Info-Mac Archive Mirror Sites (as of 22 Jan 2001)

We recommend that you avoid mirror sites that are not listed here, because they are not in touch with us and do not have permission to carry the Archive.

Please contact us at mirror@info-mac.org if you have
any trouble using any of these sites, find any of this info to be
incorrect, or know of a site not listed here.

NOTE TO MIRRORS:
On July 8th, 2000, a serious attempt was made to remove mirror site that are simply not mirroring
the Info-Mac Archive and were never removed from this list.  If your site was removed and you still
do mirror the Archive, please contact us with your information and we will add you back on this
list.  My appologies for any inconvience.

The Mirror Moderator

Each entry in the list below contains:
  organization, city, [state,] country
    access methods
  updates:days  contents
  [notes about the site]

access methods
  URLs and other methods with instructions for accessing the site
  Not listed for most private mirrors
updates:days
  The number of updates made to the mirror per number of days
  (ie: 1:1 is once a day, 1:14 is once every two weeks)
contents
  RECENT - the site only carries files from the past year or so
  VERY-RECENT - the site only carries files from the past few months
  ALL - the site carries all directories in the archive
  INCLUDES/EXCLUDES - those directories are included/excluded by the site

Sections in this list
USA					Australia			Austria
Belgium				Canada				Colombia
Finland				France				Germany
Hong Kong			Ireland				Israel
Italy				Japan				Korea
Netherlands			New Zealand			Norway
Singapore			South Africa		Spain
Sweden				Switzerland			Taiwan
Turkey				United Kingdom		Private Mirror Sites

     ______________________________________________________________________

Public Mirror Sites


[[USA]]

America Online, Vienna, Virginia, United States
  ftp://mirrors.aol.com/pub/info-mac/
  America Online: AOL FTP area site list
1:1  ALL
also mirrors UMich Mac archive

Apple Computer, Cupertino, California, United States
  ftp://mirror.apple.com/mirrors/Info-Mac.Archive/
  http://mirror.apple.com/
1:1  ALL

Arizona Macintosh Users Group, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
  ftp://ftp.amug.org/pub/mirrors/info-mac/
  http://www.amug.org/index.html
  IRC: #macintosh, /dcc chat MacServ, like FTP from there. Rew: DCC & DCC chat
1:1  ALL
also has Newton archive, Peter Lewis archive, Homer home site

CNET, San Francisco, California
  http://www.shareware.com/
1:1  ALL
access for use to maintain SHAREWARE.COM searchable index of all Info-Mac mirrors

MIT Laboratory for Computer Science, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive.html
1:1  ALL
Web-browsable hypertext mirror

Open Door Networks, Inc. Ashland, Oregon, United States
  afp://afp.opendoor.com/info-mac/
  afp://198.68.10.243/Info-Mac/
1:30  ALL
the first ever AppleShare IP mirror!

Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States
  ftp://ftp.orst.edu/pub/systems/info-mac/
1:1  ALL

TidBITS, Bellevue, Washington, United States
  ftp://files.tidbits.com/info-mac/
  http://ftp.tidbits.com/pub/info-mac/
1:1  ALL
also home file archive for TidBITS

Time Warner Communications/Road Runner, Rochester, NY
   ftp://mirrors.rochester.rr.com/pub/info-mac/
1:1  ALL

University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
  ftp://ftp.hawaii.edu/mirrors/info-mac/
1:1  RECENT ALL

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States
  ftp://uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/systems/mac/info-mac/
  http://uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/
1:1  ALL
also mirrors UMich Mac archive

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
  ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/pub/Info-Mac/
1:1  ALL

University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States
  ftp://ftp.ou.edu/mirrors/info-mac/
2:1  VERY-RECENT ALL

UUNET Technologies, Falls Church, Virginia, United States
  ftp://ftp.uu.net/systems/mac/info-mac/
1:1  EXCLUDES: info/nms grf/qt

Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
  ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/mac/info-mac/
  http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/mac/info-mac/
  gopher://wuarchive.wustl.edu/11/systems/mac/info-mac/
  fsp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/mac/info-mac/
  nfs://wuarchive.wustl.edu/archive/systems/mac/info-mac/
1:1  ALL
also mirrors many other archives

XMISSION - XMission Internet, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 
  ftp://mirrors.xmission.com/info-mac/ 
  http://mirrors.xmission.com/info-mac/ 
  rsync://mirrors.xmission.com/infomac/ 
  1:1 ALL


[[Australia]]

Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
  ftp://sunsite.anu.edu.au/pub/mac/info-mac/
1:1  ALL
Not updated since 1998


[[Austria]]

Vienna University, Vienna, Austria
  ftp://ftp.univie.ac.at/systems/mac/info-mac/
  http://www.univie.ac.at/ftp/systems/mac/info-mac/
  gopher://gopher.univie.ac.at/11/ftp/systems/mac/info-mac/
1:1  ALL


[[Belgium]]

Link Line, Bruxelles, Belgium
  ftp://ftp.linkline.be/mirror/ftp.info-mac.org/
1:1  ALL
only accessible from Europe


[[Canada]]

AGT Limited, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  ftp://ftp.agt.net/pub/info-mac/
1:1  ALL


[[Colombia]]

None

[[Finland]]

FUNET - Finnish Academic and Research Network, Espoo, Finland
  ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mac/info-mac/
  gopher://gopher.funet.fi/1ftp:ftp.funet.fi@/pub/mac/info-mac/
1:1  RECENT ALL


[[France]]

Universities of Paris VI and Paris VII, Paris, France
  ftp://ftp.jussieu.fr/pub/mac/info-mac/
1:1  ALL

CalvaCom, Velizy, France
  ftp://ftp.calvacom.fr/pub/info-mac/
1:1  ALL


[[Germany]]

Aachen University of Technology, Aachen, Germany
  ftp://ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/info-mac/
1:1  RECENT ALL

Freenet.de, AG, Dusseldorf, Germany
  ftp://ftp.freenet.de/pub/ftp.info-mac.org/info-mac/
1:1 ALL
ftp.freenet.de is a public mirror and everybody is welcome to use it

Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/mac/
  gopher://gopher.cs.tu-berlin.de:ftp/pub/mac/info-mac/
  mailto:mail-server@cs.tu-berlin.de - place "send HELP" in message body for info
1:1  ALL
also has local archive and mirrors MacBSD & ftp.tidbits.com
Not updated since 1995

University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany
  ftp://ftp.rrzn.uni-hannover.de/pub/mirror/info-mac/
1:1  ALL

[[Hong Kong]]

Pacific Supernet Limited, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
  ftp://ftp.pacific.net.hk/pub/mirror/info-mac/
1:1  ALL
also mirrors Newton archive

[[Ireland]]

None

[[Israel]]

None

[[Italy]]

Edisontel S.p.A., Italy 
  ftp://ftp.edisontel.com/pub/Info-Mac_Mirror/
  1:1 ALL

Dip. di Fisica - II Universita' di Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy 
  ftp://cis.uniroma2.it/Info-Mac/
  1:1 ALL
  
[[Japan]]

Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
  ftp://ftp.ims.ac.jp/pub/mac/info-mac/
  gopher://gopher.ims.ac.jp:70/11/tmp/pub-link/mac/info-mac/
1:1  ALL

KDD R&D Laboratories, Kamifukuoka, Japan
  ftp://ftp.lab.kdd.co.jp/info-mac/
1:7  ALL

Fujitsu Ltd, Tokyo, Japan
  ftp://ftp.web.ad.jp/info-mac/
1:1  ALL

Internet Initiative Japan, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
  ftp://ftp.iij.ad.jp/pub/mac/umich/
  mailto:archive-server@iij.ad.jp - place "help" in message body for info
1:1  ALL
Not updated since 1997

NEC Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
  ftp://ftp.pcvan.or.jp/pub/info-mac/
1:1  ALL
NOTE: Does this archive still exist?

