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On 4/20/93, Tim Keanini was heard to say regarding "Mac SCSI spec?:"     TK> From: blast@nntp.crl.com (Tim   TK> Keanini)   TK>    TK> I have a MacIIFX and I know that it is wired about its SCSI chain.   TK>    TK> I just bought a drive and I need to find out a few hardcore SCSI   TK> question:   TK>    TK> Does the IIFX SCSI chain want to see active or passive termination?   TK>    TK> Does the IIFX SCSI spec want me to enable the initiation of the SDTR   TK> message?   TK>    TK> WHat does the IIFX SCSI spec want as far as parity checking?   TK>    TK> These are some very good questions for the FAQ. If someone does not   TK> have time to answer these questions but does know where I can look   TK> them up please let me know and I will repost the answers for everyone   TK> to see.   TK>         Read TechNote #273...it deals with more than any sane person wants to know about the IIfx's SCSI....
I recently bought a PLI 21mgbyte floptical drive, and I was very happy  with it until I tried to use it to format a 1.4 HD diskette. I put the HD floppy in my Superdrive to check that the floptical had formatted it correctly, and now my Superdrive refuses to recognize ANY floppy (it says "this disk is unreadable" and asks if I want to format it) even original systems floppies from Apple. Nor will it format the disks if I try to ("initialization failed!")  Strangely enough the floptical still reads both the 21 MB and 1.4 HD disks, but I cant look at my 800k floppies, and if I have a crash I'm screwed because the Floptical can't be used as a start-up disk.  PLI has been unresponsive.  Any ideas? Has this happened to anyone before? I was looking for an inexpensive storage solution, and now I am looking at an expensive repair.  Help! respond to this thread, or email mfeldman@acs.bu.edu
In article <27837.2BD08C3A@zeus.ieee.org> Michael.Ameres@f204.n2603.z1.fidonet.org (Michael Ameres) 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
I have an old Apple RGB Monitor for a IIGS which looks a whole lot like the 12" Monitor.  I have the sneaking suspicion that if I had the right cable I could use it on my Mac.  Does anyone know if my suspicions are correct or am I just full of it.
What do I need to do to be able to run an NEC 3FGx in 800x 600 mode on my IIci?  Can it be done with the right video card?  If so, which video card?
I recently aquired a Quantum Q250 harddisk. It is a 50 meg 5.25" mechanism. It is SCSI. I have a few questions and a few problems. First there seems to be an extra connector socket on the back that I can't figure out what it is for. The address is set by some jumpers on the bottom so I don't think it is for that. Any ideas?  Second, it would be nice to get a hardware manual for the drive. There are a lot of jumpers on it that we don't know what they are for.  Third, I have got the drive to format. It took a while to get things to work and most of it is fine for now. The formating initialy was troublesome but seems to be ok. The main problem is if you do a reset on the MacPlus the drive disappears. If I shut the mac off and then back on agian then the drive comes up fine. Any ideas.  Please reply to one of the email addresses below.  Thanks
I have to increase the memory in a Plus or SE (I'm not sure which since I haven't seen it yet). I did this a few years ago but I no longer have the instructions. I forget which resistor needs to be cut to go from 1 to 4 Mbs.
Here is the story: I have a network with 4 Macs on Localtalk. One of them has an Ethernet Card, and is currently connected to a NeXT (don't laugh I got it for the price of a Mac IIsi). The NeXT is connected to the internet over SLIP running on a 9600 baud modem.  Currently, we can telnet from the Mac w/ Ethernet to the NeXT, and then telnet out again to the rest of the world.  What we want to know is if there is some sort of hardware that will route telnet sessions from the Localtalk Macs to the NeXT via the Ethernet Mac. From what we have heard, AIR doesn't do the trick.  Software solutions would be good too, but my impression is that there aren't going to be any.  Our immediate interest is to be able to get to the NeXT and telnet out again. The SLIP connection doesn't allow us to assign IP numbers to machines, so everyone shares that 1 number...oh well...  thanks in advance.
