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In <1r1d2r$baf@umcc.umcc.umich.edu> dlc@umcc.umcc.umich.edu (David Claytor) writes:   >BTW, I've heard that the System Install CD can be used to boot the mac; >however, my drive will NOT accept a CD caddy is the machine is off.  How can >you boot with it then?
Does anyone know who makes a cable or adapter that is wired according to Apple's specs that forces the external output on LC's and the Powerbook's 160/180 and Duo 230 into a true VGA style output signal? The NEC Adapter does not do this since their monitors are multisync they just route the signal into the correct pinout but do not switch the Macs output into VGA mode.  Do I have to make one of these or does someone already have one made-up??  The following is the Apple spec for the LC cpu VGA Cable adapter. I'm assuming that the Powerbooks/Duos will work with the same adapter(?);   Macintosh LC to VGA   The Macintosh LC can supply a 640 x 480, VGA timed signal for use with VGA monitors by using an adapter cable.  The standard Macintosh LC supports VGA to 16 colors, and with the optional 512K VRAM SIMM, the VGA monitor is supported to 256 colors.   Note:     The Macintosh LC supplies signals capable of driving TTL level           inputs.  However, some low impedance input VGA monitors do not work           with the Macintosh LC.   To connect a Macintosh LC to a VGA monitor, you need to make an adapter cable from the Macintosh LC video connector to the VGA monitor.  Following is the pinout description for the adapter cable:   Macintosh LC        VGA Video Connector     Pin     Signal Name ---------------     ----    ----------- 1                   6       Red ground 2                   1       Red video signal 5                   2       Green video signal 6                   7       Green ground 9                   3       Blue video signal 13                  8       Blue ground 15                  13      /HSYNC 12                  14      /VSYNC 14                  10      HSYNC ground 7,10                nc      SENSE1 & SENSE2 tied together   VGA monitors are identified by shorting pin 7 to pin 10 on the Macintosh LC video connector.  The Macintosh LC grounds pin 7 on its video connector, which results in pulling down pin 10 and gives the correct monitor ID for a VGA monitor.
Try MaxAppleZoom ( a shareware init ) if your monitor is not driven by internal video.
My wife has one of these.  I have not had much chance to fiddle with it, but in comparison to our Laserwriters with Canon engines, she complains that the print is too light for her taste.  The difference is quite apparent even when the print setting on the Select 310 is adjusted to the darkest possible level.  I don't find it objectionable, and indeed rather like it, but be warned that some people don't care for it and it is considerably different.
Does anyone know if there are any devices available for the Mac which will increase the number of serial ports available for use simultaneously?  I would like to connect up to 8 serial devices to my Mac for an application I am working on. I must be able to access each one of the independently.  If such a device exists, are there are any limits to the number of serial devices I can use?  Any information is appreciated.
I would like to know if a Performa Plus monitor is compatible with Apple 14in Color Display, or it is just a VGA moniro.  Any help will be appreciate.
In article <C5syK2.Js2@ie.utoronto.ca>, andy@ie.utoronto.ca (Andy Sun) writes: >Hi, > >I have been told by a local sales that Asante has come out with this >LCIII PDS Ethernet adapter with an optional 68882 socket on the board. >My question is will the FPU performance degrade will I put the 68882 >on the PDS card socket instead of on the motherboard itself? Intuitively, >the math co-processor should always be placed close to the CPU, but >I am not sure how good Apple's so-called processor-direct slot is when >it comes to throughout. Does anyone know the answer to this or have >any experience with the Asante LCIII Ethernet adapter? Thanks in advance. > >Andy >-- >Andy Sun (andy@ie.utoronto.ca)          4 Taddle Creek Road, Toronto >Computing Coordinator                   Ontario, Canada. M5S 1A4 >Department of Industrial Engineering    Phone: (416) 978-8830 >University of Toronto                   Fax:   (416) 978-3453  I believe the FPU on the LCIII is always supposed to go on the logic board, not in the PDS board. I have heard of crashing problems with PDS-based FPUs on the LCIII. Asante may have fixed them but why bother. Why bother building an LCIII card with an FPU anyway? The extra circuitry gives the card one more chance to fail. I say FPU on main logic board, in socket, Ethernet alone on PDS card, in slot.
