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From: earl@cognet.ucla.edu (Earl Williams)
Subject: Info from Micron(Exceed) 800# about 8-bit SE/30 video card
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: UCLA Cognitive Science Program
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:11:32 GMT

Following up on the information provided on Monday by nick+@pitt.edu,
I called Micron (Xceed) at (800) 642-7661 about the status of their 8-bit
color video cards for the SE/30.  I had ordered one through MacZone, but 
the card has been backordered for several weeks.

The person at Xceed said that the production line had been stopped due to
a testing problem (quality control).  The line should be up and running
again
by the end of the week, she claimed.  The problem is in one production
batch,
not the card itself (which has been around for quite awhile).

On another note, she claimed that the card would drive Apple's new 14"
Color Display just fine.

In any case, I need the card sooner, so I called MacDepot (see back of Nov.
MacWorld for the ad I looked at).  They do have the 8-bit card in
stock, and for some reason they sell it for only $209 (not $279 like
everyone else).  So I cancelled my MacZone order and should receive the
MacDepot order in a few days (they're only a few miles away in Lawndale,
CA).
I don't expect any problems with the order, but I'll post if I have any.

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Earl M. Williams               "No matter where you go, there you are"
earl@cognet.ucla.edu           -Buckaroo Banzai (among others)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: calypso@stein.u.washington.edu (Kent Shih)
Subject: Convert internal HD to external
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 23:14:03 GMT


     How do I convert an internal HD to an external HD?  I have this Quantum
     80meg internal drive that has been replaced by a 240meg internal, so
     this one just sits here looking good.  Can I convert this to an
     external HD so that I can use it as a backup?

                    -kent


Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.hardware:22045 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:30427
From: mulvey@blurt.oswego.edu (Allen Mulvey, SUNY, Oswego, NY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Upgrading a Laser Printer
Date: 19 Nov 92 22:42:16 GMT
Organization: SUNY College at Oswego, Oswego, NY

In article <1992Nov19.011758.8104@rock.concert.net>, ken@jazz.concert.net (Ken Whitfield) writes:
> I have a panasonic kxp 4450. It's fine printer but, non postscript.
> The printer is connected to a MAC an IBM/PC. I've seen different 
> posting for laser printer logic boards and was wondering if I could
> retrofit an apple NTX logic board into this printer. BTW, the panasonic
> upgrade from panasonic costs ($1900). Does anyone have any experience
> printer upgrades or could direct me to a "How-To-Do" book?

You can buy a whole new Panasonic Postscript KX-P4455 printer for $1800.00.

			Allen Mulvey
			mulvey@blurt.oswego.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: thorn@leland.Stanford.EDU (Shannon Lee Thornburg)
Subject: IIsi at 25MHz Failure Info
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 16:45:03 GMT

Hi again.  I posted several weeks ago to report that my IIsi upgrade to 25MHz
did NOT work.  I now have more info on it.

It seems that only my Apple NuBus Adapter Card has problems with the faster
clock speed.  If I remove the NuBus adapter (and don't try to run any After
Dark modules that require and FPU!), everything works just great.  When the
card is installed I'm lucky to get a boot.

I've added a heat sink to my '030 and that didn't change anything.

So, until I can afford a third-party cache/FPU card that can handle 25MHz, I'll
be running without the FPU.  When I run Matlab I just put the 40MHz oscillator
and and NuBus adapter back in.

One reader said he had success with a 48MHz oscillator.  If I can get ahold of
one I'll try that.

All this just emphasises the point that the upgrade may not work for everyone.
But the risk is well worth it.

-- Shannon Thornburg

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.wanted,misc.forsale.computers,misc.forsale.computers.mac
From: mctague@sju.edu (Brendan McTague)
Subject: Re: Please help with FRAUD case!  Beware!
Organization: St. Joseph's University - Philadelphia, PA
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 15:33:09 GMT

have you considered taking an action via the university he is at?  If he is
a student, and you can prove to the university that he used their resources
to defraud you, they could pressure him into settlement.

