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I have the following busines books/best sellers for sale. All in excellent order. If you are interested email me an offer... 1. Zapp: The Lightning of Empowerment..............William Pyham, Jeff Cox Harmony Books 2. Beware the Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt...Harvey Mackay William, Morrow & Co 3. What They Still Don't Reach You at Harvard .....Mark H. McCormack Bantam Books 4. Megatrends 2000: 10 New Directions for the 90's.John Nisbitt/P. Aburdene William, Morrow & Co 5. Phone Power....................................George Walther Putnam Books 6. What Every Supervisor Should Know..............Liester R Bittel, J.Newstrom McGraw-Hill 7. MaxiMarketing: New Directions in Advertising...Stan Rapps, Tom Collins McGraw-Hill 8. Outsmarting The Competition....................John McGongale, Jr Sourcebooks 9. Professional Speaking..........................Lilyan Wilder Simon & Schuster 10. Managing Management Time......................William Ocken Jr. Prentice Hall 11. Getting Praised Raised and Recognized........Muriel Solomon Prentice Hall 12. Getting What You Want: How to Reach Agreement..Kare Anderson Dutton 13. Let's Talk Quality..........................Philip B. Crosby McGraw Hill 14. Frontal Attack, Divide and Conquer.........Richard Buskirk Wiley 15. Den of Thieves...........................James B. Stewart Simon & Schuster 16. 20/20 Vision..............................Stanley Davis, Bill Davidson Fireside: Simon & Schuster If you are intersted, email please.

I had a similar problem with my StyleWriter I (the original!). Have you tried cleaning the print heads? With the SWII driver, it's and option in the Print dialog box. Sometimes I had to do it several times to get the crud out. Yes it wastes ink, but it beats those white annoying lines. Another idea is to print a couple of pages with just a big black box. It can help to get the ink flowing. Good luck! Beth Corbo

Our firm is in a position to either sell or lease the serverses of one AN-12 air cargo transport aircraft (with the complete technical repair in 1993 ). Terms of Delivery: 1. The price of the aircraft is $840000. 2. The price of leasing is $42800 per month with the guarantee flight time more than 60 hours. This price includes : a) the price of the aircraft. b) the price of insurance of the aircraft and the pilots. The price of leasing does not include : a) the fuel price. b) the price of technical service. c) taxes , airport taxes, air navigations expenses, the payments of hangspace. d) loading, unloading and insurance cargo. e) days payments for pilot, food and accomodation expenses,transport expenses. Terms are negotiable. If you are interested, please contact at your earliest convenients. Respectedly Yours. Andrey Divaev. MOSCOW tel: (095) 305-71-30 fax: (095) 305-72-60

I have the following LDs for sale 20 for 1st 15 each additional, postage (3rd class) paid. Project A-ko (Japanese - NO ENGLISH) Dominion Act-I (Japanese - NO ENGLISH) Dominion Act-II (Japanese - NO ENGLISH) Far From the Madding Crowd (LBX) West Side Story (LBX) Ben Hur (P&S) The Dirty Dozen (P&S) Star Trek V (P&S) The Fabuluos Fleischer Folio Vol 1 Tom and Jerry Classics Bugs Bunny Classics -- brian [email protected]

Does anyone have recommendations on whether a smart data I/O (print spooler, digital sampling, etc.) would be better implemented with a DMA chip or a dedicated microcontroller? Essentially what I am trying to decide is the best way to handle moving data from a port with automatic handshaking from or to a memory area that will be accessible by a main system processor when not in use by the smart data I/O. Which DMA or microcontroller chip would be best to use? Fast, cheap, and easy to obtain would be nice, but I won't limit my choices to only those that fit those characteristics. Even an 8086/8088 (under $5) would do what I want, but I am sure there is a better alternative -- like a microcontroller with onchip (E)EPROM. So I essentially want to hear about all DMA and microcontrollers that are simple to interface and will move data from one place to another while monitoring a few I/O lines.

Well tell us about your pool table! -=- Andy -=-

Claris Filemaker Pro Database Manager for MacIntosh, still unpackaged.

> I'm wondering if I can tote my American touch tone phone around with me > to Sweden and Germany. It's DC powered, and I can buy a special adapter > for that in Europe. The question is if the general electronics work > the same. I can buy a different wall plug and refit it (I'm sure I'd > have to), but would that do the trick? Two things to watch for: In Germany (and I think the same holds for Sweden) only some of the connections can handle tone dialing, so make sure the phone can be set to pulse dialing. Most (if not virtually all) swedish exchanges can handle tone dialling. Many older electromechanical exchanges have been modified accept tone dialling.

/* posted for a friend -- please reply to him */ ++++++++++++++++++++++++ CAR AMPLIFIERS FOR SALE +++++++++++++++++++++++++ I have 3 high-end car amplifiers for sale: (2) Old-Style Rockford Fosgate 150's. These are great amps, and I've never had a minute's trouble with either of them. I've been running them on high end for quite some time (front/rear) and have been very pleased with them in that setup, but I've also run them on low end before, and they perform quite well in that situation as well. I'm trying to sell them because I'm considering upgrading to a Rockford 650. I already own a Power 300, and I've always liked the way the 650/300 combo worked in cars. I'm asking $200.00 a piece, and list on them when I bought them was $375.00. If you're interested in both of them, I'd be willing to come down on the price a little bit. (1) Precision Power 2150. This great utility amplifier is rated at 2x150, and looks brand new. The shroud is unscratched, and it works great. This is a great low-end amp because of it's high-power rating into 2 channels, however, I've also had it running front or back high end before where it did very well. I'm asking $425.00 for this amp, but feel free to make me an offer on it. **** Please direct questions/replies to [email protected] **** ============================================================================== == Chase Hacker "Fortune presents gifts not == == [email protected] according to the book. DCD == == [email protected] == == [email protected] == ============================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Goldsman __o o__ o__ o__ o__ 36004 Ga Tech Station _ \<,_ _.>/ _ _.>/ _ _.>/ _ _.>/ _ Atlanta, Georgia 30332 (_)/ (_) (_) \(_) (_) \(_) (_) \(_) (_) \(_)

Two things to watch for: In Germany (and I think the same holds for Sweden) only some of the connections can handle tone dialing, so make sure the phone can be set to pulse dialing. In Sweden, the '0' is the first digit and all other digits are pushed "down" by one position; this makes dialing (and in the process converting numbers) an interesting task. Otherwise, it is technically no problem to connect a foreign phone to either the German or Swedish phone system. OTOH neither you nor I would ever try that, as it is of course illegal.

I was one of the unfortunate people to run into this guy. I sent him $30 cash (Stupid, I know) for 4 CDs. That was the last I heard of him. I know there were some other people ripped off by this guy. Has there been any advances in tracking him down?