Be very careful when you plug in a external monitor and a external speaker. Make sure that all the power cords are in the same strip.  If you don't you take a chance of having a very bad audio buzz.  This is caused be a "ground loop" and the only way of getting rid of this loud buzz is to make sure that you  have a common ground.                                 Make sure that all the power cords are going in to the same strip or off the  same outlet.  This will assure you of a common ground.
Hey All,  Does anyone know if I can ftp to get the newest version of Radiusware and soft pivot from Radius?  I bought a pivot monitor, but it has an old version of this software and won't work on my C650, and Radius said it would be 4-5 weeks until delivery.  Thanks!
Okay, I don't use it very much, but I would like for it to keep working correctly, at least as long as Apple continues to make System software that will run on it, if slowly :-)  Here is the problem:  When the screen is tilted too far back, vertical lines appear on the screen.  They are every 10 pixels or so, and seem to be affected somewhat by opening windows and pulling down menus. It looks to a semi-technical person like there is a loose connection between the screen and the rest of the computer.  I am open to suggestions that do not involve buying a new computer, or taking this one to the shop.  I would also like to not have to buy one of Larry Pina's books.  I like Larry, but I'm not sure I feel strongly enough about the computer to buy a service manual for it.  On a related note:  what does the monitor connector connect to?
I read in a recent Tidbits(171-2?) about the possibility of putting a 68030 in a PB100. I am interested in doing so, but would like to know more about it. Does it involve just replacing the 68000 that is on the daughterboard, or does it involve getting a new daughter- board. Also, would the 68030 be able to run QT with the PB100's screen(not pretty I know, but possible?) And of course, what would the damage be ($). Any info would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Jay Fogel
In article <C52EqG.6H2@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> hades@Dartmouth.Edu writes: >nwcs@utkvx.utk.edu (Schizophrenia means never being alone) writes: > >>Does anyone know how to open up the Apple Ergo-Mouse (ADB Mouse II)? >>Mine lives near a cat (true, really...) and picks up her fur.  From what >>I can tell, it looks like Apple welded it shut. > >    You must not have tried very hard. I just opend mine in about 2 >seconds. Take a look on the bottom, it has a dial that turns to open >much like the older ADB mouses used to have. It's a bit harder to turn >at first but it is quite simple to open. >  Nope.  I'm pretty sure that this person knows how to take the ball out. I think that what they want to do is take the mouse apart.  The old mouse had four screws on the bottom that you could unscrew to do this, while there's no obvious way to take the new one apart.
Shawn FitzGerald (chungkuo@umcc.umcc.umich.edu) wrote: : Is there a fix for this? We have a Quadra 900 that will NOT finish startup : unless there is a monitor connected. This would be no problem, but since : we're running it as a file server, there is no need to have a monitor : connected all the time.  I've seen a control panel made for this. I don't remember the name, where I saw it, or on what Quadra models it will work. But I do know it exists :)  /Mats
I need help identifying this board that I found stuffed away in a corner.  As the title says, all that is printed on it is NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS NB-DMA-8. It fits fine in my Mac IIci and snooper gives the very same name for the board.  It looks like it has an HP-IB connector on the back of it and another connector on the top (2 rows by 25 pins).  It also looks like it has an Intel processor on it (#A82380-16 Intel '86)  On an EEPROM there is a sticker with the P/N 700584-01.  Anybody ever seen or heard of one?  Or better yet, do you know what it does? We are all clueless here.  Our last option is to hook it up to our HP workstations and see if any smoke comes out.  Thanks a lot!  Kevin --  ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Um, I forget...			|      kmradke@iastate.edu	|
After reading reports from Germany of success in accelerating a Quadra or Centris simply by changing the clock oscillator, I decided to test the claim. I pulled out my Variable Speed Overdrive and the motherboard's 50 mhz clock chip. I put a socket in the clock's place and inserted a 64 mhz TTL clock oscillator I had left over from working on some SI's. I can't believe it. It actually works. I'm not getting SCSI timing errors either. This is only after a short run time but I'll keep posting results. Did I spend all that money on the VSO for nothing? If this keeps working, the lack of a double boot in itself will be worth the effort.
