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Two meg. sim that came from a PB100 for sale. I am asking $60 (postage included). If you are interested please e-mail me via internet. If you do not have internet availability you may contact me at 301/468-0241.
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Hi all, I am looking for a new oscilloscope (BK 1541-B, it looks like, Goldstar OS904S if I can find one cheap enough) and would like suggestions on a low-priced source for them. (Currently, BTW, Fry's electronics in Los Angeles has the 1541-B for $598, the best price I've seen overall for now - They carry the GS OS...
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A friend of mine is in the market for a 486 system Should have: 8 M of RAM 170+ M HD SVGA Monitor and Card 5 1/4 & 3 1/2 FD"s 200+W PS If you have one for sale then email me and I will forward to him. Thanks,
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I purchased 2x8 MB 72-pin (60 ns) SIMMs for my Quadra 800 from Chip Merchant (I've been very satisfied with them in the past). Either one alone works, but both together fail. I called Apple for advice and was told that there was a problem with "Composite" SIMMs. Only non-composite SIMMs should be used with the Q-800...
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Im looking to but a Sharp EL5200 Scientific calculator. The model is discontinued, but if you know of any dealer which may have them around, please reply. Jason
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Why are circuit boards green? The material used to make them goes by two names. If it is used to make circuit boards it is called FR-4. The same material is used in the cryogenics industrya and marine industries as a structural material and is called G-10. FR-4 and G-10 are both green. They are not green because ...
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A little correction on my previous post about an hour ago. Please replace the term 'EEPROM' with the term 'EPROM' wherever it appears. (Don't not why I added that extra 'E' every time.)
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Bzzzzzt! Wrong answer. The UK tone dialling is identical to the US system. The different settings on your modem are so that it uses CCITT V21 & V22 tones for data transmission, rather than Bell 103 & Bell 121 tones, which are used only in the USA and canada AFAIK. As most people now use at least V22bis, this is...
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Now to make it perfect apple ought to run right out and license the voice of a certain Mrs. Roddenberry for the speech synthesizer....
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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 rathe...
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Hello, My parents are selling a 1978 22 foot Searay. it is in excellent condition and runs great. It has a mercruiser 198 inboard/outboard engine (it is actually a chevy 305). It is from the weekender class so it has a hard top over the driver. has: Table Stove Water Tank Sink Sleeping for 6 much more it is a ...
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There seems to be a P PDS slot in the above printers. What is it ?
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It's not the temperature, it's the karma. You see, dirt has good karma, since it's all organic and full of living things, but cement is all squared off and artificial looking, and has lost its karma in the process. Being a karma sink, it sucks all of the good karma out of the battery which is no longer able to keep ...
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They do interpolate - it's not linear interpolation though. You are correct that the frequency content is not altered (more specifically, the baseband spectrum is preserved, and so is every Nth image spectrum. The other (N-1) in N image spectra are removed, where N is the oversampling rate) Ideally the filter has...
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Hi, It's time to clean my shelf, all price include shipping, so you don't have to worry about it, just pay the amount you see. Name Cover Publisher Year Origin Now ---- ----- --------- ---- ------ --- The Ultimate DOS Heavy Programmer's Manu...
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There are two approaches: 1. If your power cord is the kind that detaches from the back of the monitor (most common) you can get a *replacement* power cord that will go from the monitor to the back of the computer. 2. You can get an adpater that connects to the plug end of the existing power cord and provides the p...
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Here's my system desc: 4 megs on the main board, 1 on the accelerator board mac -plus, with the most recent roms (D) trying to run system 6, but would like to run 7 the hard drive is a jasmine, works fine if i start up with the accelerator disabled i also seem to get the problem of when i try to start ...
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I've been wondering about this myself. The house wiring thing is really hokey. There is no doubt that high pressure ultrasound is annoying, but to whom? Given that these devices have been advertised to be effective against everything from insects to rodents to nasty dogs, what is to say that my insect repeller won'...
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I'm looking for a circuit that will flash an led on in response to the output from a walkman cassette player. How could I do this? I don't want it just to turn on, I want it to 'strobe' once so to speak, per every beep I put on a cassette tape. Would it be better to use a circuit based on the volume of the beep...
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From article <qekN3B4w165w@sys6626.bison.mb.ca>, by baden@sys6626.bison.mb.ca (baden de bari):
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None of the SUNs, DECs, or RS6000s I've used have turned off the monitor automatically.
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Falcon Microsystems of Landover MD, the sole Apple-authorized reseller to the federal government, has similar "open market" prices. The upgrade is too new to be on General Services Adminsitration schedule yet. Joe Gurman
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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 tric...