RIKEN - The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Wako, Japan
  ftp://ftp.riken.go.jp/pub/mac/info-mac/
  http://www.riken.go.jp/archives/info-mac/
1:1  ALL
also mirrors UMich and CTAN-TeX Mac archives

University of Aizo, Japan
  ftp://ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/Mac/info-mac
1:1  ALL

[[Korea]]

None

[[Netherlands]]

Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag, Netherlands
  ftp://ftp.nic.surfnet.nl/mirror/infomac/
1:1  ALL

NL.UUNET, Netherlands
  ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net/pub/info-mac/
1:1  ALL
Intended mainly for UUNET customers

[[New Zealand]]

Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
  ftp://ftp.vuw.ac.nz/info-mac/
  http://mirrors.vuw.ac.nz/info-mac/
1:1  ALL

[[Norway]]

Bergen IT Consult AS, Bergen, Norway
  ftp://ftp.bitcon.no/pub/mac/info-mac/
1:1  ALL
also UMICH MAC and TUCOWS archives

University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
  ftp://mac.uio.no/info-mac/
1:1  ALL
also mirrors UMich Mac archive
Not updated since May 1999

[[Singapore]]

None

[[South Africa]]

None

[[Spain]]

None

[[Sweden]]

SUNET - Swedish University Network, Uppsala, Sweden
  ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/mac/info-mac/
  rsync://ftp.sunet.se/pub/mac/info-mac/
  http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/mac/info-mac/
  mailto:ftpmail@ftp.sunet.se - place "help" in message body for info
1:1  ALL
also mirrors UMich Mac archive and other Mac stuff


[[Switzerland]]

SWITCH - Swiss Academic & Research Network, Zurich, Switzerland
  ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/info-mac/
1:1  ALL

Internet Access AG, Zurich, Switzerland
  ftp://ftp.dplanet.ch/mirror/info-mac/
1:1  ALL


[[Taiwan]]

None

[[Turkey]]

None

[[United Kingdom]]

Imperial College Department of Computing, London, United Kingdom
  ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/info-mac/
  http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/info-mac/
  gopher://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/11/packages/info-mac/
  fsp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/info-mac/
  nfs://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/public
  mailto:ftpmail@doc.ic.ac.uk
1:1  ALL
also mirrors other Mac archives

UEA, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom
  ftp://newton.sys.uea.ac.uk/Newton_Archive/info-mac.org/
1:1  INCLUDES: nwt

UK Mirror Service, Lancaster & Kent, England
  ftp://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.info-mac.org/
  http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.info-mac.org/
1:1  ALL
The UK Mirror Service is a vast online collection of the latest available versions of freely available electronic material of interest to the UK academic community.


[[Private Mirror Sites]]
  These mirrors are only accessible from within their organizations.

Dark Matter Industries at Ghostplanet
Rochester, NY, USA
1:1  ALL

DREA, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
  ftp:
1:1  VERY-RECENT ALL

Universite Laval, Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada
1:1  VERY-RECENT ALL
only includes files that appear in recent-files.txt list

Open University, Milton Keynes, England
1:1  RECENT ALL

Planete, Montreuil, France
1:1  ALL
will go public in early May

LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France
1:1  VERY-RECENT ALL

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
1:1  ALL

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
1:1  ALL

Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, Virginia, United States of America
  http://mirrors.nswc.navy.mil/
1:1  ALL
This will be mirrored directly to a PowerMac 7100/80, which will use +WebStar 1.3.1 and Apple's NetFinder.

University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
1:1  EXCLUDES: game per
Intended for users within Arkansas

University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States
  gopher://userserve/11/Info-mac/Recent/
  AppleShare: zone ACC, host userserve, volume Info-mac
1:7  RECENT ALL
contact micros@ucsd.edu for more information

Schlumberger-Doll Research, Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States
1:1  ALL
contact gerardi@ridgefield.sdr.slb.com for access info

NCSA, Champaign, Illinois, United States
1:1  ALL

Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States
1:1  VERY-RECENT ALL

University of Wisconsin, Madison Wiscosin, United States
2:7  ALL
Access is limited to UW-Madison Campus only

Heller Information Services, Rockville, Maryland, United States
  ftp://mirror.his.com/pub/mirrors/info-mac/
  http://www.his.com/info-mac/
1:1  ALL
Contact info-mac@his.com for access info

Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
1:1  ALL

MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
1:1  ALL

Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States
  AppleShare:
1:1  ALL

Columbia University, New York, New York, United States
1:1  ALL EXCLUDES: comm/ara comm/bbs comm/uucp dev game grf nwt per snd
contact consultant@columbia.edu for access information

Imagina Incorporated, Portland, Oregon, United States
  Appleshare
1:1  ALL

Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States
  ftp://nethelp.tamu.edu/mirrors/info-mac/
4:7  INCLUDES: comm cmp

Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States
  http://www.byu.edu/info-mac/
  ftp://www.byu.edu/pub/info-mac/
1:1  ALL
userid & password required for ftp

From: ericb@telecnnct.com (Eric Burger)
Subject: SUMMARY: RAMdoubler vs. OptiMem [S]
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 19:11:41 -0500 (EST)

Original Post:
-----
Anyone have experience with OptiMem?  There's been lots of talk
about RAMdoubler (Connectix), but OptiMem (Jump Development) has
been out for a while now.

For that matter, any further incomatibilities found with RAMdoubler?
-----
The summary:

RAMdoubler works great; only problems found were with MacTCP 1.1.1,
launching and quitting and launching applications QUICKLY in succession,
and applications that take up all of your memory on their own (e.g.
Photoshop).

OptiMem will allow more applications run, but wont't let an individual
application use more RAM than is in the machine.

OTOH, OptiMem does not require a PMMU [not an issue for me, but can be
for you if you have a 68000-based or 68020 sans PMMU machine.

-----
Thanks to:
	Bill Rausch <t9365@cis13.nfuel.com>
	Dr. R. Marusyk <rmarusyk@mercury.uah.ualberta.ca>
	Pete Chane <pchaneuw@vms2.macc.wisc.edu>
	Shannon V Spires <svspire@somnet.sandia.gov>
	Andy Shiekh <shiekh@ictp.trieste.it>

-----
Detailed responses:

Date: Wed, 26 Jan 94 12:48:41 -0800
>From: Bill Rausch <t9365@cis13.nfuel.com>
To: Eric.Burger@telecnnct.com
Subject: ram doubler

works perfectly on an accelerated IIx and on a IIsi. I hope to try it on my
Q650 soon, but that machine hasn't been rebooted in a couple of weeks because
of some long running jobs. Assume it works fine unless I send you another
message.

We've tried the following programs, in various combinations:

Word, Pagemaker, Canvas, versaterm, many games and utilities, several text
editors

works great, like virtual memory but faster, quieter

----
    Bill Rausch, SW Engr                  509-375-8773
    Numerical Applications, Inc.          509-943-0861
    825 Goethals Ave., Suite A            509-375-5147(h)
    Richland, WA  99352
    wnr@fred.nfuel.com

Lawrence Taylor on golf - I'd rather play in the Super Bowl than
shoot 70, but I'd rather shoot 65 than play in the Super Bowl.

>From: rmarusyk@mercury.uah.ualberta.ca (Dr. R. Marusyk)
Subject: RAM Doubler Conflicts
To: eric.burger@telecnnct.com
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 08:58:54 -0700 (MST)

Re: RAM Doubler incompatibilities

I have found that RAM Doubler, version 1.0.1, is incompatible with
MacTCP, version 1.1, on my IIci/8/240, system 7.1. 

When I first loaded RAM Doubler, following the Connectix instructions, I
received a screen message stating that the system was damaged and should
be replaced from the original master disks. Clicking the Restart button
continually gave the same message. I then did a shift-restart with no
problem. I then turned off all the cdevs and sys-extensions with
Start-up Manager, and found that MacTCP and RAM Doubler dont like to
coexist in my system set-up. Ive since repeated the whole exercise (with
back-up disks in hand) and got the same result.


>From: (Pete Chane) <pchaneuw@vms2.macc.wisc.edu>
Subject: RAMdoubler
To: Eric.Burger@telecnnct.com
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 1994 16:28:52 -0600

Eric,

In response to your Info-Mac post:

I use RAMdoubler on a 660av with 8megs of real RAM.  RAMdoubler reports
that I have 16 megs of RAM to address.  So far the only problems I have had
is when I quit and launch things so fast (almost simultaneously) so
RAMdoubler cannot reallocate the RAM fast enough and things crash or hang.


Photoshop doesn't work well since it has its own virtual memory mechanism.

I am very surprised at RAMdoubler and I think Connectix has a big hit on
their hands.  It is very stable and I use about 15 extensions and I have
lots of commerical and shareware apps and I cannot find a major problem
with RAMdoubler.

Buy it...it has a 30 day MBG!

PETER

PETER CHANE
PCHANEUW@macc.wisc.edu
PCHANE@applelink.apple.com
University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994 Rose Bowl Champions.