Even if this does not work, it would make his life a little more difficult.

Brendan

>                                           vvvvvvvvvvv 
> On Oct. 14, Charles Purwin (purwinc@woods.ulowell.edu) posted the following:
>                                           ^^^^^^^^^^^  
-- 
  _   /|      It's all fun and games until someone loses and eye ... 
  \'o.O'  
  =(___)=  Brendan McTague, Office of Network Services & Academic Computing 
     U       St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA  (mctague@sju.edu)
Organization: Psychology, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 13:02:44 -0500 
From: Matthew Mashyna <mm5l+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: SCSI accelerators & A/UX

I'm planning of bringing up a Quadra 700 as a DAL database server. One
of my fears is the access rate from the disk. I know the Quadras have
better throughput but I want to be sure.

So, my questions are:

1) will a SCSI accelerator work on a Quadra running A/UX ?

2) will the quadra's native SCSI transfer rate match an accelerator ?


Thanks,


Matt


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From: tim@apple.com (Tim Olson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Farewell to the Mac? (not flame)
Date: 23 Nov 92 20:55:39 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Apple Computer Inc. / Somerset

In article <1992Nov23.164310.24876@ryn.mro4.dec.com>,
akhiani@ricks.enet.dec.com (Homayoon Akhiani) wrote:
> 
> 
> In article <1992Nov23.093203.25563@etek.chalmers.se>, janolov@cdg.chalmers.se (Jan-Olov Lantto) writes:
> |>From: janolov@cdg.chalmers.se (Jan-Olov Lantto)
> |>Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
> |>Subject: Re: Farewell to the Mac? (not flame)
> ............
> |>Quote from Apple Direct July 1992 concerning emulating 680x0:
> |>
> |>"Pagemaker spent 88 percent of its total execution time in the Toolbox,
> |>while the numerically intensive Excel still spends about two-thirds (67
> |>percent) of its time there."
> |>
> 
> Maybe I am missing something here, programs that do numerical processing using
> the FPU or integer processing using 68xxx will be slower on PowerPC.
> it does'nt matter if "Excel spends about two-thirds of its time in ROM" on a 
> 68xxx machine. if you probably run it on PowerPC and the look at the precentage
> of time spent in ToolBox you will find that two-thirds of its time in spent in
> emulation code.  The above statement about ratio's is a famous benchmarking 
> trick.
> 
> If I change a number in my Lotus spreedsheet, and it happen to recalculate 
> the numbers, how can it be faster on emulation code? 

The point of the quote from Apple Direct is that, even in "numerically
intensive"
code, most of the processing time is spent in Toolbox routines. Some or all
of
the Toolbox routines could be recoded in native PowerPC code, running at
full
speed on a PowerPC machine; only the application code need be emulated. 
Then
it's just an application of Amdahl's law to show the overall speedup.

     -- Tim Olson
        Apple Computer Inc. / Somerset
        (tim@apple.com)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: bball@world.std.com (Brad Ball)
Subject: Help! LaserWriter IIf lights flashing!
Summary: Undocumented LaserWriter indicators flashing.
Keywords: LaserWriter, IIf,indicator lights, flashing, help
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 19:31:29 GMT

My LaserWriter IIf just stopped working in the middle of a job. The
indicator lights don't indicate a need for service, but something's wrong.
Can anypne offer a suggestion as to what the problem might be, and what
steps I might take before having it serviced?

The Low Toner Level indicator is Flashing. [The manual suggests the
cartridge is installed improperly.] It had been in for several months, and
had just printed a page, if fact.

The Paper Jam indicator was on Steady. [The manual says there's a paper jam.]

Neither indicator, alone or together, warrents service according to the
manual.