REPOST - DUE TO NET PROBLEMS Hi, I have problems with the FDHD on a IICX that EKG reports is ROM revision 376. I had reports that this Mac was having trouble formatting disks and by the time I got to it, the FDHD just would not respond although all other functions were fine. I checked the voltages on the DB19 external drive connector and pin 6 showed no volts with 7 and 8 giving 25volts unloaded. The power supply is an Astec and I sent it away for repair. With the power supply reinstalled, I now get the following error: With the internal FDHD connected, the Mac boots fine but on completion of boot cycle an alert displays "The disk is unreadable - do you want to eject it?". For every combination of response, the alert reappears within approx 2 seconds and this error is continuous. The FDHD does spin but there is no head seeking and the FDHD is incapable of ejecting the disk. This error sequence occurs regardless of whether there is a floppy in the drive or not. Pin 6 on the DB19 external connector shows 1.2V, pins 7 and 8 show 10.75V. With the internal FDHD disconnected, the Mac boots fine and works great (MacEKG reports no errors). The DB19 external connector now shows no voltage on pin 6 but pins 7 and 8 show 10.75V. Now, the internal FDHD may be fubar, but I have an apple 800K external drive that gives exactly the same symptoms as the internal drive when connected to either the external DB19 or the internal connector at J16 (after suitable surgery to the external drive). The voltages at J16 (with the internal FDHD disconnected) are as follows: PIN Volts PIN Volts 1 - 2 5 3 - 4 5 5 - 6 5 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 5 11 - 12 - 13 10.75 14 5 15 10.75 16 5 17 10.75 18 - 19 10.75 20 5 This machine has a SWIM which I don't think EKG tests. I have tested all diodes and pica fuses and can find no problems. Does anybody have any ideas ? Best wishes, Woody. Paul Woodman

Several weeks ago, I described a problem with my Apple High-Resolution monitor and promised to summarize replies received by e-mail. To recapitulate: Occasionally, every two or three hours or so, my monitor momentarily loses sync. The entire raster image bounces down about an eighth of an inch or so, then rights itself. This usually happens right after I close a large window, highlight a large area, or do something that radically alters the image on the screen. Sometimes, though, it happens with no provocation whatsoever. I have received a bewildering range of replies. At one extreme was a man, clearly quite knowledgable about monitors, who said that the problem was that the 13" monitor's power supply simply couldn't always keep up with sudden changes of the raster image; the rapid change from a largely light screen to a largely dark one overtaxed the monitor's power supply. There was no fix available, he said, because nothing was really wrong. (I guess he meant that the flaw was so fundamental that it had to be endured.) This seemed quite persuasive and I would have been tempted to adopt an attitude of stoicism, except for a reply from a 13" monitor owner who discovered that this very problem is documented in the Apple Service Technical Procedures, Volume 3, under the heading Jitter Correction. The section describes a fix involving the replacement of a capacitor, the adjustment of a potentiometer, or, failing that, the swap of a circuit board.

I've been playing with a centris 610 (8/230) for the last couple weeks. The only problem that I have seen is that a couple of the applications I run are incompatible with the 040's processor cache, so I have to run with it turned off. Actually, the main thing I don't like it is that it doesn't have a software powerup/powerdown, and the power switch is DIRECTLY UNDER THE FLOPPY DRIVE! (I haven't hit it thinking it would eject the disk, but some tired night I'm going to be really upset with that design decision.....) In all, no problems with it. floppy and printing have been just fine. (printing is done across a localtalk net, not a directly connected printer)

Why can't he record it legally? It may not be admissable in court, but recording for personal use is legal. If he wants to play it for his ham friend, that's legal too, as long as he doesn't charge admission. Here, Here! It doesn't actually have to be 1500 watts at 100 feet. I've heard radio transmissions from concert security over guitar amps with no guitar plugged in, and security uses radios transmitting 2-5 watts into a rubber duck antenna, which acts more like a dummy load than an antenna. Hey Bill, where were you three weeks ago when all this stuff was posted and dealt with?

Tippman 68 Special Semi-Auto Rifle 120 round feeder 18 inch barrel - composite 14 inch barrel - composite 6 inch barrel - composite 20oz CO2 tank silencer 1200 rounds of paint plus whatever else I have in the box. all this for $375 or best offer

Mine works great, so far......

Subject says it all, though I should specify that I'm looking for solutions that DON'T require me purchasing specific chips, etc.... In other words, is there some sort of neural network circuit I could build after a visit to a local R-Shack?

Sorry Ian, I haven't toyed with it in several years. I haven't seen the insides in quite a few years. I just saw the post lagging for quite a few days, and thought I'd toss in my $0.02. I assume the 6507 was functionally similar to the 6502 (was it also made by MOS Technologies?). I really am more versed in the (6502 based) Atari computers. The 2600 came later on. In the Atari computers, the "CIA" chip you refer to sounds an awful lot like the CTIA (Color Television Interface Adapter) chip used in the early models. Later Atari upgraded this to the GTIA (Graphics ...). Other colorful literature stated that the GTIA might have stood for "George," the developer of the chip. Funny, I had an old and new model. The old one was SIGNIFICANTLY heavier. Sorry, I am way out of line here. My first microcontroller I built was a MC68701 based chipset with 128 bytes onboard. That was not easy to work with (in addtion to a small 2K on-board EPROM).

Performa 200 == Classic II Performa 400 == LC II Performa 4xx == LC III Performa 600 == well, nothing :) The Performas are made to be low-cost business solutions. The 4xx have bundled software, modems, etc. Because they have no "retail price" you might be able to get a steeper discount on them. Shop around. As far as the monitors go, buy 3rd party. Much cheaper.

From "Management of Electronics Assembly" (Ian Oakes) After talking about 63/37 tin lead alloy and the eutectic point... "Occasionally, impurities may be added to solder, to vary charactersitics within the soldering process in an attempt to improve performance. For example, addition of small quantities of antimony and copper can reduce the amount solder moves under stress when solid. For particular applications additions of impurities may be warranted but, in general, it is best to keep the solder used in a soldering process as pure as possible." I guess this is the good oil for commercial operations, but it doesn't mention anything esoteric.

******* LOWERED PRICES ******* I have the following IBM hardware forsale ATI VgaWonderXl24 - This is a great card, it supports 1024x768 256 colors, 800x600 32k colors, and 640x480 16 million colors. I found that it also speed up windows considerably. I'm asking $90 o.b.o. for this card. I also have 2 2400 internal baud modems. I have Docs for both but I don't have the original boxes. Both work fine and I'd like to get $20 each or $35 for both . BackUPS 400 - Backup power supply that allows CPU and Monitor to continue to operate up to 30 minutes in event of power failure. Asking $50.

Back in high school I worked as a lab assistant for a bunch of experimental psychologists at Bell Labs. When they were doing visual perception and memory experiments, they used vector-type displays, with 1-millisecond refresh rates common. So your case of 1/200th sec is quite practical, and the experimenters were probably sure that it was 5 milliseconds, not 4 or 6 either. Steve

You can call MacUser magazine number, i guess they will give you the info!