Subject: RAMdoubler vs. Optimem
To: Eric.Burger@telecnnct.com
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 1994 12:08:39 -0700 (MST)
>From: svspire@somnet.sandia.gov (Shannon V Spires)

Eric-
I have been using RAMdoubler for a while now and it seems to
work flawlessly. It essentially is a virtual memory utility
which, instead of paging to/from disk, pages to/from "unused"
RAM areas in your machine. It will page to disk as a last
resort but I've never seen this happen. It depends on a PMMU
in your Mac--thus 68000 Macs and 68020 Macs without a PMMU
chip can't use it. It seems to be compatible with every
application I've tried, although Connectix says some apps
are problematic and they're working on fixes (sorry-I don't
remember which ones.) It is incompatible with virtual memory--
to use RAMDoubler you must turn VM off.

Optimem does not depend on the PMMU, so it could be used with
non-PMMU Macs. I have no experience with Optimem but the
following is what I've been told (by a Connectix person who
is obviously not unbiased): Optimem reuses memory that is
not currently in use by applications--it uses the memory in
the right half of the bar when you do "About this Macintosh".
RAMDoubler does this and also steals from lots of other places
like unused stack space within the app. Since RAMDoubler uses
the PMMU as hardware memory protection, it's safe to do this.
Optimem does it in software and cannot achieve nearly the level
of memory increase that RAMDoubler can. For example, with 
RAMDoubler you can run an application that requires 8 Meg even
if you only have 5 Meg of physical RAM. You can't do this with
Optimem. You can simply run _more_ applications than you could
before (my experience with RAMDoubler also indicates that it
works best at letting you run more applications than you could
before, but a single large application may cause significant
thrashing.) But, since Optimem does not require a PMMU, it
will run on older non-PMMU Macs where RAMDoubler will not.

Optimem is (I believe) also more expensive than RAMDoubler, for
what I perceive to be less functionality.

RAMDoubler will not double the size of your RAM disk as yet, but
Connectix is planning a release of Maxima very soon which will
work in conjunction with RAMDoubler to double your RAM disk, as
well as all your other RAM.

Again, take all this with a grain of salt since most of it comes
from the RAMDoubler side of the house.

-Shannon Spires
svspire@sandia.gov
(I have no relationship with any of the companies mentioned except
as a satisfied customer of RAMDoubler.)


Date: Wed, 26 Jan 1994 12:38:22 +0100
To: ericb@telecnnct.com
>From: shiekh@ictp.trieste.it (Andy Shiekh)
Subject: RAMdoubler vs. OptiMem [Q]

  I like Optimem. It doesn't use a MMU chip, so works on a Plus.

  It does not compress in RAM like Ramdoubler, but does implement
dynamical memory allocation.
  The idea is great, the implementation only average.
(it uses an internal compatability list)


Andy


_____________________________________________________________________
Anwar Y. Shiekh           | I do not feel obliged to believe that the
International Centre for  | same God who has endowed us with sense,
  Theoretical Physics     | reason, and intellect has intended us to
Trieste, Italy            | forgo their use.
(shiekh@ictp.trieste.it)  |                        -- Galileo Galilei
_____________________________________________________________________



-- 
--  Eric William Burger       --  Eric.Burger@telecnnct.com  --

Here are the extensions we use in this archive and their explanations:

<no extension>	-  directory
.txt		-  an ascii text file
.etx		-  an ascii text file in a particular format called
		   "structure-enhanced text". Browser programs can beautify
		   these files.
.abs		-  an ascii text file containing abstracts of the other files
		   in its directory
.hqx		-  an ascii text file which contains an image of a Macintosh
                   file. Use Binhex 4.0, StuffIt, Compact Pro, or a variety
		   of other utilities to convert these files from encoded text
		   into applications and documents.
		   StuffIt Expander is recommended to debinhex these files.
.bin		-  a binary image of a Macintosh file, in MacBinary format.
.shar		-  shell archive. Can be converted into text documents on
  		   a Unix system.
.uu		-  a uuencoded file which can be converted into a binary
                   file by running uudecode on a Unix system

Except for .bin files, these can all be transferred with ASCII mode FTP.

After the file has been transferred to your mac and converted from binhex,
you may see additional unfamiliar kinds of file. These are mainly archive
formats which allow files to be posted here in a compressed, more convenient
to manage form. Some common extensions are:

.cpt		-  Compact Pro archive (see /util)
.pit		-  PackIt II archive (obsolete). Deconvert with one of the
                   other archivers, using special menu items.
.sea		-  self-extracting archive, an application which creates new
                   files when run. No additional software is necessary.
.sit		-  StuffIt archive
SITD		-  actually a file type, this indicates Stuffit Deluxe

See the help file accessing-files.txt for more information on decompressing
and downloading files.

The Info-Mac Moderators
moderator@info-mac.org

Date:     5-Jan-1994 15:29:35 -0800
To:      <Postmaster@sumex-aim.stanford.edu>
From:    warren leggett <warren@Radius.COM>
Subject: Radius software under /info-mac/cfg?

I was browsing around you ftp site and found this software posted there
This version of software is old and should be removed.
We currently have an ftp site at ftp.radius.com which has the latest version
with the appropriate license information.  If you have any questions I can
be reached via email at warren@radius.com of by phone at (408) 954-6663
Thanks for handling this matter, warren.

Date: Wed,  8 Jun 1994 15:31:42 -0400
From: "Terry M. Stader" <p00489@psilink.com>
Subject: Mac Ham Radio 1.0.7.1

Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.info
Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Expires: Mon, 27 Jun 1994 0600 GMT
Approved: rec-radio-info@ve6mgs.ampr.ab.ca

Macintosh Amateur Radio Software - June 1994
Version 1.0.7

Please feel free to distribute this list as widely as possible. Many of you have asked if it is OK to cross-post this list? I don't mind, but I would like to know where it is going. If you think it should be cross-posted to other USENET groups, please let me know so I can try and manage these. We don't want to have any duplication or our welcome will be wore out!

Those of you that can tell me about ANY of these programs compatibility with System 7 would be appreciated! I am going to be adding a System 7 compatability section to EACH description in future releases. If the application is KNOWN to execute properly under System 7, the System 7 anotation will be placed as the last line of the product description. More clarification on levels of System 7 compatibility in the future editions... but this is a start!

Some of the information in this list was gleaned from flyers supplied by the software vendors, or in some cases from reviews in amateur radio publications or the README files included with the archive. Some of the information has not been verified for a long time; please check with the vendors/authors for the latest product specs, pricing, etc.

NEW/CHANGES: I am continuing to add more version numbers so that our
users will know if they have the most current release. Thanks to
those that have already sent them in... I'll accept all corrections!

The newest e-mail I have received indicates a new product soon to be released for the Mac which has been in the DOS world for awhile... the Automatic Position Reporting System (APRS) is currently being beta'd. It is expected to be released soon.

The ftp site at The World is no longer. It has been moved to
oak.oakland.edu.  Scott-WY1Z is maintaining these file as the
Librarian of the Boston Amateur Radio Club. Look in the following
path:  /pub/hamradio/mac. If you'd like to archive your
software.files here, please contact Scott at wy1z@neu.edu.

Finally we are starting to see soem advances in Callbook data for the Mac. Mark Sproul, author of Packet Tracker, has completely revised the HAMCALL application that first appeared in the Oct 92 issue of the Buckmaster HamCall CD-ROM. This one is very nice. Well done Mark! RT Systems in Huntsville, AL has included a Mac interface for their SAM database. No information on this one just yet... but some Mac users will be getting information to me soon.

Check at the bottom of this list for more information on ftp'able
sites carrying Amateur Radio software. The ARRL ListServer is also
carrying the latest version of this list... in case you loose this
one!

*** Collections ***
<MacNet v5.31>
 Join MacNet and get included in the latest version of "Macnet
Roster", a HyperCard 2.x stack that now has > 400  members and is
the proverbial "Who's Who" of hams using Macs. You'll find "Macnet
Roster" a great tool for finding out who, what and how other hams
are using their Macs with their ham stations.  It even includes
this file!
 Send $30.00($40.00 DX) check or money order to: WD1V, John Seney,
144 Pepperidge Drive Manchester, NH 03103 USA.
 All disks shipped First Class Mail PPd. Get the COMPLETE Macnet
Software Collection ppd. on 10 disks!
 Based on your interests, you'll also receive public domain shareware received by our members. 
 System 7

<Project Mac>
 Contest logging, antenna design, satellite tracking, clip art,
etc. Microsoft BASIC required for many of the programs. Most of
this software is now available in the MacNet collection.  Send
three formatted 800K Macintosh disks with stamped, self-addressed
disk mailer to Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU, One Glen Ave., Wolcott, CT
06716-1442. Stan can be reached at horzepa@gdc.com
 NOTE: Stan has indicated much of this software is "old" and may not work on some newer Macs. Also he notes that most of his collection is available in the MacNet collection above. He will send anyone what he has if you send him the disks and SAS mailer.

