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Since the demise of the Outbound company, what options would exist for me  if I were to buy one of their laptops?   (1) Since the Outbounds (2030, 2030E, etc) use mac plus roms, won't that  severly limit using future applications?  (2) What is a reasonable price for one of their laptops? The prices I've  seen seem extremely high considering the limited choices now.  (3) How reliable have they proven?  Any answers would be helpful.
In article <1qkkq4$5ev@nigel.msen.com>, mmiller@garnet.msen.com (Marvin Miller) wrote: >  > 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?  Apple doesn't make such a card, though I suppose a third party could.  One big problem is that there isn't room for a standard NuBus card inside the LC III.  noah
Here is the MacWeek article describing the DUO ram situation. (w/o permission.  I hope that is ok)  Jose  Bad RAM brings some Duos down. (random access memory boards for Apple Macintosh PowerBook Duos)  MacWEEK v7, n7 (Feb 15, 1993):132.  COPYRIGHT Coastal Associates Publishing L.P. 1993  By Raines Cohen       Austin, Texas - Some third-party memory-expansion cards for PowerBook Duos depart from Apple specs in ways that could cause crashes, data loss and other problems.       Technology Works Inc., a RAM and network vendor based here, last week issued a warning about three problems it said it had found in Duo RAM products from some competing vendors, which it declined to identify. Other vendors and an Apple spokeswoman confirmed that the problems exist.       > Self-refresh.  The Duos require a kind of dynamic RAM called selfrefreshing, which can recharge itself while the system sleeps.  But Technology Works said some vendors have sold Duo cards with nonselfrefreshing DRAM, which can cause the system to lose data or fail to wake from sleep.       Most leading memory manufacturers include the letter V in the part number stamped on their self-refreshing chips; nonself-refreshing chips instead have an L, according to TechWorks.  The chip label, however, may not tell the whole story.  Newer Technology of Wichita, Kan., said it uses nonself-refreshing chips but adds its own circuitry to keep them refreshed while the Duo sleeps.       > Speed.  Some RAM-card vendors have put 80-nanosecond DRAM on Duo cards rather than the 70-nanosecond type the 230 requires, Technology Works said.  However, some chips labeled as 80- or 85-nanosecond are certified by the manufacturer to run at a higher speed.       Kingston Technology Corp. of Fountain Valley, Calif., said it offers Duo RAM cards with 80-nanosecond chips, but only for the Duo 210, which is compatible with the slower chips.       > Space.  Technology Works charged and Apple officials confirmed that some third-party cards are too large to fit properly, forcing the corner of the Duo keyboard up and preventing the system from starting up normally when in a Duo Dock.
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.
In article <1993Mar31.203945.8757@news.media.mit.edu> fredm@media.mit.edu (Fred G Martin) writes:     [part of posting removed]     * the Sony CPD-1304 has better video circuitry than either of the    other two monitors.  It can display Apple 640x480, VGA 640x480, VGA    800x600 (though this has 56 Hz flicker), and Apple 832x624 (75 Hz    refresh:  no flicker at all).  It might be able to display Apple's    1024x768, but I'm not sure about this, and the pixels would be real    small anyway so it might not be that useful.     Note that with either Sony monitor, you will need the proper adapter,    which both connects the video signals properly, but also informs the    Macintosh video hardware of which display mode to use.     [part of posting removed]     --     Fred Martin | fredm@media.mit.edu | (617) 253-7143 | 20 Ames St. Rm. E15-301    Epistemology and Learning Group, MIT Media Lab     | Cambridge, MA 02139 USA  I'm assuming that the cabling tells the Mac, at startup, what kind of monitor is connected.  Now I think I've seen ads in popular Mac magazines for products (I'm not sure if it's just a monitor, just a video card, or a package of both) that allow you to change resolutions on the fly (w/o restarting the Mac).  If you were to buy a 1304, would it be possible to switch back and forth between Apple 640x480 and Apple 832x624 without restarting the Mac?  Is this strictly a hardware startup function, or can software intervene, or does the Mac hardware occasionally probe the cable setting and switch automatically?  Thanks,
I have already purchased 72-pin SIMMs for a Quadra 800 from Memory Direct (on March 9).  How can I tell whether or not they are composite SIMMs?  As a rule, does Memory Direct ship composite or "regular" SIMMs?  Thank you.
