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Re: Outlet For HD 20's
Apple Scanner Hardware/Software
Plus Monitor prob
MacWeb 2.0
Email on system 6
Need Small Start-up System
72-pin SIMM to 30-pin SIMM converters?
Mac II and MMU
MacWeb 2.0
Stylewriter II on a system6 Plus?
Compact Virtual
Tradewave MacWeb 2.0...how to get it at least for now...
Mac Plus and Internet
using mac as server
Classic & 1200 SW
MacWeb v2.0 again!
MacWeb w/AOL on 4M RAM?
e-Mail, System 7 on MacClassic
Re: Classic Macs Digest 1.8


Subject: Re: Outlet For HD 20's
Sent: 1/19/97 11:30 PM
Received: 1/20/97 9:30 AM
From: John Brassfield
To: classic-post@hitznet.com

Whoever was looking for the HD20, following is an ad from:
Lance Timco
Timco Computers
3407 SW Dakota St.
Seattle, WA 98126
206-933-6090 Voice
206-937-5058 Fax

Apple 20HD external hard drives/ Plugs into floppy port 35.00

And while I'm at it, I hear that there was an external HD that could plug
into the floppy port, called HD20, or something. Is this the right name,
and any suggestions for used places I might call to see if I can get one?
Anyone want to sell one from this group?

I have purchased items from him, but have no other interest.

John B.


Subject: Apple Scanner Hardware/Software
Sent: 1/20/97 1:18 AM
Received: 1/20/97 9:30 AM
From: Yawgoog
To: classic-post@hitznet.com

I just recently bought the original Apple Scanner (4 bit gray, uses a green
lamp). I was able to get the extension Scanner 3.0, HyperScan 2.0.1, and
AppleScan 1.0.2. The problem is that AppleScan does not do grayscale
correctly. I get an inversed image with colored vertical lines and all sorts
of funky things. Threshold and Line Art works fine. AppleScan, unless I am
mistaken, is not 32 bit clean. It hasn't crashed on my Mac (see below), but
I can't do grayscale and I really don't want to take the chance of running
with a dirty program. Does anyone know of any other software to use with the
scanner? I am aware that Ofoto 2.0.2 will work and am considering buying it,
but a cheaper option would be more acceptable.

What about hardware upgrades? I heard that there was an upgrade to make it
do 256 grays. Price? Where to buy it?

Tech Info: Performa 460, 68030@33Mhz, No FPU, 36MB Physical RAM, 88MB
Logical RAM, System 7.5.5.

E-Mail at Yawgoog Any help will be greatly appreciated.


Subject: Plus Monitor prob
Sent: 1/19/97 8:01 PM
Received: 1/20/97 9:30 AM
From: Jag
To: Classic Mac List, classic-post@hitznet.com

My sister's neighbor has a Plus with a monitor proble. Seems it has only
a thin white line across the bottom of the monitor. Any ideas on what
this could be I have a power supply and a CRT that I could install in
it if necessary.

Thanks!

JAG
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Subject: MacWeb 2.0
Sent: 1/19/97 8:15 PM
Received: 1/20/97 9:30 AM
From: Jag
To: Classic Mac List, classic-post@hitznet.com

I got a copy of this on the MacWorld CD (Jan 97) called Ultimate Media
Jam. I searched diligently for a Liscence agreement to no avail, so it
looks like it can be distributed. I'll probably put it on my web page if
they say I can. PPC native as well as 68k. 3 megs of ram PLUS email and
newsgroups built-in! Very cool!

JAG


Subject: Email on system 6
Sent: 1/19/97 8:27 PM
Received: 1/20/97 9:30 AM
From: Jag
To: Classic Mac List, classic-post@hitznet.com

Subject: E-mail on a System 6 Classic ?
From: Gregoire SEITHER

Hello Classics !

I have recently bought from a friend a Mac Classic 4/40 and would like to
donate it to our Primary School Project. The teachers were wondering if
they could receive E-mail with it.

Who knows about software for Email and browsing that would run on System
6 ? (I do not want to put System 7 on the Mac as it only has 4 Megs of
RAM). Does Mac Web 1.1.1 run on System 6 ?

Alos, I have a 9800 Mac modem (french brand DIAPASON, says on the box
its HAYES compatible) I could donate but have no software to run it. Does
anyone know what could do the trick and where I could get it ?

Would RAM Doubler 1.6.1 run on this oldie ?

Thanks for your help.

Gregoire

System 7.0.1 uses 1.5 megs, leaving 2.5 megs for apps. I wouldn't
hesitate putting 7.0.1 on a Plus considering all the system 7 apps that
will still run under 2.5 megs. There are tons.