I am currently managing, among many other labs, a lab with three LC IIs, a Mac Plus with 45 MB external HD, and a LaserWriter II NTX. My problem? The LC IIs seem to intermittently slow to a snail's pace. These LC IIs have 4 MB RAM, 256K VRAM, and a Quantum LP105S HD installed. I have reformatted the drive with Hard Disk Toolkit 1.3, and it gives a very respectable 2.9 overall rating to this drive, so it's not the drive. I have reinstalled System 7.1, MS-Word 5.1a, MS-Works 3.0, and so on, all from the master disks. In short, I have done everything I can think of in software. I am *not* a hardware hacker, though I pop cases fairly often. But nothing works. The problem is intermittent and unpredictable. The mouse always moves smoothly, floppies always run at the same speed, but occasionally, for about 1-2 hours at a time, a machine will run like it was running on a 4 MHz 68000, not a 16 MHz 68030. It is VERY frustrating and makes it nearly unusable. It does seem to worsen with increasing disk activity. Has anyone encountered this problem before? Has anyone got any ideas? They would be much appreciated. -- Andrew Geweke

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: [email protected] Dept. of Physical Oceanography * [email protected]

Newsgroups: misc.wanted,misc.forsale,misc.forsale.computers, Subject: Wanted: Manual of Polaroid Palette 72-10; $10 Distribution: world Organization: Clemson University, Clemson SC I need the Polaroid Palette Model 72-10 (or similar model) manual. I am willing to pay $10 for it, plus the shipping charge via USPS 3rd class. I don't need the original one, photo-copyed manual will just fine for me. If you have the manual, please help me out. Thanks in advance. Eric (803)6548817

I have heard that the version 7.2 printer driver is out for the apple laserwriter ls. Has ayone heard of how or where to get this driver.

I would expect that CD-ROM software would not even need copy protection. As the program on a CD-ROM would not fit onto a hard-drive, and it is impossible for the average (and even not-so-average) user to write to a CD-ROM, copies of the software (that still work) could never be made. Hmmm.. now that I think about it.. with a creative TSR, maybe disk-swapping could be used to simulate files on a single disk. You would need a tonne of disks though.

I have an Altos 2000 System V.3 Unix system for sale (I actually have two, but one's for me). Several years ago these well-known machines sold for $30,000 for the base configuration. This particular one has much more than the base configuration, depending on what you want: - 386 16 MHZ CPU. - 8 meg of ram. - Fifteen (15) serial ports (or more if you want)! - A multidrop port for up to 256 more serial ports! - Ethernet. - 5.25" floppy drive. - QIC 24 cartridge tape drive. - 170 meg ESDI hard drive (either Micropolis or CDC, or both if you want). - Unix System V.3 installation. - Networking software package (TCP/IP). - Development system software package (C compiler and libraries). I am asking only $700 (firm) for the system! If you want another Ethernet or serial card, add $50. Additional disks are $100 each (I can install a total of three ESDI drives). I would consider a trade for a SCSI DAT tape drive. This box would make a great BBS system or terminal server. It was originally designed to service 40 active users, and up to 70 moderately active users. This is NOT a PC! It was designed to be a Unix box from the start, and it's very fast and exceptionally reliable. It's dimensions are approximately 2.5' high (tower), 8" wide and 2" deep. I am only interested in dealing with someone local enough to come pick it up. Shipping is way too much hassle. Call if you wish, or send email. Steve Scherf (408) 736-2093 home (408) 559-5616 work [email protected] [email protected] Newsgroups: ba.market.misc,ba.market.computers,misc.forsale,misc.forsale.computers,misc.forsale.computers.other Subject: FOR SALE: Altos 2000 Unix machine Summary: Expires: References: Distribution: Organization: Moondog Software, Sunnyvale, CA. Keywords: I have an Altos 2000 System V.3 Unix system for sale (I actually have two, but one's for me). Several years ago these well-known machines sold for $30,000 for the base configuration. This particular one has much more than the base configuration, depending on what you want: - 386 16 MHZ CPU. - 8 meg of ram. - Fifteen (15) serial ports (or more if you want)! - A multidrop port for up to 256 more serial ports! - Ethernet. - 5.25" floppy drive. - QIC 24 cartridge tape drive. - 170 meg ESDI hard drive (either Micropolis or CDC, or both if you want). - Unix System V.3 installation. - Networking software package (TCP/IP). - Development system software package (C compiler and libraries). I am asking only $700 (firm) for the system! If you want another Ethernet or serial card, add $50. Additional disks are $100 each (I can install a total of three ESDI drives). I would consider a trade for a SCSI DAT tape drive. This box would make a great BBS system or terminal server. It was originally designed to service 40 active users, and up to 70 moderately active users. This is NOT a PC! It was designed to be a Unix box from the start, and it's very fast and exceptionally reliable. It's dimensions are approximately 2.5' high (tower), 8" wide and 2" deep. I am only interested in dealing with someone local enough to come pick it up. Shipping is way too much hassle. Call if you wish, or send email. Steve Scherf (408) 736-2093 home (408) 559-5616 work [email protected] [email protected] Newsgroups: ba.market.misc,ba.market.computers,misc.forsale,misc.forsale.computers,misc.forsale.computers.other Subject: FOR SALE: Altos 2000 Unix machine Organization: Moondog Software, Sunnyvale, CA. I have an Altos 2000 System V.3 Unix system for sale (I actually have two, but one's for me). Several years ago these well-known machines sold for $30,000 for the base configuration. This particular one has much more than the base configuration, depending on what you want: - 386 16 MHZ CPU. - 8 meg of ram. - Fifteen (15) serial ports (or more if you want)! - A multidrop port for up to 256 more serial ports! - Ethernet. - 5.25" floppy drive. - QIC 24 cartridge tape drive. - 170 meg ESDI hard drive (either Micropolis or CDC, or both if you want). - Unix System V.3 installation. - Networking software package (TCP/IP). - Development system software package (C compiler and libraries). I am asking only $700 (firm) for the system! If you want another Ethernet or serial card, add $50. Additional disks are $100 each (I can install a total of three ESDI drives). I would consider a trade for a SCSI DAT tape drive. This box would make a great BBS system or terminal server. It was originally designed to service 40 active users, and up to 70 moderately active users. This is NOT a PC! It was designed to be a Unix box from the start, and it's very fast and exceptionally reliable. It's dimensions are approximately 2.5' high (tower), 8" wide and 2" deep. I am only interested in dealing with someone local enough to come pick it up. Shipping is way too much hassle. Call if you wish, or send email. Steve Scherf (408) 736-2093 home (408) 559-5616 work [email protected] [email protected] Newsgroups: ba.market.misc,ba.market.computers,misc.forsale,misc.forsale.computers,misc.forsale.computers.other Subject: FOR SALE: Altos 2000 Unix machine Summary: Expires: References: Sender: Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: Moondog Software, Sunnyvale, CA. Keywords: I have an Altos 2000 System V.3 Unix system for sale (I actually have two, but one's for me). Several years ago these well-known machines sold for $30,000 for the base configuration. This particular one has much more than the base configuration, depending on what you want: - 386 16 MHZ CPU. - 8 meg of ram. - Fifteen (15) serial ports (or more if you want)! - A multidrop port for up to 256 more serial ports! - Ethernet. - 5.25" floppy drive. - QIC 24 cartridge tape drive. - 170 meg ESDI hard drive (either Micropolis or CDC, or both if you want). - Unix System V.3 installation. - Networking software package (TCP/IP). - Development system software package (C compiler and libraries). I am asking only $700 (firm) for the system! If you want another Ethernet or serial card, add $50. Additional disks are $100 each (I can install a total of three ESDI drives). I would consider a trade for a SCSI DAT tape drive. This box would make a great BBS system or terminal server. It was originally designed to service 40 active users, and up to 70 moderately active users. This is NOT a PC! It was designed to be a Unix box from the start, and it's very fast and exceptionally reliable. It's dimensions are approximately 2.5' high (tower), 8" wide and 2" deep. I am only interested in dealing with someone local enough to come pick it up. Shipping is way too much hassle. Call if you wish, or send email. Steve Scherf (408) 736-2093 home (408) 559-5616 work [email protected] [email protected] Newsgroups: ba.market.misc,ba.market.computers,misc.forsale,misc.forsale.computers,misc.forsale.computers.other Subject: FOR SALE: Altos 2000 Unix machine Organization: Moondog Software, Sunnyvale, CA. I have an Altos 2000 System V.3 Unix system for sale (I actually have two, but one's for me). Several years ago these well-known machines sold for $30,000 for the base configuration. This particular one has much more than the base configuration, depending on what you want: - 386 16 MHZ CPU. - 8 meg of ram. - Fifteen (15) serial ports (or more if you want)! - A multidrop port for up to 256 more serial ports! - Ethernet. - 5.25" floppy drive. - QIC 24 cartridge tape drive. - 170 meg ESDI hard drive (either Micropolis or CDC, or both if you want). - Unix System V.3 installation. - Networking software package (TCP/IP). - Development system software package (C compiler and libraries). I am asking only $700 (firm) for the system! If you want another Ethernet or serial card, add $50. Additional disks are $100 each (I can install a total of three ESDI drives). I would consider a trade for a SCSI DAT tape drive. This box would make a great BBS system or terminal server. It was originally designed to service 40 active users, and up to 70 moderately active users. This is NOT a PC! It was designed to be a Unix box from the start, and it's very fast and exceptionally reliable. It's dimensions are approximately 2.5' high (tower), 8" wide and 2" deep. I am only interested in dealing with someone local enough to come pick it up. Shipping is way too much hassle. Call if you wish, or send email. Steve Scherf (408) 736-2093 home (408) 559-5616 work [email protected] [email protected] Newsgroups: ba.market.misc,ba.market.computers,misc.forsale,misc.forsale.computers,misc.forsale.computers.other Subject: FOR SALE: Altos 2000 Unix machine Summary: Expires: References: Sender: Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: Moondog Software, Sunnyvale, CA. Keywords: I have an Altos 2000 System V.3 Unix system for sale (I actually have two, but one's for me). Several years ago these well-known machines sold for $30,000 for the base configuration. This particular one has much more than the base configuration, depending on what you want: - 386 16 MHZ CPU. - 8 meg of ram. - Fifteen (15) serial ports (or more if you want)! - A multidrop port for up to 256 more serial ports! - Ethernet. - 5.25" floppy drive. - QIC 24 cartridge tape drive. - 170 meg ESDI hard drive (either Micropolis or CDC, or both if you want). - Unix System V.3 installation. - Networking software package (TCP/IP). - Development system software package (C compiler and libraries). I am asking only $700 (firm) for the system! If you want another Ethernet or serial card, add $50. Additional disks are $100 each (I can install a total of three ESDI drives). I would consider a trade for a SCSI DAT tape drive. This box would make a great BBS system or terminal server. It was originally designed to service 40 active users, and up to 70 moderately active users. This is NOT a PC! It was designed to be a Unix box from the start, and it's very fast and exceptionally reliable. It's dimensions are approximately 2.5' high (tower), 8" wide and 2" deep. I am only interested in dealing with someone local enough to come pick it up. Shipping is way too much hassle. Call if you wish, or send email. Steve Scherf (408) 736-2093 home (408) 559-5616 work [email protected] [email protected]