kmradke@iastate.edu (Kevin M Radke) writes:  >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 >--  It is a data aquisition board for the Mac II series.  It is called the DMA Board with GPIB Interface.  You may call NI at 800-IEEE-488 to find out more about it.  Hope this helps.  Saiid Paryavi
In article <1993Apr21.224250.19772@leland.Stanford.EDU>, smashman@leland.Stanford.EDU (Adam Samuel Nash) writes... >  >  >How do I get a subscription to MacWeek.  I want one, but I don't seem to be able >to find a subscription card anywhere. >  >email smashman@leland.stanford.edu  I just ordered my subscription today.  Call MacWeek's Customer Service Dept. at (609) 461-2100 and quote some plastic.  If you forget the number, it's included in the statement of ownership, which is on the contents  page of the copy I have.  A one year subscription costs $99.00 in the U.S, Canada, or Mexico.  I was told my first issue would arrive in 4-6 weeks.
I just hooked up my Mac IIsi to a relatively old (1 year?) Asante EN/SC adapter. The 10Base-T connection works like a charm. I installed the newest drivers from Asante's ftp server.  The problem begins when I attach one more device to the SCSI chain - specifically a 50MB drive. I power up the drive, then the Mac. The Mac tests memory, etc. Just before the "happy Mac face" normally shows up, the power light on the EN/SC goes out, and the boot process stops. So I can use the network, or the external drive, but not both at once. This makes the Asante box pretty much unusable.  It doesn't look like a purely electrical SCSI problem, because if I turn on the drive just a second or so too late, so that it doesn't get noticed during the initial SCSI polling, the Mac boots normally and the adapter works, even though the hard disk is powered on and connected. The Mac has *never* once failed to boot from its internal drive up to now (and I've had it for over a year).  Here is what I tried: changing the SCSI ID's of the EN/SC and the disk -- several permutations; changing the order of devices, i.e. the EN/SC at the head or tail of the chain; overterminating with an external terminator (both devices have internal ones); underterminating, i.e. removing internal resistors from the hard disk; trying another EN/SC box; trying another identical drive; trying several different SCSI cables.  Has anybody seen this? More importantly, does anyone have a solution? Thanks a lot.    E.
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.
In article <davea-120493231310@129.228.20.182> davea@xetron.com (David P. Alverson) writes: >I believe Apple has a patent on the region features of QuickDraw.  A mac >clone would have to implement regions.  This is why Apple's comment was >that >they believe it is not possible to make a Mac clone without infringing >on their patents.  They may have other patents like this.  Apple has patented their implementation of regions, which presumably includes the internal data structure (which has never been officially documented by Apple).  Apple cannot patent the concept of a region.  I'm guessing that either NuTek reverse-engineered Apple's internal data structure for regions (I dunno if this would hold up in court), or they came up with their own data structure.  If it's the latter, then they won't be able to draw PICT files containing regions.  Besides PICT files, there aren't many places where regions are stored on disk.  (QuickTime movies, perhaps?)  As long as the region isn't being stored on disk and transferred from a Mac to a NuTek clone (or vice versa), it doesn't matter if NuTek uses a completely different internal data structure.  I remember reading that Apple also has a patent on their ADB hardware, and that the NuTek clones would therefore be lacking an ADB port.  What other patents does Apple have on the Mac?
