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I've been looking into getting a portable Mac to do some work and I've had my eye on the PB 100. Lately, I've been seeing people with the old portables, and they're selling for $300 LESS that the PB 100s. What I want to know is: what are the differences between them? All I know is that the Portable is heavier, but the PB100 doesn't have an internal drive. Here's what I NEED to know:  Does the portable support Appletalk/network connections? What's the CPU inside a Portable? (68000?) DOES THE PORTABLE SUPPORT SYSTEM 7????????? What's the maximum memory capacity of the Portable? Can you still get 	RAM (meaning: does it use special SIMMS?) What kind of internal HD does it use? Does the Portable have a better screen?  						THANX in advance.
In the last two weeks I have the following problem on two 160's  1 has a 8Mb Simm and the other a 6 Mb simm Both are about 2 -3 months old, bought from different vendors and installed by different people.   Both computers begin crashing frequently, locking up and ultimately the Memory Chimes.  Crashes would almost always occur if you moved the screen and sometimes would occur when you weren't even touching the computer.  In both cases, taking the machine apart, taking the memory out and putting it back in solved the problem for awhile but then it would comeback,  my marginally educated guess as to what's happening is that larger SIMMS are "lopsided" in that the insertion point is sort of a pivot point and after time they begin to move about - possible because of pressure on the keyboard or something?    Anyway, has anyone else had such a problem or solution - If somehow you could support the other end of the simm to prevent it from moving.  I've had no problem for the past 3 weeks by replacing my 8Mb simm with a 2Mbsimm -although this is NOT desireble solution.  Please email any resp - and/or post if usefull to the rest of the world.  Ted
In article <C5115s.5Fy@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>  jht9e@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Jason Harvey Titus) writes: >         I had asked everyone about problems installing a 4 meg > simm and an 8 meg simm in my Centris 610, but the folks at the > local Apple store called the folks in Cupertino and found that > you can't have simms of different speeds in one machine, even > if they are both fast enough - ie - My 80 ns 8 meg and 60ns 4 > meg simms were incompatibable...  Just thought people might > want to know.....  There's absolutely no reason why differences in the DRAM access time  _alone_ would cause an incompatibility.  There would have to be another  difference between the SIMMs for there to be a problem.  I've often used  memory of different speeds with no problems whatsoever.  As long as it's as fast (or faster) than the minimum requirement you should be fine.  Just out of curiosity, did you actually try this and see a problem, or  were you told it wouldn't work and so never tried it?  Also out of  curiosity, do you know exactly who in Cupertino you dealer talked to (as  I'd like to find out what they're basing this recommendation on).
What is the actual clock speed of a Centris 610? 20 MHZ or 25 MHZ  Thanks in advance...
I am selling my Global Village Teleport 2400 bps modem w/send fax. It connects to the mac through the ADB port.  The software for sending faxes is included.  I am asking $90.  However, I will consider other reasonable offers.  Please E-Mail me.  Dave
Can anyone tell me the procedure for hooking a Personal Laserwriter NTR serially to a mac?  The documentation says it can be done, but I'm not sure of the correct switch setting to use out of the given non-appletalk switch options.  Also, will I need to install a new driver so that the Chooser knows the printer is hooked up directly (not networked)?
The Duo's can drive Apple's 16" monitor at 832x624 resolution and 256 colors, I think. What non-Apple 16-17" monitors can also be used? Would a multisync NEC-5FG work as well at the same resolution? What are the outstanding points of the Apple monitor when compared with these other monitors?
Hi,  Could some kind soul please e-mail me a copy of the pinout for the serial connector on an ImageWriter II printer?  We have one that we'd like to hook up to a PC, and it seems that nobody sells the proper cables anymore.  No problem -- I can make one, but I need to know the pinout first.  Thanks in advance.