I am selling a Western Digital 212 meg IDE HD, the Caviar 2200 model. The access time is <15 ms, and it has a built in cache. It is BRAND NEW, still in the original static bag. Asking $275, obo.

If you want to try a non-toxic solvent, there's one made of citrus that works very well and doesn't take your skin off in the process. One brand name I've used is Citra-Solve, but there are others too.

I just got a copy of spice 5.2. I would like to know if there are any published books on the market yet and where I could get one. I would appreciate any help. Thank You

Gee, how about an (ahem) "accelerometer"! Such devices are available from a variety of sources (one that comes to mind is Bruel & Kjaer if you have a lot of money to spend). MOst of these sorts of devices output a voltage proportional to acceleration. You need to know what range you're talking about though.

ITEMS FOR SALE - PRICE LISTED OR BEST OFFER!!!!!!! KFC SVGA Monitor 1024X768 .28DP Non-interlaced 14" Screen, still under warranty! (Brand New) $ 275.00 1200 Baud Compuadd Modem Box/docs/software $ 15.00 CGA Monitor with Cga/Parallel Card $ 30.00 SCO UNIX V3.2.2 Unlimited User OS, has the base and extended Utilities, and UUCP $ 125.00 Turbo C/Turbo C++ The complete reference book. $ 15.00 Serial I/O Card 1 serial Port $ 10.00 Joystick, three button $ 10.00 IDE Controller with 2 Serial, 1 parallel and one Game port. $ 10.00Each

Recently I got a case of Hot Shots '93 cards. Unfortunately I had not planned on keeping all of them. I sort of got stuck with the case. (I'm not going to mention any names, though.) So, I am trying to sell off most or all (minus a set for myself). If you have any interest in a set, a box, or any singles, please let me know. The set has 250 cards. Each card features a great looking woman in various stages of dress. Some nude, semi-nude, lingerie, dressed. 99 percent are gorgeous, I feel. There are 4 subsets: Girl, Girl, Girls 1 through 9 Promo cards 251 through 259 (also numbered 1 of 9 through 9 of 9) Emperor's All-Stars 269 through 277 Stripping Empress 260 through 268 Also, I am supposed to be getting some holograms soon as well. Oh, and lastly, I have a very few error cards and a few cards that were originally intended to be used as card #1, but the company changed their mind. None of these cards are easy to get. Anyway, if you have some interest in any of these cards, please drop me a line, as I am most eager to sell a bunch off. Oh, and if you are interested, I also have 1 set of Hot Shots '92 left, and about 2 sets of California Dreaming cards as well. And lastly, I have promo cards for all of the cards I have mentioned, and holograms as well. Not a lot, though. John Heiden [email protected]

It varies. You may get a catalog or price list from the advertiser, or if the ad was a specific product - a slec sheet on that product or line.

Last two copies of silverlining 5.42 from La Cie for sale. This is disk management software. Lets you evalulate/test hard drive, install and test drivers, partition disks (supports AUX, ProDos, etc). Nice piece of software to have around the house. If you are interested please email your offers. First good offer also gets MacTree disk organization software free.

: This topic was beaten to death a year or so ago. : The concrete is not the problem. : Lead-acid batteries often fail from disuse (not being charged for a long : time), but there's no way the concrete floor could be the cause of the : problem. Ditto. The only remote, and I do say remote, possibility is that if the ground was REAL cold (< -30F) the battery might freeze an split. But then it would probably freeze anyway :-)

Has anyone else gotten a system error when trying to print from Mathematica 2.1 to the HP Deskwriter. I'm using a PB170 with: 8 megs ram Sys 7.0.1 + Tuneup HP Print Drivers etc.... It works find on an Imagewriter I. I'd like to get as much information as possible before I send a bug report to Wolfram. Thanks.

I am, at long last, going to replace my beloved 512ke. I am looking at a new LC III and a used IIci. Prices have yet to be worked out, so I'm just thinking right now about their merits and drawbacks. Here's what I've thought of: The IIci has much greater potential for expansion, a la NuBus and greater memory capacity. The LC III would be new, under warranty, newer ROMs (is the IIci "32-bit clean"?), and would have sound input. I also like the "pizza-box" case. Performance-wise, I have read that they are almost identical, the LC III being a little slower. So, which should I get?