I have a Laserwriter IIg that has disappeared completely from the Network, i.e. it's name doesn't show up in any zone.  (You can print to it from it's serial interface, tho!)  I have seen some discussion here about changing the zone a IIg is in... including some PS code that lets you change the zone.  Is there maybe some PS code you can use to have it go back to all its factory default settings?  I have a feeling that's what needed to heal ours.
ubs@carson.u.washington.edu (University Bookstore) writes: >bunt0003@student.tc.umn.edu (Monthian Buntan-1) writes: >> >> >>Does anyone know why Apple has an ambiguous message for C650 regarding >>fpu?  In all Mac price lists I've seen, every C650 has the message "fpu: >>optional".  I know from what we've discussed in this newsgroup that all >>C650 have the fpu built in except the 4/80 configuration.  Why would >>they be so unclear about this issue in their price list?      I think this is mostly the fault of the people who write up the literature and price lists being confused themselves. Since there are two possible processor configurations and one of the them doesn't have an FPU it does seem to be an option, even though it really isn't.  >>I'm planning to buy the C650 8/230/cd pretty soon, but I'm now getting >>confused with whether it comes with fpu or not.      Well, then allow me to end your confusion. The C650 ONLY come with an LC040 in the base 4/80 configuration. If you are not getting this configuration then you are getting an FPU.  >>Why say "optional" if it's built in?      Good question. I have been wondering that since Feb. 10th.  >If you get the Centris 650 with CD configuration, you are getting a Mac with >a 68RC040 processor that has built-in math coprocessor support.  My  >understanding is that the "optional fpu" refers to your option of purchasing >the Centris 650 4/80 without FPU OR one of the other configurations WITH FPU.       This is possible, but an option is something that you are supposed to be able to request when you want it. What Apple has done is given the buyer a CHOICE between configurations and not an OPTION.  >Apple does not offer an upgrade from the non-FPU system to become an FPU >system.  And, it is unclear whether the '040 processor on the non-FPU system >(a 68LC040) can be replaced with a 68RC040 supplied by another vendor.      This is not unclear at all. In fact Apple has included in the ROMs of those machines with LC040s code to recognize the presence of the full 040's FPU and use it. Thereby making the upgrade as easy as switching chips. You pop the LC040 out and pop in a full '040.  >Apple did send a memo out at one point sating that the Centris 610, which ONLY >comes with a non-FPU 68LC040 processor CANNOT be upgraded to support an FPU - >the pin configurations of the two chips apparently do not match so you cannot >swap one for another (again, according to Apple's memo).      They did? I think I would double-check this. It has been stated countless times in this newsgroup by two of the Centris hardware designers that the LC040 and the full '040 are pin compatible and that the C610 can be upgraded to a full '040.
In article <1993Apr15.114602.27275@ifi.uio.no>, oec@ifi.uio.no (\ystein Christiansen) says: > >Has anyone out there in netland any experience with accelerators >for SE? I am specially interested in: >  - speed up rate (% or compared to e.g. SE/30) >  - need for new SIMMs (speed in ns) >  - maximum RAM after upgrade >  - compatibility (I am mainly using FrameMaker) >  - can I use an additional, big b&w screen (15" to 21") >  - can I install the accellerator myself (no soldering) >  - 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 (but that's not really a big deal).  Does that sound like what you were looking for?
In article <1993Apr22.210015.75624@mcontent.apana.org.au> Thomas_n.a._Krebs@mcontent.apana.org.au writes: >The most likely explanation may have something to do with the fact that a >greater density of information exists on the larger capacity disk drive than >the smaller one. If your running the drive on a Mac I would recommend a >shareware utility called Timedrive which tests seek, SCSI throughput and >rotational speed. This utility should let you know what the differences are >between the drives. >*************************************************************************** > The views expressed in this posting those of the individual author only.  >[BBS Number:(613) 848-1346      MacContent is VictoriaUs first Iconic BBS!] >***************************************************************************  Larger drives tend to have multipule platters which can allow adjacent bits to be read in parallel resulting in higher throughput.  They also have higher spindle speeds which leads to both increased throughput and reduced seek times (due to reduction of rotational latency.)
I recently purchased a Centris 610 and am having difficulty getting my computer to recognize my hard disk drive (external) Using both the disk uitily of TMS (Diskwriter) and Jasmine's software, neither one will show the drive.  The drive is the only device connected to the  scuzzi port. I cant find the manual to the tms pro 120 and seem to remember that it is "terminated".  Is there something else that I am doing (or not doing) that does not allow my 610 to recognize my external disk drive?.  thanks in advance for the information.
