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Any video gurus feel like attacking this quirk...?
Article-I.D.: shelley.1qsce9INNgd0
Distribution: world
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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NNTP-Posting-Host: stein.u.washington.edu
Hi there,
I'm having a bizarre video problem within Windows 3.1. I have a 286 with
a GVGA-16 video board. I've been using the standard Windows VGA driver
with other similarly configured computers.
I am thinking that my problem is with the way Windows refreshes it's screen.
The problem is that once Windows has been envoked, the colors start
changing themselves. At first I thought it was hardware, but if you open
a full screen DOS program from within the Windows session, you don't have
any problems until you get back to Windows - however, when you initially
return to Windows, the original colors get refreshed properly.
Also, it is not a uniform color change - so if you are in solitaire, the
design on the back of the card maintains it's original color scheme, but
the white fronts of the cards will turn grey, then blue, etc.
The color changes keep getting darker until finally everything is a dark
purple-ish black. If you pop out to DOS and exit back to Windows - the
screen gets refreshed again.
If I don't log into Windows and just do DOS things from the Novell
network, everything is fine.
I originally loaded the software by bouncing it down to the net from the
other machine I had just finished configuring, then from the net to this
machine. When I ran into problems, I deleted everything on this machine
and the net, and tried bouncing it again. When that didn't work, I tried
reloading Windows to no avail.
Any thoughts on things to check out? I am totally baffled!
Thanks in advance for any assistance and instruction!
Linda Cornell
UW Office of Research
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Win NT - what is it???
Article-I.D.: shelley.1qnaesINNemf
Organization: University of Washington
Lines: 30
NNTP-Posting-Host: hardy.u.washington.edu
writes:
> writes:
>>Chicogo is what I want to use. It is, like NT, a true OS with thrue
>>multitasking and multithreading, but has much smaller hardware requirements,
>>and does not meet DOD security specs . there are a few otehr differences, but those are the
>>main ones. There was an article about Chicogo in PC Week last August.
>> The Chicogo and NT development groups at Micro$oft are in intense
>>competition, so it is said. However, I think a different relationship will
>>arise: NT will be the server , Chicogo will be the
>>client machine. It is entirely possible for different OS's to work together,
>>partly because Chicogo is just a small NT .
>>
>> Anyway, don't expect it soon. Windows 4 and DOS 7 are supposed to be
>>released next year , so I expect that Chicogo won't be out
>>til '96.
>How does Chicago differ from the announced Windows 4. My understand-
>ing, at least from the InbfoWorld accound of Windows 4 is that it's sort
>of NT Lite--a full-fledged operating system but lacking server and security
>features that make NT such a bear. Is W4 not true multithreading?
Can anyone tell me how Chicago/Windows 4 would differ from
OS/2 2.x? Believe it or not, I'm not trying to start a flame war,
here. I'm simply curious if there is going to be any feature
advantage in either of these products
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Diamond Speedstar 24X Driver Bug?
Reply-To:
Organization: Metaphase Technology, Inc.
Keywords: Speedstar
Lines: 23
Since swapping out my generic VGA card for a Diamod Speedstar 24X, I have
noticed two new problems:
* if I create a windowed MS-DOS session , when the text starts
to scroll, rather than printing characters it starts to print
horizontal lines that spill out to the desktop and trash the entire
display. Ctrl-alt-del terminates the dos window and restores the
desktop
* after a short time in NCD's PC X-remote for windows, all characters
displayed on the desktop are changed to be unreadable; I am unable to
restore without rebooting.
These are in both 256 and 16 color 800x600 drivers, large and small fonts.
DOS 5, Win 3.1, emm386 and smartdrv installed.
I like the speed of the card and have had no other problems. Any ideas?
Thanks!
--
Steve Chesney
Metaphase Technology Inc. 612-482-4662
4233 North Lexington Avenue 612-482-4001
Arden Hills, MN 55126
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Windows Help
Nntp-Posting-Host: beta.edb.tih.no
Organization: Trondheim College of Engineering
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL9]
Lines: 38
Mario Veraart wrote:
: writes:
: >Hi, it's an *easy* question for you Windows gurus. I'd appreciate any help.
: >We need to write an on-line help for our application. We don't have
: >Windows Software Developer's Toolkit ). Since we just want to build
: >a .HLP file around Windows' help engine, I hope it won't be that complicated?
: >Anyway, could someone kindly give me some hints of how to build such an
: >on-line help, if it does not take 100 pages to explain? Or if it is complicated,
: >would you help to point out what I would need to do it?
: >--
: >Vincent Q. Yin
: >
: Hi,
: If you have developed your own windows application you must have a
: SDK of some sort that contains the HC.EXE or HC31.EXE file to
: compile and generate .HLP files out of .RTF files.
****-------> No, U can download what??.zip from ftp.cica.indiana.edu
This package from MS is all U need to buid .HLP
files from Rich Text Format Files . This package
also contains .DOT tamplates for MS Word4Win.
: RTF files are generated by a wordprocessor like Word for Dos or W4W.
: If this is not the solution be more specific about your application.
: Mario
: --
: Mario Veraart TNO Physics and Electronics Laboratory
: email: The Hague The Netherlands
: "If all else fails, show pretty pictures and animated videos,
: and don't talk about performance", David Bailey
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: PC/Geos, Windows, OS/2, and Unix/X11
Reply-To:
Organization: Dept. of Physics, Memorial University
Lines: 61
In article <>, writes:
|> ---
|>
|>
|>
|> With my limited knowladge about the PC Geos, I came out with following
|> comparison:
|>
|> PC Geos Windows OS/2 Unix/X11
|> ________ _______ ____ _______
|>
|> 1. Can run dos
|> programs yes yes yes yes
|>
[lines deleted]
|>
|> 7. price $120 $70 $120 free-$1000s
|> A good one
|> costs $400-$700
|> avaliable on Ext.
|> card too.
|>
|> 8. C compiler Don't think so yap yap yap
|>
|> 9. C++ no Yap Yap Yap
|>
|> 10. Fortran no yap yap yap
|>
|> 11. debuger ? yap yap yap
|>
|> 12. min to run dos 2M & 10Mb-Hard ? 386
|>
|> You guys and gals add to this list, so we do not throw our many down the
|> tubes.
|>
|> With highest regards,
|> Babak Sehari.
|>
This list appears to imply, that MS-windows that has a cost listed
above at $70, comes with a C compiler, C++ and Fortran. It does not, of
course. These are expensive add-ons that drive the price WAY beyond $70.
As far as unix is concerned;
There is a free unix, linux, that has cc, ~c++, fortran ,
Xwindows and many other features besides, with a large number of utilities
that can be optionally added. And there is also a free 386BSD I believe.
Both these unix's are quite robust. You can check out comp.os.linux
If you don't want to "throw our many down the tubes", you've got to break
that list down a little more.
--
Roderick Campbell
Department of Physics
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, NF, CANADA
internet:
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Organization: University of Central Florida - Computer Services
Mark Woodruff <>Bigger window headings
Lines: 8
Does anyone know of bigger raster fonts? I'm using a Mag 15H monitor with
a Diamond SS24X in 1280x1024 mode and would prefer to have larger characters
for the windows heading . I'm already using the
8514 character sets.
mark
Any idea of the difference between the 15H and the 15F?
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Subject: Is SMARTDRV.EXE causing bad sectors on my hd?
Organization: NetLink Online Communications, San Diego CA
Lines: 47
I am having something very unusual happen. First
some background on my system. I have a Mitsubishi 63 meg Hard Drive,
and am running Smartdrv on
it. I rarely use Windows. I use a program called Disk Technician
Gold v1.14 to do diagnostics live time on my hard drive. It works by
having a device driver detect whenever more than one read is
necessary for a file, or if there is anything else is wrong with it,
and minor problems are fully checked out upon rebooting. My hard
drive is notorious for bad sectors. I usually end up with 8 new bad
sectors a week.
Here's what happened: I ran a program, and DTG broke in with
an Emergency Warning and recommended I reboot. It gave me this
message twice before the program was fully loaded. I exited the program
and did just this. DTG went through its bootup process, examining
for new errors etc., and a screen popped up and said something about
sectors for a brief period of time.
I then went back to the program, executed it again, and the
exact same error was detected. I rebooted and tried again, and the
same error happened again. So, I removed DTG from memory, and went
to the program to see if I could detect anything wrong. Sure enough
there was a number of read attempts. So I rebooted and reloaded DTG,
but removed the cache. I executed the program. No read errors,
either audible or detected by DTG. I quit the program, loaded the
cache, and ran the program again. The errors were detected.
Ok, so the errors are there, and DTG detects but doesn't fix
them, when the cache is loaded. When the cache is not loaded there are
no errors. So, to see if the cache was interfering with any other
files, I went into xtree gold and tagged all files, and searched them
for a random string . Before I got through
the c's DTG had detected at least six errors and recommended I reboot.
Does anybody, have any idea why Smartdrv is causing misreads on
my hard drive? Oh, there are exactly two misreads per file, and 1 in
about every 100 files are affected.
I originally posted this message to Disk Technician Corp.'s
system, but I figured someone out in netland may know enough about
smartdrv to help me out.
--
INTERNET:
UUCP: ...!ryptyde!netlink!jdriver
NetLink Online Communications * Public Access in San Diego, CA 453-1115
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Gatewaying Microsoft Mail/Workgroups via 9600 modem?
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Lines: 25
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: unixg.ubc.ca
Our student association runs a small Novell network which has a subnetwork
of Windows for Workgroups and Microsoft Mail. The Director of Finance, en
electrical engineering student, would like to gateway this system, either
via SLIP or not, into the University's network and thus the Internet, at
the very least to exchange e-mail, but possibly also to do ftp's etc. For
now, this would be done via a 9600 bps modem.
He would like to set it up so that it would periodically call in to check
mail, but would otherwise connect whenever needed.
What is the best way to do this? Gatewaying software is available, but
what works best?
Please reply to me:
or the D of F :
with a cc: to the other. I don't read all of these groups regularly, so mail
is best. If this is a common question, please pot me to a FAQ or ftp site.