I have a chance to buy a used PS/2 Appletalk card to create a network with my home machines.  However, the guy who has the card tells me there's a DB-9 or DB-15 (can't remember now) on the back of the card, rather than the 8-pin (or 4-pin) mini-din that I expect.  This sounds more like a Thicknet ethernet card.  Should there be a transciever on it, like on the Quadras?  What would be a reasonable price to expect to pay for one of these cards, keeping in mind that it's Micro-Channel Architecture, which means take your best guess and double it. Email replies would be appreciated, to here or to rrr@ideas.com Thanks. [RICHR]
Hi:     Does anybody known how much about to buy an ethernet card for mac se ?     Besides,Where do I goto buy.If I buy it by mail-order,which brand is suitable for mac se(the network is coxial wire).Thanks a lot.    Could anybody tell me what to do?  Thank you.
In article <1qvs9t$q3f@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> Charles P. Cox, Jr. <cox@snowhite.eeap.cwru.edu> writes:  >I put 2 256K VRAM SIMMs in my Quadra 700 (in the 2 slots closest to the >RAM SIMM slots) and I got no results whatsoever.   > >Does it make any difference which slots you put the SIMMs in?  The VRAM SIMMs go in the slots at the back - closest to the power supply.  David Gutierrez drg@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu
schwarze@delphi.nosc.mil (David Schwarze) writes:  >	We bought one from Relax technologies.  BIG mistake.  The drive >had some jumpers set incorrectly so it didn't work at first, and the >software they shipped with it was incompatable with the drive (it was the >new compression model), and worst of all, when I opened the drive up to >fiddle with the jumpers, I found the inside of the case COVERED WITH METAL >FILINGS!!! Sorry to shout.  Apparently when they drilled the mounting holes >in the case they forgot to clean it before putting the drive in.  This was >a HP drive, by the way, and is now working fine (knock on wood), no thanks >to Relax technologies.  I have found that you should observe the following with almost all new equipment :  Check for warrany tape.  If none, carefully open unit.  Inspect for loose wires, jumpers, screws, and other trash.  Clean up these manufacturing mistakes.  *Now* power up the unit and check it out.  I can't think of how many things I've bought that weren't okay right out of the box due to sloppy QC.  - Jonathan  PS : This goes for any manufacturer.  I'm not picking on anyone.  --   Internet: musjndx@gsusgi2.gsu.edu      Fidonet: Jonathan Deitch@1:133/411.7            jdeitch@gisatl.fidonet.org   Bellnet: 1 - (404) - 261 - 3665         -----------------------------------------------------------------------------   Atlanta 1996 !! | Play Pinball !! | Don't Panic ! | "I hate it when I can't --------------------------------------------------| trust my own technology!" "Thrills!  Chills!  Magic!  Prizes!" -- Hurricane |    -- Geordi LaForge
Anyone happen to know what the max resolution for quicktime is?  I'm  trying to determine if a maxed out system using quicktime could produce and edit broadcast quality video (including bringing the video in via video spigot/etc.).  So far I have yet to see anything that's even close to S-VHS in quicktime, but it'd be great to hear that it's possible.
hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Brian V. Hughes) writes:  >jbailey@world.std.com (jim bailey) writes:  >>b-clark@nwu.edu (Brian Clark) writes:  >>>Quarda 900 is a popular misspelling of Quadra 900, which has a 25 MHz 040 >>>processor. The 950 has a 33 MHz 040, and some local buses on the >>>motherboard run faster.  >>The video is different also.  The 950 can run a 13" and I believe a 16" >>monitor in 16 bit color without a VRAM upgrade.  >    Actually, you could put as much VRAM into a Q900 as you want and you >still won't be able to get 16-bit color, on any monitor. It's not part >of the on-board video. The Q950, however, can use 16-bit video on >monitors up to 19" with 2MB of VRAM.  >-Hades
Hi! A while back, there was a thread in this group about the use of the IWII in Europe (in countries with 50 Hz AC current).  The consensus at the time was that the IWII would not work there.  As I will be moving there this summer, I called Apple to make sure and they told me (today) that the IWII (as bought in the U.S.) will definitely run on 50 Hz AC current (as long as a step-down converter is employed if 240 V current is used).  The same info, turns out, can be found in the IWII manual (p. 127 in the 1989 version), but I didn't really trust that.  Does anyone have any direct experience to the contrary?  Just  wondering.