well folks, my mac plus finally gave up the ghost this weekend after starting life as a 512k way back in 1985.  sooo, i'm in the market for a new machine a bit sooner than i intended to be...  i'm looking into picking up a powerbook 160 or maybe 180 and have a bunch of questions that (hopefully) somebody can answer:  * does anybody know any dirt on when the next round of powerbook introductions are expected?  i'd heard the 185c was supposed to make an appearence "this summer" but haven't heard anymore on it - and since i don't have access to macleak, i was wondering if anybody out there had more info...  * has anybody heard rumors about price drops to the powerbook line like the ones the duo's just went through recently?  * what's the impression of the display on the 180?  i could probably swing a 180 if i got the 80Mb disk rather than the 120, but i don't really have a feel for how much "better" the display is (yea, it looks great in the store, but is that all "wow" or is it really that good?).  could i solicit some opinions of people who use the 160 and 180 day-to-day on if its worth taking the disk size and money hit to get the active display?  (i realize this is a real subjective question, but i've only played around with the machines in a computer store breifly and figured the opinions of somebody who actually uses the machine daily might prove helpful).  * how well does hellcats perform?  ;)  thanks a bunch in advance for any info - if you could email, i'll post a summary (news reading time is at a premium with finals just around the corner... :( ) -- Tom Willis  \  twillis@ecn.purdue.edu    \    Purdue Electrical Engineering
In article <1qidk1INNhk9@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca>, Rob Douglas <douglas@ecc.ubc.ca> wrote: >  > In article <1qhfmg$hoh@lll-winken.llnl.gov> Charles E. Cunningham, > cec@imager writes: > >   I would like to buy a 16 bit ADC card for the Mac II with digitization > >rate of at least 100 kHz, preferably 200 kHz.  I would prefer one with  > >good differential and integral linearity, and DMA would be a plus.  Other > >than National Instruments, do you know of any other vendor who sells such > >a card? >  > Instrutech Corp has a nice looking 16 bit A/D and D/A board that can run > at the speeds you want. The ITC-16 (?) doesn't have DMA, but it does have > a good sized FIFO that can buffer your samples. Instrutech can be reached > at (516) 829-5942, or 929-0934 (FAX). >
What is the real story here? Can I hook up any PC SVGA Montitor to the Centris internal video? Do I need to make my own cable if it doesn't not come with one? Has apple released a Tech note with the pinouts for doing such? The reasoj I ask is that it seems the prices for SVGA are lower than that of their mac counterparts... --mike
In article <1qsk6u$d8l@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> rcs8@po.CWRU.Edu (Robert C. Sprecher) writes: > >Is it possible, ie via creative cable splicing or whatever, to >hook a Syquest 44MB removable drive to a Mac? > >Is there any difference with the guts of the drive or is it >just cable differences? > >Thanks. > >Rob >--  >Rob Sprecher >rcs8@po.cwru.edu  Many Companies package Syquest drives for the mac already.... So unless you are using one for the IBM world, Id buy a Mac ready Config.
It used to live in a 1990 SE, and is marked 344-0062, and the ROMs that go with it are 341-0701 & 2. Is this the solution to the person who wants to upgrade to FDHD ? cheers Mike.