I removed the toner - shook the cartridge several times - found very
little toner there. Looked for a jam - there was none. Installed a brand
new apple toner cartridge, fired it up and got the same lights.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

--- Brad
bball@world.std.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Farewell to the Mac? (not flame)
From: seth@physc1.byu.edu
Date: 19 Nov 92 00:16:41 -0700
Distribution: world
Organization: Brigham Young University

Well, let me clarify a point I tried to make in my earlier posting on this
line of thought. I still LIKE the atari 800, Apple II+, (I never really was in
love with the Commodore 64...), I am just glad to have a much more capable
machine. Like I said, when I go home I can play a game off of a floppy that I
bought six or more years ago for my Atari 800. It STILL works. Geez, if I look
in my disk boxes now and see a disk more than a few months old I just KNOW
that I am going to get a disk error! Gee, if I dug deep down in my junk 
boxes at my parents house, I could find my floppies from nine years ago for the
Apple II+ and Commodore 64, and the would probably still work! They are 
definitely not disfunctional machines at all. What worked fine for me then
hasn't stopped working just because it is now old. It's just that now we have
moved on to bigger and sometimes better things. Instead of Player-Missle
graphics we have Quickdraw. We don't have to remember all those damned Peeks
and Pokes. We now don't have just a choice between HiRes and LowRes graphics.
We don't have to use BASIC now by default. I enjoy the power of today's apps
that just couldn't be done that easily back then. I guess that's progress. AS
far as buying computers, I must admit that I too find it tempting to want to
wait just a while longer to get that machine that is just a little faster or
a little cheaper. I just decided I wanted a Mac, and I chose the one I thought
would suit my needs. I bought a IIsi. I paid a LOT of money for my system. I
could have had a 50 MHz 486 system for LESS. Now for the same money I could
have a faster and greater Mac, but who cares? I love my machine. My IIsi is
great! I have had the pleasure of its use for more than a year, and if I had
waited I would not have been able to do nearly the things I have done since I
got my machine. While I still do feel pangs of envy at times at the mention of
a Quadra 950 or whatever, I don't feel bad about having "just" a IIsi at all.
to me, those who always have to have the fastest and grandest of it all are
fools. They will sell their IIsi for a big loss to get a IIci, then sell that
for a big loss to get a Q-700, then sell that for a loss to get a Q-950, then
when Apple comes up with their next thing... They lose lots of money and 
usually don't accomplish any more with their machines than they would have if
they had just allowed themselves to be satisfied with their machines. Now,
for me my little rule is this: one or two times faster than my machine is
nothing. I don't care one bit until they start selling machines that are at
least 10 times as fast. When I can get a PowerPC for real cheap that is
beaucoup faster than my IIsi then I will think about it. But when it finally
comes, I will be ready to say good-bye to the mac and embrace the new
technology with open arms. That's progress.

Seth Leigh
BYU Physics Dept.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: jgraham@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (the End)
Subject: Re: Is 14" a 13" ???
Organization: Indiana University
Distribution: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 16:34:59 GMT

How  come NEC claims 15" for the FG series ? 


On related note, are these monitors really flat ? I mean not the "cylinder"
of the trinitron, but flat ? 


I heard these FG3x monitor looks "grainy" compared to the Apple. What do 
other people say ?

Thanks,

Jim
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
Subject: Re: Recommendations for DAT drives
Reply-To: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
Organization: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:52:20 GMT

owen@astro.washington.edu (Russell Owen) writes:

>In article <1992Nov18.184507.12792@eos.arc.nasa.gov>,
>dencisco@eos.arc.nasa.gov (David Paul Encisco) wrote:
>> Does anyone have any opinions, problems, or
>> raves regarding DAT drives?...

>We've had lots of trouble with our two APS DAT drives. One has gone back 4
>times (their tech support is responsive, I'll give them that), and the
>drives can't reliably read each other's tapes.

Hmmmm I've had nothing but good fortune with my two APS DAT drives. The
external unit is the Compression drive, the internal unit (for Q950) is
the non-compression one.

Stuff written on the non-C one can be read from the C drive (Ack! Sounds
like DOS :) with no problem. Of course, the reverse is _not_ possible.