A week or so ago, I posted about a problem with my SE/30:  I have 20 megs or true RAM, yet if I set my extensions to use a large amount of memory (total of all extensions) then my system will crash before the finder comes up.  What I meant was having a large amount of fonts load, or sounds, or huge disk caches with a control panel other than Apple's memory control panel.  Apple's cache is at 64K, mode 32 is on, and so is 32 bit addressing.  All extensions work by themselves or with the others until I increase the memory used by some of them (with methods mentioned above).  Well, here's my latest followup...  I ran NOWs System Profile and got this information:  %%% Memory info %%%  Physical RAM size: 20480K. Logical RAM size: 20480K. Size of Low Memory Area: 8K. Virtual Memory: Inactive. Addressing mode: 32bit mode in use. 32 bit System zone: Absent. Parity RAM: Not capable. Growable System Heap: True. Temporary memory support: Present. Tempory Memory Support: Real and tracked.  Note that 32 bit System zone is absent.  Could this be the problem? How can I turn this on?  Any ideas?  Can anyone help?
Hi Netters.  For my home computer I have a humble MacLC with a 12" color monitor.  The majority of my work is writing, therefore I would love to have a b&w portrait monotor conected to the LC.  However, I sometimes do need the color monitor.  My question is this;  Is there a good (Cheap) way to hook up two monitors to my LC and is there anyone out there that has done this, how do you like it?  Please respond here or to me directly.  Thanks for your time, hope to talk to anyone soon!  jerry salem
In article <1993Apr22.052020.57482@tcs.las-vegas.nv.us> elenay_creations@tcs.las-vegas.nv.us (Anthony D. Saxton) writes: > A friend of mine recently acquired an 8!24 GC card for his IIsi > and was wondering why it always starts up in black and white. > I know there have been numerous reports about the worth of > the GC, but I was wondering if anyone could elaborate a little > more on the subject.  Any replies encouraged.  Thanks in ad- > vance.  You may have been emailed this, but the IIsi's power supply is not rated to handle the GC board.  Remember when the si came out and everyone complained about it's power supply.  This is one result of apple providing a low-cost computer and I think they got a lot of flack for having a relatively high end computer (at the time anyways) that couldn't even support their own video board.  Even if this isn't what is causing your problems, you might develop one later.
I have a (very old) Mac 512k and a Mac Plus, both of which  have the same problem.  Their screens blank out, sometimes after a minor physical jolt (such as inserting a floppy in the internal drive), sometimes  all by themselves (computer left to itself just goes blank).  I have replaced the wires connecting the logic boards and the  video board, because it seemed at first that jiggling the wires made the screen come back on.  This worked for a while, but the blanking out has returned.  Can I do anything?  Do I need a new power supply?  A new CRT? A new computer?  Thanks for any advice...  -------------------------- Ethan Bodin Tufts University ebodin@pearl.tufts.edu
In <C52GE9.8Ks@compsci.liverpool.ac.uk> phil@csc.liv.ac.uk (Phil Jimmieson) writes:  >Has anyone had any problems with their Duo Dock not ejecting the Duo >properly?  >When I first got it, the Duo would come out of the Dock a couple of inches >when ejected, and I had to pull it the rest of the way. Nowadays (and I've >had the system for 4 months), the Duo doesn't come out *at* *all* - despite >the fact that the mechanism makes all the appropriate noises, and I have to >grab hold of it and pull it out myself. Is there a simple fix for this, or >do I have to return it to my Apple Dealer, where it will languish for weeks >while I have to make do with no colour display, no VRAM, no floppy or >SCSI etc.   >(BTW, it's not that the Duo is locked into the Dock - it just doesn't >want to slide out any more).   >--  >Phil Jimmieson,           *********************************************** >Computer Science Dept.,   * JANET    : phil@uk.ac.liv.csc               * >Liverpool University,     * INTERNET : phil@csc.liv.ac.uk               * >PO Box 147                *********************************************** >Liverpool  L69  3BX      "I was head over heels in love until I got cramp" >(UK) 051-794-3689             Also, has anyone heard any rumors that the new docks (the ones with the CPU :-) will be better designed that this first batch?  I love my Duo, but installing cards in the dock is not much fun.  -Bob