> ATTENTION: Mac Quadra owners: Many storage industry experts have > concluded that Mac Quadras suffer from timing irregularities deviating > from the standard SCSI specification. This results in silent corruption > of data when used with some devices, including ultra-modern devices. > Although I will not name the devices, since it is not their fault, an > example would be a Sony 3.5 inch MO, without the special "Mac-compatible" > firmware installed. One solution, sometimes, is to disable "blind writes"  This doesn't sound right to me.  Don't Quadras use the 53C96?  If so, the Mac has nothing to do with the SCSI timing.  That's all handled by the chip.  About the only the timing could be wrong is if Apple programs the clock registers wrong on the 96.  That, however, should only really hurt synchronous transfer, which is not used by the Mac SCSI Manager.  Furthermore, disabling blind writes should be meaningless on a Quadra. On Macs that used the 5380, which is a much lower level SCSI chip, the Mac was responsible for the handshake of each byte transferred.  Blind mode affected how the Mac handled that handshake.  On the 5396, the handshake is entirely handled by the chip.
In article <1993Apr17.122610.28029@news.unomaha.edu> salmon@cwis.unomaha.edu (David Salmon) writes: >According to the official documentation, failure to use the IIfx terminator >can not only affect SCSI bus performance but can also damage the bus. >Whether this is your problem or not I don't know. I have had sporadic SCSI >problems with my IIfx since I bought it. (I cannot connect more than three >devices, fourth one causes major problems). > >First thing to do is to try to reformat your drive on someone elses system. >If you continue to get errors it is probably the drive. If it formats fine >then I would try to format it on your system with no externals. If this  >fails then the SCSI controller on your IIfx needs repair/replacement. > >Hope this helps. >  >--  >David C. Salmon >salmon@unomaha.edu  Have you tried having your scsi bus balanced?
> Tae Shin (tshin@husc8.harvard.edu) wrote: > : > : Basically, the Mac Pluses are constantly rebooting themselves, as if the > : reboot button were being pushed.  Sometimes the Mac is able to fully boot > : and display the desktop, but it is only a matter of time before it reboots > : again.  At times, the frequency is as high as several times a minute. > : >    I wonder if your Mac has those little "RESET / INTERUPT" switches >    installed.  They are plastic devices that push on the switches which >    are inside the mac.  Or mabey those switches are bad and need replacing.  I wish I caught the original post, but anyway ...   The problem is that the Plus's poor old power supply (sometimes referred to as the analog sweep board) is on its way out. Apart from a board swap (bikkies to Apple), there's not much the average Joe can do to fix it.  You can, of course, try and re-adjust the voltage levels (the 5v rail should be as close to 5v as you cn get it) but this is more often than not a temporary fix. A copy of Larry Pina's "Macntosh Repair & Upgrade Secrets" is a worthwhile investment for the serious do-it-yaself-er.
chess@cats.ucsc.edu (Brian Vantuyl Chess) writes:   >  I just got a Duo 230, and I'm having some difficulties. >If the machine is plugged in to the wall adapter, put to sleep, >unplugged from the wall, and woken up, it crashes 75% of the time. >(There's nothing but the original system software on the machine.)  >The battery has plenty of life - I think this must be a power manager >problem, but I don't know what to do about it.  >Also, the speaker occasionally makes a high-pitched hiss.  The noise >is irregular, but seems to favor sleep and restart commands.  I've had my Duo 230 for a few weeks now and suffer from both of the above problems. I reinstalled my system software twice in an effort to combat the problems - thinking they were system software problems. Initially reinstalling the system seemed to help but not anymore. Occasionally when I try to wake up the Duo I get a solid screen of horizontal lines on the screen - it freezes.  I also get the high-pitched hiss occasionally - but only at startup.  I've called the apple hotline (800 SOS-APPL) three times already and finally they agreed something is astray after my Duo's screen would go dim and the hard drive spun down by itselft and put itself to sleep. This problem only occured twice. Apple sent me a box to ship my Duo to be looked at in New York but the problem now is intermittent and I can't afford to be without my Duo at this time.  Anyone out there with these same problems?