I'm interested in getting an external hard drive for my SE/30.  I've got an internal 40MB that's pretty full, even with compression s/w.   Alot of people talk about $/MB, what's a good ratio?  I'm thinking of adding either an 80 or a 100 (or 105).  What brands would people suggest?  Finally, places to buy from?  Are more popular mail-order places better to order from or the places that JUST sell hard drives (e.g. ones that advertise in the back of MacWorld and MacUser).  Thanks in advance.  If e-mail replies are sent, I'll compile them and post them.  -- Drew
Hi,  The subject line says it all.  My system acts weird at times.  All of a sudden the system will be corrupt, boot blocks will get chewed, etc.  This was a really big problem for a while.  I couldn't even format my drive properly.  I installed HDT's driver and things got better.  Now all I have to do is reinstall the system.  Could an incompatibility  exist between it and a Quantum external drive.  I'm looking for a pure hardware solution.  It's not a virus, bad software, etc.  Could I have a bad SCSI cable?  Or is the IBM (WDS-80) just a screwey drive?  Thanks,  Chuck  --  Chuck Williams ==> CS Intern ==> Pacific Northwest Laboratories
I have a MacIIFX and I know that it is wired about its SCSI chain.  I just bought a drive and I need to find out a few hardcore SCSI question:  Does the IIFX SCSI chain want to see active or passive termination?  Does the IIFX SCSI spec want me to enable the initiation of the SDTR message?  WHat does the IIFX SCSI spec want as far as parity checking?  These are some very good questions for the FAQ.        If someone does not have time to answer these questions but does know  where I can look them up please let me know and I will repost the answers for everyone to see.  thanks,
Greetings!!  	I'm planning to upgrade my Mac IIsi:  		(1) from the present 5Megs to 17Megs; 	and	(2) add a Math-Coprocessor.  	Technology Works, of Austin (Texas) comes quite highly recommended by  some Mac magazines.  I was just wonderring if anyone could share with me  anything about Tech Works (both good and bad experiences); or give any advice about other mail-order companies that I may consider.  	Your reply would be very much appreciated.  Thanks in advance.
In a previous article, aa341@Freenet.carleton.ca (David A. Hughes) says:  > >Does anyone know what hardware is required and where I could find it for >sound recording on the  Mac Portable. > >Thanks  All you have to do is buy a MacroMedia MacRecorder. This plugs into your seril port and acts as a microphone. North Star computers should be able to order you one. --  --------------------------------------- Liam Morland  ad358@freenet.carleton.ca
Gosh, I wish people would read the postings that they are 'following up' to.  In article <C5pMsv.Jtp@wyvern.wyvern.com>, dashley@wyvern.wyvern.com (Doug Ashley) writes: > seanmcd@ac.dal.ca writes: >  >>In article <wgwC5pDL4.43y@netcom.com>, wgw@netcom.com (William G. Wright) writes: >>>  >>> 	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 >  	 >>To use the grayscale features, I believe you need a Mac equipped >>with colour quickdraw. I was told this somewhere or other, but it's >  > I think you will find that the Mac SE can PRINT grayscale images, loaded > with the proper software. However, the Mac SE cannot DISPLAY grayscale on  The original poster (W G Wright) posted an item saying that he had bought a new wizz-bang Laser Printer from Apple (a Select 300 I think) which can print GrayScale. He then said that he CANNOT PRINT GRAYSCALE from his SE computer (and also that all the 'experts' he has dealt with agree that it is not possible).  This is the one major bugbear about doing a 3rd party SE upgrade (compared to Apple's SE to SE/30 upgrade): you will never be able to run Color Quickdraw. It is Color Quickdraw that controls Color AND Grayscale.  SEs CAN print some COLOUR: this is because Quickdraw - the original, non-colour version, has the right hooks for eight colours. Some of you will remember the 'SCSIgraph' solution to getting a colour screen for your SE (I think that it gave you sixteen colours by dithering or something).  There is no reason that Apple couldn't release software patches for older computers (there are lots of Mac Pluses, Classics and SEs that have been upgraded to 68020 and 68030 processors which should be perfectly able to deal with Color Quickdraw) - but they wont, and 3rd parties are having a difficult  time in duplicating the Mac's ROMs (i.e. Nutek et al.).  Just one Caveat: I would have thought that if you were printing a POSTSCRIPT Grayscale image onto a POSTSCRIPT Grayscale printer, that you would be able to do so, whatever Mac you were using. (And I am pretty sure that the Select 300 is NOT a POSTSCRIPT printer [? correct me if I'm wrong?]).