In article <C5w3oL.IF7@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> hades@Dartmouth.Edu writes: >ns111310@LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Nathaniel Sammons) writes: > >>Alas, this is a funny system, it SOUNDS like a good deal, but this is a  >>Centris 650, 4MB (on the motherboard) 4MB SIMM, 80MB HD, NO ETHERNET >>and NO COPROCESSOR (well, actually it's a 68LC040 instead of a 68RC040, >>'just had to say that to keep people from saying "there is no such thing >>as an '040 without a coprocessor, since the FPU is built into the chip") > >    Actually, there such a thing as an '040 without a coprocessor. It's >called the 68LC040. This is a redesign of the full 040 (which people are >calling the 68RC040, although I have been told by a number of people >that Motorola doesn't call the full '040 that) without the integrated >FPU hardware. It just isn't there. >  That's what the pseudo-disclaimer is supposed to say, sorry for the confusion.  -nate
What can people tell me about apple's new keyboard, the one that is designed to be more ergonomically friendly? I have begun to experience wrist and hand pains using a standard keyboard, and using a powerbook. What can people with similar experiences tell me? Replies to email please. Paul G.
In <1qsfak$skc@network.ucsd.edu> dpb@sdchemw2.ucsd.edu (Doug P. Book) writes:  >But, the following games only play out of the left channel:  ...  >But still, STEREO system beeps do play in stereo, through BOTH speakers.  Mac sound hardware is diverse; some macs play in stereo and mix the output (the SE/30 for instance) while others play in stereo but ONLY has the left channel for the speaker, while some are "truly" mono (like the LC)  Developers know that stuff played in the left channel is guaranteed to be heard, while the right channel isn't. Some send data to both, some only send data to the left channel (the first is preferrable, of course)  Cheers,  					/ h+
Joseph M. Kasanic <jmk13@po.cwru.edu> writes:  >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.  I'm assuming that you are referring to the 1304S, correct?  What kind of flaws have been reported?  I've been using mine for about 6-7 months now, and I haven't noticed any problems.  Might they develop later, or did I get lucky and snag a good monitor?  Just Curious, john
aep@world.std.com (Andrew E Page) writes: >   I can get the mac to go to sleep, but I can't make seem to  >make it wake up with SetWUTime().  The PowerBook 170 hardware doesn't have a wakeup timer.  Nor does the 140. The Mac Portable had one, and I think the PowerBook 100 had one.  I don't know about the newer PowerBooks, but I kind of doubt it.  I got bit by this too, and it took my a while rooting around on the developer CD before I found this out.
does anyone have any good code to drive the serial port in syncronos mode? I really need it BAD  TIA
In article <egaillou.734894813@miniac> egaillou@etu.gel.ulaval.ca (Eric Gailloux) writes: >I just read an article on the SWII. One thing puzzles me: the article says the >SWII is a serial-only device. Does that mean I'll have to unplug my modem each >time I want to print something???  No.  Plug the printer in the printer port, and the modem in the modem port. ;)
In article <1993Apr3.010808.3589@afterlife.ncsc.mil> mlbelan@afterlife.ncsc.mil (Mark Belangee) writes: > >Greetings, oh, wise netters..  (Oops.. That's the oracle..Sorry..) > >Anyhow, I have a basic question that I cannot answer.. Just *where* in the >heck can I buy a ADB cable??  Mine on my trackball is shot.. and I haven't >been able to find a replacement anywhere..  Unless I'm looking in the >wrong mail order catalogs.... > >Anyone have any ideas? (Places/prices/just make it myself?) > > >-Mark > >mlbelan@afterlife.ncsc.mil  You should be able to pick up an ADB cable at any computer wiring store... I'd give you the address of Alberta Computer cable in Calgary, but a: I'm in Victoria (B.C., Canada) and b: I don't think an address in Calgary would help you too much....basically however I just phoned them up, and they charged me approx. $15 cnd for a custom made ADB extension cable for my mouse.  Hope this helps...