<Amateur Radio Software for Macintosh>
 Extensive catalog including logging, Morse code, gray line, test
preparation, satellite tracking, contesting, and packet radio
programs.
 ZCo Corporation, P.O. Box 3720, Nashua, NH 03061. NOTE: This company has been rumored to be out of business!

<Amateur Radio #1>
 Contains satellite tracking, Morse code, attenuator design, and
Ohm's law calculator programs.  Kinetic Designs, P.O. Box 1646,
Orange Park, FL 32067.

*** Test preparation ***
<Ham Test Stacks>
 HyperCard stacks containing the entire question pool for each
license class. Can be used for preparation or generating actual
tests.  The current releases are: Novice v4.1(new questions eff.
7/1/93), Technician v4.0(new questions effective 7/1/93), General
v2.4, Advanced v2.4, Extra v2.4.
 Available via anonymous FTP from various sites, including uxc.cso.uiuc.edu (/pub/ham-radio). NOTE: The newest releases of Novice and Technician stacks are available at uxc.cso.uiuc.edu (5/6/93) Author is available via Internet: dls@genrad.com
 NOTE: Diana no longer is supporting this software, she no longer has a Macintosh computer. Diana thanks for your wonderful contribution to the Amateur Radio community for these stacks!
 System 7 savy with HyperCard 2.1

<MacHam>
 Test generators and study aids for the Technician, General,
Advanced, and Extra class written elements. Includes the complete
question pool for each license. Hypercard based.
 Coyne Co., P.O. Box 2000-200, Mission Viejo, CA 92692. 
 System 7 with HyperCard 2.1

*** Morse code practice ***
<N6MZV Morse Trainer>
 Lets you practice any combination of letters, numbers, and/or
punctuation characters. Can send user-created text files.
 RT Martin, N6MZV, 10382 Orange Avenue, Cupertino, CA 95014. Also
available via anonymous FTP from ftp.apple.com (/pub/ham-radio).
Shareware.

<Morse Code Tutor v1.6> - used to be called Morse Tutor
 Sends random groups of letters, numbers, and/or punctuation
characters.  Available via anonymous FTP from ftp.apple.com
(/pub/ham-radio). Or send formatted 800K Macintosh disk with
stamped, self-addressed return disk mailer to Jack Brindle, WA4FIB,
726-175th Street SW, Bothell, WA 98012; Compuserve: 73365,606.

<MorseMania V1.0>
 Designed for those already familiar with Morse code who want to
improve their speed. Allows code practice at various speeds and
audio pitches. Can generate random sequences or play the contents
of user-created text files. Freeware.  Available via anonymous
FTP from simoon.stanford.edu (/pub). Contact Edward Plumer,
KM6IQ, for more information; Internet: plumer@simoon.stanford.edu.

<MacMorse>
 Randomly sends chosen characters. Lets you create your own practice
files.  David A. Kall, 700 Marine Parkway #314, New Port Richey,
FL 34652.

<MacMorse v1.3>
 MacMorse is designed to help you learn Morse code and improve your
receiving speed. It has several ways that it can send letters and
punctuation.  Shareware.  Doug Havenhill, Dynamics and Control,
7143 West Sunnyside Drive, Peoria, AZ 85345.

<MacSamuel>
 Sends random words, random character groups, and user-created text
files. Can also create simulated QSOs with randomly generated text
and callsigns.  Avant Systems, P.O. Box 5437, Pittsburgh, PA 15206.

<Zihua Morse>
 Designed to teach Morse code to beginners and to improve the
accuracy and speed of advanced users. Responses can be typed into
the computer; the program will calculate accuracy and timing
statistics for each session. Optional speech synthesizer reads
the characters out loud for an accuracy check.  Zihua, P.O. Box
51601, Pacific Grove, CA 93950.

<Sparks-II v2.0.5>
 More Code training program.  Available for anonymous ftp at
rahul.net /pub/davidj/radio

<Morse Master v1.0>
 The newest of the morse code training programs. MM calculates the
real speed as follows: Real speed = Number of Words/end time -
start time. And the lengh of word is generating randomly, so if
you set even 5WPM, sometimes another value will appear. However
you should believe the slidebutton's value. If you repeat many
times, the average speed should be 5WPM (if not... anyway, believe
the slidebutton's value).  Archive is available mac.archive.umich.edu,
path: mac/util/organization/morsemaster1.0.sit.hqx The author can
be reached thru the following e-mail addresses:
h79261a@kyu-cc.cc.kyushu-u.ac.jp. (Eiji AOL account is no longer
valid - moved back to Japan after his studies.)

<Morse Trainer-US v1.1.1>
 MorseTrainer is a powerful tool for learning and training Morse
code. Features: Three different training modes: user text, random
text, library text; Arbitrary signal pitch and timbre; Arbitrary
speed and tempo; Multi-alphabet support; Random text generator;
Text library editor; On-line alphabet; On-line manual; Help
Balloons; And a lot more. New features in 1.1: Enhanced sound
generator, volume control and risetime control. The pitch is set
in steps of 10Hz instead of using MIDI frequencies; Speed and
tempo limits increased to 80 words/minute as a result of the
enhanced sound generator; User-selectable font in the Misc settings
dialog.  FREEWARE!
 This version uses TrueType fonts instead on bitmaps fonts so that
the user can distinguish 0(zero) from O(character). Furthermore
speed and tempo can be given in either characters/minute or
words/minute.  Archive is available mac.archive.umich.edu, path:
mac/util/organization/ Author is available via internet:
sund@tde.lth.se 
 System 7 savy

<CW Speed Builder v3.0>
 This program is for improving Morse Code (CW) reception skill.
The major difference between this and other Morse Code training
programs is that this one will not continue sending until you
provide the correct answer.  Major changes which have been suggested
and implemented since last version include: after three incorrect
responses the program shows the correct character; the list of
characters at the end which will show those you know and those
you need more practice on; the frequency of the tone has been
changed; volume of the tone has been reduced; the character " - "
has been added ( dah dit dit dit dah ) Comments can be sent as
follows: America Online:K7UPJ, Internet:k7upj@aol.com, Packet
radio:K7UPJ@KA3T, Compu$erv:70521,2356, Mail:Box 84, Cascade, MD
21719

*** Packet and other digital modes ***
<NET/Mac 2.3.40>
 Allows simultaneous TCP/IP, AX.25, and NET/ROM connections. Requires a TNC with KISS mode. Copyright, but free for noncommercial use. The latest releases have added support of multi-port serial boards like AE's QuadraLink. It is now possible to have up to 16 TNCs connected up to a Nubus Mac!
 Adam van Gaalen, PA2AGA, (Internet: adam@IGG.TNO.NL) has been making the modifications to NET/Mac. This version (and others) is available via anonymous FTP from ucsd.edu (/hamradio/packet/tcpip/incoming), mac.archive.umich.edu and oak.oakland.edu (/pub/hamradio/mac/digital/)
 System 7

<Domain-to-Hosts Converter 1.0r3>
 This application will create a hosts.net file from the domain.txt file that PC owners use with NOS. Created by Ken-NS1C is available on many TCP/IP packet switches in New England.program.
 System 7

<IM/Mac 1.0b27z>
 Mailer program for use with the SMTP protocol. Alternative to the BM program that comes with NET/Mac. Written by Ivo van Ursel, ON1XK. Ivo is continuosly updating his mailer program. His newest release supports built-in BinHex support, selectable sound chimes for incoming mail, "quoting" of forwarded messages and lots more. If you are not using this program... why not? Check for the latest release in the directory before "blind" ftp'ing.  This software supports System 7's Ballon Help and is System 7 savy!  Available via anonymous FTP from ucsd.edu (/hamradio/packet/tcpip/incoming).
 Author is available via internet: on1xk@igg.tno.nl  <<-- new address for Ivo!!!
 System 7 savy

<SoftKiss 1.8>
 Control panel device that emulates a TNC running in KISS mode. For use with packet-radio modems such as the Baycom kit and PacketMac Modem. Version 1.8 July 9 1993 update since 1.6. KD6PAG found a bug in quoting recieved escape and end characters is sofktiss 1.6. The bug and the fix and patch are all correct, thanks for some great detective work. Lots of doc files and drawings included in this archive! Requires the Serial Tool from Apple's Communications Toolbox!  Available on the HAMNET forum of Compuserve, America Online and via anonymous FTP from akutaktak.andrew.cmu.edu (/aw0g).
 System 7
 
<PacketMac Modem>
 PacketMac Modem kits can be obtained from: Sigma Design Associates, P.O. Box 49085, Colorado Springs, CO 80919, (719) 260-5513 (after 1/94). Dexter Francis can be reached at FRANCIS4@AppleLink.Apple.COM

<Savant 1.0.2>
 A new packet terminal front-end by the author of Virtuoso. Savant has a split window interface, but it's also a multi-window, multi-connection interface and will work with almost any TNC,
unlike MacRatt or HostMaster.
 A demo version of the product is available at cpre1.ee.iastate.edu
(pub/ke0ph) or via US Mail, send a SAS disk mailer and disk to CM
Technologies, Inc., RR#1, Box 83A, Kelley, IA 50134 (515) 597-2051.
 System 7, 32-bit, '040 cache clean and it supports the required
 AppleEvents.