Crazy world, ain't it?
-- 
    Jim Jagielski               | "It is not I who am crazy...
    jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov   |  it is I who am MAD!"
    NASA/GSFC, Code 734.4       |
    Greenbelt, MD 20771         |            - Ren
From: howie@intermec.com (Howard Kaplan x1696)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: IIvx Bashing
Date: 18 Nov 92 19:05:29 GMT
Reply-To: howie@intermec.com ()
Distribution: world
Organization: Intermec Corporation, Everett, Wa.

There sure seems to be a lot of IIvx bashing going on both here and in the
mac rags.  

The latest has got me scared concerning the "problems" with MIDI though
nothing was really substantianted by the poster.

If anyone has some concrete proof of real vx problem (Beyond the fact that it
is not really faster than a ci for various design reasons.) I would like to
see details.

I have a IIvx/CR ROM version on order through the developer program and I am
getting concerned about all this talk to the point were maybe I should switch
my order to a IIci and buy and external CD ROM when they become available.

Of course this approach will be more expensive, but I don't want to be saddled
with a problem machine.

Any final word on the mono versus stereo sound capabilty?  The last guy to
post was from Apple and he said the ci and vx both have stereo out
capability.

Howard Kaplan

P.S. - There was a note from a IIvi user that is ringing out the MID port (no
hardware problems so far he states).  What is a IIvi?  I do not see it in the
Apple Developer Price list.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: ferguson@chem.canterbury.ac.nz (Alex Ferguson)
Subject: capacitor source for Mac plus wanted
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 03:48:44 GMT

Does anyone know of a source of bipolar capacitors, 3.9 uf,
35 volt, suitable as a replacement for C 1 in the horizontal
drive circuit of the Mac 128K, 512K or Plus.

Note, these are not standard bipolar caps, we need a source
of caps that are KNOWN to work, not something that you think
Radio Shack might stock!

The originals are single ended, 1 1/2" long, 5/8" diameter,
and the problem is getting something that will handle the
current/frequency in the horizontal deflection circuit.

Alex
From: lederman@taney.uscghq.uscg.mil
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Print to Stylewriter from MS-DOS?
Date: 17 Nov 92 08:38:32 EST
Organization: United States Coast Guard

  
    Does anyone know what the 'character and command' set is for
 the StyleWriter?  I would like to drive one from an NEC
 UltraLight Laptop (yes, it's MS-DOS).

    I'm happy with the way the StyleWriter works on my Mac, and
 would like to use it on the occasions when I have to print from
 the Laptop.

    There was a posting in the past that suggested it was possible
 to print on an ImageWriter from MS-DOS.  The ImageWriter manual I
 once saw gave the character set and commands.  The manuals which
 came with my StyleWriter do not.

    Please post or email suggestions; or if this information has
 been posted on an anonymous FTP site somewhere, please tell me
 where it is.

    Thanks.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Distribution: world
From: Joe_D._Ciarcia@fourd.com
Organization: 4th Dimension BBS
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 21:03:12 EST
Subject: Re: Mac ][vx/MIDI

Apple, Digidesign, Opcode, and Mark of the Unicorn have all confirmed that
there are problems with the ][vx and MIDI.  People who are trying to sync to
anything will probably have great difficulties (so I am told).  Long Sysex
strings also have problems.  I will be posting more on the subject at a later
date.  No one has been able to tell me what the exact cause of the problem is.
 Mark of the Unicorn and Opcode says that they are working on a fix.  Apple
also said that they are "working on a software fix with third party
developers".  C YA, Joe C.
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From: daver@sunspot.ssl.berkeley.edu (David Ray)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: What is 030 slot in LC II?
Date: 18 Nov 1992 18:22:15 GMT
Organization: /etc/organization
NNTP-Posting-Host: sunspot.ssl.berkeley.edu

In article <00963CAD.0B391EE0@vms.csd.mu.edu> 2db5schraba@vms.csd.mu.edu writes:
>In article <1992Nov18.143823.19267@athena.mit.edu>, crispy@space.mit.edu (Chris Pak) writes:
>>
>>Here is a very dumb question. What is 030 slot and how is it used? I mean
>>how is it different from Nubus slot?