And no, ram doubler won't work. You don't need it anyway. I hate that
kinda stuff. Check out
Http://www.eden.com/~arena/jagshouse/Shareware.html for details on how
I got my Plus on the web under system 7.0.1


Subject: Need Small Start-up System
Sent: 1/20/97 3:50 AM
Received: 1/20/97 9:30 AM
From: David G. Wood
To: classic-post@hitznet.com

I would like to build an Emergengy Start-up Disk for my Mac LC which
contains some disk utilities other than just Disk First Aid. The other
utilities I want to include will need about 650KB on the floppy. The Disk
Tools disk I have from Apple has a version of System 7.5 on it which
occupies 1.1MB of floppy space leaving not enough room for the other
utilities I want to include. I searched the Apple Support FTP sites and
found some older system 6.0X versions etc. but they won't boot my LC. When
I try, the floppy is just ejected and the machine then boots normally from
the system (7.5) on my hard drive. I've also tried some of the system
versions from the site ftp://ftp.mtn.org/pub/users/jbipes/ recently
posted by Jeff Bipes, and they also fail to boot my LC.

Can anyone point me to a source of a smaller system version that will start
up my Mac LC but will take up only about 600KB - 700KB on the floppy? Is
there a version of system 7 that is small enough? If so where can I find
it? Does such a thing even exist?

I will summarize results.

David


Subject: 72-pin SIMM to 30-pin SIMM converters?
Sent: 1/20/97 5:10 AM
Received: 1/20/97 9:30 AM
From: Matthew J. Hall
To: classic-post@hitznet.com

Hi all!

I'm the proud owner of a IIci and SE both fully populated with 1Mb 30-pin
SIMMs.

It was suggested to me by a friend that I could find a converter that would
let me use the cheaper 72-pin SIMMs in the IIci - has anyone heard of this?
Is it feasible? Being a little dubious I thought I'd consult the Classic
Mac hive mind :-)

Thanks!


Subject: Mac II and MMU
Sent: 1/20/97 8:14 AM
Received: 1/20/97 9:31 AM
From: Robert Poland
To: classic-post@hitznet.com

I Have a Mac II. Running system 7.5.5 and 8 Meg of Ram. I have installed
MODE32 v 7.5

When I try to install RamDoubler 2.0 I get a message telling me I need A
MMU chip.

Upon looking at the processor board I can't find the 68851 chip, but I also
see no empty sockets. Assuming I can find a MMU, do I have to remove
something to install it, or what?

Thanks,

Bob Poland


Subject: MacWeb 2.0
Sent: 1/19/97 10:36 PM
Received: 1/20/97 9:31 AM
From: Albert L. Lilly III
To: classic-post@hitznet.com

For those of you who got the CDROM on Multimedia in the rcent issue of
MacWorld, a little perusal will reveal a complete installer for version 2.0
of MacWeb sitting right there, as pretty as you please

The CD is entitled the "MacWorld Multimedia Jam". It came in my most
recdent issue of MacWorld, but I honestly can't find it to tell you which
month it was.

Look around a bit, It could pay dividends.

If you've got the CD, check the "applications for viewing" folder inside
the "ultimate media jam" folder, or do a quick find with the Find File.

The installer will easily copy to a 1.4 floppy, but is just a little too
large for an 800K disk. It could be copied to floppy via Norton Fastback,
and reassembnled on a hard drive of the machine which requires 800K disks.
It takes 2MB to run though, so I'm not sure how much good it will do you.
If you've got 4MB of RAM, you should be OK,

AL


Subject: Stylewriter II on a system6 Plus?
Sent: 1/20/97 1:11 PM
Received: 1/20/97 10:26 AM
From: Merrick E. 'Ted' Shawe
To: Classic Mac List, classic-post@hitznet.com

I spent the better part of the afternoon yesterday trying to hook up
my old Stylewriter II to my even older Mac (128k lovingly upgraded by
hand to a 1 meg Plus). Because this is the original logic board I
can't add any more memory and therefore run system 6. Every time I
installed the Stylewriter driver the system blew up with bomb #2 then
bomb #15. This happened with or without 32-bit Quickdraw.

Is there anyone out there that has successfully gotten a Stylewriter
to run with a Plus?


Subject: Compact Virtual
Sent: 1/20/97 2:17 AM
Received: 1/20/97 10:26 AM
From: M. Standifer
To: Classic Macs, classic-post@hitznet.com

Does anyone know where I can purchase Comapct Virtual from Connectix Corp
? I tried through Connectix and also Micro Mac Tech with no luck. Micro
Mac is having a problem with Connectix so they no longer are able to
supply it.

Best Regard
miltons


Subject: Tradewave MacWeb 2.0...how to get it at least for now...
Sent: 1/20/97 1:02 PM
Received: 1/20/97 6:31 PM
From: Michelle Klein-Hass
To: classic-post@hitznet.com

Question is, does v2 still run on our old Macs? Is it still lean and mean?
And has anyone put it on the net for download? Non-US netters won't be able
to get hold of the US Macworld very easily (we have our own edition).

Anybody out there tried it yet, or know where it can be found?

First of all, the official word from TradeWave. You can find this and
more at http://www.einet.net/EINet/MacWeb/MacWebHome.html. To quote:

"TradeWave presently is distributing winWeb and MacWeb only as part of our
new corporate product offering, TradeVPI. We released our first version of
TradeVPI (virtual private Internet) on April 1. TradeVPI provides an
applications platform for building and operating corporate intranets and
electronic commerce solutions.