>> >>We'll be releasing a whole new suite of QuickDraw GX-related docs. If >>you're going to be at the WWDC next month you'll get a preliminary >version >>of most of this documentation on the CD. We're talking multiple >thousands >>of pages, I'm afraid; GX (comprising graphics, layout and printing) >has >>LOTS of new API calls and other functionality, all of which need >documenting... >> >>Dave Opstad >>GX Line Layout Weenie  Does GX take the place of 32 bit QD or add to it? Right now 32 bit is kinda aesthetically a pain in a few places because of hacks upon hacks to maintain compatibility with original QD---I think of things like where you have to cast CGrafPorts to GrafPorts and such. It would be a lot cleaner to ditch this entire mess and start over---do we get that?
Some pixels on my PB 140 display disappear intermittently.  They are not in a particular place but random.  If anybody has suggestions I would appreciate e-mailings.  Thanks.
In article <1r1aaaINNt3d@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> cam@athena.mit.edu (Daniel Cameron Daly) writes: >I have a PB 100 that I might be selling soon to upgrade to a Duo before >graduation, to take advantage of the educational discount.  To those who >have recently bought or sold a PB 100, what kind of price did you get? >Info on any config of PB100 appreciated.  Thanks. > >--  >Cam Daly     Cam,  Several months ago I bought a 4/40 PB100 with external floppy, AppleTalk Remote Access, a Kensington case and AC adapter with complete documentation and in almost new condition, used for US$900. I considered it a very good buy and am very *cosy* with my little baby now... :-)  Murray
I'm having a real tough time finding out the proper adapters to use a VGA monitor (an IBM 8513 sold w/ many PS/2's to be exact) on the Mac LC III.  All of the vendors I have called say that the internal video will not work on a true VGA monitor but will work on a IBM Compatible multisync like the sony's or the NEC monitors.  I thought the VGA capability of LCIII was very attractive because it allowed you to use inexpensive VGA monitors.  Am I confused or are these vendors just not up to speed?  Has anyone used an LCIII with a non multisync VGA monitor and if so where did you get your adapter (please be specific w/ vendor and cat #)?  I would prefer to get a apple monitor for these LCIII's (it's unseemly to see the finder inside an IBM bezel) but the more money we save on monitors the more LCIII's we can afford and the more PS/2's we can get rid of!
Hi, I bought a while ago a Cache Card w/ FPU from Techworks. It was 219$. I think that was the cheapest I ever saw.
In article <tecot.735093703@Xenon.Stanford.EDU> tecot@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Edward M. Tecot) writes: >>A professor of mine once said "The difference between a Computer Engineer and >>a Computer Scientist is about $5000" meaning the Engineer makes $5000 more than >>P.S. The $5000 is not just a joke >>Scott > >For the most part, this is a bunch of bunk.  I've got a Computer Engineering >degree, yet I've spent the last 7 years writing software that people actually >use.  Moreover, the salary distinctions are incorrect; I received 3 job offers >upon graduation; the two jobs that actually used my hardware experience were >$7000/year lower!  My advice is to decide which classes and projects most >interest you, and pick the major that allows you to take them. > >_emt  	Well here is my $0.02 worth.  Advice from a grad student.  	I agree with the gentlemen who wrote the comment before me. The important thing is pick what ever interest you the most and  learn as much as possible about it.    	In my five years of education in this field, though brief  compare to alot of people, I had to think about this kind of  question a lot.  Did I make the right decision in going into Electrical Engineering as opposed to Computer engineering or CS?  The more I go thru school, the more I believe that this kind of question is irrelevant.     	I have come to believe that choosing CS because one  does not like hardware or choosing hardware because one does not like to program is really doing an injustice of building and computer and making it useful for something.  Everything is interwoven and inseparable.  CS, CE, and EE are all a  part of a really great discipline and do depend on each other.  	My advice is don't limit yourself, but make a decision based on which major will give you the best opportunities to  learn.  That of course depends on the curriculum at your  persective school.  I would choose a major that allows me to explore as much as possible.  Beside, I don't know why the school would make a student choose a major before her/his sophamore year.                    	Hey you may be so interested in this field that you  decided to learn all about the making of computers in which  case, you suffer a little more and go to grad school.  	About the money.  Don't look at the averages, if you are good, you are going to earn more money than anyone else.  If you are a superstar programmer, you will earn millions.   Like wise if you are a hotshot computer designers.