In article <1r3jl5$igh@function.mps.ohio-state.edu> pali+@osu.edu writes: >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) > >  I keep my 13" apple trinitron and IIsi on for months at a time...doesn't seem to cause any problems.    +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+   /~~~~~~~\ |         | |   _____/ |   | |   | |   +----\ |         | \_____    |       |   | TTTTTT EEEEE VV     VV EEEEE     |       |   |   TT   EE     VV   VV  EE        |  /---/    |   TT   EEEE    VV VV   EEEE      | Steve Liu                    | |         |   TT   EE       VVV    EE    ..  | drlovemd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu  | |_________/   TT   EEEEE     V     EEEEE ..  | drlovemd@jhuvms.hcf.jhu.edu  |
I have a Sony 1304s whch I would like to hook up so that I get its  power though my Quadra 800's power supply. ie, if I had an apple monitor, I could plug the monitor directly into the computer so that when I hit the power button the keyboard, both the monitor and computer go on, and when I shut down, both go off.  Is there an extension cord type cable I can buy which allows me to plug my existing power cord into and then plug this "extension cable" into my Quadra?  Any thoughts and comments would be appreciated,  Thanks in advance, Derek  ******************************************************************************   DEREK FONG                           *   EMAIL: thewho@plume.mit.edu   Dept. of Physical Oceanography       *          thewho@darla.whoi.edu
In article <moyman-220493093234@jonathan.ecn.purdue.edu> Mike Moya, moyman@ecn.purdue.edu writes: >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...  First of all, I wouldn't advise wasting your time with Apple.  They'll treat you like an idiot and you won't get any answers (a personal opinion).  The safest thing to do is match the SVGA monitor's scanning rates with Apple's rates.  I don't know Apple's video scanning rates, but I use the Micron Xceed 30's rates, as they're a good approximation.  About cables: you just have to go out to someplace like Fry's and get a few Mac-VGA cables and try them out.  I have a ViewSonic 5E (14") and I use an NEC adaptor.  Other monitors may use other adaptors.  I also have a Mac->832x624 adaptor that tricks System into thinking the monitor is an Apple 16".  I need to readjust the vertical and horizontal sizes but it works fairly well.  	"Just like everything else in life, the right lane ends in half a mile."
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???
Sorry, this must be a FAQ, but it's a quick fix that I need to take care of   before a demo in less than 24 hours from now! Couldn't think of a better place   for a rapid answer than comp.sys.mac.hardware.  I need to connect the Serial A of a Compac 386/20 PC to the printer port of a   Mac IIci. Does anyone have handy the pin-pin routing for the cable that would   allow this connection?   The serial port on the Compaq is a MALE DB9. How would this map to the DIN8 of   the Mac serial? I tried one of those really short femaleDB9-maleDIN8 cables   that Apple sold as adaptors to plug in Macintosh serial peripherals from the   pre-MacPlus era. This cable didn't do it. Do I need a null modem adaptor as   well on the DB9 side of things?   I just need to be able to map the data TX and RX pins correctly.   thanks kindly,
I just recently bought a 4 MB ram card for my original mac portable  (backlit) 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 (Not  kingston) from irvine, CA. They say the problem is in my machine.   Any Ideas? -- Gene Wright.