:=:=> Derek K. Miller
Researcher, Alma Mater Society
University of British Columbia, Canada
Room 230B - 6138 SUB Blvd., Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1
Campus Mail Zone 1 phone 822-6868 fax 822-9019
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Netware 3.11 & win 3.1 fileman
Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc.
Lines: 12
NNTP-Posting-Host: nwfocus.wa.com
Is there a update or something that will allow a person when
using novell 3.11 and windows 3.1 file manager to view the files with
the name of the person who created it or changed it like the novell
command ndir ?
tim osburn
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Diamond SS24X, Win 3.1, Mouse cursor
Nntp-Posting-Host: hermes.acm.rpi.edu
Lines: 16
In <> writes:
>Anybody seen mouse cursor distortion running the Diamond 1024x768x256 driver?
>Sorry, don't know the version of the driver but it's a recently
>delivered Gateway system. Am going to try the latest drivers from Diamond BBS but wondered
>if anyone else had seen this.
Sporadically, yes. It seems to flicker, or change shape into snow
briefly. Not enough to impair functionality, just call attention to
Diamond's professional sloppiness.
Rob
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light blue right Bondage r.e.m. DTP Steely Dan DS9 FNM OWL Genesis In the
spaceship, the silver spaceship, the lion takes control.....
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: More Diamond SS 24X
Organization: Michigan State University
Lines: 30
NNTP-Posting-Host: horus.cem.msu.edu
From article <>, by :
> Has anyone experienced a faint shadow at all resolutions using this
> card. Is only in Windows. I have replaced card and am waiting on
> latest drivers. Also have experienced General Protection Fault Errors
> in WSPDPSF.DRV on Winword Tools Option menu and in WINFAX setup.
> I had a ATI Ultra but was getting Genral Protection Fault errors
> in an SPSS application. These card manufactures must have terrible
> quality control to let products on the market with so many bugs.
> What a hassle. Running on Gateway 2000 DX2/50.
> Thx Dave L
>
>
You're using drivers version 2.02 or earlier. The latest is 2.03, available
from their BBS or by snailmail. It at least fixes the WfW problem.
The reason I wanted to reply in public instead of private mail is because
of following: I talked to their tech support a few days ago and was told
that I can expect a new version near the end of the month. Which should be
about now...
However, I have a problem when switching back from a DOS session in standard
mode. Apparently they don't know of this problem and seem to be surprised
why anybody would want to use standard mode at all.
It's a great card for the price, at least when I bought it. Now there may be
better alternatives.
Bo Peng
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
How to fix Word subscript spacing?
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
Lines: 14
Hi,
I have a problem when using subscripts with MSWord. The
problem is the subscripted characters get cut off on the display,
but print out ok. Anyone know how to fix the subscripts so
I can see them on the screen?
Many thanks,
--
-Howard
_________________________________________________________
! Howard Moy !
! 255-6379 !
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Procomm Plus for windows problems....
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
Lines: 16
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.net
writes:
>Hi,
> I have normal procomm plus for dos, but I've been considering buying
>the windows version....it got really great reviews in computer shopper.
>I have a friend who connects to the mainframe and unix machines here
>using it, but the screen seems to have a problem keeping up with the
>modem....he has a 14,400 modem on a 486 50 Mhz machine. I can't
>see it having trouble keeping up. His pcplus for dos works great,
>but the windows just seems to always screw up....Is this common
>and is there a fix? Or is something just screwed with his machine?
> Kent
I have no trouble running Procomm for Windows at 14.4 v.42 on a considerably
slower 486sx. Could be a video problem but only if he has incredibly slow
video.
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Telephone # of Cirrus Logic
Organization: Malaspina College
Lines: 14
In article <>, writes:
> Is there anybody who knows the telephone number of Cirrus Logic Co.,
> maker of a graphic card? Please reply to
> Thank you very much.
>
> Hua Chen
> Center for Astrophysics
>
BBS number
510-226-2365
Ron
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Reply-To:
Distribution: worldRe: Out of environment space running BAT files from Windows
Organization: Aspen Technology Group
X-Mailer: UUPC/bsnews 2.1 modified
Lines: 42
>I have a .BAT file that I run under a Windows Icon. I have set up a PIF
>file to run the BAT file in exclusive mode and to use the entire screen.
>The first line of the BAT file sets an environment variable.
>
>My problem is that on some of our machines , the SET command in the BAT file fails with the
>OUT OF ENVIRONMENT SPACE error. I have raised the amount of environment
>space to 2048 bytes using the SHELL command in CONFIG.SYS so I know that
>I am nowhere near to running out.
(From the Windows Resource Toolkit ), add an entry to
your "system.ini" file under the [NonWindowsApp] section:
CommandEnvSize=NNNN
"This sets the COMMAND.COM env size, where NNNN must either be 0 or
between 160 and 32768. A value of 0 disables the setting. If this
value is too small or too big, it is rounded up to 160 or down to 32768.
If the value is less than the current size of the actual environment,
this setting is disabled, as if it were 0. If you specify the
environment size in a PIF file for COMMAND.COM, the PIF setting
overrides this setting. The default is 0 with MSDOS versions earlier
than 3.2. Otherwise, the default value is the /e: option in the
SHELL= command in CONFIG.SYS. To set this value, you must edit your
SYSTEM.INI [and reboot]."
I have used this entry, as well as relied on the default /e: from
the CONFIG.SYS shell= line, and both give larger environments. If
you don't use one of these, then the environment passed by windows
to each new DOS box is just a little bit bigger than the environment
_variables_ present when windows was started. This should allow your batch file to run,
but your mileage may vary.
--
Jerome Schneider Domain:
Aspen Technology Group UUCP: {uunet}!csn!atglab!jls
PO Box 673, Ft. Collins, CO 80522 Voice: 484-1488
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Windows for WorkGroups and LAN Workplace
Organization: School of Architecture, University of Bath, UK
Lines: 19
This may be a simple question but:
We have a number of PC's which we use to link to a mainframe using
Novell LAN WorkPlace for DOS .
Now, to make life easier for us we are thinking of using Windows for
Workgroups to allow file sharing across our PC network.
Now does anyone know if it is possible to use W4WG and Lan Workplace
for DOS at the same time.
ie Can I access a file on another PC while being logged on to the
mainframe at the same time, simultaneously.
Any help well appreciated.
Gary Hunt.
Centre for Advanced Studies in Architecture
University of Bath
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Grey Scale while in windows?
Organization: Motorola Ltd., European Cellular Infrastructure Division
Lines: 6
Distribution: world
Reply-To:
NNTP-Posting-Host: mercury.swindon.rtsg.mot.com
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Kevin Marshall, Operational Support, Motorola ECID, Swindon, UK. |
| E-mail : |
| Phone : +44 793 545127 545127 |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: win/NT file systems
Organization: TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA
Lines: 26
In article <> writes:
>OK will some one out there tell me why / how DOS 5
>can read
>the Win/NT NTFS file system.
>I thought NTFS was supposed to be better than the FAT system
>
>keith
DOS 5.0/6.0 cannot read the NTFS file system, although the NTFS file system
can read the FAT file system of DOS. I have WindowsNT on a seperate
partition on my machine at home, and I can read my DOS disks from Windows NT,
but not vice-versa.
As far as the robustness of the file system, it seems to be very fast, and
I have yet to have a single problem with it. That doesn't prove it's better
than the FAT system though. Read the book 'Inside Windows NT,' it will give
you all the info you're looking for.
Scott
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Redondo Beach, CA \______________________________________/"Blah blah blah ... "
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Hhy won't my DOS apps run in a window?!
Distribution: world
Organization: Sigma Press
Reply-To:
X-Mailer: Simple NEWS 1.90
Lines: 8
Can somebody help me out there? I have just purchased Win 3.1 and I just
can't get DOS apps to run in a window on their own. I've
tried mucking around with the PIF settings etc, but to no avail. What am
I doing wrong? .
Thanks in advance ...
Jason.
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: WinBench
Organization: San Jose State University - Math/CS Dept.
Lines: 36
writes:
> writes:
>> Is there any FTP site that carries WinBench results for different graphics
>> cards? In Excel format? What is the latest version of WinBench and
>> how do they differ? Is the source available, and has anybody try to port it to
>> X-Window, at least in a way that will make comparisons possible?
>>
>On ftp.cica.indiana.edu in pub/pc/win3/misc/winadv.zip is a writeup by
>Steve Gibson of InfoWorld with winbench 3.11 and a number of other
>benchmark results for nine isa and four VLB video cards. This is a
>very current upload and is likely to have any card you're currently
>giving serious consideration. Not in XLS format. Latest version of
>WinBench that I know of is ver 3.11. I believe they try to maintain
>the same rating scale between versions, and new versions are released
>to defeat the lastest coding tricks put in by driver programmers to
>beat the benchmarks. Don't know on the last one.
And why they are considering using WinBench as a test, they may want
to read everything Steve Gibson has said on the subject in his
InfoWorld column the past couple of month. In short, virtually
every board manufacturer cheats on the test by writing things in the
driver that is there only to make the board appear faster on the
WinBench suite. So the WinBench score has no bearing in reality to
how cards stack up on real world tasks.
In the last PC-Magazine they benchmarked some of the new accelerators,
and admitted that many of them 'cheated' on WinBench. Interestingly,
they 'allowed' one type of cheating behaviour , yet did not allow a couple of other
types of cheating behaviour that some of the cards used. At least
one card was eliminated from the "Editor's Choice" because of
cheating on the benchmark.
>Al DeVilbiss
>
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Re: Windows gripe...
Organization: TSoft BBS and Public Access Unix, +1 415 969 8238
Lines: 37
In article <1ppmvf$> writes:
>
>Hi there,
>
> There's one thing about Windows that really frosts me.
>I have 20MB of RAM installed in my system. I use a 5MB disk-cache, and a 4MB permanent swap file.
>
> While I can never fill the memory up, I still have problems
>sometimes because I run out of GDI resources. What gives?