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I have an Ethernet card that i took out off an old LC. The card is manufactured by Asante. On it i can read: "Asante Tech, inc. Copyright 1991. MACCON + LC REV.B". The card has an fpu socket on it. It provides thin Ethernet connector and there's another connector on it which resembels to phone connectors. My ques...
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My roommate left me his Playboy collection which he no longer wants, so I'm offering them to the general public. (THAT'S YOU!) MAKE AN OFFER FOR THE *ENTIRE COLLECTION* ** The Current Best Offer is $40 + shipping ** I will accept the best offer. (Offer does *NOT* include cheapest method of shipping ...
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Yes, Duo prices have dropped. I don't have the MSRP reductions, (though you can find it in a recent TidBITS, archived at sumex) but here's the Berkeley educational price list (old -> new) Duo 210 4/80 $1919 -> 1569 Duo 230 4/80 $2225 -> 1961 Duo 230 4/120 $2532 -> 2268 Duo 230 4/120/modem $2746 ->...
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Can someone tell me which of the files that come with DW-3.1 go where and for what purpose? What can be left out, for instance, if you don't want to do background printing?
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While I have gotten 8-9 years out of this digital receiver, it has been acting VERRY strange of late. I hope that the following symptoms may help someone diagnose the error: - i know that whatever lithium memory backup it had - has long died thus if i unplug it - it won't remember the presets - it has given up lis...
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^^^^^^ Pardon my ignorance of foreign currency and exchange rates, but what is a quid, how does it relate to the British Pound (or whatever it's called) and what is that in American Dollars??? :-) Thanks!
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Interesting delema for all those out there. My school is discussing installing a Mac lab of 10 to 15 stations for our Bio 100 to 103 classes to do a study with pig disections. (no joke) Here is the deal. We can get this grant to do a study on if it is more feasible to do a disection via the computer or via the real t...
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Does anyone know how to zap the PRAM on the Duo 230. Inaddition I have recently noticed that checking the ram left in the finder on the duo 230 4/80 reveals the normal 1800K for the system file but only about 1/10 to 1/5 of the bar is actually highlighted implying that only 2-300K is being used for the system. What gi...
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What would be a good platform for some fairly basic video work of the following nature: Reading real video in for playbak in various app's 5-10 Minnutes in length Basic editing features for said video - rearange sequences, adding grapic slides from something like power point etc... I'm not to familiar with this stuf...
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I still think a major point is being missed... If you are worried about software pirates, NOTHING will stop them. These are people who crack software (mostly games, but so what) daily for fun. They can usually find a crack around anything, especially if the manufacturer leaves a hole for such a thing.
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The VRAM SIMMs go in the slots at the back - closest to the power supply. David Gutierrez drg@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu
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Marvin Minsky (hi there) writes of building "perceptrons?" in the 1950s using motor-driven potentiometers to vary the weights. He reported that the circuits worked even tho there were wiring errors. (Can you say ROBUST?) Cadium Sulfide cells vary with light. CMOS or TTL gates provide the SIGMOID somewhat-linear-yet-so...
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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
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US Robotics Courier HST 14.4K Modem *External (volume control, LED display, power switch) *1600-1700 CPS compressed file transfers (higher for uncompressed files) *all manuals and original packaging This modem ussually costs around 500 * V.42 error control * V.42bis data conpression * MNP Class 5 error free throughpu...
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Has anyone heard of a SCSI device that can capture video? We need some sort of device that can capture about 10 frames or so per second, and work off the SCSI bus. The idea is to use it for some sort of video conferencing application.
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A friend is heavily into MIDI and is using a Quadra 900 (maybe 950) with all but one NuBus slot populated with arcane music hardware and a video card. He reports 8 bit video is too slow for good real-time display of what he needs to see. He also reports that the built-in video is even worse. He's not a Mac guru, an...
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Does anyone out there know where some one can become educated in the art of repairing Macintosh computers? Also, how does one gain the prestige of being refered to as a Authorized Apple Service person? Has anyone out there actually done any of this or maybe even know someone who did. I would appreciate any and all c...
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Hi, I have been told by a local sales that Asante has come out with this LCIII PDS Ethernet adapter with an optional 68882 socket on the board. My question is will the FPU performance degrade will I put the 68882 on the PDS card socket instead of on the motherboard itself? Intuitively, the math co-p...