** I am considering either an inkjet or bubble jet printer. I've seen inkjet printers and I was impressed with the near lazer quality. I have heard a lot of bad things about the cheaper bubble-jet printers. Does the ink smudge very easily and take a long time to dry ? Thanks.

The following comics are for auction. The highest bid takes them! All are near mint to mint condition! TITLE Minimum/Current -------------------------------------------------------------- Alpha Flight 51 (Jim Lee's first work at Marvel) $ 5.00 Aliens 1 (1st app Aliens in comics, 1st prnt, May 1988) $20.00/KrisM./SOLD Amazing Spider-Man 136 (Intro new Green Goblin) $20.00 Amazing Spider-Man 238 (1st appearance Hobgoblin) $50.00 Archer and Armstrong 1 (Frank Miller/Smith/Layton) $ 7.50 Avengers 263 (1st appearance X-factor) $ 3.50 Bloodshot 1 (Chromium cover, BWSmith Cover/Poster) $ 5.00/SamE/SOLD CyberRad 1 (Reintro CyberRad, Prestige silver edition) $15.00 Daredevil 158 (Frank Miller art begins) $35.00 Dark Horse Presents 1 (1st app Concrete, 1st printing) $ 7.50 Detective 657 (Azrael appears, Intro Cypher) $ 5.00 Detective 658 (Azrael appears) $ 4.00 Harbinger 10 (1st appearance H.A.R.D. Corps) $ 7.00/B.Matthey/SOLD H.A.R.D. Corps 1 $ 5.00 Incredible Hulk 324 (1st app Grey Hulk since #1 1962) $ 7.00 Incredible Hulk 330 (1st McFarlane issue) $15.00 Incredible Hulk 331 (Grey Hulk series begins) $11.00 Incredible Hulk 367 (1st Dale Keown art in Hulk) $15.00 Incredible Hulk 377 (1st all new hulk, 1st prnt, Keown) $15.00 Marvel Comics Presents 1 (Wolverine, Silver Surfer) $ 7.50 Marvel Presents (Charleston Chew giveaway, Sam Keith) $ 5.00 Maxx Limited Ashcan (4000 copies exist, blue cover) $30.00 Mr T. #1 (Signed Advance copy, 10,000 exist) $10.00 New Mutants 86 (McFarlane cover, 1st app Cable - cameo) $10.00 New Mutants 100 (1st app X-Force) $ 5.00 New Mutants Annual 5 (1st Liefeld art on New Mutants) $10.00 Omega Men 3 (1st appearance Lobo) $ 7.50 Omega Men 10 (1st full Lobo story) $ 7.50 Power Man & Iron Fist 78 (3rd appearance Sabretooth) $20.00 Power Man & Iron Fist 84 (4th appearance Sabretooth) $15.00 Simpsons Comics and Stories 1 (Polybagged special ed.) $ 7.50 Spectacular Spider-Man 147 (1st app New Hobgoblin) $12.50 Spider-Man Special (UNICEF giveaway, vs Venom) $10.00 Star Trek the Next Generation 1 (Feb 1988, DC mini) $ 7.50 Star Trek the Next Generation 1 (Oct 1989, DC comics) $ 7.50 Trianglehead #1 (Special limited edition, autographed) $ 5.00 Web of Spider-Man 29 (Hobgoblin, Wolverine appear) $10.00 Web of Spider-Man 30 (Origin Rose, Hobgoblin appears) $ 7.50 Wolverine 10 (Before claws, 1st battle with Sabretooth) $15.00 Wolverine 41 (Sabretooth claims to be Wolverine's dad) $ 5.00 Wolverine 42 (Sabretooth proven not to be his dad) $ 3.50 Wolverine 43 (Sabretooth/Wolverine saga concludes) $ 3.00 Wolverine 1 (1982 mini-series, Miller art) $20.00 Wonder Woman 267 (Return of Animal Man) $12.50 X-Force 1 (Signed by Liefeld, Bagged, X-Force card) $20.00 X-Force 1 (Signed by Liefeld, Bagged, Shatterstar card) $10.00 X-Force 1 (Signed by Liefeld, Bagged, Deadpool card) $10.00 X-Force 1 (Signed by Liefeld, Bagged, Sunspot/Gideon) $10.00 All comics are in near mint to mint condition, are bagged in shiny polypropylene bags, and backed with white acid free boards. Shipping is $1.50 for one book, $3.00 for more than one book, or free if you order a large enough amount of stuff. I am willing to haggle. I have thousands and thousands of other comics, so please let me know what you've been looking for, and maybe I can help.

I thought the first thread was hilarious, so here goes another post. Some more background information on what has happened to my poor batteries. One year, I left the batteries in the garage. The garage is Unheated. They were left in their places that they needed to be. One in the riding lawnmower (what a lux) and one in each motorcycle. The battery in the riding lawnmower was about 3-4 years old, and one of the cycle batteries was new, and one was around 5 years old. Upon spring time, I discovered that all of the batteries were dead, and needed to be recharged. They all worked properly, except for the older ones, and they had to be replaced about halfway through the summer. (they had originally been stored in the garage, and I think I remember my dad charging them in spring) Last year, I decided to bring them in to the basement, which has two parts. one is dirt and brick, and the other is concrete. I brought in all three, and discovered in the spring, (about 15 days ago) that not only were the batteries dead, but when I put the charger on them, the charger said "HMMMMMMMM" and the amp-meter read around 1,000,000,000 (In other words, it was pinned) the internal circut tripped, and I went on to the other batteries. They were the same. Realizing that we still had 2 GIGANTIC sailboat batteries, also lead acid, I decided to put the charger on them. (these had been sitting for around 1 and a half years, on the brick and dirt part) and noticed that they only needed a small charge, around 2 hours or so on trickle. I tested them by using them at the local gas station for giving jump starts, and they worked fine for around 25 of 'em. This leads me to believe one of several things. 1) I bought really #$%tty batteries last year. (sorta true) 2) the concrete has something to do with the discharge of the batteries. 3) There was enough moisture to short out the terminals in the room where the concrete is, 4) The dirt room was able to absorb the moisture in the air better than concrete. (BTW, I can almost waterski in the dirt room)

From article <[email protected]>, by [email protected] (Dan Eldred):

I have a few the original IBM 10Mb harddisks for sale. They are actually Seagate's ST412, MFM, full height, has the IBM logo and black face plate. Each disk is checked and formatted with DOS 6.0. It can be doubled to 20Mb or so with dblspace or stacker if you so desire. Have the original IBM foam fitted boxies and anti-static bags. I am not sure if they were ever used, but each drive that is sent out will be quarenteed in good working order. $30 each plus shipping cost, (about $5),

According to what I saw in a store today, the Performa 405 is not the same as an LCIII. It only has a 16Mhz 68030 while the LCIII has a 25Mhz 030. Correct me if I am wrong, because it is possible that the dealer may have forgotten to remove the description that was next to the actual computer. Dealers who sell the Performa are known to have about as much knowledge about Macs as I do about DOS machines.