>I think Windows could manage these resources a little better.
>
> Does anyone have any input on how to conserve these resources
>so that I can avoid this problem?
>
>Nate
>--------------------------
>Nathan C. Crowell, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering/ACRL
>
>Worcester Polytechnic Institute E-mail:
>
>"Costing the net hundreds if not thousands of dollars"
Nathan,
Win31 has a fixed limit of 64K GDI memory, regardless of physical RAM
installed, this is twice that of Win30, but not nearly robust enough for
many developers and power users.
Using Amish Launch as your shell, you can reduce GDI memory usage by as
much as 15% over Progman, NDW 2, DAshboard, and other graphical type icon
based and other shells. Also, nesting, and full hot-key global support
is offered, something no other shells have at this time.
Ted Matsumura, President
Amish Software, Inc.
:wq
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Organization: University of Central Florida - Computer Services
Mark Woodruff <>Many people on one machine
Lines: 9
I have several people sharing my machine and would like to set up separate
environments under Windows for each of them. Is there some way of setting
things up separate desktops/directories for each of them? Ideally,
I'd like totally separate virtual machines. I'd be willing to settle for
less, and may end up having batch files that copy .ini files around
depending on who wants to use the machine.
mark
Alas, Setup/n doesn't work if you don't have a network.
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
WinQVT/Net V3.4?
Article-I.D.: lorien.354
Distribution: usa
Organization: UC LLNL
Lines: 11
Nntp-Posting-Host: angmar.llnl.gov
An earlier article in this newsgroup made reference to
WinQVT/Net version 3.4. Realy? Where? I tried archie
with no luck. It's probably just a typo.
But I sure would like to get one if it's real as I too
have a printer problem in WinQVT.
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: 486/33 WIN3.1 HANG
Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam
Lines: 19
writes:
>HELP, PROBLEM 486/33MHZ HANGS IN EXTENDED MODE TRYING TO
>ACCESS DRIVES A: OR B: , SOMETIMES IT WILL DO DIR , SOMETIMES WILL HANG
>ON ACCESS SOMETIMES WILL WHEN TYING A TEXT FILE.
>HARDWARE:
>AMERICAN MEGATREND MOTHERBOARD
>AMI BIOS 91
>CONNER 85MB HARD DRIVE
>TRIDENT 1 MEG SVGA
>PLEASE HELP!!!
>ITS OK IN STANDARD MODE!!!
I have the same problem. Someone suggested it might be a BIOS bug.
Gonna check with my supplier tomorrow. I'll tell you if it helps.
Wouter.
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
486/33 WIN3.1 HANG
Lines: 12
Organization: Faculty of Engineering, Monash University
HELP, PROBLEM 486/33MHZ HANGS IN EXTENDED MODE TRYING TO
ACCESS DRIVES A: OR B: , SOMETIMES IT WILL DO DIR , SOMETIMES WILL HANG
ON ACCESS SOMETIMES WILL WHEN TYING A TEXT FILE.
HARDWARE:
AMERICAN MEGATREND MOTHERBOARD
AMI BIOS 91
CONNER 85MB HARD DRIVE
TRIDENT 1 MEG SVGA
PLEASE HELP!!!
ITS OK IN STANDARD MODE!!!
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Cirrus Logic 5426 Graph Card
Organization: HP Singapore Notes-Server
Lines: 17
In comp.os.ms-windows.misc, writes:
In article <1qms3c$>, writes:
>Version 1.3 drivers are due to be release by Cirrus soon.
>Unfortunately, their not available via FTP, you have to dial
>up their BBS in the USA. I do this from NZ using a 14.4k modem
>to cut down on phone bills. It took me around 7 minutes to
>download the v1.2 driver.
Could you please upload to any of the ftp sites and announce it here? This will benefit
people does not have access to their BBS in USA )?
Thanks a lot.
- Beng Hang Tay
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
WANTED: Info on Asymetrix/Toolbook
Originator:
Organization: Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Lines: 17
Does anyone know the phone and fax number of the Asymetrix
Corporation. I am also interested in their e-mail address.
I would also like to know what the current status of their product Toolbook
is. I received the last update 1.5 about 1.5 year ago. Are their any new
developments or is Toolbook slowly dying?
Regards,
Rob de Winter.
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Is Microsoft Windows really and Ope
Nntp-Posting-Host: bach.udel.edu
Organization: University of Delaware
Lines: 24
In article <1pr6r2$> writes:
>
>Apparently not. Many people complain about the confusion that
>results from the filemanager/progman split. It's just a basic
>flaw.
>
I have one thing to say-- why does everyone say that spliting them up is
such a bad thing? I actually like my program launcher and file manager
do be seperate.. it make things easier to figure out.. I mean, take a look
at OS/2's wps... .. I personally hate it cause I just
have too much trouble figuring out how to do simple things like file copy..
and don't say "just drag the icon!".. Cause I hate icons in the first place.
I have too much trouble telling what all those little push buttons mean.
I want "F"ile "C"opy etc..
although I know I'm in the minority.
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Nntp-Posting-Host: fac-csr.byu.edu
Lines: 24
Why is my mouse so JUMPY?
Organization: Fine Arts and Communications -- Brigham Young University
I have a Microsoft Serial Mouse and am using mouse.com 8.00 . Vertical motion
is nice and smooth, but horizontal motion is so bad I sometimes can't click
on something because my mouse jumps around. I can be moving the mouse to
the right with relatively uniform motion and the mouse will move smoothly
for a bit, then jump to the right, then move smoothly for a bit then jump
again . This is crazy! I have
never had so much trouble with a mouse before. Anyone have any solutions?
Does Microsoft think they are what everyone should be? <- just venting steam!
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Computer Support Representative
College of Fine Arts and Communications
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378-3292
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Help with a Windows drum machine!
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
Lines: 21
Hello,
I'm trying to get a drum program to work that I downloaded from
ftp.cica.indiana.edu in the pub/pc/win3/sounds directory. It's called
drum.zip.
I have an ATI Stereo FX card with the latest Windows drivers installed.
When I try to run the drum program, it reports that a MIDI device is not
installed, however the drivers utility in the control panel reports that it
is installed.
Anyone have any idea how to set up the MIDI device so that the drum program
will work with my setup? What I'm trying to do is use my computer as a
metronome. Someone suggested that I try one of the drum machines that are
circulating around out there. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Terry
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Program manager ** two questions
Organization: Oak Road Systems, Cleveland Ohio USA
Lines: 25
In article <> writes:
>
> Is it possible to change the icons in the program groups? I'd like
> to give them some individuality.
Do you mean the icons _of_ the program groups, or the icons of the
individual programs _in_ the program groups? I assume you mean the
latter, and the answer is: sure you can. Just click once
on the application icon, then Alt-F P . Click on the
Change Icon box and tell it the icon filename. Or use the Browse
sub-selection.
> Can you set up a short-cut key to return to the Program Manager?
> I know <CTL><ESC>, <ESC> will do it, but I'd rather set it up so I
> can avoid the task list and get back to the P/M with <ALT><F1>.
I use Alt-Tab. Hold the Alt key and repeatedly press Tab until you see
Program Mangler up. Then release the Alt key.
--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems
English is my native language and I love it. But don't try to tell me
that it's easy to learn or that it makes sense. If it were, "baseline"
would rhyme with "vaseline".
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: WINQVTNET with NDIS on Token Ring ?
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
File downloading
Originator:
Nntp-Posting-Host: cmr1
Organization: Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, Nashville, TN, USA
Distribution: usa
Lines: 9
As a beginer, I just wonder how to transfer files from the Sun
system to my PC at home . I tried to use 'COMit' to do so, but it was very
slow and it seemed that getting multiple files at the same time
was impossible. Could anybody give me some hints & infomation?
Thank you in advance.
liu
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Dos window macros
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Distribution: usa
Lines: 6
Does anyone know a program that will record keyboard sequences that I
do in a windowed dos box? I would like to have something that starts a
telnet program and then logs me into my accounts. Windows Recorder doesn't
seem to be able to record the key sequences.
Thanks, STeve
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
MEWIN Latex Help
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Lines: 9
I posted this to the apps group and didn't get any response, so
I'll try here. I am trying to use the latex help feature
available in emacs for windows and read that you need a separate
latexhlp.zip file along with a vms2hlp.zip file to convert this
to windows help. Has anyone found these files or gotten this
command help to work?
Thanks, Steve Herrod
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Windows Locks up with green lines down the Screen
Reply-To:
Organization: Brandeis University
Lines: 18
Hi, I am using a dtk 386-20Mhz 13Meg memory to run a variety of
programs, and have had problems off and on with lock up,
but now I am trying to run an application that wants a lot of memory
over a period of time and it is
locking up Everytime. I have an ATI ultra + w/2Meg which I have
tried in each of the video modes, I have excluded the region of
video memory from A000-C800 segments from the use of emm386,
have tried adjusting the swap partion from large to nonexistant and I have REM'd ALL TSR's and utilities in config.syus
and autoexec, and even tried using the default program manager, disabling
my HP dashboard. even with a minimal system, no swap, no smartdrv,
no TSR's, no windows utilities and exclusion of video regions it still
locks up completely . Just about out
of ideas, anyone out there have any???? Thanks
tom branham
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: speeding up windows
Keywords: speed
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Lines: 30
writes:
>I have a 386/33 with 8 megs of memory
>I have noticed that lately when I use programs like WpfW or Corel Draw
>my computer "boggs" down and becomes really sluggish!
>What can I do to increase performance? What should I turn on or off
>Will not loading wallpapers or stuff like that help when it comes to
>the running speed of windows and the programs that run under it?
>Thanx in advance
>Derek
1) make sure your hard drive is defragmented. This will speed up more than
just windows BTW. Use something like Norton's or PC Tools.
2) I _think_ that leaving the wall paper out will use less RAM and therefore
will speed up your machine but I could very will be wrong on this.
