reply-To: zac@dolphin.com
Organization: Dolphin Software
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 16:51:38 GMT

Hello,

I have a need to put both a high speed modem and a fax on one telephone line  
(the phone company can't bring any more lines in here).  I've heard of devices  
which will answer the phone, decide whether the carrier is meant for a fax or  
modem, and then shunt it in the right direction.  Does anybody know where I can  
get such a critter, and if they are reliable, etc.?  Thanks in advance.  Please  
reply via email.
-- 
 Zacharias J. Beckman - Dolphin Software - zac@dolphin.com (NeXTMail welcome!)
         900 High School Way - Suite 2106 - Mountain View - CA - 94041
 To be "matter of fact" about the world is to blunder into fantasy... and dull
 fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful. -- R. A. Heinlen
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
From: nevin@dtint.dtint.com
Subject: Syquest drives
Keywords: Syquest , Maxtor
Reply-To: nevin@dtint.dtint.com
Organization: Digital Technology, International
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 00:59:34 GMT

I have a Dimension cube with optical.  I also have a Syquest 44MB  
removable drive (PLI, purchased from NeXTConnection).  My cube has the  
Maxtor 8760S drive (660 MB), which replaced an earlier Maxtor 8380S drive  
(330 MB), which was sold after getting the 660.

PROBLEM: The Syquest drive won't get along with the Maxtor drive, and it's  
not a termination issue, SCSI ID issue, or cable issue.  It's also not a  
power-on sequencing issue.  If I want to use the Syquest drive, I must  
boot from optical.

This problem existed with both the 330 MB Maxtor, and the current 660 MB  
Maxtor.  Taking the Syquest drive to another cube system that also has the  
330 MB Maxtor replicates the problem.  Taking the Syquest drive to yet a  
third cube containing a Quantum drive does NOT show any problems!  Taking  
the Syquest drive to a station with a Quantum drive also works with NO  
problems.

Both the Maxtor drives (330 MB and 660 MB) share the same controller board  
design.  A simple visual check of both drive's internals will tell you  
this.  Therefore, there is something peculiar about that one particular  
hard drive controller board (that Maxtor uses) that doesn't get along with  
the Syquest unit.

If I boot off of optical, everything works OK (provided the Maxtor drive  
is never mounted).  However, after booting, if I manually mount the Maxtor  
hard drive, then any process that attempts to do I/O to the Maxtor will  
hang.  And, no it's not a permissions problem or anything like that (I am  
a long time Unix hacker, and know Unix system administration well).

An interesting aspect of the problem is: if I boot off of the optical,  
then manually mount the Maxtor drive, processes doing I/O to the Maxtor  
WON'T hang until about 10 to 30 seconds later.  Interestingly enough, the  
hang will exactly coincide with the little green light briefly lighting on  
the Syquest drive (presumably indicating a SCSI drive select command to  
the Syquest?).

To summarize and repeat: The controller-board used for these two Maxtor  
drives does not get along with the controller-board used for the (PLI)  
Syquest drive.  Anybody got any ideas why?  Are there any mods, jumpers,  
or configuration changes that can rectify the problem? 

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
From: louie@sayshell.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos)
Subject: Re: clock delay
Organization: University of Maryland College Park
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 20:25:36 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.153951.3989@helical.com> rallan@gun.com writes:
>Anybody notice a clock delay of about 10 minutes per day on their color NeXTstation? Is  
>this a hardware problem? If so, why does it appear to only show up under new versions of  
>the operating system?

Well, since you didn't mention particular versions its hard to give a
definitive answer.  In at least 3.0 PR2, there is a known software
problem which results in the system losing time.  I have been told
that this has been fixed for the "real" release of 3.0.

Perhaps that's the problem you are seeing.

louie

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