85'Mazda GLC - 58K miles - charcoal grey, 4-dr - automatic transmission - A/C , Stereo System with 4-way speaker - rear window defrost, cruise control - New water pump, front tires, headlight, heat shield. - 1 year old battery and transmission. - Well Maintained with all Records of purchase and service. - Inspection done in Feb'93 - Good Condition - Reason for selling : Moving out of Austin. $ 2500.00 (negotiable) Must see to appreciate. call or leave message on answering machine at 477-9429 or email to [email protected]

Ok I want to get a color Mac I don't care if it is an LC or a Mac II or what but I want to go to a color machine. I'd prefer to trade my present Mac SE system plus some cash or other equipment for the color system as right now I'm not full of the $$$ to buy a color system outright. Here's what my Mac SE system has... Mac SE 4/20 with internal 800K drive 20 Meg external External 800K drive ImageWriter II with 4 color ribbon Stuff that can go with it...... I'm willing to include both of the 9600 modems and the 2400 baud modem if the deal is right. Keep in mind that both the 9600 modems are less than a month old and the MultiTech modem sells for about $440 or so. MultiTech Multimodem II (9600 data/fax) U.S. Robotics Sportster (9600 data) Microcom QX/12K (normally will connect at only 2400 as highest but it will do faster if connected to another Microcom) The USR and the MultiTech are both brand-new If interested send me e-mail at [email protected]

We are having problems with a bunch of SE/30's in one of our Labs. The fault is that the machines either bomb or freeze when attempting to write to their internal floppies. The internal floppies have been tested on their own and are fine, which means that it is a main board fault. The machines all come from the same batch. The date code on the back of the machines is December 1990. 1. Do you own a machine from this batch. 2. Has any user had experience with this fault. 3. Was it a warranty repair. Any feedback would be appreciated and I will post the results to the net. Bill

To put it bluntly, they are full of it. Paying a tape is playing a tape. There is no difference whether the output goes to a second VCR or to a TV. (How the VCR or TV reacts to this signal is a different story - see messages pertaining to macrovision copy protection.) In order for the tape to self-destruct, it would have to have circuitry of its own within the tape case. The circuit would have to somehow magically determine what the output of the VCR is connected to. The circuit would then have to have an erasing head to actually do anything. It is a pretty lame scare tactic. (I've seen something similar on a BBS. When the SYSOP wanted to, he could have a message sent to the user's end saying that it is sending the code to format your HD.)

: : Why can't he record it legally? It may not be admissable in court, but : recording for personal use is legal. If he wants to play it for his ham : friend, that's legal too, as long as he doesn't charge admission. Yeah - I goofed - a slip of the mind. I must be getting senile. ... deleted ... : Hey Bill, where were you three weeks ago when all this stuff was posted : and dealt with? Busy posting on about 20 other groups. I get to this one about once every three months or so.

Sun SPARKstation laptop Workstation for $2500 or best offer. - 16M RAM expandable to 48M - 200M hard drive - 3.5" floppy drive - OS 4.1. - Open windows 3 - LCD display - scsi -2 - mouse - AC adaptor, manuals, carring case. Posted for a friend. Please contact him directly.

I have a new (opened box, tested drive) Toshiba MK438FB disk for sale. 3.5" 877 mb formatted 12 ms SCSI-2 3 year warranty

I'm looking for recommendations for a laser printer. It will be used mostly for text by a single user. It doesn't need to be a postscript printer. Any advice would be appreciated.

Sharp brand "Pocket Computer" model PC-1246 Dimensions; 3.5 x 5 x 0.5 inches. Has 15-digit LCD display 53 rubber keys (w/alphabet) built-in BASIC prog.language an 11-pin-socketed interface for optional cassette drive. (Don't have) slide-over/reversable plastic cover. Sorry, no owners manual. A program or two still in memory. Asking $15 + shipping (about $2 in U.S.)

Thanks for the enlightening post. Is there a Technical Note on this? The desktop machine I was referring to was actually not a Mac, but rather, any of various workstations that use the 68030@25MHz, such as old Suns or old NeXTs. I used to own a NeXT 68030 cube. But I will try rebooting without extensions to see what kind of a speed difference I get with my powerbook Duo. I did notice an extreme slowdown to unusability with a Mac Plus after installing system 7 on it. Why does the OS suck up so much CPU power? Also, you're right--software does make a HUGE difference. I have the misfortune of using MS-Works on my Duo. When editing relatively small (40K) files, cut or copy takes several seconds, often more than 6 seconds!! This happens with power cycling turned off. As usual, MS software is maggot-infested feces. I'm getting Nisus to replace it for my text editing.

FOR SALE: 1 ST4766E Seagate ESDI drive. 760 meg $500 unformatted. Without controller. A friend has tested this on his controller and says that it works. As is. 2 meg 256kx4 70ns DRAM. $ 3 each or $48 Please call (908) 219-5935 or email.

1st Tech Corp. 12202 Technology Blvd., Suite 130 PO Box 200656 Austin TX 78720-0656 800 533 1744 512 258 3570 Fax 512 258 3689

Greetings! Sorry for the typos. clipper hooks. Al

This is a reposting 'cause two of the bags are out the door, and I took dimensions of #1 and #5 (important to camcorder users). 1. Large padded Cordura bag (maker unknown) orange exterior, black straps and interior. Five outside pockets plus lid compartment. Lid overlaps. Internal dividers can be repositioned. Held my whole 2-1/4 Bronica system, Metz flash, etc. Main chamber (not incl lid and pockets) is 18.5"W x 9"H x 7" D. Very strong bag, good for medium format users or videographers. 2. Small "Nikon" shoulder bag. SORRY. SOLD & SHIPPED. 3. Small "Nikon" belt pouch. Khaki like #2. Similar in design to US Army ammo pouch - belt clips, etc. Holds flash or small zoom (35-70) fixed lens, lens cleaner, etc. $5. 4. Domke belt pouch, black. SORRY. SOLD & SHIPPED. 5. Coast camera bag - tan with brown strap. Main and front pocket. Can hold AF slr with small zoom plus flash, film, etc. 10.5"H x 9.5 H x 4.5 D plus 10.5" x 6.5 x 1.5 front pouch. It looks like Gore-Tex but I don't think it really is. $15. TERMS: Payment in advance by money order/bank check, or cash. Buyer pays shipping. #1 should go UPS. For the others, send me an adequate self addressed mailing envelope (padded recommended) with enough postage. Please contact me by email if interested. /|/| /||)|/ /~ /\| |\|)[~|)/~ | Everyone's entitled to MY opinion. / | |/ ||\|\ \_|\/|_|/|)[_|\\_| | [email protected] ========Imagination is more important than knowledge. - Albert Einstein=======

What paper is that? It's been on the price list here at Dartmouth since they released it and it has never been called the "DuoDock Plus."

I have a few questions that I would like answers to (or opinions on) since I'm thinking about buying a LC-III: Q1) When the PowerPC-based Macs are announced, what will happen to the 680X0-based Macs? Q2) Is System 7 the 'last word' for 680X0-based Macs? Will we ever get REAL multi-tasking for the Mac? Q3) Will there be a way for NuBUS/PDS-equipped Macs to add a PowerPC-on-a-board to their systems? I'd hate to think that I'm going to put my $$ down on a machine that in 6 months is now part of a dead-end product line! Thanks in advance,

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

Not only is benzene a carcinogen, it is adsorbed through the skin and cause cumulative damage to the bone marrow which is essential to the production of your blood cells. It is highly toxic. One exposure is unlikely to kill you, but it will likely do hidden damage. Benzene is one compound that chemists try like hell to avoid using! Acetone is much less toxic, but is highly flammable and volatile. It also dissolves lots of things so handle with great care!

greetings.. I'm a novice in this area. I'm trying to gather info. on standard phone line settings. quick questions : > if I just want to send out a beep over the phone lines, can I do it with some function generator & tie it up to one of those phone wires ?? > which one of those wires should I connect to my DTMF chip as AUDIO IN ?? any help would be much appreciated..