There's a good chance you've already done this but if not it may speed things
up. good luck
Morgan Bullard
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
overlapped window without a title bar
Organization: Olivetti ATC; Cupertino CA, USA
Lines: 31
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: todi.oas.olivetti.com
Hi,
I have a simple question. Is it possible to create a OVERLAPPED THICKFRAME
window without a title bar; ie
& ~WS_CAPTION
I don't seem to be able to get rid off the title bar.
I have another question:
I have a overlapped window which has few child windows
The window shows up with all it's children fine. Now, I create another
child with a WS_THICKFRAME style and placed on top of one or more of
it's siblings. Style WS_THICKFRAME is used so that I can resize it. How do
I make sure that the child 't' will always be at the top of it's siblings.
I used SetWindowPos and BringWindowToTop without success. What's happening
is that while I am resizing 't' it shows up but as soon as I let go, it goes
behild it's siblings.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Manu
Please mail me at
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: does dos6 defragment??
Article-I.D.: news.C51H9M.46p
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Lines: 12
Geoffrey S. Elbo writes:
>Yes, and it is the fastest defrag I've ever watched. It did a 170MB
>hard disk in 20 minutes.
I found the MS defrag looks very much like Norton Speedisk.
Is it just a strip-down version of the later?
I have both Norton Speedisk and Backup, so I was wondering
if I need to install MS Backup?
Richard
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Wincmd - trouble with string variables
Organization: VPI&SU Computer Science Department, Blacksburg, VA
Lines: 19
Has anyone else been playing with that wincmd utility from PC Magazine?
If so, I am having trouble concatenating string variables together and
need your help. For example:
temp = "path"
temp2 = "file.ext"
fullpath = temp+"/"
say fullpath // output = 'th/'
fullpath = fullpath+temp2
say fullpath // output = 'h/file.ext'
So, it seems to be dropping the first few characters with each
concatenations. Is it that I am out of memory -- I only have maybe 20
variables total -- the article didn't mention memory limits.
email me if you have an idea or would like to see the actual source and
output. Thanks for your help.
-Bo
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: GUI Application Frameworks for Windows ??
Nntp-Posting-Host: caesar.iaf.uiowa.edu
Organization: University of Iowa, Image Analysis Facility
Lines: 38
In article <> writes:
>Hello,
>
> I'm investigating the purchase of an Object Oriented Application Framework. I have
>come across a few that look good:
>Zinc
>----
> Has a platform independent resource strategy.
>
>
>
Just a thought on resources, It is very important if you do use a
multiplatform toolkit to check on how it uses resources. I have
used Glockenspeil commonview under Motif and OS2. I wrote a resource
converter from OS2 to Motif, but it really wasn't too easy, especially
the naming scheme. In Motif you cannot rename controls/widgets.
With windows you can call the OK button ID_OK in every instance,
this doesn't work for Motif, you'd have to call it Dialog1_OK,
and Motif expects a text string rather than a number. So
your constructor should know how to convert a #define into the
proper resource identifier.
I'd check on how the toolkit expects names, and that if it does
use resources, that is uses resources for all platforms you intend to
port to.
Alex.
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
JesseIs ms-windows a "mature" OS?
Originator:
Keywords: ms-windows
Organization: Computer Science Dept. of UNT
Distribution: usa
Lines: 39
hi,
Have you used Mac system 6.x or 7.x? If the answer is positive, you would
know if ms-windows is a "mature" OS.
Days ago people doubted that ms-windows is not a real OS. I can see why
they have such question. Ms-windows confuses many people. Microsoft
simulated Mac, but it did a lousy job. For example:
You can not create hierarchy groups. There is no way to create a group
in a group.
Too many system parameters to take care of.
uncomplete documentation. It's not easy to find the reason why causes
an unpredictable error.
Group deleting/file deleting
After deleting a group, users have to use file manager to delete files.
But if users forget to delete some related files, the disk will be full
of nonsense files.
share problem
Once you create two windows doing compilation and editing in some
language , there will be a sharing problem. You just
can not open or save the program if it is loaded. It makes sense to
prevent from saving, but not opening.
Microsoft try to compromise between DOS and windows, but they just make
ms-windows a graphical DOS with capacity doing mutiple DOS jobs;
the worst thing is they complicate the environment. The orginal purpose
of ms-windows should be to simplify the environment, and make PC easier
to use.
It's by no means easy to satisfy everybody, but if Microsoft want to
keep their reputations, they should evaluate the user interface more
carefully before products distribute.
No flame, please.
Jesse
e-mail:/
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Approach for Windows?
Organization: Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Lines: 21
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
[ Article crossposted from comp.os.ms-windows.apps ]
[ Author was Dr. Richard Timmer ]
[ Posted on 24 Apr 93 23:11:16 GMT ]
Hello WinNetters:
I have seen a great deal of discussion herein on the relative merits of
MS Access and Borland Paradox/Win. However, are there any users out there
with experience with the database package called "Approach". It has gotten
a number of very good reviews from the various mags. and it seems like it
would require less hardware overhead than Paradox. I have ruled out Access
because some aspects of it are extremely non-intuitive, e.g. requiring a
field to always have a value. I like what I've seen of Paradox, but it
seems like the resource requirements are greater than what I have .
So, please provide me with your thoughts are "Approach", good and bad. Thanks.
Richard Timmer
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Subject: Re: Windows for WorkGroups and LAN Workplace
Distribution: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-,world
Organization: University of Wyoming
Nntp-Posting-Host: sheriff.uwyo.edu
Lines: 13
>Now does anyone know if it is possible to use W4WG and Lan Workplace
>for DOS at the same time.
>ie Can I access a file on another PC while being logged on to the
>mainframe at the same time, simultaneously.
Yup. We're using both and they work just fine. Hopefully, someday WFWG
will communicate over LWP TCPIP. Right now we have to load NetBeui.
I use ODI with ODINSUP and all works well.
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Faster OAK VGA drivers???
Nntp-Posting-Host: su100l.ess.harris.com
Reply-To:
Organization: Harris Corporation, Government Aerospace Systems Division
Lines: 21
I'm using an OAK based VGA card on my computer . I've
downloaded the driver from ftp.cica.indiana.edu and I've had good luck
with it. However, does anyone know if a faster driver is available for
this card?
Thanks,
Mike
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: RE: Win NT - what is it???
Nntp-Posting-Host: dil.adp.unc.edu
Organization: UNC Office of Information Technology
Lines: 20
>
>I have little info on Chicago so I cant make a comparison. Is it in Beta? Is
>there anyone out there who has tested both and cares to make a comparison?
>Just my $0.02
>
>/ALN
Chicago from what I have read is projected to run in 4M on 386 and higher.
It is definitely aimed at the desktop.
It is rumored to offer preemptive multitasking,
multithreading but will not offer multiprocessing. Is 32 bit and no reliance
on DOS. It is rumored to have an integrated file and program manager.
DOS 7 is rumored to be similar to Chicago but without the GUI. Is also
a step towards CAIRO which is rumored to be
object oriented.
I wonder where Windows 4.0 fits here is it a stepping stone to Chicago?
Hope this helps.
Thx Dave L
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Re: Questions about Windows NT. Help!
Nntp-Posting-Host: shelduck
Organization: Eurocontrol - Central Flow Management Unit
Keywords: Windows NT, unix, sun sparc
Lines: 36
In article <> writes:
>
>I don't know much about Windows NT, but I've always thought
>that Win NT would run only on Intel 386/486 compatable systems.
>We are setting up a network which includes a SUN Sparc Server 4/490
>and about a dozen PC's. Some people suggest that we run Windows NT
>on the SUN Sparc Server 4/490 replacing the current OS .
>I don't know whether this is possible and whether this would do us any
>good. I would appreciate any help on answering a few questions below.
>
>1. Does Windows NT run on Sun Sparc Server 490?
>2. If the answer to question 1 is yes, does it run unix applications
> .
>3. Is Windows NT a multiuser OS?
>4. When will Windows NT be released?
>5. Is there any telephone number that I can call and get more
> info on Win NT?
>
>Thank you.
>
>Minghua Shan
As far as I have read WIN NT will be supported on Intel, DEC ALPHA and the MIPS R4000
series of processors only. I do remember though reading a rumour about Sparc support
sometime in the future. I am not sure what you mean by running "unix applications".
You would have to have SAS for WIN NT . I have read
that MS will anounce avalaibility of WIN NT by end of May 93 . Hope
this helps.
Rajiev Gupta
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Comments on Xtree for Windows ????
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Lines: 15
Nntp-Posting-Host: ug.cs.dal.ca
I am looking for comments on Xtree for Windows. I am
thinking of buying the product but I have not even seen it yet.
Thank you...
Shane Holland
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Out of environment space running BAT files from Windows
Article-I.D.: venice.1993Apr23.005117.21582
Organization: TRW Systems Engineering & Development Division, Carson, CA
Lines: 17
I have a .BAT file that I run under a Windows Icon. I have set up a PIF
file to run the BAT file in exclusive mode and to use the entire screen.
The first line of the BAT file sets an environment variable.
My problem is that on some of our machines , the SET command in the BAT file fails with the
OUT OF ENVIRONMENT SPACE error. I have raised the amount of environment
space to 2048 bytes using the SHELL command in CONFIG.SYS so I know that
I am nowhere near to running out. If I just click on the MS-DOS icon,
I can create a bunch of environment varibles from the DOS shell. The problem
is that on some machines, setting the value of an environment variable in
a BAT file fails. Has anyone seen such behavior before? I see no place in the
PIF fail to configure environment space.
Lance J. Gay Internet:
TRW Systems Engineering & Development Div. Phone: 310-764-3988
Carson, CA 90746
| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Help w/ Greenleaf CommLib 4.0?
Organization: IDX Corporation, S. Burlington, VT
Lines: 8
Has anyone had experience with the new Greenleaf CommLib 4.0? I can't even
get their demo winterm to run at 4800 baud without dropping characters.
tnx, steve
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| comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
mac portable internal fax modems
Organization: Jack's Amazing CockRoach Capitalist Ventures
Lines: 8
Does anyone know where I can still get an internal fax modem for the
original mac portable? I know they were made for a while by several
manufacturers, but I can't find them now. thanks for your help.