<MacRatt with FAX>
 Terminal program for use with AEA's PK-232 multimode controller. Supports packet, CW, RTTY, AMTOR, and facsimile. Includes cable. Advanced Electronic Applications, P.O. Box C-2160, Lynnwood, WA
 98036.

<Host Master 1.2>
 The Kantronics Host Master software provides an easy to use, multifunctional terminal program for the TNC. Host Master Mac is a simultaneous multi-mode terminal program for the Mac written by Kevin Krueger, N0IOS and marketed by Kantronics. It is a commercial product available from most of the ham radio stores and supports single and multiple packet connects, packet monitoring, and HF operation (with KAM) each on a separate window, all at the same time. This package retails for $69.95 in the US and is intuitive, friendly, and well supported by Kantronics. Current version as of 10/20/93 is 1.2. It is hoped that a future version will support FAX but currently Hostmaster supports PACKET, AMTOR, RTTY, PACTOR (KAM ver. 6.0), CW, and NAVTEX.  Features: text and binary file transfer; packet conferencing; color or B&W windows; cut, copy, paste between windows; call exchange and data/time stamp; auto startup/shutdown commands; transmit buffers for each mode; simultaneous dual port, !
multiple connects; supports KPC-2,
 KPC-2400, KPC-4, KAM and Data Engine. Requires: Macintosh Plus w/ System 6.05 or better. Current Kantronics firmware.  
 System 7 compatible, with baloon help

<PacketTracker 1.07>
 PacketTracker ver 1.07 is a SHAREWARE program that monitors packet activity and keeps track of what is going on. It draws a graphical map showing who is talking to who and displays statistics of all current stations and keeps a running tally of activity.  PacketTracker was written for both the casual packet user and the network manager or BBS operator. The casual packet user will be able to learn a great deal about what is happening in packet around him; which stations are generating the most data and what some of them are. he will be able to see graphically what stations he can hitdirectly and which ones he cannot.  For the network manager and BBS operator, PacketTracker provides extensive insight to the operation of the local network and problems such as excessive retries on a path. It also allows for extensive logging of channel utilization and other pertinate information.
 NOTE: This application requires the Apple's Serial Tool from the Communications Toolbox which is NOW included in the archive.
 System 7

<APRS>
 There will soon be a Mac version of the APRS (Automatic Position 
Reporting System) software.  Folks use this to collect packet beacons,  plot channel activity, track chase vehicles for marathons, etc. When it's out, I'll let you know.

<DSK_Loader 1.0>
 DSK_Loader is the Macintosh equivalent of the DOS program DSKL. With this program you can communicate with the DSK (DSP Starter Kit) from Texas Instruments. This program bootloads a simple communications kernel and then loads other software using this kernel. Other options are: Fill DSK memory with a certain value; Dump DSK memory into a textwindow, for further processing; Execute programs on the DSK; Graph output from the DSK; Act as a dumb terminal to the DSK.
 The DSK and thus DSK_Loader is most interesting for people who want to experiment with Digital Signal Processing at low costs.
For HAM-Radio operators it is a very interesting piece of equipment, Some applications, like the KC7WW port of the W9GR filters are included.
 This program is public domain so you can distribute it to others, put it on BBS's, FTP sides, etc. If you encounter some problem    s, bugs, find language mistakes in the help-information (english is not my native tongue), or just want to know me that you use this program, feel free to write to the address below, by email, or just postal mail. Please add information about the system you use, and the application you use the DSK for. I also like to hear your wishes for future versions.
 Author is available on the internet: G.Polder@CPRO.AGRO.NL. Gerrit Polder-PA3BYA, Prunus 8, 3904 LV   Veenendaal, The Netherlands


*** RTTY ***
<MacTTY>
 Decodes Baudot or ASCII transmissions. Can also be used for packet radio and other digital modes (including landline data communications). Includes split screen, a 15,000-character type-ahead buffer, and canned messages.  Summit Concepts, Suite 102-190, 1840 41st Ave., Capitola, CA 95010.

<WeFaxWorks>
 Weather facsimile terminal program for use with Kantronics TNCs. Kantronics rfconcepts, 1202 E. 23rd Street, Lawrence, KS 66046.

<MacMultiCom 1.0>
 MFJ sells MacMultiCom 1.0 for their 1278 multimode controller. MacMultiCom supports all of the modes of the 1278: packet, rtty, ascii, pactor, amtor, gray scale faxes, and many different formats of color sstv.  The program requires a minimum of a MacPlus and a hard disk. Requires a color Macintosh and System 7 for best results.
 System 7


*** Logging ***
<Ham Radio Station Logbook>
 HyperCard stack that stores and displays radio contact information. Automatically stamps entries with time and date. Contacts can be sorted by frequency, call sign, or date of contact. Includes report formats, a "Q-code" reference list, and on-line help.  SanSoft, 892 E. Quail Place, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126. (The same program appears to be available from Heizer Software, 1941 Oak Park Blvd., Suite 30, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523.)

<FDLog!>
 Contact logging and duping program. Can transmit any of ten programmable CW messages. Generates real-time statistics on QSO rates.  System One Control, 3900 85th Ave N, Suite 200, Brooklyn Park, MN 55443.

<MacContest 3.5>
 Allows real-time or post-contest logging of a wide variety of contests. Checks for dupes, figures scores instantly, and offers various printouts. Interfaces to TNCs for CW and RTTY contests, to DX packet clusters, to Kenwood transceivers, and to MacinTalk for easy post-contest entry.  Gerald Eberle, HB9CEY, P.O. Box 13, CH-4417 Ziefen, Switzerland.

<LOGic>
 (Macintosh version scheduled.) Lets you define the rules determining dupes (such as once per band or once per contest). Displays heading, distance, and other information about the country being worked. Automatically enters contact time; if interfaced directly to a radio, also enters the frequency, band, and mode.  Shows status toward earning amateur-radio awards. User-definable database fields. Exchanges data with other programs.  Personal Database Applications, 2634 Meadow Bend Court, Duluth, …

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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 93 18:04:57 -0500
From: wse@server1.dfci.harvard.edu (William Edwards)
Subject: $99 14.4 KB MacWarehouse FAX modem SUMMARY

Thanks *very* much to all who responded.  Attached please find all the
messages that I have received so far.  Reviews were so positive that I
called in my order, but MacWarehouse is back-ordered. -- Bill Edwards
---CUT HERE------------------------------------------------------------
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1993 01:09:48 -0600
To: wse@jimmy.harvard.edu
From: grhowes@students.wisc.edu (Glenn R. Howes)
Subject: RE: $99 14.4 KB modem from MacWarehouse

William,
 Yes, it is real, I'm using it right now over a SLIP connection, and I've
used it with various CTB applications--mostly SITcomm--with little trouble.
Someone has already gone to the trouble of compiling a FAQ on this modem
which has been posted on comp.sys.mac.comm; look for it. 