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[...] Does this imply the German tone dialing is compatible with the American one? I know at least the British system is not -- it is supposedly close enough though that an American phone will work. But my modem (American) has a special setting for British standards... Michael
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/ hpcc01:comp.dcom.modems / bourman@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Bob Bourman) / 8:59 am Apr 27, 1993 / / hpcc01:comp.dcom.modems / bourman@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Bob Bourman) / 8:51 am Apr 27, 1993 / For Sale 12KBps Microcom MicroPorte 1042 pocket modem New List Price $895 Rechargeable battery pack (in modem) Auto logon, Pas...
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If anyone would have a low quantity distributer for these little beasts (3479P) by Motorola, please let me know! _______________________________________________ | | _______ | Baden de Bari | / \ | baden@sys6626.bison.mb.ca | (| o...
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Hello I am the proud new owner of a MAC 512K. Upon power-up and insertion of the sytem disk, I get SAD MAC code 0F0064. Can anyone give me a clue to what this means? Thanks.
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I think it's because the lead gets coated with lead oxide if the battery is not being charged or discharged. I remember some advice from an ancient car manual guide my father had, which was to use car batteries to power a garage clock or something similar when they're not in a car. This is supposed to prevent the oxi...
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OK I sold all but these, I had some offers and I accepted an offer of 25.00 for the pair from bdale@gag.com ( Bdale Garbee ). I don't know what happened to him but he won't reply now that I accepted it so I'll offer these again.
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PUFF is sold by CalTech, although very inexpensively for the quality. Source was also available for the earlier releases for a nominal charge, but I'm not sure if this practise is continued. Regards, Stu Beal, VE3MWM, U009@CSX.CCIW.CA, National Water Research Institute, Burlington, Ontario, Canada.
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I'm glad to see this idea come up because I've had something similar in mind. What if you had an authorization key that computed from the name and address data. When the user registers, you don't even need to send executable code, just compute his/her key and send him/her instructions to enter in the approp...
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A friend of mine has a complete set of AIX-PS/2 1.2 software and manuals for sale. (NEW) (all on 1.44 Meg floppies) including: Base OS Development tools (including C Compiler) Administration extensions X Windows / Motif TCP/IP PC simulator (DOS Merge) etc. etc..... (This software requires a PS/2 wit...
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I live up in British Columbia, Canada.The cable company I use is called Rogers Cable. Does anyone know of their scrambling techniques, and ways of getting around them? Any suggestions of what they might use?
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Oh yes, the good ol' deutsche Bundespost. Shortly after moving to Germany, someone told me that "POST" is an acronym for the "Public Organization for the Suppression of Technology". Stimmt, oder? I miss a lot of things about Germany (yes, including the Bier vending machines at work that were SUBSIDIZED by the firm)...
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Does anyone know what the differences are between the Stylewriter and the Stylewriter II? Please respond via e-mail to: l.d.sanders@larc.nasa.gov Thanks. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Lyle D. Sanders L.D.Sanders@LaRC.NASA.GOV U...
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I have a brand new, never used 12 inch mac to scsi cable for sale. I'm asking for $15 + shipping......tell me if this is too high....i don't think it is.. +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ /~~~~~~~\ \_____ | | | TTTTTT EEEEE VV VV EEEEE | | | ...
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Please reply to the seller below. For Sale: Sun SCSI-2 Host Adapter Assembly -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Brand New In Unopened Mylar Sun part no. 501-1167 50pin Dsub external connector Compatible with Sun 3/100/200, 4/200/300 machines Available March 1, 1993. Originally purchased for ~$1,200 eigh...
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What, pray tell, are you putting together? And what about costs? And does it have to be transparent as in totally transparent? Or just transparent enough to allow light from the other side to shine through?
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We are having a problem with a Quadra 950 that has stumped a couple of techs sent to us by the vendor, as well as us :-) This Quadra is 'stuffed' with 64Mb RAM, 2Mb VRAM and some large disk (400Mb I think). What happens is that after a certain variable interval of time the video circuitry 'loses' vertical sync. It is q...
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Tuesday April 27, 1993 UPDATE This is my latest updated list of strange/bizzare/odd/independent comics that I have for sale. As always, most are cover price, but some I will actually look up in the guide to see "how much it is worth." This week's special: Youngspud (spoof comics) Oldblood/Bragade (spoof comics) ...
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this is a bad idea. my machine is on 24 hours a day, but it's actually _doing_ things 24 hours a day. i use it as an all purpose alarm clock, scheduler, i've got routines that run in the middle of the night, phone calls it makes during the day when i'm out. if your machine is _on_ 24 hours a day, then you can coun...