Assuming you are refering to standard POTS or ground start lines: If you are looking at loop start lines under idle conditions, the RING conductor is the one with approximately -48 to -52 vDC with respect to ground while the TIP conductor is at or very near ground potential (be sure to reference the telco ground when taking your measurements). If you are dealing with ground start lines under idle conditions, the RING conductor will be the one with approximately -48 to -52 vDC while the TIP conductor would look like it's floating (you may see some potential from line capacitance it will bleed off over time). Remember to use the telco ground as your reference when making measurements.

So what's the story here... we're all stuck with the regular green, red, and off yellow-orange LED's!? What gives!!?? Anybody have a 'scoop' on FAIRLY LOW PRICED >BLUE< LED's??? ... just out of curiosity, of course ... _________________________________________________ Inspiration | ___ | comes to | \ o [email protected] | those who | ( ^ ) [email protected] | seek the | /-\ =] Baden de Bari [= | unknown. | | -------------------------------------------------

PC TOOLS 8.0 all original disk & manual registration card included disk size 3.5" price $60 + shipping

It's made by (SURPRISE) National Instruments: 6504 Bridge Point Parkway Austin, TX 78730-5039 (800) 433-3488 anonymouse ftp at: ftp.natinst.com Their 1991 catalog lists the NB-8G as follows: fetch and deposit DMA controller (8 channels) IEEE-488 interface with data rates up to 850 kB/sec, with DMA and programmed I/O transfers 8 16-bit counter timer channels RTSI bus (that's the connector on the top of the board - it links it with other National Instrument boards List price of $1295

I am planning on buying a modem and related software. What are some good products out there that won't cost me a lot of money but will still do the job? Any help will be appreciated. I am looking for something in the 2400 baud area. Kenneth --

Local LA stores have already reduced prices by $200 on most Duo configurations (although Apple dropped the list price by $310).

Sorry for any confusion I may have created. The disk did come out of a VS2000 and I would like to use it in a IBM PC clone. The reason that I posted to comp.sys.3b1 was because I saw the drive (XT2190) mentioned in a for-slae notice. I had asked for info before but didn't receive any replies. Thanks once again for the help.

The curiosities that you speak of are EL (Electro-Luminescent) pads. They are mostly used as backlights for LCD's, and as you pointed out, comes in several different colors. Many of them emit white-ish colors ("true" white, and blue-whiteis-blue are the ones that I've personally encountered the most often.) They vary in their input requirements, however, they tend to operate at about 100 Vrms, and at much higher than 60 Hz. (400 Hz to 1 kHz, if I recall correctly.) You can get them to work at 120 Vrms, 60 Hz (i.e., line) but they don't glow as brightly, and they will degrade much faster. (Oh yes, almost forgot, EL's have this tendency to wear out over time...)

Has anybody heard about a thing called a MacWatch? I saw it on TV a couple of years ago, it is a watch with a reviever and a transmitter for your mac. The practical upshot is that your Mac can page your watch and display a small message. My flatmate is off to the states for a week or two soon and I am interested in getting one. Any info would be appreciated.

HONDA ACCORD FOR SALE ===================== - 4 Dr, Steel Grey, 1984 Honda Accord. - ~ 139K miles - 5 speed (manual) gives around 30mpg - Brand new clutch (installed last month) - Original owner - AM/FM (Cassette doesn't work), A/C, Cruise Control - $2500/b.o - Runs great. Reason for selling: Recently purchased a new car

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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.

: Please reply to the seller below. : : 210M Formatted SCSI Hard Disk 3.5" : -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- : Rodime 3259TS (3 available) WARNING I have had bad experience with this model and I know several others who also have run into difficulties. The drives will work just a limited period of time and after that the disk will report medium error. Dont ask me for details, my disk is just stone dead. David

I heard that MAGIC has been transported to the Macintosh environment. Does anybody know where I can get a hold of this? Thanks in advance for any responses.

This has been an interesting thread to follow... and obviously this group wasn't intended as a forum for the discussion of piracy... Has anyone seen any estimates of the lost revenue due to pirates? I was wondering if piracy is more rampant in Home or Corporate computing environments. I would tend to think that business environment "piracy" is the major contributor to this form of lost revenue. So many companies will purchase a few copies of a software package and then employees will internally distribute them as if they owned a site-license! What do you guys think?

The problem with turing your computer on and off constantly is not due to the power surge at start up. It is due to thermal fatigue. You turn on your computer, it heats up, and everything expands. You turn it off, it cools off, and everything contracts. There is a limited number of cycles of this that any component can take before it fails. Modern electronics are much more robust in this respect than their predeccesors. In fact portable computers are designed with this in mind since the sleep function that extends battery life also greatly increaces the number of thermal cycles that occur. As a rule of thumb, if I am not going to use my computer (and this includes the monitor) in the next 4-6 hours, I turn it off (I always dim the monitor when not in use to prolong the life of the phosphor). I tend to think that with the pace of technical innovation in the computer industry you should be much less concerned with the fatigue life of your equipment and more concerned with how long your particular architecture will be supported by hardware and software vendors. :")

In <[email protected]> [email protected] (David

A rep at the dealer (actually it's a university order center, so they don't have any immediate financial interest), told me that they have been having lots of problems with their Centris 610. He didn't go into details, but mentioned problems with the floppy drive and intermittent problems with printing files. It sounded to me like they were having both hardware problems and software compatibility problems with the machine. He's not recommending the Centris 610 to anybody; he says to consider a Centris 650 or a IIvx. (Why he would recommend a IIvx over an LCIII I don't know, but that's what he said.) So, what does the net think? Did the dealer just get one flaky machine, or did Apple send the C610 out the door too early? Is your C610 working just great, or is it buggy too?

Not without replacing most of the chips on the motherboard. The C610 isn't like the IIsi was, meaning that the motherboard of the C610 is actually designeds to run at the speed of the CPU, and not designed to run at a higher speed (like 25MHz) but be forced to run at the speed of a slower CPU (20MHz). There is more than one oscillator. If you are talking about the CPU oscillator chip, I think that it is located under the socket for the '040. At least this is what I have read in some other posts in this group.

I have 2 OMTI 3527 SCSI adapters for sale. These make an ST-506 RLL drive look like a SCSI disk drive. Each adapter will support two RLL drives. I have used this model OMTI adapter with my Amiga A500 and a C-Ltd SCSI host adapter without problems. I'm selling these because I got them about the same time I decided to sell instead of expand my Amiga so I have never even used them. I can't guarantee they will work with every SCSI host adapter. They are essentially new in box. I paid $150/ea, make me an offer.