Gene Wright
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| comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Re: High Resolution ADC for Mac II
Nntp-Posting-Host: elvex34.acns.nwu.edu
Organization: Northwestern University
Lines: 28
In article <>,
wrote:
>
> I don't know about the Instrutech boards ,
> but you need to be very careful checking the monotonicity and S/N ratio of
> many of the "16 bit" boards out there. The NI boards are very clearly
> specified in terms of monotonicity, S/N ratio, accuracy, etc; and the
> NB-A2100 and NB-A2150 have all the dyynamic range and freedom from
> distortion that you'd expect from a good, true 16 bit converter. This is
> not true for the Spectral Innovations boards, for example.
To boorishly reply to myself, I found I did have the Instrutech information
already. The specs are as follows:
A/D: 16 bit converter, with 14 bit accuracy to 100 kHz, 12 bit accuracy to
200 kHz. No specs for S/N, monotonicity, linearity. There are 8 multiplexed
inputs sharing the single A/D, so that all inputs are not samples at the
same time, and in the above conversion specs the all-channel sample rate
must be used. Thus, for two channels, you only have 14 unknown quality bits
at 50 kHz per channel. This is poorer quality than the national
Instruments, at the same sample rate.
D/A: 16 bit converter. No specs for S/N, monotonicity, linearity. Each of
the 4 output channels has its own converter.
The price for the external converter box , the NuBus interface
board , plus C driver software and Igor XOP's is $2695. Rather
steep.
| comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Robert Everett Brunskill <rb6t+@andrew.cmu.edu>Re: $$$ to fix TRACKBALL
Organization: Freshman, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Lines: 5
NNTP-Posting-Host: po2.andrew.cmu.edu
In-Reply-To: <>
The little blue roller on the trackball interior is probably rubbing
against its support, just push it down the pin so that it no longer
touches it. I had a similar problem.
Rob
| comp.sys.mac.hardware |
LC III NuBus Capable?
Organization: Msen, Inc. -- Ann Arbor, MI
Lines: 21
NNTP-Posting-Host: garnet.msen.com
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL9]
Forgive me if this has been asked before... but here goes:
My friend recently purchased a LC III and he wants to know if there is
such a demon called NuBus adapter for his PDS slot? CompUsa and
ComputerCity Supercenter says they don't carry them.
Does this mean LC III is incapable of carrying a NuBus board?
Much obiliged,
Marvin
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PLEEZE HELP ME BUY A MAC!
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Lines: 16
Reply-To:
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu
Hey everybody:
I want to buy a mac and I want to get a good price...who doesn't? So,
could anyone out there who has found a really good deal on a Centris 650
send me the price. I don't want to know where, unless it is mail order or
areound cleveland, Ohio. Also, should I buy now or wait for the Power PC.
Thanks.
BoB
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Re: PowerBook Batteries
Reply-To:
Organization: The National Capital Freenet
Lines: 20
In a previous article, says:
>I have a few questions about PowerBook batteries, specifically,
>the NiCad batteries I have for my PB170.
>
>2. Can the PowerBook run without any battery if the charger is
>plugged in?
No problems.
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| comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Re: x86 ~= 680x0 ??
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Lines: 28
writes:
>In article <> writes:
>[... stuff deleted]
>>
>>Besides, for 0 wait state performance, you'd need a cache anyway. I mean,
>>who uses a processor that runs at the speed of 80ns SIMMs? Note that this
>>memory speed corresponds to a clock speed of 12.5 MHz.
>>
>[more stuff deleted...]
>How do you calculate that figure? I'd assume even in personal computers
>the board designers would use bank switching to
>quadruple the access speed or am I missing something here?
The previous article referred to the fact that you could only use 20ns SIMMs in
a 50MHz machine, but that you could use 80ns SIMMs in slower machines. I just
pointed out that if you could only use 20ns SIMMs in a 50MHz machine, you can't
use 80ns SIMMs in anything faster than a 12.5 MHz machine. Bank switching and
caches were not considered in either example .
>HSK
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A pun is a no' blessed form of whit.
| comp.sys.mac.hardware |
TechWorks -- What You Say?
Lines: 19
Greetings!!
I'm planning to upgrade my Mac IIsi:
from the present 5Megs to 17Megs;
and add a Math-Coprocessor.
Technology Works, of Austin comes quite highly recommended by
some Mac magazines. I was just wonderring if anyone could share with me
anything about Tech Works ; or give any advice
about other mail-order companies that I may consider.
Your reply would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Sincerely
Peter Choo
| comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Organization: University of Maine System
Jon Carr <>Re: Accelerator for SE
Lines: 30
In article <>, says:
>
>Has anyone out there in netland any experience with accelerators
>for SE? I am specially interested in:
> - speed up rate
> - need for new SIMMs
> - maximum RAM after upgrade
> - compatibility
> - can I use an additional, big b&w screen
> - can I install the accellerator myself
> - price/where to buy
>
I have no experience with this particular hardware, but
just about every month in Macworld there is an add for
an combined SE accelerator/Video board. This item sells
for about $1000 and comes with a 25MHz 68030/68882 pair,
eight SIMM slots, and a grayscale 21" monitor.
This accelerator plugs into the SE's lone expansion port
and thus no soldering. You will however, need a long
TORX wrench to get the case open .
Does that sound like what you were looking for?
-----> Jon Jon Carr
-----> UMaine '93
1993 NCAA Champions! How about those 42-1-2 Black Bears!!
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| comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Noisy SE: What can I do?
Organization: Deep Thirteen, Gizmonics Institute
Lines: 14
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: cae.cad.gatech.edu
There's this old SE here. It's got the older-style fans that remind
me of a house-ventilator. A cylindrical drum instead of the bladed rotor
I usually see. Anyway, the SE makes this loud buzzing noise due
to vibration somewheres. If I remove the screws and loosen the front
from the back, it quiets down. I can only assume that the fan housing
from this goofy thing is touching the back of the case and vibrating
against it.
Anyway, any suggestions for where to get replacement fans and how to
"stealth" this guy? Your experiences welcome.....
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Re: 14" monitors
Article-I.D.: usenet.1pt3oe$li6
Distribution: world
Organization: Case School of Engineering
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X-XXDate: Tue, 6 Apr 93 03:29:12 GMT
In article <> Daniel S. Chen,
writes:
> I'm interested in getting a 14" color monitor for my new LCIII.
>Unfortunately, I'm really quite confused with the Sony monitors.
>Could someone please compare the Sony 1320, 1304 and the Apple 14"?
> Thanks. Dan
Just thought I would mention that Sony no longer manufactures the CPD-
1304 because of several manufacturing flaws. The new model is now the
1430, which just like Apple's new Sony Trinitrom CLAIMS to be 14 inches.
I'm not sure of the details on the defects, but I work at our schools
bookstore
and can tell you that nearly half of them were returned with some kind of
defect or another.
Just my two cents worth.
| comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Help with SIMM configuration
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Lines: 22
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu
Can someone please help me understand the current situation
regarding SIMMS?
I have a IIsi which I will probably keep for another 2 years.
I would like to add more memory, ie go from 5 MB to 17 MB.
I know that I will need 4 x 4MB, 80ns or faster SIMMS.
Which SIMMS, 30 pin or 72 pin?
Would the SIMMS I get today be usable in 2 years with a
newer, more powerful system?
Any insight would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Rob
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| comp.sys.mac.hardware |
mac portable ram problems; coprocessor not installed?
Organization: Jack's Amazing CockRoach Capitalist Ventures
Lines: 18
I just recently bought a 4 MB ram card for my original mac portable
and have since had some bizarre crashes. It happens when I put
the machine to sleep and wake the machine up. sometimes it will just
freeze the cursor and lock the machine up forcing me to push the reset
switch. Other times it will give me the usual bomb box with the error
message of "Co processor not installed".
I know one solution is NOT to put the machine to sleep, but does anyone
have any ideas on what could be causing this or better yet what might fix
it? The memory card is Psuedostatic ram and goes into the PDS Slot. That
probably figures into the problem. the manufacturer is King Memory from irvine, CA. They say the problem is in my machine.
Any Ideas? -- Gene Wright.
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Cheap video card for LC? w/fpu?
Nntp-Posting-Host: dialup-slip-1-33.gw.umn.edu
Organization: University of Minnesota
Lines: 7
Just wondering if anyone had info/experience with a video/fpu for a mac LC,
just thinking of adding a second monitor, most likely grayscale.
Bret Oeltjen exp + 1 = 0
University of Minnesota
Electrical Engineering
| comp.sys.mac.hardware |
"SIMM Re-use" NuBus board... Anyone seen one?
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, Maryland USA
Lines: 29
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.net
Summary: does anyone make this? does anyone know what I'm talking about?
Keywords: SIMM NuBus board RAMDisk
Hello,
I remember running across an ad in the back of Mac[User|World]
a few years ago, for a Nubus board that had umpteen SIMM slots, to be
used to "recycle your old SIMMs," when you upgraded memory. I don't
remember who made this board, and I haven't seen it advertised in
any of the latest Mac magazines. It mentioned that it included software
to make the SIMMs on the board act like a RAM disk. As someone who has SIMMS
he can't get rid of/use, but hates the waste, this sounds to me like a majorly
good idea. Does anyone out there know what board/company I'm talking about?
Are they still in business, or does anyone know where I can get a used one
if they are no longer made? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please
e-mail me, to save net.bandwidth.
Thanks,
Cap.
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Photo shop scanner?
Nntp-Posting-Host: admin
Reply-To:
Organization: nCUBE Corp., Foster City, CA
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I have a Macc IIci and a Color scanner.
I scanned a picture at 600 dpi. When I try to print
it on my HP500 color printer, after 10 minutes of
making noise, the mac hangs. I would need to reboot it.
What does this mean? Do I need to buy more memory? I have
5.0 MB now. I also have about 50 MB of disk free, and the
scanned picture is about 12 MB.