In article <1993Apr23.060059.7894@leland.Stanford.EDU> avery@gestalt.Stanford.EDU (Avery Wang) writes:  > Hi- > Do any of you hardware gurus out there know what kind of memory architecture   > Apple uses in the powerbook Duos?  Or in the powerbook in general? >  > What are the factors that make the Duo 210 so slow compared to a desktop   > machine running the same processor at the same speed (25MHz 68030)?  How many   > wait states are in the memory system, etc?  What kind of a data bus does it   > use?  32-bit or 16-bit?   >      Huh?  Where did you get this idea from?  I think you got this backwards.  The Duo's memory is faster than its equivalent desktop machine by 5-10% (and the rest of the powerboks). I think the explanation for this was that it can refresh faster (in 2 instead of 5 cycles I believe).  Things that could affect performance would be factors such as use of functions enhanced in the FPU (which the Duo doesn't have undocked).  Extensions and background applications can slow your computer down too.  Real life differences in speed are likely to be influence by the software you are running, what kind of screen depth you are running etc.  Espen
In article <1qpn8uINNjs8@stimpy.css.itd.umich.edu>, bchuang@css.itd.umich.edu (Ben Chuang) wrote: >  > Here is the story: > I have a network with 4 Macs on Localtalk. One of them has an > Ethernet Card, and is currently connected to a NeXT (don't laugh > I got it for the price of a Mac IIsi). The NeXT is connected > to the internet over SLIP running on a 9600 baud modem. >  > Currently, we can telnet from the Mac w/ Ethernet to the NeXT, > and then telnet out again to the rest of the world. >  > What we want to know is if there is some sort of hardware that > will route telnet sessions from the Localtalk Macs to the NeXT > via the Ethernet Mac. From what we have heard, AIR doesn't do > the trick. >  > Software solutions would be good too, but my impression is that > there aren't going to be any. >  > Our immediate interest is to be able to get to the NeXT and telnet > out again. The SLIP connection doesn't allow us to assign IP numbers > to machines, so everyone shares that 1 number...oh well... >     What you need is a hardware router such as EtherRoute/TCP made by Compatable Systems ($1400).  This will allow you to connect your Localtalk network (4 Macs) to your Ethernet network (NeXT and Ethernet Mac).  It will route TCP/IP protocol between the two networks.  Software routers are also available for less money, but I'm not sure if they work with TCP/IP.
Someone asked me if I there existed an init that removes the dialog    "you're gonna disconnect all apletalk users " or something like that, when the powerbook falls asleep.  He said he was sure that such a thing existed, and he thought it was freeware. Can anyone help me out with this ?