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I have the following Playboy videos for sale. Email me if interested. All are original tapes (of course) in original boxes. Video Playmate Calendar 1991 Wet & Wild II Sexy Lingerie II Sexy Lingerie III Prices are $15 each, 2 for $25, 3 for $35, or all 4 for $45. I also have a bunch of magazines (Playboy, Penthouse...
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Iv'e got a problem printing with a StyleWriterII. I am printing from a IIvx with 20 megs ram. I am trying to print a Quark file that has 2 fonts a couple of boxes and 3 gradient fills. Two things happen: I get a " Disk is full" error, that I can't find documented, I also have parts of letters that are over one of the...
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Greets, I have an IC I need help in identifying. It is an 8-pin IC with the following label: W03563 9144w4 ANY help would be greatly appreciated in identifying this chip. Kevin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kevin Jones K...
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Some TV's, including my RCA set at home, uses simple carriers which I think run between 32 and 36 or 38 KHz. There is no tone decoding in it. All one has to do to piss the thing off :-) is just hook an IRLED up to a variable oscillator and tune through. Wreaks all kinds of havoc. :-) Similarly, my VCR remote c...
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The green layer is a solder-mask, and is used to make a finished board look neat, and to avoid solder bridges, especially when using wave soldering (or any other mechanized approach). I've seen red mask, but most that I've seen are green. A bakelite board will look brown in colour, and, if the solder mask is put on,...
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Two LH Research SM11-1 power supplies (SM10 series). 1000W, 5V, 200A (currently wired for 115VAC). Control lines: +/- sense, on/off, pwr. fail, high/lo margin, current monitor. They both work! (List price from LH Research is $824.00 f/ qty. 1-9). Asking $150 each + shipping.
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In the last two weeks I have the following problem on two 160's 1 has a 8Mb Simm and the other a 6 Mb simm Both are about 2 -3 months old, bought from different vendors and installed by different people. Both computers begin crashing frequently, locking up and ultimately the Memory Chimes. Crashes would almost alwa...
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SOMEONE PLEASE BUY THESE BOOKS!!!!! I AM NOT ASKING MUCH!!!!!! JUST MAKE ME AN OFFER AND I WILL PROBABLY TAKE IT!!!!! * Writing good software in Fortran, Graham Smith. * The Holt Handbook by Kirszner & Mandell (copyright 1986) 720+ page writing guide. * General Chemistry Principles & Modern Applications, R. Pet...
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Looking for a Mac PB 100 that's in good condition (brand new, w/warranty would be ideal). It should also include the external floppy drive and have at least a 40 MEG internal hard drive with 4 MEG of RAM. So... if you have a PB100 that you'd like to turn into cash, please write me. Thanks, very much.
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Somebody in comp.multimedia was also having trouble using a Spigot in his LC III. It turned out he needed the latest version of ScreenPlay (1.1.1), which fixed things.
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I need help finding XCMDs to control a CD-ROM drive from Aldus Supercard 1.6. The Apple Hypercard CD-ROM Toolkit does not work. Aldus has no clue. Apple has no clue. Berkeley MUG and Boston MUG won't return any phone calls. My local user group has no idea. HELP! Commercial or shareware is fine... Please reply by email...
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Hello, Can somebody tell me what kind of MOV's are most useful for a computer surge protector? Radio Shack have 2 types, both rated 130V, one for a 10A current and the other for 20A. On the other hand, commercial surge protectors I have seen claim a clamping voltage of 330V-400V, which SEEMS to me in imply a rated v...
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Hello, I am looking for a HP28s or HP28sx calculator. If anyone has one they are getting rid of please let me know. reply to jmparkin@mtu.edu thanks, Jeremy --
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I am working on a project and am in need of information regarding the currents (at the head) needed to write to a hard drive and the currents produced when reading. If anyone has information it would be much appreciated. mcole@nmsu.edu
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I have a IIsi & a portrait display (and I love it). I'm using the built-in video support, so its slow and deals with 16 colors/grays. So, I'm wondering: if I get a video card, how much does this tend to speed up things and will I be able to get more than 4bits? Oh, I have CombiCache w/FPU. Does this limit my choice...
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I have the following items that I have no further use for and am will to accept best offers on either or both. Brand new DECserver 300 & DECserver 200/MC If you are interested, send your best offers. Thanks
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Hi, Does anyone know where I can get the developer notes for the new Mac models (like IIvx, LC III, Centris)? Thank's for any information. Please reply by email.
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Hello, I saw this question posted a week or so ago, but as far as I could tell no answer appeared on the net. What is the good oil on connecting the Apple Extended Keyboard to a PowerBook? The earlier questioner wonderd if this would be too much of a load for the PB and as I want to connect just such a beast I am curi...