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File Server Mac
Article-I.D.: pkrmac.PKR-050493101102
Organization: SLAC
Lines: 3
I saw once an article about a new line of Macs configured to
work more optimally as file servers.
Anyone know any more details?
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Disappointed by La Cie
Organization: Univ of Miami IR
Lines: 52
Approximately four months ago, I purchased a Quantum 240LPS HD from La Cie for
$649. After two months, the drive started having problems. First, there were
intermittent freezes, then corrupted files and resources, then Silverlining
5.41 wouldn't even recognize the drive. So I got an RMA from La Cie and
exchanged the new drive for a reconditioned one.
Well, about a month has passed now and the second drive is having problems.
Often, when I boot up my IIsi I get the flashing question mark. Sometimes, if I
then insert the Silverlining program I can get it to recognize the drive
by making it scan over and over for drives. At that point I can restart the
IIsi and boot from the HD. I've called La Cie again and they've given me
another RMA. Their tech support people tell me that if Silverlining doesn't see
the drive there's a definite hardware problem.
Given that this is the second bad drive in four months, I asked La Cie to send
me a *new* one, but they said "no." Also, within three weeks after I purchased
my original drive, La Cie dropped the price on it by over $100.
I can accept that a drive may be bad. And I know that hardware vendors
make a practice of sending reconditioned replacements when they do repairs. And
I understand that the nature of the computer industry lends itself to sudden
price fluctuations. Nevertheless, taken together, the convergence of these
facts/events have left a bad taste in my mouth.
It seems to me that reconditioned hardware should be sold as reconditioned at a
discounted price, and that replacements for new hardware gone bad should be new.
I feel a little helpless about all this. I don't mean to necessarily flame La
Cie_their support staff have always been friendly and sometimes even helpful.
But c'mon. Sometimes a little extra customer service goes a long way.
What's the moral of this story? I'm not sure. But I do know I won't buy any
other products from La Cie in the future.
Bill Krauthammer
PS Please don't email or post about how good your La Cie product and service
has been. I'm not suggesting that they are not a good company or anything like
that. All I'm saying is that I've had a disappointing experience with them and
I'll be taking my business elsewhere in the future.
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Re: HELP: Need modem info for Duo 210
Summary: very hard to get a modem
Nntp-Posting-Host: silver.ucs.indiana.edu
Organization: Indiana University
Lines: 34
writes:
writes:
>Hi... what alternatives to the Express modem do Duo owners have ?
>Every place in town says they are back ordered, and part of the reason
>I want a laptop mac is so I can use it as a remote terminal from
>wherever I am, but I really would hate to have to wait 2 months to get
>a modem in or have to settle with 2400 baud.
If Apple didn't put out such a good product -- I'd gladly take my
business to -- to -- the 8-bit Ataris. I think the
situation with the Express modem is inexusable for any business.
I've had mine on order since January. Apple finally called me last
week -- to tell me that I should have it "by the second week of May."
In the meantime, I've been stuck with my Duo210 without the
connectability I needed it for. I'm sure there are plenty of people
who can bite back at me, citing all sorts of reasons why Apple is
right or at least justified, but I'm just a crabby consumer and
when I order a "Duo210 with modem" that's the product I expect.
Oh, well. It's not like it's limited to the computer biz. Remember
when the Miata came out? What about those Cabbage Patch Dolls? Well,
I want my toy! ;)
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SIMM vs DRAM
Organization: FidoNet node 1:2603/204.6 - Not Even Odd, Forest Hills NY
Lines: 9
Can anyone tell me what the difference is between a 256K DRAM chip and a
256K SIMM? I need the former to add memory to my Laserwriter
LS. Someone is offering to sell me 256K SIMMS he removed from an SE, but
I have a feeling this may not be the correct form of memory. The sockets
in the Laserwriter look like they want the spidery-shaped chips . Believe it or not, I've never actually seen a SIMM. Help appreciated.
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Re: OK to set 54 lbs on top of Centris 610???
Keywords: Centris
Nntp-Posting-Host: charm.urbana.mcd.mot.com
Organization: Motorola Computer Group, Urbana Design Center
Lines: 32
In article <>
writes:
> I recently purchased a Centris 610 and a Mirror Technologies 19 inch
> Mono monitor. I'm wondering if it is OK to set the monitor on top
> of the CPU. The monitor weighs 54 lbs.
>
> I've called Apple. The person I spoke with was not sure but was
> going to find out and call me back in a couple of days. That was
> over a week ago....
>
> If anybody knows, please respond via email as I don't always have time
> to read this group. Thanks.
>
> David Berk
>
Yea, thanks to lots of good information in this newsgroup, I was prepared
for lots of details .
I guess my biggest disappointment is the lack of detail in the written
specs and documentation. The case load spec is an example -- the setup
section says Apple 14" and 16" monitors can go on top, but 21" and other
big ones can't. Why couldn't they publish a maximum load?
Now if I can figure out if there's any hope using the "partition" button
on the hard disk setup utility ,
then maybe I can divide up the wealth among the family members a bit more
securly. The "getting more information" section of the manual suggested
trying other avenues before calling Apple, but didn't mention the net.
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Re: Apple 14" monitor
Organization: University of Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Lines: 4
Reply-To:
NNTP-Posting-Host: livy.ccs.itd.umich.edu
Originator:
this must be a FAQ from the very first days of the 13"RGB!!!!
and as for a better monitor for your $$, well, the NEC 4FG/3FGx are
pretty nice...
| comp.sys.mac.hardware |
New Duo Dock With Process
Lines: 15
Seth> I fail to see any advantage whatsoever with this kind of
set-up.
Seth> What a DUMB idea.
So don't buy one.
Kristen
This copy of Freddie 1.2.5 is being evaluated.
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Re: Cache card for IIsi
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
Lines: 64
NNTP-Posting-Host: mohawk.cs.utexas.edu
> Can some people with cache cards PLEASE post speedometer numbers they
> get with the cards. I have only one report, which seems to indicate
> that a 32K cache card gives you only about a 1% speedup!!
Ok. I have a record that shows a IIsi with and without a 64KB cache.
It's small enough that I will attach it.
I have also measured some real programs with and without the 64 KB
cache. The speedup varies a lot from app to app, ranging from 0% to
40%. I think an average of 20%-25% is about right. The subjective
difference is not great, but is sometimes noticable. A simple cache
card certainly does not transform a IIsi into something enormously
better. I do not have an FPU.
The conventional wisdom says that cache cards from all of the makers
offer about the same speedup and that there is not much difference
between 32K and 64K caches. I bought mine from Third Wave for well
under $150. I have had absolutely no problems at all with it.
If you get *complete* speedometer runs for a 32K cache, I'd like to
see them. Let's check the conventional wisdom! The so called
"Performance Rating" numbers by themselves are of no interest.
Cheers.
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| comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Serial Line connection between Duo 210 and PC???
Organization: DSO, Stanford University
Lines: 41
In article <> writes:
> I have tried almost everything under the sun to get a null modem connection
> between a Mac Duo 210 and a PC. I have used MacKermit and VersaTerm on
> the Mac side. I have used Procomm, Kermit, and Softerm on
> the PC side. I have used non-Hardware handshaking and hardware
> ahdshaking cables. And know MY hands are shaking from the effort. Nothing
> has allowed file transfers from the Mac to the PS.
..
> Could I hear from someone attesting that they can really pump information
> out the serial port of a Duo 210 fast? Like via a modem or via a
> sys-ex dump?
>
> Could anyone with a Duo help me out?? I am going absolutely INSANE.
> I wanna know if the problem is MY Duo, or all Duo 210s, or all Duos,
> or just me.
>
Hmmm... Sounds vaguely similar to a problem I had a long time ago when I was
trying to use Kermit. I was building a serial connection between my Duo 210
and my NeXT. I think the problem was in the handshaking. Basically, you need
to make sure that the handshaking protocol is the same on both sides. A safe
place to start is by selecting NO handshaking on either end. One problem is
that the Zilog serial chip seems to get permanently wedged if you talk to it
wrong, and only a reset will clear it. I don't know the specifics. But this
could be a nonlinearity that screws up your attempts at debugging the system.
It could very well be that you are doing things right--eventually-- but one
wrong move can screw up any further
correct actions, until the next machine reset. I have wedged my Mac and also
my NeXT that way.
Now I can send files back and forth between the Duo and the NeXT without any
problem, and at pretty high speeds too.
I don't know what kind of chip the PC uses, but I think the Zilog 8530 is
pretty standard.
Hope this helps,
-Avery
| comp.sys.mac.hardware |
SE rom
Keywords: roms, grayscale, select 300
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services
Lines: 32
I just bought a select 300 and rushed home to print
some grayscale pictures for my kids, when I discovered that
grayscale are not available if you are
using an SE...even if you are running with an '030 cpu.
You won't see this in the printer's docs, and the Apple
rep didn't mention it to our users group either. It seems
that SE ROMs won't support those "features". Okay, I
guess I should have somehow known that this was the case.
Let the buyer beware, huh Apple?
Be that as it may, I have been thinking about the
problem and I'm puzzled. Why can't a defencieny in the
ROM be made up for in software. I write software for a living
and I don't understand the "it just
can't be done" responses I've gotten from those I have
asked so far. Isn't Mode32, or somesuch piece of soft-
ware, just such a fix.
Anyway, I was hoping someone knowledgeable
about Mac internals could set me straight: is it simply
impossible for a mac SE to print grayscale, or could
someone armed with enough info and a little pro-
gramming experience cook something up that would
supplement the ROM's capabilities?
Also, how does one know if one's mac can
support the grayscale and photograde that the Select 300
is supposedly capable of?
Thanks for your help.
Bill Wright
| comp.sys.mac.hardware |
ADB Mouse II -- when?