===============================================================
Glenn R. Howes          \\      grhowes@students.wisc.edu
            Hometown: FrostBite Falls, MN


Date: 23 Nov 1993 09:17:03 -0500 (EST)
From: "Andrew M. Sopchak" <SOPCHAKA@VAX.CS.HSCSYR.EDU>
Subject: $99 modem
To: wse@jimmy.harvard.edu
X-Vms-To: IN%"wse@server1.dfci.harvard.edu"
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT

William,
	Yes indeed it sounds too good to be true. However, it seems that
it isn't. I have two of the modems in use. They connect flawlessly every
time at 14.4. I have called one of them from home with my Courier Dual
Standard modem (bought several years ago at the bargain price of ~$700!)
and connected flawlessly at 9600b (fastest my modem will go). I have not
tried the fax part yet but have read online that it also works very well.

Andrew Sopchak

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1993 09:23:56 -0500
From: olive@edmmav00.us.dg.com (Rocky Olive)
To: wse@jimmy.harvard.edu
Subject: $99 modem

I bought this modem when I first saw it, and it works fine.  It comes with a
high speed modem cable, and MAcknowledge (useless) and AccuWeather (also
useless).  I use it with ZTerm and PacerLink software and it works fine.  Word
is, you can also use it for faxing if you have some existing fax s/w.  It
supports v32.bis (for 14.4k) and v42.bis (compression).  Once in a while it
goes off hook when the s/w tries to initialize it, but it's seldom enough that
I don't mind trying again.

Rocky Olive <olive@suzuki.us.dg.com>       (919) 387-5392
Data General Corporation              fax: (919) 387-1252
Apex, NC  27502    USA


Subject: $99 modem from MacWarehouse
From: ELOISE@maine.harvard.edu (Eloise Kleban)
To: wse@jimmy.harvard.edu
Date:    Tue, 23 Nov 93 12:01:31 EST

My daughter and I both own this modem, and I have suggested it to
several other people.  All my own experiences and the feedback
I have received from others is positive.  However, none of us
make extremely heavy use of the modem, nor are we travellers or
otherwise subject the thing to stress.  Also none of us wants fax.
I've heard that with the right software, it will act as a fax
modem, but that's not something I'm interested in.

When I recommend it to people, I always say the above so people
will realize that for $99 you may not get a top quality item!
By the way, when I use it with a SLIP server, I'm running it
at 38,400 bps (at least that's what I tell my software).  When
I'm connecting through ordinary serial, I run it at 19,200 with
good results.

Eloise Kleban
eloise@maine.maine.edu

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1993 16:57:42 -0600
From: Bienvenu Jay  <sjb8502@usl.edu>
To: wse@jimmy.harvard.edu
Subject: $99 modem from MacWarehouse

I ordered it some time ago.  Overall I've been satisfied with it.  It includes
the MacKnwledge terminal program (the first tiem you run it, download ZTerm and
use that instead) and AccuWeather (an online service you can get weather maps
from).  It has fax capabilities; you'd need to get the MaxFax package (an add-
itional $30).  Also has only one IO light instead of separate send/receive 
lights.


---------------
Jay Bienvenu
sjb8502@usl.edu
---------------

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From: robert_hess@macweek.com (Robert Hess)
Subject: Macworld Expo Event List 01/03

Jan. 3 edition of my Expo Event List.

1/08/96	9:00 AM	5:00 PM	Mactivity/Web	http://www.mactivity.com/conferences/m_web/m_web.html
1/08/96	5:00 PM	9:00 PM	Mactivity WebOut Vendor Fair	see http://www.mactivity.com, 800-798-2928, info@mactivity.com
1/09/96	7:30 AM	9:30 AM	Symantec User Group Breakfast	ANA Hotel
1/09/96	8:00 AM	9:30 AM	Power Computing PowerCurve Rollout	ANA Hotel, 50 3rd. St, 2nd floor, University Room, across the street from Moscone, 415-974-6400; Invite Only; RSVP lwall@waltsom.uucp.netcom.com or call Erin Curtis or Lynne Wall at 408-496-0900
1/09/96	8:00 AM	9:00 AM	Ion/Interscope/Inscape Primus Tales�	�from the Punchbowl and Residents Bad Day on the Midway Party; Bimbos 365 Club, 1025 Columbus
1/09/96	9:00 AM	5:00 PM	Mactivity/Web	http://www.mactivity.com/conferences/m_web/m_web.html
1/09/96	10:00 AM	6:00 PM	Macworld Expo	
1/09/96	12:00 PM	12:30 PM	Macromedia/ Xres	demo at Marriot, room number TK.Lynne Stadler and Tom Hale.
1/09/96	5:30 PM	8:30 PM	Dantz Party	the Cartoon Art Museum, 814 Mission St., 2nd Floor, across from 5th & Mission Garage;
1/09/96	6:00 PM	7:30 PM	Club Adtype debriefing	sponsored by Adtype Solutions, an Apple reseller in Sydney, Aust.; the 30th Flor Bar, Holiday Inn Union Square, Sutton St.
1/09/96	6:00 PM	8:00 PM	Live Picture Press Conference	...to unveil Live PIcture 2.5.Digital Pond, 4th Street.RSVP to Eileen Ebner @ ebner@mcleanpr.com or 415-513-8800.
1/09/96	6:30 PM	7:30 PM	UGWUMP Live Broadcast	on eWorld (Shortcut: IRC) and IRC channel #UserGroups
1/09/96	6:45 PM	10:00 PM	Claris FM Pro 3.0 Launch	Press & Invite only; @ SF MOMA, 151 3rd St.; RSVP 12/22 @ (408) 987-3888 or sue_hrt@claris.com
1/10/96	7:00 AM	10:00 AM	Adobe User Group Breakfast	ANA Hotel
1/10/96	7:30 AM	9:00 AM	DK Multimedia press breakfast; Ultimate Sex Guide CD	Anne Hooper's Ultimate Sex Guide CD-ROM; cheri grand; dkcherig@aol.com
1/10/96	7:45 AM	10:00 AM	Claris VIP Breakfast	with Claris execs; RSVP Bernie Stark, 408-987-3830; present invite at door
1/10/96	8:00 AM	9:30 AM	Freehand Breakfast	ANA Hotel, 50 3rd St., Metropolitan II room; breakfast @ 8:00m, presentation @ 8:30m; RSVP by 01/08/96 to Jane Chuey, 415-252-2268 or macropr@macromedia.com
1/10/96	8:00 AM	9:45 AM	Mac Home Journal Breakfast	Sheraton Palace, 2 Montgomery
1/10/96	10:00 AM	6:00 PM	Macworld Expo	
1/10/96	1:00 PM	3:00 PM	Apple Tech Vision 1996	Briefing from COMDEX repeated; Room 102 next to Apple Pavilion; Moscone South; RSVP by 12/21/95; (408) 974-8695, fax (408) 974-1929
1/10/96	2:00 PM	3:00 PM	Big Island Intro	communications software rollout; Moscone 113
1/10/96	3:30 PM	4:30 PM	StarNine/Quarterdeck	Moscone Center meeting room 113, South Hall; contact Naomi Pearce @ (510) 528-0824 or naomi@well.com
1/10/96	4:00 PM	5:15 PM	Macworld Expo User Group Extravaganza	Moscone 302; simulated UG meeting
1/10/96	5:00 PM	7:00 PM	Frontier Birds of a Feather	Suite I on 4th Floor of Marriott; 30 NW'd computers; no net hookup
1/10/96	5:30 PM	7:30 PM	Netcom Press Event	NetCruiser launch; Moscone 232; RSVP jill_ryan@mcleanpr.com
1/10/96	6:00 PM	8:00 PM	APS Hospitality Suite	ANA Hotel, Metro I & II, 50 3rd. St.
1/10/96	6:00 PM	9:00 PM	Adobe Illustrator Party	Miss Pearl's Jam House, 601 Eddy; one-way shuttle from Moscone (see invite for details)
1/10/96	6:00 PM	8:30 PM	Mac Home Journal Readers' Choice	Kate O'Brians, 579 Howard
1/10/96	6:00 PM	8:30 PM	APS Party	ANA Hotel, Metropolitan I & II, 50 3rd. St.
1/10/96	6:30 PM	10:00 PM	BMUG meeting @ Nikko Hotel	
1/10/96	6:30 PM	10:30 PM	Bad Mojo Roach Parth	Bimbo's, Columbus @ Chstnut
1/10/96	6:30 PM	9:30 PM	BMUG Meeting	tons of companies show off their stuff
1/10/96	7:30 PM	10:00 PM	Macromedia Party	Paradise Lounge5101 Folsom StreetRSVP to Grace Hom 252-2209 or ghom@macromedia.com
1/10/96	8:00 PM	11:59 PM	Apple/Adobe/DataTranslation Party	Club DV8, 540 Howard
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1/11/96	10:00 AM	6:00 PM	Macworld Expo	
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1/11/96	6:30 PM	9:30 PM	Friends of BMUG	BlastHaus, 2nd St. near Howard; contact lisa_taplin@bmug.org, 510-337-9427
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1/11/96	8:00 PM	11:59 PM	Digital Media Party	Exploratorium
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Date: Sun, 1 Aug 93 07:04 CDT 
From: Govind@UTXVM.CC.UTEXAS.EDU
Subject: [*] MIDI software for the Mac - Report 