From article <1r3jl5$igh@function.mps.ohio-state.edu>, by nevai@mps.ohio-state.edu (Paul Nevai): > Yes, I know computers and harddisk drives should be ALWAYS on. But what about > monitors? They generate a lots of heat. Should I or shouldn't I keep them on > 24 hours a day? Any advice? Thanks. Take care...Paul >  > Paul Nevai                            nevai@mps.ohio-state.edu > Dept Math - Ohio State University     1-614-292-3317 (Office) > Columbus, Ohio 43210-1174, U.S.A.     1-614-292-1479 (Math Dept Fax) >  >   Well, I don't exaclty know what _should_ be done, but what I do is keep my cpu on and turn my monitor off when not in use.  I do this as much for easing power consumption as anything though.  Turning off the monitor when not in use has the advantage of requiring less RAM than a screen saver (but it requires more of MY memory to remember to turn it off... pretty easy to remember to turn it on though :-)    --  --------------------------------------------------------------------- Instrument Approach Procedures Automation             DOT/FAA/AMI-230
My boss is considering the purchase of a Powerbook or Duo. He is leaning towards a 180, because of the math coprocessor (for Mathematica), but would get a Duo if he could find a Mini-Dock with a coprocessor. Have any third-parties announced such a beast?
> > > Research has shown that the majority of the time that the United > > > States' 30 to 35 million personal computers are on, they are not >  > > > [More quote deleted] >  > Ok, I have a question... why?  Why do people copy the article, and the  > only new thing they add to the post is there name?  I'm not picking on  > this person, I've seen a few of these.  Is it just a mistake?  Am I  > missing something?  Is it some unknown net-equette I missed somewhere? > I skip over all the quoted material, since I've already read it, and look  > for the non-quoted material, and all I get is the name addition.  Is this  > supposed to me "I agree", or "I second this" or what? >  > Sorry... >  > Just wondering if I missed something somewhere along the line...  I copy relevant articles like this and post'em on local BBSes.  Not everyone has newsgroup access.  ;-)  -Kelley- --  ----------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Kelley Boylan, PowerPC, IBM Austin, kelleyb@austin.ibm.com
The Duo Powerbooks seem to park the heads after a few seconds of inactivity... is that builtin into the drive logic or is it being programmed via software, any way to tune the iddle timeout that makes the heads park themselves... I think the heads are being parked since after a few seconds of inactivity you can hear the clunk of heads parking.
In article <C5syK2.Js2@ie.utoronto.ca> andy@ie.utoronto.ca (Andy Sun) writes:     Hi,     I have been told by a local sales that Asante has come out with this    LCIII PDS Ethernet adapter with an optional 68882 socket on the board.    My question is will the FPU performance degrade will I put the 68882    on the PDS card socket instead of on the motherboard itself? Intuitively,    the math co-processor should always be placed close to the CPU, but    I am not sure how good Apple's so-called processor-direct slot is when    it comes to throughout. Does anyone know the answer to this or have    any experience with the Asante LCIII Ethernet adapter? Thanks in advance.  From what I've heard the PDS slot clock is only 16MHz, to be compatible with the old LC style boards, while the FPU socket close to the CPU is clocked at 25MHz.  I guess a board designed for the LCIII can get a 25MHz clock from the extended PDS socket...
I have MANY questions for all you experts out there pertaining to apple's built-in video.    #1, Do all macs that have built-in video have the ability to use VGA monitors? #2, If so/if not, which macs have this capability? #3, Can they drive SVGA as well? #4, how big of a vga monitor can they drive? #5, how can you tell if an unlabeled monitor is VGA?  By the pinouts?     if so, what should it look like?  Particularly, i'm interested in knowing if the si or ci drive VGA, as well as the LC's capabilities in driving VGA/SVGA
In article <C5HvJx.DJ7@news.cso.uiuc.edu> dlbg1912@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu 	(David L. Berk) 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 > d-berk@uiuc.edu  Yea, thanks to lots of good information in this newsgroup, I was prepared for lots of details (even shipping time ... got my C610 8/230/CD in 5 weeks). 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 (do I dare just try it and see what happens?), 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.
In <rayC5rpxB.AK8@netcom.com> ray@netcom.com (Ray Fischer) writes:  >>But the interesting comparision is how fast clock-cycle chips >>you can get - an Alpha is WAY slow at 66 MHz, but blazes at >>200 MHz.  >The only problem is going to be finding someone who can make a 200MHz >computer system.  Could be tough.  You can order one from Digital today.  Cheers,  					/ h+ --   -- Jon W{tte, h+@nada.kth.se, Mac Hacker Deluxe --
In a previous article, gil@cc.gatech.edu (Gil Neiger) 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.