Small Comic Collection For Sale. All issues are NM unless otherwise noted. Prices are flexible for large purchases. Buyer pays shipping. NM+ means the comic was ordered and bagged with backing upon arrival, and has *never* been read or opened. Numbers in parenthesis represent the number of multiple copies. 60% Graded Price ---------------- Fantasy Masterpieces (Silver Surfer, second series) #8 NM- Firestorm (original series) #1 F 2-5 F The Fury of Firestorm (second series) #3,6 Human Fly #1 VF Human Torch #1 VF- Indiana Jones #2 NM+ Kazar #19-21 Legion of Super Heroes #293 VF Machine Man #8,9 G (2001: A Space Oddessy, origin of) 1 F 6 F Micronauts #1 VF 19,20,46,47 New Gods #1 F 19 F Outsiders #3,4 NM+ Ragman #5 F Rom #1 VF 4 VF Secret Origins (Blue Beetle) #2 Secret Wars II #2-5 VF 6 (2) NM+ 8 9 (2) Shade, The Changing Man (original series) #1 VG 2,5 VG Thing #26-30 VF Thor #361 VF The Mighty Thor #13 (dbl iss) 75% Graded Price ---------------- Ambush Bug Stocking Stuffer #1 Avengers #259-262 263 264-267 Batman & The Outsiders #29,30 Beauty & The Beast (4-issues) #1-2 NM- Cloak & Dagger #1 VF+/NM- 2-5 Daredevil #192(5), 193 NM+ 221-225 NM+ Deadman (Haney & Adams) #7 Deadman (Helfer & Lopez, 4-issue limited series) #1 Doctor Strange #74 Fantastic Four #281-284 VF 286 VF 287-290 VF Firestar (4-iss) #1(2) NM+ Hercules (4-iss) #1(2), 2, 3 (2) 4 VF (date stamp) Iron Man #98,102 F 126,127 VF 197-199 200 NM+ (dbl iss) 202 203 (2) 204,205 Laser Eraser and Pressbutton (Eclipse) #1 (2) Marvel Fanfare (Epic) #7 Marvel Universe #2 NM+ 4,5 NM+ Moonshadow (Epic, 12-issues) #6,7 Nightcrawler (4-iss) #1(2) 2,3 Squadron Supreme (12-iss) #1 VF 2,3,4,6,7 Vision & The Scarlet Witch (4-iss) #1 (4) NM+ Vision & The Scarlet Witch (12-iss) #1 NM- 2-5 X-Men & Alpha Flight (2-iss) #1 85% Graded Price ---------------- Alien Legion (Epic, 12-issues) #10 Alpha Flight #1 NM- 2 3,10 19,22-24 25-26 (2) 27,28 29-30 31 (2) 32 Crisis on Infinite Earths #5-6 7 8 9-10(2),11 12(2) Daredevil (Miller written and drawn) #187,188,189(2) NM+ Elfquest (Warp, third printing) #1 NM- Hulk (both Byrne) #314 (2) 318 Marc Spector: Moon Knight #1 3 (4) 4 (3) 5-6 (2) New Mutants #22-30 31-37,40,54,55 X-Factor #2 (2) X-Men #138 163 VF 167 168 (2) 196,199 Serious inquiries only ---------------------- Alpha Flight #17 X-Men crossover 33 Wolverine appearance Daredevil #226 NM+ Miller plot 227 NM+ Miller script starts 228 NM+ Miller Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (3) NM+ (second printing, comic size) 4 (7) NM+ (first printing, magazine size) 5 (4) NM+ (first printing, comic size) Michelangelo #1 (9) NM+ (original printing) Fugitoid #1 (3) NM+ (original printing) Raphael #1 NM+ (original printing) X-Factor #1 (5) NM+ X-Men & The New Teen Titans (Marvel/D.C. crossover, w/Darkseid) #1 NM-

Yup, I bought the darn thing cause it was sturdy. I carry it around in an unpadded (unless you consider all the papers and files and folders) bookbag (shoulder strap little job from Eddie Bauer). I've travelled cross country several times with Walkman, DiscMan and tapes, books and computer all piled in their. My PB100 works happily, and I'm typing on it right now... It has a Global Village Teleport 9600 V.32 internal send/receive fax-modem, and I just love it. Unfortunately, I have seen a new Duo 230 that a friend bought as a primary computer (I have a Mac IIsi and SE30 as primary home computers, and Quadra and IIci at work in the lab). And while amazed at the lightness of it, I was kinda shocked at the flimsiness of the screen. I'm sure it'd break real easy.... Geez, we are a Sony familly. Our neighbor works for Zeinth and hates it (always asks why we didn't buy Zeinth products). Nice guy nevertheless. We still have two working Sony Color Trinitrons from 1972 and 1974. Older one is on it's second picture tube, but both work. Now they're relegated to the old 8-bit atari computer and atari 2600 game machinces, as well as our not-that-old younger sister's Nintendo game machine. Sony doesn't make TV's like they used to though, the newer Mexican assembly-line TV's are not that reliable or sharp anymore... Dad also just got a 35" direct-view Sony (god, the thing weighs a ton!). :) Still, where would we be without Trinitrons, CD players, or the veritable Walkman????

That's what the pseudo-disclaimer is supposed to say, sorry for the confusion. -nate

Is there a way to connect a PowerBook 145, Mac IIsi, and Personal LaserWriter LS so that I can (not necessarily silmultaneoulsy) print from either the IIsi, or PB, and file share between the IIsi and PB? I know I can get the ($expensive$) LW NT upgrade for my LS, but I can't afford that...

I hooked up an old 40meg external mac hardrive to a Powerbook 230. I reformatted the drive, copied all the files from the powerbook except the systemfolder, deleted the files from the powerbook (my biggest error, sigh) and then rebooted the whole set up and... chimes of death. I get the following sad mac error, 00000F 000003 I ran Norton and it claims its a bad SCSI driver and suggests replaceing it. I used Apples Disk Tools but I couldn't update the hardrives SCSI driver as it claimed it was in use, but I couldn't even mount the thing (though I could see it when checking the SCSI bus, after turning it on after booting my machine first). What does that error above refer to? Am I on the right track? Is there anything I can do short of intialising the drive, since I need the data on there!

I would also be interested in the application here. I work with a Dance and Technology program, and want to build something to track dancers on a 30 foot wide stage from 50 feet away. Could make for some interesting choreography... light and sound could be controlled directly by the position of a dancer on stage, or by the number of dancers on stage. Neat. You could even build a spotlight that follows the dancer around on stage! Can you tell us more about what you're doing? Sounds like a very cool program.

New plotters, 2 of 'em, straight out of the box, but docs have all been lost... make offer, COD shipping...

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 ************************** having been discusse essentially adnausium the answer is yes. at least for the 600x400 configuration. you can get an adaptor called Mac VGA -Q from James engineering (510) 525 7350 and this will let you display 600x400 and 800x600 if the monitor is capable. I think the 800x600 requires 56Khz horizontal sync. I use this on my sony 1604. (gives a slightly wider screen than the 832x624 adaptor.

:Lighter fluid is butane. It's absolutely non-toxic but is an extreme fire ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ :hazard. You definately don't want to go splashing this stuff around. :(Use a little on an old rag.) Butane : "A colourless flammable gaseous alkane..." Non-toxic? It has some effects when you inhale, allegedly, which can't all be down to asphyxia (IMHO). ---

: Nothing, but if you read my WHOLE suggestion, I'm saying that you register : via MAIL by mailing in your registration card, THEN the company send you : the patch which includes the info you put on the registration card. The problem with this scheme, is that when I buy a game, I want to play it *THAT* day...mailing a card to and from California would probably take a week or more.