In a previous article, jcav@ellis.uchicago.edu (JohnC) says:  >This model is one of the two low-cost laser printers that Apple just >introduced.  I'm thinking of getting one to use at home.  Have any of you >had any experience with this printer?   Does it have Level-2 PostScript? >If you've bought one, are you happy with it? > >--  >John Cavallino                  |  EMail: jcav@midway.uchicago.edu >University of Chicago Hospitals |         John_Cavallino@uchfm.bsd.uchicago.edu >Office of Facilities Management | USMail: 5841 S. Maryland Ave, MC 0953 >B0 f++ w c+ g++ k+ s++ e h- p   |         Chicago, IL  60637 >  Frankly, I think this model is a screwup.  It does not have PostScriptlevel 2, only has 13 fonts, and does not even have  fine print or photograde, or grayshare.  Even the 300 model has this!  I am shocked by the kind of features you get for this printer.  I myself was hoping for some decent printer to replace the Personal Laser Writers.   --  A motion picture major at the Brooks Institute of Photography, CA Santa Barbara and a foreign student from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
In article <martin.733762199@tohi> (comp.sys.mac.hardware), martin@tohi (Jean-francois Martin) writes: > First, this is not an April 1 joke. >  > A dealer in my town told me that the PowerBook don't sell as they use to sell. > The guy told me that Apple is having the same problem it has when the desktop > Mac was too expensive ;  the PowerBook are too expensive in comparison to what > you can get on the DOS side. What do you think of this? Do you feel the same > thing about it? Just curious.  Sounds about right.  If there is high demand for a product there is little incentive to aggresively cut prices.  Once the demand fall off a bit, then is the time to start getting aggressive with pricing.  Waiting too long can really hurt your business though :-)  The PowerBooks have sold very well up to now, if they are slowing down Apple needs to come out with some lower priced versions (the only reason I own a PowerBook is that I could spring for a $900 PB100, the rest of the lineup is way to pricey for me).  I'd bet they'll be coming out with more power versions too.
Gregory Welch writes: > > ... I followed the instructions for >returning the old RAM, expecting to see a credit on my VISA within a few weeks. > >Well, months went by, and no credit.  After many calls (almost none of which were >ever returned - arghhh) I finally found someone who told me "Why we never >received your old chips."  I then explained I the procedure that I had >followed to return them, to which the person replied "You mean you sent them >US Mail?" (which I had, per the original sales person's instructions.)  I was >told that they their loss of US mail shipments is not uncommon (come on) and that >I should have sent the stuff via FedEx, etc.  ...   I also returned PB memory last summer for credit, and the sales person warned me not to use US mail.  I did (although I did insure the shipment), and  apparently Techworks got it.  My minor grip with techworks is that they have different price lists for different people.  I ordered DUO memory, thinking I got their "best" price because of my employeer.  I subsequently found out that Apple was offering developers memory for less than techworks charged, called up to complain, and was told I should have said I was an apple developer and they credited my card for about 16% of the purchase price.   I like techworks quality and installation instructions (and they include powerbook tools), but  for out-of-CA purchases (no sales tax) chip merchant seems to be a bit less.
In <C5npy2.LI3@news.cso.uiuc.edu> rvenkate@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Ravikuma Venkateswar) writes:  >Not quite. 66MHz Pentium - 65 SPECint92, 57 SPECfp92 . >	   66MHz MC98601 - 50 SPECint92, 80 SPECfp92 .  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.  >>680040 >>486  >As far as the 486DX2-66 goes - 32 SPECint92, 16 SPECfp92 .  But the 68040 is (or will soon be) available in 40 MHz version, making it "comparable" to a 486DX2-80  >Intel chips have traditionally been faster than their Motorola "equivalents" >although the significance of chip speed in real world application performance >is something that is highly debatable.  I think you have that one turned around; they have faster clock cycles but less power behind each cycle. Not to mention that the Intel instruction stream is BYTE-oriented (longest Intel instruction is 15 bytes; what an odd number :-) which makes it hard to do any intelligent memory subsystem.  Cheers,  					/ h+ --   -- Jon W{tte, h+@nada.kth.se, Mac Hacker Deluxe --
Hi everyone. I recently posted about how I received a bad vram chip for my new LCIII, and someone responded that it may not actually be bad, but it may be a 512K LC vram chip, and thus doesn't work properly with my computer. So I'm wondering if anyone can interpret these codes for me, so I can figure out what type of chip MacConnection sent me.  Each chip says: M518121A-80J 		 2515251  On the back of the card, it says 0593  I believe from the numbers that means it is an 80ns chip, but I can't figure out what the size is supposed to be. If anyone can help, I'd be grateful. Please email me your response. Thanks a lot!  --  Hillel Sims  -----  simsh@rpi.edu  -----  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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.