>The 030 slot is designed to accept only card for the LCII (and most for the
>original LC). It can be used for anything that a Nubus slot can be used for.


So, then, why hasn't anybody made a PDS -> NuBus adapter???
(I would buy one right away!)

Dave
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: ellens@bnr.ca (Chris Ellens)
Subject: Serial printer cable
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Organization: Bell-Northern Research
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 22:24:40 GMT

I'm trying to connect a serial printer to my mac. Can anyone tell me what
the appropriate connections are from the mac serial port to an RS232C
DIN-25
connector? (Or refer me to a document where I can find the info). 
Thanks...

Chris Ellens
ellens@bnr.ca
From: mdc@spt.entity.com (Marty Connor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Auto Power-Up on a IIx?
Keywords: auto power up
Date: 22 Nov 92 17:15:42 GMT
Article-I.D.: spt.60838


Any of you old-timers help me with a IIx question?

I need for my IIx to boot after a power failure.  Right now it just
sits there until I hit the power key.

I would like it back on-line so my GatorBox can UDP TFTP its routing
information from it.  But also because I have an ARA and modem running
on it?

Does the PowerKey device fix this?

Thanks for any ideas or leads!

Marty

Marty Connor, Marty's Computer Workshop, Maker of Keyboard & Mouse Wrist Rests
US Mail: P.O. Box 550, Kendall Square; Cambridge, MA 02142-0004
  Voice: (617) 491-6935, Fax: (617) 491-7046
    Net: mdc@entity.com, or ...{harvard|uunet}!mit-eddie!spt!mdc
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: Mel Walker <mwalker@novell.com>
Subject: Re: How long should I charge my PB batter?
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A732CEA314021E08@mwalker.npd.provo.novell.com>
X-Xxdate: Fri, 20 Nov 92 17:19:31 GMT
Organization: Novell
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d9
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 00:19:35 GMT

In article <parkyn.722131265@sfu.ca> Dale Parkyn, parkyn@fraser.sfu.ca
writes:
>Ignore the 'experts' who claim to know about 'memory effects' damaging
>battery... DO NOT drain the battery, by any method, more than the 
>normal PB self-shut-off point. I have seen that done and excessive 
>discharge ruined the battery, would NOT begin to recharge.

Memory effects CAN damage the battery -- IF the battery is in a
microgravity ultra-low-temperature environment, like a satellite. This
just proves that a _little_ knowledge is still a dangerous (or
profitable) thing. :-)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
From: carnahan@possum.den.mmc.com (Rich Carnahan)
Subject: Re: How Long are people waiting?
Organization: Martin Marietta Astronautics, Denver
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 17:44:12 GMT

stan@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Stan Twiefel) writes:

>In article <1992Nov12.123930.33076@fourd.com> Joe_D._Ciarcia@fourd.com writes:
>>Bob,
>>   I ordered my ][vx 5/80 CD on 10/27/92 (92' thank you captain obvious).  I
>>have heard rumours that Apple has been having trouble getting the large
>>quantities of 300i CD players that they need for the VX.  

>yeah.. i heard that, too.  I also heard that Apple sold a hell of a lot
>more IIsi's and LC II's in their back-to-school specials that they had than
>they had anticipated, and they're working to get all those out before they
>devote too many resources to making IIvx's.. 

>Still waiting for my IIvx,

>-- 
>=============================================================================
>Stan Twiefel	 			    The University of Texas at Austin 
>stan@ccwf.cc.utexs.edu			    -=-=-=-=Computer Science=-=-=-=-=

Still waiting for my Performa 600CD, as well.  I had a talk with our
Apple rep here in town and he said that the problem is with the 300i CD
supplier.  He said that Apple is getting *some* CDs into machines and
are shipping *some* now.  However, ramp up won't occur until sometime in
December.  Anybody seen a Performa 600CD?  I have seen the vx.

Cheers.

Rich

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