Organization: USC-ISI
Lines: 11
Distribution: comp
NNTP-Posting-Host: tigger.isi.edu
When is Apple supposed to start bundlign the new ergonomic ADB Mouse
II with all CPUs sold?
jas
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| comp.sys.mac.hardware |
"Michael T. Callihan" <mc5o+@andrew.cmu.edu>"Full page" PB screen
Organization: Junior, Social & Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Lines: 31
NNTP-Posting-Host: po2.andrew.cmu.edu
Hi. I am working on a project for my marketing class and I'd like to
ask your help. The assignment is to come up with a product and create a
marketing plan for it. Technical issues are not terribly important at
this point. Well, my group's plan is to market a "full page" monitor
for laptop computers. It would be a third-party product to be installed
by authorized repair centers . The idea is that the screen would fold in such a way that you
would get twice the screen height of a normal screen . In fact, by adjusting the fold of the screen
and the monitor configuration, you could have regular OR "full" height.
The screen would probably be monochrome.
The motivation behind this is that laptop computers seem to be very
popular among business people. Business people also commonly use word
processing and spreadsheet applications for which it is very convenient
to see a large portion of the document. Because of the target users and
applications, color screens aren't really a neccessity. We could
hopefully keep the cost between $2000 and $3000.
Now, please don't write this off as completely ridiculous. I really
need some constructive feedback. So, if you would, please reply to me
via email and let me know:
1. If you would consider buying a "full page" laptop screen
2. How much you would be willing to pay for it
3. Any helpful commentaries on the idea
Also, if you take this idea and make a lot of money off it , please send me some.
Thanks in advance!!!
-Mike
| comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Re: Powerbook & Duo Batteries
Summary: I goofed!
Article-I.D.: usenet.C51so0.BDq
Distribution: na
Organization: Indiana University
Lines: 31
Nntp-Posting-Host: silver.ucs.indiana.edu
writes:
]In article <>,
] wrote:
>
> The program PowerStrip2.0, which is freeware, has an option called
> "Quick Discharge." You can find it on the Mac archives, probably
> sumex-aim.stanford.edu or mac.archive.umich.edu.
>>Is it a hidden option? I'm using PowerStrip 2.0 right now
>>and can't find any quick discharge option. It definitely is on
>>mac.archive.umich.edu 'cause I submitted it!
My apologies! I goofed. The "quick discharge" option is part of the
Connectix PowerBook Utilities package . I installed it the same
day as PowerStrip, and didn't pay enough attention. ;) Anyway, the
option does exist for those of you who buy CPU.
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Quadra 800 configurations??
Article-I.D.: slab.1ps093$f0u
Organization: Mount Holyoke College
Lines: 19
NNTP-Posting-Host: slab.mtholyoke.edu
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
I've noticed some of you mentioning owning a Quadra 800 8/230 with CD300
and 1meg of VRAM. It seems that this configuration was purchased
complete; that is, the CD300 and VRAM were already installed in the box.
I am interested in that exact configuration and will be buying with an
educational discount but have not found the CD300 bundled with any Q800
smaller than the 8/500.
If you bought or know how to buy the 8/230 with CD installed, please let
me know what you know via email:
send messages to
Thanks, all.
Diane Maluso
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voice messaging
Organization: University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
Lines: 16
You macinators who have used these voice messaging/FAX/data-modems. I
have a question. First what brand names do you recommend. Is the voice part as
reliable and understandable as the sellers claim? Approximately, how
much hard drive space does an average day of callers take up, if they
speak for one minute?
Any feed back would be appreciated. My company is looking at buying
one or two. Hey, I may buy one myself too.
Thanks in advance
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Re: PowerPC ruminations; was Re: LCIII->PowerPC?
Organization: Stanford University
Lines: 97
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: morrow.stanford.edu
In article <>,
writes:
>In article <>, writes:
>> In article <1qksuq$>,
>> writes:
>> |> Hi. I own an LCIII and I recently heard an interesting rumor.
>> |> I heard that the LCIII has a built in slot for a PowerPC chip.
>> |> Is this true? I heard that the slot is not the same as the PDS
>> |> slot. Is that true?
>> |>
>> |> Thanks
>> |> David Mirsky
>> |>
>>
>> Well, I also have an LC III. Popping the top revealed:
>>
>> One "socket" for an additional VRAM SIMM
>>
>> One "socket" for a 72-pin RAM SIMM
>>
>> One socket for a flat-pack FPU
>>
>> A processor-direct slot identical to the LC/LC II, but with
>> an additional set of connetions to one side (for the full 32-bit
>> data path that the LC/LC II lacked
>>
>> That's it. I guess a board with a PowerPC chip could be made that would fit
>> in the PDS, but that's the only place.
>>
>So, will it be possible to have a NuBus or PDS PowerPC upgrade, or will it
>require a logic board swap? It would be interesting for Apple to come out with
>a NuBus PowerPC that allowed use of the CPU's 680x0, like RocketShare. But I
>guess that's getting a bit fantastic!
>
>I was wondering, since MacWeek reported that developers were 'seeded' with
>PowerPCs on a NuBus card.
>
>Also, any word on machine arrivals or estimated speed? Last I heard, the
>estimates were around 3-4 times the speed of a Quadra in native RISC mode. I
>heard an Apple employee mumble something about the arrival of PowerPC machines
>at a much earlier date that Q1 94, but I doubt it's true.
>
>Finally, is the PowerPC developer's CD 'mini-course' available? I saw it
>advertised in the developer's university calendar, and I'd like to know if it's
>at all *interesting*.
>
>Sean
>--------------
>
Radius speculated, publicly, that they could provide a PowerPC-based
Rocket for existing Macs. It would have the plus of RocketShare and
the minus of NuBus accelerators - no true boot off the accelerator,
NuBus bottleneck to video and other I/O.
Apple, it seems, will not compete with third parties here -- except
perhaps for not-yet-available Macs like Cyclone, where a PowerPC
slot might be advertised. Look for Daystar and such to make PowerPC
accelerators.
One potential problem with any accelerator, though, is that it will
need a ROM companion and Apple has licensed only Radius, with
Rocketshare, to use any of its proprietary code.
Apple is, between the lines, trying to let us know that PowerPC Macs
will have simplified logic boards due to the magical nature of RISC
and that these boards should be much cheaper to build than those in
existing 68040 Macs. Perhaps, then, we'll see groundbreaking
prices in Mac-logic board upgrades, much the same way we've seen
much cheaper high-performance CPUs this year.
First generation PowerPCs, 98601s, will also hopefully have socketed
CPUs so that they'll be chip upgradeable to 98604s a year later.
This should be possible in much the same way that 486s can be pulled
for clock doublers. If there is too much technical baggage to do
this, perhaps we can have CPU daughterboard, a la Powerbook, as
standard to facilitate better CPU upgrades. This is an area where
Apple has fallen far behing the Intel-based world. Perhaps catchup
is in order.
By the way, last week's PC week had an excellent story on PowerPC,
Pentium, MIPS R4000, DEC Alpha . Worth reading for technojunkies.
Also, the latest PC has a cover story on Pentium. Read it, and all
the other stories about how Intel is unstoppable and preeminent
right now.
Once anyone is this secure, they are due to fall. Intel's market
position will never again be as dominant as it is today . The competition from all fronts is gearing up for an awesome
battle. Apple users should be excited that PowerPC, while not
guaranteed dominance, is a guaranteed winner, even if its one of
several.
Mark
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Re: The C650 fan is NOISY! Any solutions?
Article-I.D.: clark.1993Apr6.213229.26970
Organization: Clark College, Vancouver, Wa. USA
Lines: 18
In article <> writes:
>Is it me, my 650, or all 650s? It doesn't seem to broken. It isn't making
>grinding noises or anything, it's just LOUD! Much louder that the fan in
>the IIci I just sold.
>
>Anybody else have this problem? How about a solution? Is there a good
>replacement fan that's a lot quieter but moves the same air? Any easy
>way to insulate the sound but not the cooling air?
I can't even hear the fan on my 650.....gee I wonder if its working.....yup,
just checked, its exhausting air out the back just fine.
Gary
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Re: x86 ~= 680x0 ??
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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writes:
>I'm sure Intel and Motorola are competing neck-and-neck for
>crunch-power, but for a given clock speed, how do we rank the
>following :
> 486 68040
> 386 68030
> 286 68020
Not a good idea to compare processor power. Doesn't make sense for real
world applications. At least not for totally different lines of processors.
>While you're at it, where will the following fit into the list:
> 68060
> Pentium
> PowerPC
>And about clock speed: Does doubling the clock speed double the
>overall processor speed? And fill in the __'s below:
> 68030 @ __ MHz = 68040 @ __ MHz
At least for x86 systems doubling the clock speed increases performance
by about 70% .
>Thanks very much. I'd appreciate hearing any further explanations
>from any experienced folks out there, too!
>
>P.S. Folks have been having trouble replying to me lately with the "reply"
> command. Try typing my address by hand and it should work. Thanks!
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Cache Card and Optimum Memory Settings?
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Here's a question that may be simple enough to answer, but has stumped
myself and a few others:
What does an external RAM cache card do for you if you already have a large
cache set in your SIMMs?
EX: I have a Mac IIci with 20 meg RAM, an external video card , and the default Apple cache card .
Say I have my cache set at 2 MEG, what good does a measly 32K do me on the
cache card? Could it actually slow things down by dividing the cache
between the card and the SIMM's? Or does it still speed things up by
providing a 'secondary staging' area for data normally passed directly into
the SIMM RAM cache?
I'm confused because it seems like cache cards are so low in memory to
really do any good compared to what you can set yourself. Yet, Daystar
FastCache has numbers which show around a 30% performance boost on some
operations. Are the chips on the cache card simply faster than most SIMM
accesses?
Please help, I'm trying to find the optimum memory settings for the IIci
system described in the EX above.
--patrick
| comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Apple 13" giong brighter
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Organization: Ostfold Regional College
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My Apple 13" RGB monitor has over the past few months gone brighter and
brighter and the colors are not as rich as before. Has anyone out there
encountered a similar problem? Dows anyone happen to know what this problem
may be due to?
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Re: Cache card for IIsi
Organization: Harris CSD, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: rcx1.ssd.csd.harris.com
In article <>, writes:
> Hi, I bought a while ago a Cache Card w/ FPU from Techworks. It was 219$.