"We apologize for any inconvenience this decision might cause people who
have been using the browsers."

Now, the interesting part is that I actually have seen the browser. I
work for an ISP. We get our software packages from a company called
UsefulWare http://www.usefulware.com. They used to distribute MacWeb
2.0 in their low-cost Macintosh package. They since have moved to
Microsoft Internet Explorer.

The oldest Mac I have tested MacWeb 2.0 on was my SE/30 with 8 Mb RAM
running System 7.1. It worked fine, but so did Netscape and MSIE.

The TradeWave page says that MacWeb 2.0 "Requires System 7 and MacTCP
2.0.2 or higher". No other requirements are given.

MacWeb 2.0 is being distributed with newsstand copies of Macworld Magazine
this month in a freebie CD Rom. It's the "February" issue.

I suspect it's going to be the first and the last time MacWeb 2.0 is going
to be offered for free this way so snag it while you can.

There is no shareware notice with it so I suspect as far as people who get
the February '97 Macworld issue are concerned it's freeware.

Take care,
--.\\<-H--


Subject: Mac Plus and Internet
Sent: 1/20/97 2:56 PM
Received: 1/20/97 6:31 PM
From: Larry Pearlstein
To: classic-post@hitznet.com

For Classic Macs list:

I am trying to configure a Mac Plus into the most useful Internet system
possible for a friend. I tried System 7.5.5 with FreePPP 2.5v2.

This did not work.

Is there a "conventional wisdom" on the best components for a Mac Plus
these days?

I need to know:

System version
PPP type and version
Eudora version
Web browser type and version
Newsreader type and version

and anything else that might be relelvant.

Sorry if this is a FAQ -- I've done some exploring and have not found the
answer!

Best wishes,

Larry


Subject: using mac as server
Sent: 1/19/96 2:50 PM
Received: 1/20/97 6:31 PM
From: macuser
To: classic-post@hitznet.com

I have a Mac 512e and I was wondering if there was an easy way to hook
it up to a new Macintosh Performa 6205CD.

I am also wondering if anybody out there has some old mac games. I am
looking for a few to add to my old mac.


Subject: Classic & 1200 SW
Sent: 1/20/97 3:57 PM
Received: 1/20/97 6:31 PM
From: Gordon Baskett
To: classic-post@hitznet.com

Question, guys --

The specs on the box say that the Stylewriter 1200 requires an 020
processor, but is it possible to run it on a plain Mac Classic? 4/80
running System 7.

Thanks.


Subject: MacWeb v2.0 again!
Sent: 1/20/97 11:27 AM
Received: 1/20/97 6:31 PM
From: Jennifer Huebert
To: classic-post@hitznet.com

I'm using MacWeb on a power mac right now and I really love it! And the
fact that I can use it on *any* of my macs. Sure no Java, but tables,
forms...spiffy for under 3 MB. And fast fast fast. My ISP gives out an
old version to subscribers, which is how I first heard about MacWeb. I
was so happy to see the new version come in the mail on that Media Jam
CD. Three cheers for an alternative!

Jen


Subject: MacWeb w/AOL on 4M RAM?
Sent: 1/20/97 11:31 AM
Received: 1/20/97 6:31 PM
From: Meyerson
To: classic-post@hitznet.com

Anyone have any recommendations for web-surfing w/ AOL and 4M RAM on
classic macs (the Classic or an SE)?

I have MacWeb; is there a way to configure it to work with AOL v. 2.6 or 2.7
(and System 7.0.1)?

I'll be glad to summarize for the list any answers sent to me directly.

Thanks.

Charles Meyerson


Subject: e-Mail, System 7 on MacClassic
Sent: 1/20/97 11:33 AM
Received: 1/20/97 6:31 PM
From: Meyerson
To: classic-post@hitznet.com

In a message dated 1/19/97 9:47:23 PM, Gregoire SEITHER wrote:

I have recently bought from a friend a Mac Classic 4/40 and would like to
donate it to our Primary School Project. The teachers were wondering if
they could receive E-mail with it.

No reason why not, with the right software.

Who knows about software for Email and browsing that would run on System
6

Browsing shouldn't be a problem if you have a direct/ISP connection to the
internet. I'm still checking into whether MacWeb can be made to work with my
AOL connection.

(I do not want to put System 7 on the Mac as it only has 4 Megs of
RAM). Does Mac Web 1.1.1 run on System 6 ?

My experience (with a Mac Classic and the nearly equivalent Mac SE, each with
4M RAM) is that system 7.0.1, at least, runs just fine on those
machines...and, in many ways, runs better than 6.0.x.


Subject: Re: Classic Macs Digest 1.8
Sent: 1/20/97 1:07 PM
Received: 1/20/97 6:31 PM
From: Clark Martin
To: Hitz, hitz@hitznet.com

From: Rex

Does anyone know where I can order a battery for my MacPlus online? I can't
seem to find one locally. Thanks.

Have you tried a camera shop (a good one). That is where I've gotten them before.

 

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