My friend has a Macintosh IIfx on which he is running System 6.0.7 (not enough memory yet to run Sys7 adequately), and he noticed that when he tries to use Multifinder on this machine, the machine will beep every few seconds incessantly, nonstop.  Now, this friend has a tendency to "install" things on his machine rather haphazardly, but he *did* rebuild his System from scratch and it still occurs.  Does this problem sound familiar at all to anyone?  For all I know the problem is caused by something really obscure but if this is a known simple thing (yeah, right...) that someone is familiar with (like "System 6.0.7 Multifinder doesn't run on a Mac IIfx"), or if someone here knows what he should be looking for, please send e-mail either to me or to him (smh@vaxf.acdnj.itt.com). Thanx in advance.
ku> From: kinau@mondrian.CSUFresno.EDU (Kin Hung Au) Date: 13 Apr 93   ku> 07:22:05 GMT Organization: California State University, Fresno   ku> Message-ID: <C5Ev4t.G0A@zimmer.CSUFresno.EDU> Newsgroups:   ku> comp.sys.mac.hardware   ku>    ku> In Hong Kong , you can buy a cheap PC 386 or 486 based computer.   ku> However, it is very experience to buy a Macintosh. Last winter, I was   ku> back to Hong Kong. I saw the price of Mac Classic in Hong kong is same   ku> price to buy a LC in the U.S.   ku>    ku> I am not recommended to buy MAc in Hong Kong since Mac is not popular   ku> in HK.   ku>    ku> Kin Hung Au    Hello Mr. Au,  I have to disagree regarding your assessment of Macintosh in Hong Kong. The Mac has a sizeable share of the typesetting market, as in the U.S. A local magazine, Next Magazine (similar to Newsweek here), uses the Mac extensively. I have seen Sir Speedy and other franchises in Hong Kong equipped with Mac-based systems. True, the discount is not as steep as here because customers in Hong Kong cannot buy from gray market, nor are Mac being sold thru mass merchandisers like Apple does here with the Performa lin   e. At this point the sale of Mac is handled by one exclusive distributor. On the other hand, you can always get a PC clone or in the earlier days, illegal clones of the Apple IIe.  Your perception of the Mac not being too popular in Hong Kong is simply because most hobbyists and users find it much cheaper to go to one of those basement stores that sell PC clones with probably illegal copies of BIOS than to pay for a Mac.  Similarly you cannot say Lotus 1-2-3 surely is not well accepted in Hong Kong because the sale is so low. May be it is because of all those places in Kowloon where illegal copies of Lotus 1-2-3 can be bought for $20 and $10 for a professional looking but illegal copies of the manuals.
In article <John_Shepardson.esh-090493161019@moose.slac.stanford.edu> John Shepardson, John_Shepardson.esh@qmail.slac.stanford.edu writes: >As the author of "DPI on the Fry" I can tell you that there is no way for a >graphics card to know what resolution its connected monitor will actually >support.  That's why we have these silly cables.  The cable just identifies >that monitor as supporting a given resolution. > >Therefore the software will support any multisync monitor.  I've heard that >radius has a similar program for the quadra.  Is this software available either commercially or public domain? If so where?
> This does not make sence...why would the 4FG work but the 3FGx not > work...it is the > same monitor without accucolor and digital controls...works fine at > 1024x768 with > SVGA...what's the deal....anyway you can get a SVGA 14" with .28mm and > 1024x7 68 > for $279 at Damark...are you saing that it probably would work while a > $600 NEC won't? The 3FGx has a maximum horizontal scan rate of 49KHz, so driving it at 60.24KHz to get 1024 x 768 on the Mac is WAY BEYOND the tolerance            The 4FG is spec'ed at 57KHz, so going 60.24KHz is only 5-6% above the minimally guaranteed figure.  I too doubt if the Damark monitor would sync to a Mac at 1024 x 768.            Like most things, you get what you pay.  That's the deal.  -John Rutirasiri.