Table of Contents for this issue:
LW PLUS Toner
RE:Recommendations...?
Blue Screen
Re: Computer Renaissance et al ...
More Classic Mac shareware on my page
Re: SE Ether Cards?
MAC II MODEM
Thanks everyone! :)
System 7.1.1 and 7.1.2 morning.
More SE/30 Lore
accelerator problems
MacPlus vs Zip drive
Tripp asked:
I have a Laserwriter Plus. Someone gave me an old toner
cartridge -
brand new from Apple. It has an expiration date on it of July 1992.
I
didn't think toner expired. Is it ok to use? What trouble might I
encounter?
You should have no trouble, assuming it has been sealed up. The
toner may
have hardened up a bit and the drum cleaning blade may have hardened
up
too, but the worst thing that would happen is that you would have
some
print defects like a continuous line running vertically down the
page. It
wouldn't hurt the printer any. You should definitely give it a
good
shaking before you pull the seal. If it doesn't print well, just
trade in
the old core for a recycled cartridge, that type is pretty cheap.
Also, be
sure to replace the old felt fuser wand with the one in the box with
the
cartridge. Instructions should be included. BTW, if the printer has a
lot
of mileage on it, you may have other troubles too numerous to list
here.
george
http://www2.gol.com/users/mudshark/
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 13:07:02 -0500
To: <classic-post@hitznet.com>
From: Bill and Josephine Bair
Subject: Recommendations...?
Hi- I have just recently decided to invest a little more money
in my IIfx
and get some more RAM. Can anyone recommend a good establishment that
they
have done business with that sells RAM ( I will even buy used if it
helps
me stretch the amount of ram that I can get). My funds are
somewhat
limited, but I can't stand the constant crashes or hangs that
happen
because I don't have enough physical ram.
[Snipped]
Thanks a lot,
Bill Bair
I usually buy my SIMMS at two different places they both sell
new,
lifetime warranty SIMMS..the prices are good, some of the best
around
shipping is fast and they have a good Email (for the lazy
ones)tech
support..
http://www.sourcecomp.com
http://www.memorynet.com
check out my web site for more memory dealers at :
http://members.aol.com/mac2k
LF
Greetings from South Africa,
As a Color Classic user I was curious about the Blue screen so
when no one
replied I sent out the problem to another Mac list and this is what
they
came up with I hope it helps:
I think I've heard about this before. Seems like it had
something to do
with the cabling. The cabling is loose, so the red/green is not
getting
through very well. Make sure everything inside is tight.
Scotte Meredith
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It may be your cable.
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I'm kinda guessing here, but the all-in-one Macs like the
Classic, Classic
II, and Color Classic occasionally have problems with the connectors.
It
could be that the video plug has a gimp connection somewhere. If you
can't
spot one (all it takes is a hairline fracture in the solder joint),
and
nobody else has any better solution, the only way I know to fix it is
to
remove the circuit board in question and re-melt all of the solder
joints
on the connector pins. If you are uncomfortable doing this, by all
means
get a technician (preferably Apple certified) to do it.
So there you have it, loose wire. One sure fire test is when the
screen
turns blue, thump the side of the CC and if it comes right you
probably do
have a case of bad connections.
Jeff Blanton
I have bought many things in the past year at my local Computer
Renaissance
store and have been satisfied with those purchases, but I would
be
extremely reluctant to buy from them in the future. Why?
Because--their
prices have *skyrocketed*!
Whatever the market will bear, I suppose ... CR is a franchise and
I have
found the quality of the franchise highly variable. The one in my
city is
pretty much a waste of real estate for both Mac _and_ IBM folks,
while
the one a couple of towns over is decent (same size store). They
also
seem to reflect the neighborhoods to some extent (the "decent" one
and
one closer to Minneapolis do much more Mac business so they have more
on
hand). If you have the luxury of being able to shop at more than one,
I'd
suggest doing so -- you may be pleasantly surprised.
sdropkin
Greetings
I've added a lot more shareware for classic Macs on my Classic
Mac
Shareware page
<http://www.eden.com/~arena/jagshouse/classic.html>
(if that doesn't work, it may be Classic.html) sorry, I don't have
MacWeb
installed on my friend's Classic (what I'm typing this on).
Stuff like
Windowshade for system 6 users
Ram Disc for system 6
Utilities for system 6
Cursor animators
and tons more.
JAG
Universities have been using a lot of SEs for student computer
labs and
general officework. Many of these were networked with ethernet. If
you
can find a local university that does surplus property sales, there's
a
good chance, that, in addition to SEs, they'll also have boxes of
assorted ethernet cards for sale at lower prices than dealers.
good hunting,
pat
In terms of modems, I read out of copy of "MacAddict" that
some of the
older Macs (like the Mac II) cannot run a modem speed passed 9600
Baud.
Umm, I'm running 19.2k on my Mac II. What am I doing wrong? ;-)
And I'm running a 33k on mine.
george
http://www2.gol.com/users/mudshark/
I know this is cheating, but I got a LOT of responses to my plea
for help
with getting advice on getting a Mac on the 'net... and I just wanted
to
thank everyone for all their help, advice, lists, URLs, and so on. :)
I
ordered a SE/30 8/160 from Timco that's supposed to arrive next
Wednesday... so you may not hear me whining again until then!
Thanks again everyone...
Giles
good morning,
I recently acquired a Macintosh IIx and decided to set it up with
System
7.1 and compatible applications. Predictably, the performance has
been
pretty good. Unfortunately, my recollection of 7.1 and associated
applications is a little sketchy.
While I've located Update 3.0, I have run into a few applications
that
require 7.1.1 or 7.1.2. I can't find much reference to either. I
think
7.1.2 was the PowerMac version but can't recall 7.1.1 at all.
Can anyone remind me what the heck these two were or point me to the updaters?
Thanks
j
Jim Bradley
I have read somewhere the 'in-house' name for the SE/30 prior to
its
release was 'Green Jade.' Kind of exotic isin't it. Makes me love
mine even
more, but don't tell my 5215 I said this.
Mark Waller
Hello!
I've got a Plus with 4meg RAM that works very fine in the net.
Currently
uses System 7.1, Eudora 1.5.5, Fetch 3.0.1, MacWeb 1.1.1E, MacTcp
2.0.6 and
PPP 2.1.1SD. It has a SupraExpress 144Plus attached.
The pain begins when I try to attach an old accelerator board
Systech
(think the company is defunc) with a 68030 at 25MHz. This is not a
big
thing, but is better than a 68000 at 8 MHz !
The thing comes with an extension (NoviInit 5.43) and a control panel.
The fact is that now:
a) The machine hangs when I close a connection with PPP. It
says
"finder: illegal instruction" (tried several versions).
b) Using Eudora, everything goes fine until it tries to display
the message "You have new mail". The message never appears, and
the machine hangs (again the illegal instruction).
c) MacWeb sometimes hangs (not the known bug saving prefs), but
couldn't figure out when.
Any ideas or suggestions (except throwing away the board) will
be
greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Domingo Robaina
Montevideo, Uruguay
I understand that the Plus is not generally able to boot from a
Zip drive. I
was wondering, however, if it is possible to do just that. My idea
would be
to remove the zip tools disks without installing any of its software
and
installing a blank disk. Then to restart with that blank disk in, and
format
with silverlining software. I understand it would kill the removable
benefits
but would get me an inexpensive and reliable (new) external hard
drive. It
would also travel well to another Mac in the future. If this won't
work is
there another way? BTW, I run system 6.0.7, currently on a 50meg HD
after the
80meg gave up the ghost (shake to start).
Thanx - NeonGooch