> I think that was the cheapest I ever saw.
As of last week, Mac's Place had the Applied Engineering QuickSilver card
on sale for $99.00 .
Regular price is $199.
No idea if this is still going on, but I can get the phone no. if anyone is
interested .
-Jim Burmeister
| comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Toshiba 3401 E and P CD-ROM
Summary: need info on what difference is and where to find 3401P or E
Keywords: toshiba, cd, cd-rom, cd rom
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.
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I notice the Toshiba 3401 has 3 versions, B - internal, E - external and P -
portable. Can anyone tell me the difference between the portable and the
external version? Where in the SF Bay Area can I find a model P?
Thanks, --Bill
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PowerVision for PB's
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
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X-Posted-InterNews
Hi,
I'm in the market for an internal color video adaptor for my PB 145. I
was wondering if anyone has used the PowerVision adaptor made by
Mirror. If so, can you tell me how feel about the speed and
compatability of it? I might also be interested in other boards by
Envisio etc., so if you have such a board please e-mail your opinion of
it. Thanks in advance.
John
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68040 Specs.
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Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: wpi.wpi.edu
I'd appreciate it greatly if someone could E-mail me the following:
1) Specs for the 68040
2) Specs for the 68060 with estimated cost, release date, etc...
I'm interested in speeds, systems it can run ,
costs, bus info, register info. All the technical info.
I am hoping that the 68040 can win yet another battle against the intel people.
:) Thanks for any info you can give.
Thanks.
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Re: Duo 230 crashes aftersleep
Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland, College Park
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NNTP-Posting-Host: orbit.src.umd.edu
I do not have this type of problem, but at one point an Apple rep
told me that Duo's "System Enabler" file version 1.0.1 fixes some
kind of sleep-related problem. You may want to investigate this...
-Josip Loncaric
| comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Re: Educational Pricing
Article-I.D.: jaguar.1993Apr15.134938.1
Organization: Washington State University
Lines: 27
In article <>, writes:
>>you can find retail that is within the price of a keyboard of educational
>>prices.
I would be very wary of retail outlets selling as cheap as educational prices!
I went for a retailer, actually mail order , because its price
was better thant the campus computer store. I found out why later on when I
tried to get a repair done at an Apple registered repair center - the CPU was a
resale. The serial number had been removed and replaced with a non-standard
number . Consequently, the Apple repair man could
not do ANY warrenty repairs. So I ended up with just a 90day warrenty from CDA
over the Apple 12month warrenty. Boy, was I pi**ed! Moral of the story, CAVEAT
EMPTOR.
However, if you go with a reliable, trustworthy mail order firm , you will probably
get a better price than your local educational outlet simply because mail order
out of state does not REQUIRE sales tax yet. Though for how much longer remains
to be seen. The addition in sales tax on a CPU purchase will probably wipe out
an educational discount. Again CAVEAT EMPTOR, some mail order companies DO
include sales tax on purchases even if they are out of state, so check!
Richard.
\\\\/ Richard J Appleyard
/o o\ Washington State University
) Voice 335-7728 Fax 335-9688
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ADB and graphics tablet help!
Organization: Institute Of Systems Science, NUS
Lines: 13
Help!!!
I have an ADB graphicsd tablet which I want to connect to my
Quadra 950. Unfortunately, the 950 has only one ADB port and
it seems I would have to give up my mouse.
Please, can someone help me? I want to use the tablet as well as
the mouse .
Thanks in advance.
Tai Hou TNG
Singapore
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Monitor recommendation Needed
Summary: Which one larger than 14"?
Organization: Multimedia Software Technology Group
Lines: 16
I have finally decided to update my SE :-)).
I am planning on buying a Centris 610-8/230 CD.
Now, what monitor should I get? Here are a few
guidelines:
My wife uses PageMaker occasionally, I use Excel sometimes
and I do alot of Telecommuting from home to work. We both
do Word processing. Greater than 14 inches.
I have looked at the Radius Color Pivot. This can be bought for
under $1000. I have heard good things about the E-Machines T-16,
the older model not the new T-16 II. How about the Super Mac 17T?
These both can be had for a little over $1000. Any others??
Garry
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Marcus Bointon <>Sony 1304S problems Info please!
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X-Xxdate: Sat, 17 Apr 93 22:48:46 GMT
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Organization: Sound Impressions
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Anyone out there have a Sony 1304S?
I have one, and it's very nice, however - If I run it in 16" mode, the
picture won't
go very big. I end up with about 1" gap either side, and .5" top &
bottom. I suspect
an internal adjustment would fix this. Anyone tried it?
Another problem is sub-brightness: Areas that are meant to be black are not very black. The real raster is quite visible when the
screen is blanked.
This is not too severe, but it is just not as good as other Trini screens
I have
used. If I turn the brightness/contrast down so that the raster is not
visible, the
real image virtually disappears!
The raster size is just right if I use 1024*768, but 100dpi+ is a bit too
much!
Oh, and I am using a RasterOps 24XLi card.
Thanks
Marcus Bointon
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Re: x86 ~= 680x0 ??
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
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Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: leghorn.engin.umich.edu
In article <> writes:
>I believe it goes or will go:
>680060
>powerPC
>Pentium
>680040
>486
>680030
>386
>680020
>286=680000
>
I think this kind of comparison is pretty useless in general. The
processor is only good when a good computer is designed around it adn the
computer is used in its designed purpose. Comparing processor speed is
pretty dumb because all you have to do is just increase the clock speed
to increase speed among other things.
I mean how can you say a 040 is faster than a 486 without
giving is operational conditions? Can you say the same when
you are running a program that uses a lot of transidental functions.
Knowing that 040 does not have transidental functions building in to
its FPU and 486 does, can you say that 040 is still faster?
Anyway, I hope people do not decided upon wether a computers
is good or not solely on its processor. Or how fast a processor is
based on its name, because one can alway do a certain things to a
processor to speed it up.
But if we restrict our arguements to, for example, pure
processor architectural issues. Or how one processor will work
well and another will not based on its design, then we can get
somewhere with our discussions.
- Chung Yang
>In a resent article in one of the macMags I think a 50mHz 030 accelerator was
> slightly slower than a 25mHz 040 accel. But, this is using a system designed
> for the 030. So, It stands to reason that a system designed for an 040 ie
> quadra) would do better. So overall I'd figure 040 = 030 * 2.5 or so.
> Along the same lines the new POwerPC stuff is supposed to run the system
> at the level of a fast quadra, but system 8 or whatever will allow 3 times the
> speed of a 040 in the powerPC based systems. and wait for the 680060. I think
> it laps the pentium.
>
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Re: Half-page hand scanners?
Organization: University of Washington
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NNTP-Posting-Host: carson.u.washington.edu
The Logitech ScanMan 32 is a nice unit, compact and effective it will
bring in graphics with surprisingly good quality. Note that its effective
resolution in grey scale mode is only about 72 dpi. If you don't intend
to magnify a graphic, it works fine. A true 256 level gray scanner would
work better for images.
I've seen the ScanMan go for as little as $100 used. It is a reasonable buy
at that price. Higher end hand scanners are almost as expensive as used
flat bed scanners. Here is Seattle, the paper shows occasional good bargains
in the classifieds. Used color flat beds have been seen as lows as $500 lately.
Grey scale flatbeds come in around $300-$350.
| comp.sys.mac.hardware |
FOR SALE: Ethernet board / 24 bit Supermac Combo
Article-I.D.: news2.C51oH4.42y
Organization: U of M
Lines: 26
X-Xxmessage-Id: <>
X-Xxdate: Mon, 5 Apr 93 04:29:34 GMT
Nntp-Posting-Host: dialup-slip-1-6.gw.umn.edu
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Gene's stuff for sale...NEW PRICES!!!
The following items are for sale:
Qty. Description List Price
________________________________________________________________________
1 SuperMac ColorLink SX/T 24 bit NuBUS/10BASE-T 750.00 _549.00_
This card is primo! selling for $675 mailorder
It suports monitors up to 19 in. with 28" x 28"
virtual desktop. Accelerated, hardware pan, etc!
This quick sale price includes free 2nd day air!
1 Seagate ST1480 430 meg 3.5 in HD 2 mo. old 989.00 675.00
NOTE: All hardware is in normal working order. Prices do NOT include
shipping. All items shipped COD or pre-paid
Sold:
1 IIsi NuBUS adapter card with FPU 189.00 _115.00_
For any items please contact:
Gene Naftulyev
or call 942-0134
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updated keyboard question for the plus
Organization: Illinois State University
Lines: 44
I have an old Mac Plus. A couple of years ago I bought a shiney new lc.
It came with apple's new keyboard . i replaced it with
a mac-pro-plus extended keyboard .
well, i have this extra keyboard which i would like to use on the plus
but there's a little problem. the plus uses an rj-11 jack for keyboard
input and the new keyboards don't. i got an extra adb cable from my
local apple dealer , but they couldn't tell
me the order of the wires.
there are four wires in the adb cables: black, white, red, tan. I know
one's a ground, one gets the serial signal, one supplies 5 volts, and
i forgot what the fourth one does. anyway, if you hook them up wrong
you'll fry a board and i <really> don't want to do <that>.
if any brave souls out there have done this before, please e-mail your
experience directly to me. i would greatly appreciate it especially
since apple's original keyboard is not . . . ergonomically correct.
btw, i did take apart my new keyboard to see if i could find the
correlation between the wires for the rj-11 jack and the adb since it
has both, but no such luck . Oh, well . . .
one more thing: in case you are thinking that the ABD ports on the
newer models are different from the connection used on the plus---
you're right. however, you can use the telephone cable from the plus
and connect the mac-pro-plus keyboard via its own rj-11 jack. in
other words, this little engineering feat i wish to do *is* possible.
it's merely a matter of finding out the correct order.
omt, when i get this to work, i definitely will post the solution
so others can, too. thanx for the input.
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re: Dead mouse ?
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont CA 91711
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