In article <93759@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt8798a@prism.gatech.EDU (Anthony S. Kim) writes: >I remember someone mention about a 150meg syquest.  Has anyone else >heard anything about this?  I'd be interested in the cost per megabyte and the >approximate cost of the drive itself and how they compare to the Bernoulli 150.  I think you must be talking about the Syquest 105 (code named Mesa I believe). It is a 3.5" Winchester technology drive pretty much like the other Syquest drives in terms of how it works. According to the latest MacLeak, the  drive has a 14.5 ms access time, 1.9 MB/s sustained throughput (these figures are from memory so they could be slightly off, but they give you an idea of performance nonetheless). The drive was originally released for the PC and just recently was released for the Mac world (don't ask me what the  differences are) and through they are currently in limited supply, according to a Syquest rep. they are in the process of ramping up for mass production. I have already seen them advertised by a number of manufacturers in MacLeak including PLI, MassMicro, ClubMac, and MacWarehouse's PowerUser. The PLI and MassMicro units are priced at just around $1000; the lesser name brands are going for around $750 for an external drive. Cartridges which hold  105 MB sell for about $80 each. At these prices, the drives and cartridges are cheaper and better performing than the 88MB drives. Cost per megabyte compares favorably with other cartridge drives and Bernoulli drives, but for large amounts of data optical is still cheaper, and more reliable.  Personally, I'm excited by the new drive and look forward to  getting my hands on one. -Chris Wand  --
bredell@tdb.uu.se (Mats Bredell) writes:  >It was a paper from Apple Sweden that announced some new products (the new >docking station was only one of them), and the paper arrived before it showed >up on the price list. I don't know if it's still called the "DuoDock Plus" >in the price list, it could be a mistake by someone at Apple Sweden.      Ah... Ok. I didn't realize that you were talking about an Apple division other than AppleUS. AppleUS, being the main division, is the one that contains what most people feel are the correct names and configurations for the majority of Apple customers, and it is generally assumed that you are talking about AppleUS when you just say Apple. At least that's how it has always been in this newsgroup. All other Apple divisions are, apparantly, free to change names and configurations if they feel like it. I know that Apple Canada does this kind of stuff all the time. It's not a mistake, it's Apple Sweden giving a different name to an Apple product other than what AppleUS calls it.
In article <cassidy.72.0@elan.rowan.edu> Kyle Cassidy, cassidy@elan.rowan.edu writes: >this is a bad idea. my machine is on 24 hours a day, but it's actually  >_doing_ things 24 hours a day. i use it as an all purpose alarm clock,  >scheduler, i've got routines that run in the middle of the night, phone  >calls it makes during the day when i'm out. if your machine is _on_ 24 hours  >a day, then you can count on it to be _working_ 24 hours a day. i could call  >it from work and download a file that i might need, i could call it from  >work and have it turn the lights on if i'm going to be late (oops, more  >wasted electricity -- but conversely, i could have it turn the lights  >_off_). heck, i suppose i could even connect the microwave and have dinner  >ready when i get there. > >oh well. nevermind. i'm just babbling.
In article <C5MqK0.F29@liverpool.ac.uk> wis@liverpool.ac.uk (Mr. W.I. Sellers) writes: >Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey (higgins@fnalf.fnal.gov) wrote: >: In article <C5KzLs.KKB@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>, hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Brian V. Hughes) writes: >: > mmiller@garnet.msen.com (Marvin Miller) writes: >: >>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?  > >: > The LC family of Macs can only >: > use PDS cards. They are not able to use NuBus. > >: Ah, but why?  Can some technically-hip Macslinger tell us what the >: difference is between PDS and Nubus?   > >: Is it impossible to make a gadget that plugs into PDS and ends in a >: Nubus card cage?  At least, Marvin's friend has not been able to >: locate one and neither have I.  What is the fundamental reason for >: this? > >I think that there do exist NuBus expansion cages (I'm sure I've seen >them advertised occassionally), but I think that the main problem is that >they cost much more than the difference in price between say a LC and IIvx >so unless you need lots of NuBus slots its not worth the bother. > >(Of course, it may be that these extra boxes are so expensive because >no one buys them because they are so expensive...) > >NuBus technology isn't a special Apple Proprietry thing (I have this >sneaky feeling that it is licensed from Texas Instruments???) so there >is no problem building an expansion box.  Apple uses the IEEE Nubus-90 standard for their 32 bit backplane bus. (I got this from a technote that I reada couple of weeks ago)  >>>>>>>>>>other stuff deleted<<<<<<<<<  Hope this helps, Bret Chase
Hello,   I just got some SIMMs,  at least one of which does not work. I don't know if  there is a software that can test SIMMs thoroughly or I could just rely on the  RAM test performed by my computer during the start up. When I installed a dead  SIMM into an LC or  an LC II, there would be a strange music and no display on  the screen. Why? I need your help! Thanks in advance