This document (perhaps most useful for those about to fritter
away their hard-earned paychecks for MIDI software on the
Macintosh :~), provides a short description of some of the
more common commercial MIDI software available for the Mac.
The reviews are organized in this document under three
extended categories:

 1. Sequencers and Notation Editors
 2. Music Training, Algorithmic Composition and Accompaniment
 3. MIDI Control

Cheers- Shekhar Govind            govind@utxvm.cc.utexas.edu

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

             MIDI Software for the Mac
             =========================
                                 Compiled by:
                                 Shekhar Govind
                                 <govind@utxvm.cc.utexas.edu>
                                 Last updated on : 7/31/93

This document (perhaps most useful for those about to fritter
away their hard-earned paychecks for MIDI software on the
Macintosh :~), provides a short description of some of the
more common commercial MIDI software available for the Mac.
Not all the comments are mine - some are culled from other
user's comments, and some from the product's propaganda
literature and reviews.

If the reader is not familiar with MIDI, and is confounded by
questions such as, "What's a sequencer?", "What's a patch
editor?", or even "What is MIDI?!", there are a number of
other files available on the 'net which might prove helpful:

1. "MIDI on the Macintosh." 3-part article in TidBITS. Back
issues available via anonymous FTP from:
  <sumex-aim.stanford.edu>   /info-mac/per/tb/...
    TidBITS#176/10-May-93: Introduction to MIDI
    TidBITS#177/17-May-93: MIDI software for the Mac
    TidBITS#178/31-May-93: Hardware: Interface, Macs, Synths.

2. "Inexpensive MIDI Resources for the Macintosh." FAQ file
for shareware and public domain MIDI programs for the MAC
maintained by Russ Evans, anonymous FTP from:
  <mac.archives.umich.edu>.

3. FAQ file for comp.music/rec.music.makers.synth on Usenet,
discusses various MIDI and synthesizer issues. Maintained by
Craig Latta, anonymous FTP from:
  <xcf.berkeley.edu>
4. A bibliography on synthesizers, midi, computer and
electronic music collected from various sources by Piet van
Oostrum can be obtained by ftp from:
  <cs.ruu.nl>   in    MIDI/DOC/bibliography.
5. MIDI and General MIDI Specifications, anonymous FTP from:
  <xcf.berkeley.edu>    /misc/netjam/doc/midi/...

                  ****************
                        ****

Commercial MIDI software for the Mac is organized in this
document under three extended categories:

 1. Sequencers and Notation Editors
 2. Music Training, Algorithmic Composition and Accompaniment
 3. MIDI Control

1. Sequencers and Notation Editors
==================================

Usually, the list price is a fair reflection of the
software's capabilities. The high-end packages are intended
for the professional musician, while the mid- and low-range
programs are aimed at the semi-pro or casual musician /
composer. Each package claims its forte to be either
sequencing [S] or notation [N], though sometimes both parts
are present in some mix: [SN]  [sN] or [Sn].

Ballade  [S]
    Good value 16 track sequencer with a snazzy MIDI mixing
    window. Built-in support for some sound modules such as
    Sound Canvas (Roland) and Tone Generator (Yamaha).
    List $ 99. Dynaware USA Inc. (800) 445-3962

Beyond  [S] :
    * * * * Discontinued * * * *
    (Now available in a new package - see Metro.)

Composer's Mosaic  [N] :
    Music-notation and publishing program with powerful tools
    for editing and manipulating scores. Quirky interface.
    A user comments that "It's the Microsloth Word of the
    music bizz: slow, cumbersome interface, and a processor
    hog to boot." Will run on Mac Plus and up. $595 list.
    Mark of the Unicorn, (617) 576-2760

ConcertWare+MIDI  [sN]:
    Competent mid-level music notation and publishing program
    with a no-frills sequencer. Includes Instrument Maker, a
    wave-form editing application. Will run on Mac Plus and
    up. $189 list. Great Wave Software, (408) 438-1990

Cubase  [S] :
    Sequencer with decent interface and a few unique editing
    features (e.g. edit sequence while they are playing).
    Will run on Mac II and up. Copy protected. $495 list.
    Steinberg/Jones, (818) 993-4091.

Deluxe Music Construction Set  [N] :
    Music-notation program with limited features. Will run on
    Mac Plus and up. Copy protected. $130 list . Electronic
    Arts, (800) 245-4525.

Encore  [N] :
    Music-notation program with decent interface and good
    printing options for Postscript / QuickDraw printers.
    Will run on Mac Plus and up. $595 list. Passport Designs,
    (415) 726-0280.

EZ Vision  [S] :
    Decent sequencer for beginners. Interface provides a
    tape-deck analogy for recording/playback. Has an adequate
    subset of the features found in Vision, its senior and
    more powerful sibling. Will run on Mac Plus and up. $149
    list. Opcode Systems, (415) 856-3333.

Finale  [SN] :
    Powerful notation and sequencing program that does just
    about everything. Primarily a notation editor, the
    sequencor is less powerful than other top of the line
    sequencers.  Intimidating interface, manual  Will run
    (actually, crawl) on Mac Plus (68030 based Macs
    recommended). $749 list. Coda Music Software,
    (800) 843-2066.

General MIDI Sequencer  [S]
    Low cost, yet powerful 100 tracks sequencer with features
    (track editing capabilities) of some of the more
    expensive packages. Has "GenMap" to automatically map
    patches of synths/sound modules to the General MIDI
    instrument set. Feels a little "kludgy". Even so, with a
    street price of $49, it is bound to give quite a few
    sequencers a run for their money. $ 80 list. Altech
    Systems.

Lime  [N] :
    Powerful notation program. Limited MIDI support, quirky
    interface. $295 list. CERL,

Master Tracks Pro  [S] :
    Feature laden sequencer with a decent interface (junior
    version called Trax). Will run on Mac Plus and up. $495
    list. Passport Designs, (415) 726-0280.

Metro  [S]:
    Can edit almost unlimited number of tracks in real time.
    Reincarnation of the sequencer Beyond with an integration
    to DECK (an inexpensive digital audio recording system
    from OSC.) Supports OMS and over 500 MIDI channels.
    $225 list. OSC. (800) 343-3325

MIDIplay  :
    HyperCard based MIDI player.  Will run on Mac Plus and
    up. $60 list. Opcode Systems, (415) 856-3333

MiniTrax  [s] :
    No-frills public domain sequencer showcasing MIDIBasic.
    Will run on Mac Plus and up. Free. Altech Systems,

Music Prose  [SN] :
    Easy-to-use program with good import capabilities. Will
    run on Mac Plus and up (68030 based Macs recommended).
    $249 list. Coda Music Software, (800) 843-2066.

Music Publisher  [N] :
    * * * * Discontinued * * * *

MusicShop  [Sn]
    Upgrade package from EZVision. Features the usual tape-
    deck style sequencer and a 32 stave notation editor.
    $ 150 list (upgrade from EZVision $49?). Opcode Systems,
    (415) 856-3333.

Music Writer 1/2/3  [N]
    Family of quirky notation programs offering 3/6/40
    musical staves.  Will run on Mac Plus and up.
    $119/295/595 list. Pygraphics, (800) 222-7536.

NoteWriter  [N]
    Notation program by Passport Designs, (415) 726-0280.

Performer  [Sn] :
    Feature laden sequencer with capable of loops within
    loops. Users report recent updates (4.0 x) prone to be
    buggy. Notation editor is slow, and lacks power - good
    only for proof sheets. Integrates well with Mosaic,
    Unysin, and FreeMIDI. Will run on Mac Plus and up. Copy
    protected.$495 list. Mark of the Unicorn, (617) 576-2760.

Songworks [sn]:
    A "Jack-of-all-trades" program which combines
    notation, sequencing, composition, and "one-finger"
    accompaniment. $125 list. ARS Nova, (800) 445-4866.

