Re: [q] Yeah, more gmail :).

[James Rice]

I'd like one also.
James
Dana Sibera wrote:
I know there's thousands of these floating around now, but since I 
like quadras and quadra users can't be all that bad, I have six gmail 
invites hanging around to hand out to quadlist peeps. email me at 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] and the first six people get one.

disclaimer: I don't know if gmail even works with any quadra based 
browser. You might hate gmail. It's just a freebie :).

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Re: sharing a LaserWriter 360 on ethernetwork

[James Rice]

I have a LaserWriter 360 on PhoneNet tied to the ethernet hub/switch
stack with an AsanteTalk bridge.  I've also used AsantePrint devices
before.  Have you tried bringing up the LaserWriter and Q950 and then
cycling the power on the Ethermac adapter?  Asante devices have to be
rebooted with all LocalTalk devices up before they register with the
bridge.  No experience with the Farallon version so YMMV.  Seems worth a
try.

James

> Just a stab in the dark here, but there are both PPC and 68K versions of
> the "laserwriter 8" driver.  Do you have the 68k one in the Quadra?- Dick
> 
> 
> Didn't come across an answer to this query in the FAQ:
> 
> I have a Quadra 950 attached to a 4-port router.  Also attached to the
> router are my G4 Powerbook and a LaserWriter Select 360 (the latter
> attached via a Farallon Ethermac iPrint adapter).
> 
> The two computers see each other fine, and the G4 can print, but the Q950
> chooser doesn't see the printer.
> 
> Other details:  OS 8.1 on the Quadra, LaserWriter 8.5.1.
> 
> 
> 
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Re: LC 475 or monitor dead

[James Rice]

Fry's had the pram batteries for $5.99, Fry sku 2818094.  Our local 
Radio Shack (DFW) are charging $10.99 for the same battery.  I also 
needed three PRAM batteries for my NeXT slab and cubes.  RS wanted 
$11.99 and two week delivery as a special order RSU item, Fry's had them 
in stock for $4.59.  If you can stand an hour wait for check approval. 
I work for a VAR and we spend around $35-55k every nine months at Fry's 
and it still takes 20 minutes (on a good day) to get check approval.  If 
the prices and selection weren't so good, I'd avoid that place.

James


 >Same thing happened to my LC 475 this past week, only it wasn't over the
 >summer, just overnight. Replaced the PRAM battery and everything came
 >back just fine. RadioShack has the correct PRAM battery for ~$12; Radio
 >Shack part number is 23-026; Tadiran model number is TL-2150/S. This is
 >a 3.6v 1/2 AA battery - 3.0v won't do.
 >
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Re: NeXTlist?

[James Rice]

There are a couple.  I've been signed up on a NeXT Dimension owners  
list for almost 2  years and never had a post.  Even  the archive is 
empty.  Most of the NeXT activity is on a forum at
http://next.z80.org but it's fairly low traffic and on the cctalk/ccteck 
lists over at classiccmp.org.
If you start a NeXT list I'm first in line!

James
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>
>Yes, NeXT hardware is off topic here -- but where else is there?
>
>1. Does anyone know of a good NeXT email list?
>
>2. If not, we can make it one of the first projects once we have the 
>lemlists.com list server set up.
>
>Dan the listmom
>
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Re: NeXT ColorStation and Apple Multisync 17". Possible?

[James Rice]

You can connect a Mac monitor to a NeXT Color slab .  Use one of the 
multisync models as the NeXT is a fixed frequency video mode 1120x832, 
75dpi @ 68hz and  is a little different from the Mac mode.  You may have 
to open the monitor and adjust the vertical and horizontal size to 
properly fill the screen.  I'm not positive of this, but I had to 
readjust the NeXT monitor after it had been tweaked for use with the 
Mac, so the converse may be true.  YMMV. The slab puts out the +-12v to 
the soundbox to power the keyboard, mouse and interface circuit board in 
the soundbox, but the voltage isn't passed thru to the color monitor.  I 
verified this with a voltmeter on my own Turbo Color slab with N4006 
monitor and ADB soundbox.  All you need to connect is the three coaxial 
leads.  Beware that the monitor need to be able to handle sync-on-green. 
 I'm not sure what the Mac monitor expects.  You can hack up a 
sync-on-green to seperate sync adapter, do a search on 
comp.sys.next.hardware for details.

BTW, there are two versions of the NeXT 21" color monitor.  One is a BNC 
commection and needs a NeXT BNC to 13w3 cable adapter, one is straight 
13w3.  I have an example of both.  The monitor that I have that was used 
with the Mac was the BNC version, but the Mac cable that came with the 
monitor was a DB-15 to 13w3 cable. so the  NeXT 13w3 N206.300 adapter 
was used.  This adapter only has the coaxial leads connected to the 
monitor.  All other pins are dead ended in the adapter.

James
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>Ok, so far we know that it is possible to connect a Monitor, which has BNC=
> to a Mac that has only  DB-15. But does=20
>that mean that we can also connect a Monitor that has only DB-15 to a NeXT=
> that has only 13w3 after soldering a=20
>DB-15 to 13w3 adapter=3F
>
>Is a DB-15 to 13w3 possible=3F I know that the Apple 21" Display and the 15"=
> portrait monitor were both connected=20
>via 13w3. I have seen adapters for Sun monitors, made for the purpose to c=
>onnect these workstation monitors to=20
>ordinary PCs, but could some connect a Multiscan PC monitor to the Sun (or=
> SGI or NeXT) workstation=3F *That*=20
>would match the situation I am in.
>
>What I am interested in is (where is my Volt-meter=3F Grrr) if the NeXT Colo=
>rStation=B4s power supply also sends the=20
>relatively high voltage of 12V 2 Ampere through the video cable, like seen=
> on the mono stations.
>
>-Peter
>


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Re: OS musings on too many macs.