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Radio Shack stores sell them here in the States. Not sure if InterTan is carrying these for Australia or not... Cost is $6 USD. You charge them under a fluorescent, then they glow when exposed to IR.
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about them on Actually, I thought Macs were suppoused to be restarted once a day. -- Jim Smyton (smytonj@alleg.edu)
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Hi everyone, I'm experiencing a very annoying problem with background printing on the HP Deskwriter (Sys 7.1, Deskwriter driver 3.1, PowerBook 170). When I print from, say, MS Word, I see the message "Spooling to disk," but sometimes nothing prints. Checking my memory map thanks to Now Menus, I see that HP Backgr...
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I have a few just bought a new phone/answering machine combo so I really don't need my present setup. Both items are in great condition. Prices DO NOT include shipping. If you have any questions contact me by E-Mail or call me at (814)234-4439. Darryl ==================================================================...
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Items for sale..... Nishika 3D camera It takes very good picture, never been opended or used. It came with wide angle flesh, carring case, film, and a instruction video. It has four lens and created a 3D effect on a regular 35mm film. Jewelry It came with the package as additional gift. Bahama vacation...
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For Sale: ********* * (1) CGA card * Road & Track's Grand Prix (3.5" disks) * DOS 4.01 * Packard Bell .39 dot pitch VGA color monitor * 256K 2-the-max VGA card Please make offers for the above merchandise. What do you have to lose? Go ahead--make an offer! Thanks. Email: bitzm@columbia.dsu.edu...
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Yes, the IIci has 32-bit clean ROMs.
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I use the new keyboard with a IIfx, and I like it. I am not a touch typist so some of the advantage is loss on me - but there is difference and less stress on my wrists. Dan --
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I am in the market for (4) 1 megabyte SIMMS. These must be of the 9-chip variety, and also must be 60 nanoseconds. Email: bitzm@columbia.dsu.edu Thanks
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I had mention in a previous article that I was searching for the 300 external drive. I did call Apple Catalog as recommended and they told me the drives were back ordered until May 8. I placed an order anyways and two days later I had a visit from Federal Express. Well, you can guess how I spent my weekend. Of cour...
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I'm not an expert, but having spent much too much of my life looking for the power switch, or the brightness control, or the de-gauss, etc., etc., etc. it is my firm belief that the only reason any controls/switches/knobs/whatever in places where they are hard to reach is because the designers put them there deliber...
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At least locally, many shops carry a product called Goo Gone. It works well on scummy-gummy-sticky-goop-that-won't-go-away... As always, color test in an inconspicuous corner before use.
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Hi!! I have a question: Which is the diference between Performa 450 and LCIII? I want to know which is better. If you know the specifications and the prices of this computers, can you tell me by email to ----> rcvillab@isluga.puc.cl I'd like to know the diference between the apple monitor('14) and the perf...
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Pioneer PD-M530 Multi-Play CD Player with 5-disc magazine -full-function remote -all the standard features including computer allocated program editing and time fade editing. It is in excellent shape- 1 year old. Asking $175.
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As the title says. I would like to sell my Star LV2010 9 pin printer. Its a narrow colum dot matrix, supports both parallel and serial interfacing, prints at 200 characters per second, has a 16K buffer, and is very dependable... Drop some mail if your interested in it. $55 Plus shipping get the printer, and 6 extra s...
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Inkjet and Bubblejet printers are the same tech. "Bubblejet" was trademarked by Cannon and inkjet was by HP I belive. I have seen both, and own a "bubblejet" (a Apple StyleWriter which has a cannon engine) with a 360 dpi rated output. The output is very good with quality paper, which is very importaint. Cheap pape...
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+ I am looking at a new LC III and a used IIci. Prices + The IIci has much greater potential for expansion, a la NuBus and + greater memory capacity. How important is this? How many NuBus cards do you have/plan to acquire? How much memory do you really need? I've got a ci, and 20mb of ram. That's plenty. I also have...
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Um... they've sold the Cray. They realised that spending two years on numbercrunching the finite stress analysis figures for the complex injection-molded cases was not the way to go, and was holding up development work. Especially when the first FEA model for the portable left out the battery cover, and it had to be r...
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ITEMS FOR SALE I will take offers for the following items. I reserve the right to refuse any offers. 1. Howard Miller Clock. It chimes like a grandfather clock. 2. Painting- A Tiger in the snow. It is a beautiful painting, the tiger looks like it can jump off of the canvas and get you. 3. Mens Diamond Rin...
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