[James Rice]

I work tech support almost 10 hours a day, explaining to clueless 
lusers why they are at risk when they connect their network directly to 
the DSL modem with no firewall, or why the PC has to be on and booted 
for me to step them through some basic trouble shooting, or why I can't 
step the through a network setup and install over the phone for "free" 
when it takes me or one of our techs around 4-6 hours to do it onsite 
just because the stuipd idiot doctor (we install medical billing 
systems) decided to save a few dollars and cut the install out of the 
contract.

So, I do not offer "free" support and repairs to family and friends. 
Benn there, done that, several times too many.

BTW, dana, nice site!


> 
> I know the exact feeling - especially now, after giving away/helping 
> with a system and being expected to not just service it, but support the 
> little extras!. I've had the cost of a printer cartidge tried on me 
> *AND* a ram upgrade cost. A family member recently went with an ISPs 
> $7/month plan (with 3 hours free and $3.95/hour after) instead of the 
> one I suggested, ($24 for unlimited hours and a hefty download chunk). 
> Now after they've accrued a large bill I'm expected to phone the ISP and 
> explain the 'misunderstanding'!. So partly out of the preservation of my 
> own sanity, and a little of my own selfishness, all my 37 macs and my 
> advice stay mine, and the only one I help with is my mothers' - cos I 
> know I can boss her around. It's a daughter's right :D. Online it's 
> different. People tend to have a little more se



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Re: OS musings on too many macs.

[James Rice]

This my  disease also, but I'm a worse case than you:  Not only does my 
clooecting extend to Macs, but also Suns, Sgis, NeXTs, BeBoxes, PeeCees, 
etc.  My collection now encompasses 3 NeXT's, 12-13 Macs, 3 Daystars, 4 
Suns, 1 Sgi, a BeBox, 2 Canon object.stations, 4 Tandys, 1 Commodore and 
almost 75 modern  PeeCees ( from Pentium 133's to Athelon MP 2000's). 
 There are  18 laser printers, 12 inkjets, 14 dot matrix printers, 3 pen 
plotters (D&E size, not small ones!), 6 digitizer tablets, ton's of SCSI 
boxes, almost 4000 CD-ROMs and uncountable floppys and tapes in almost 
16 formats.

I wonder if there is a 12 step program for pathetic souls like us.

James

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>Hi,  I suffer from too many macs.  10 macs and 5PCs.  When I think of
>just giving them away,  I wince.  The trouble with this is people expect
>you to keep fixing them,  or adding SW etc,  afterwards.  There is
>nothing worse than giving a mac system away
>(mac/moniter/printer/scaner/modem) to a friend only to be called to fix
>it months later and finding they have not invested in anything as far as
>SW or even ink or cables.  Even fixing up old ones I find myself putting
>larger 4 gig HDs in them.  This is a disease that makes no sense because
>I really only use my G3 or G4.  When I look at a Quadra I see the
>$3000.00 mac I could not aford and lusted after for years.
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Re: NeXT ColorStation and Apple Multisync 17". Possible?

[James Rice]

Yes it's possible.  I have a NeXT N4005 21" color monitor by Hitachi 
that was being used on a Q800 with a D15 to 3 BNC cable.  You also might 
look for a 13w3 SGI monitor.  There seems to a lot of them floating 
around, at least in USA, and they work with the original NeXT Y cable 
from the slab to the sound box.  Check out comp.sys.next.hardware on 
Google. A lot of NeXT folk still hang out there.  And of course if you 
have any questions feel feel to contact me off-list.

I have a Turbo Color slab and two Dimension cubes, so black hardware is 
one of mt pet projects.

James

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>Hello all (and greetings from Germany ^_^)
>
>I do have a question about a computer equipped with a 040 processor, but
>this machine is not a Mac - it is a NeXT TurboColor Station. I am uncertain
>if asking NeXT related questions is allowed here - if not, please disregard
>it and sorry ^_^
>
>I got the NeXT through ebay and it came with the Y-cable and soundbox, but
>without monitor. To save space in my Apple computer stuffed home, would lik=
>e
>to connect my Apple Multisync 17=B3 Monitor to the 13w3 connector of the NeXT=
>.
>
>The Apple monitor can deliver the scan rates that are needed on the NeXT an=
>d
>the proper sync signal, so this is not my question.
>
>Usually, third party color monitors are connected to the Color NeXT using 3
>(not 5) BNC connectors, a special cable adapter was available from NeXT for
>this purpose. But the Apple monitor does not have BNC, so my question is it
>someone knows if it is possible to connect the monitor by using the
>following cable:
>
>13w3D-Sub 15 (plus adapter D-Sub 15/DB15)
>
>Speaking theoretically: Can a computer that runs fine with BNC type monitor=
>s
>also connect to non-BNC monitors if the needed adapter is supplied?
>
>I have several drawings showing the exact connector schematics, so I could
>modify/solder a  cable on my own, but I am afraid I could ruin the NeXT or
>the monitor on switch-up.
>
>I learned, that on the monochrome NeXT stations, the monitor was powered
>through the video cable (12V at 2 Ampere!), but what I have is a color
>station and nobody would force me to connect the specific 12V lines to the
>Apple monitor ^_^
>
>Any suggestions/hints are most welcome (also off-list) and I thank you in
>advance ^_^
>
>-Peter
>


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