Trax  [S] :
    Easy to use sequencer for beginners with tape-deck type
    interface. Shares a few features (and the interface) with
    Master Tracks Pro, its senior and more powerful sibling.
    Will run on Mac Plus and up. $99 list. Passport Designs,
    (415) 726-0280.

Upbeat  :
    Versatile drum machine for arranging percussion. Will run
    on Mac Plus and up. $129 list. Dr. T's Music Software,
    (671) 455-1454

Vision  [S] :
    Full-featured sequencer with lots of extras (junior
    version called EZVision; Studio Vision, the high end
    package, combines digital audio and MIDI). Will run on
    Mac Plus and up, although it needs a color monitor to
    take full advantage of MIDI editing features.  Good
    integration with Galaxy, Max, and OMS. Copy protected.
    $495 list. Opcode Systems. (415) 856-3333.


2. Music Training, Algorithmic Composition, and Accompaniment
=============================================================

Band in a Box Professional :
    Provides accompaniment and rhythm for different styles of
    music. $88 list. PG Music.

Cypher :
    Unique algorithmic composition and accompaniment program.
    Can work with MIDI data in real time. $ 39 list.
    Available on CD as a companion to the book "Interactive
    Music System" by Robert Rowe, MIT Press, Boston.

Harmony Grid :
    Non-traditional learning and composition program.
    Interesting use of grid to show patterns between scales,
    and chords. $99 list. VPL Research, (415) 361-1710.

HMSL
    .......??.......??

Instant Pleasure Music
    Program to make-belive that you can play like a pro.
    Plays the corrects notes of a loaded song no matter
    which synth key you hit (what?!!). Instant virtual
    gratification. $149 list. Instant Pleasure (614) 297-7600

Interactor :
    In terms of basic midi processing, much the same as Max.
     ???? ???? (Details please!)

Jam Factory :
    Algorithmic accompaniment (rhythm) with manipulation of
    MIDI data in real time. $119 list. Dr. T's Music
    Software, (671) 455-1454.

Listen :
    Educational tool for ear training and music theory. $99
    list. Imaja, (510) 526- 4621.

M :
    Unique pattern-based algorithmic composition program that
    works with MIDI data in real time. $119 list.
    Dr. T's Music Software, (671) 455-1454.

MiBAC Jazz :
    Algorithmic composition and accompaniment for jazz
    numbers. By John Ellinger, Music Department, Carleton
    (jellinge@carleton.edu). $ 125 list. MiBAC Music
    Software, (507) 645-5851.

MIDI School
    Software tool to learn the basics about MIDI and
    electronic music. Includes a basic 8-track sequencer.
    $ 75 (???) list. EduACTIVE, (???) ???-????

Miracle Piano Teaching System  :
    Popular "teach-yourself-music" package containing
    software, a MIDI interface, and a 49-key MIDI keyboard.
    $600 list. Software Toolworks.

Music Mouse :
    Entertaining whimsical program which tracks mouse
    movements for playback. $49 list. Dr. T's Music Software,
    (671) 455-1454.

Notator Logic :

Practica Musica :
    Educational tool with an interactive game approach to ear
    training and music theory. $125 list. ARS Nova,
    (800) 445-4866.

Songworks :
    A marginal accompaniment and composition tool. (See
    above). $ 125 list. ARS Nova, (800) 445-4866.


3. MIDI Control
===============

Free MIDI System :
    Similar in function to the MIDI Manager and OMS (see
    below), Free MIDI System is seen by many as a True-Typish
    move to get developers to agree on a standard set of
    "system hooks" for MIDI on the Mac. Free to all
    interested MIDI/Music developers. Mark of the Unicorn,
    (617) 576-2760. (Beta version as of 4/93.)

GS Controller :
    Patch editor. (See also Super MIDI Player.)
    $68 list. Dynaware USA Inc. (800) 445-3962

Galaxy :
    Patch-librarian. $249 list. Opcode Systems,
    (415) 856-3333.

HyperMIDI :
    MIDI construction toolkit in HyperCard. Previously a
    shareware by Nigel Redmond, it has has recently gone
    commercial. $125 list. ELE.

Max :
    For those who enjoy both programming and music, the
    following words of wisdom gleaned from TV-reruns is
    offered: "Get smart; Max smart!" Max is an excellent
    object-oriented MIDI control and interface programming
    toolkit for creating MIDI systems, user interfaces, real-
    time processors and sequencers, algorithmic composition
    components, performance surfaces, and anything else you
    can possibly think of. Control primitives (or "objects")
    can be laid out and connected together and edited in a
    MacDraw-like environment, and then used to process MIDI
    data. Quite simply, it can be considered an instrument
    for building new MIDI virtual-instruments.  Copy
    protected. $329 list. Opcode Systems, (415) 856-3333.

    Overall, the software is stable, has a good interface,
    and is easy to use. Adding new external objects to Max is
    as easy (or difficult, depending on your point of view)
    as compiling a code resource and dropping it in a folder.
    Not that it is likely you'll need to do that - Max has
    more than 160 predefined objects. (The package also has
    two 800 K disks containing Max tools developed by users.)
    On-line help is good. The 600 + page ring-binder
    manual has 40 tutorials and comprehensive object-library
    specifications - though a table listing all the objects
    and their functions would be a nice addition to an
    otherwise well-presented manual. One major complaint I
    have is Max's (or rather, Opcode's) *annoying* copy-
    protected installation procedure. (I just have an
    aversion towards any copy protection scheme,)

MIDI Manager :
    Apple's MIDI Manager offers a high level interface to the
    Mac OS to correctly support the timing accuracy required
    by MIDI hardware and software under MultiFinder. MIDI
    Manager does not come with the System - it is available
    to developers or as licensed software with MIDI
    application packages. $39 list. APDA.

OMS :
    OMS is similar to MIDI Manager in that it extends the Mac
    OS for MIDI applications. It has some features not found
    in MIDI Manager (such as SMPTE synchronization). Version
    1.x was called "Opcode MIDI System." Versions 2.0 (due
    out summer 1993?) will be called "Open MIDI System" to
    reflect the fact that future versions of OMS will
    incorporate source code from other developers (see Free
    MIDI System.) OMS 2.0 will add IAC (Inter-Application
    Communication), and include serial port independence
    allowing the use of serial cards. Free to all interested
    MIDI/Music developers. Opcode Systems, (415) 856-3333.

Super Librarian :
    Patch-librarian with awkward un-Mac-like interface. Does
    not run on Quadras. $99 list. Pixel Publishing, Canada,
    (416) 785-3036.

Super MIDI Player :
    Functionally, a GS Controller with a MIDI Player.
    $88 list. Dynaware USA Inc. (800) 445-3962

Symbolic Composer :
    Symbolic Composer collects together in one environment
    all the standard tools for designing and originating
    music. Implements the 6th Generation Common Music
    Language for the Macintosh and Atari (consists of 150
    general purpose high-level commands that cover morphing,
    chord generation, user definable styles and libraries.
    $ ??? list. Capedia, ( [UK] 0727-869791)

Unisyn :
    Patch-librarian. $??? list. MOTU.

About this document:
====================
Copyright 1993
This document may be copied and distributed freely by user
groups, electronic b-boards, and archival services subject to
the following conditions:
1.  This document is copied only in full and without any
    alteration
2.  No charge is made for its disbursement other than
    reasonable costs of materials or connection services.

Disclaimer:
===========
This document reflects user comments, propaganda literature,
reviews, and *my opinions*.  There is no guarantee as to the
accuracy and completeness of the product description /
information / list provided here.  *Caveat lector*  I assume
no responsibility for your buying decision based on this
document.  *Caveat emptor*  All products, publications, and
company names may be registered trademarks of their
companies.

Send additions/corrections/suggestions to:
Shekhar Govind <govind@utxvm.cc.utexas.edu>

This document was last updated on : 7/31/1993

Date: Fri, 8 Apr 94 01:01:04 PST
From: Marc Schrier <schrier@garnet.berkeley.edu>
Subject: [*] Crystal Speedup History 2.3

Mac Crystal Oscillator Speedup History 2.3                April 1994

There has been a great deal of interest expressed over the net about 
these simple and inexpensive Macintosh modifications that yield 20-
40% speed increases.  Over the last year or so I have been doing a 
fair amount of crystal oscillator swapping/acceleration on Mac's, 
and gathering information from others.  I've made several posts to 
comp.sys.mac.hardware with the bulk of this info and as new 
machines come out, and new concerns surface, I will try to add them 
to this history of the modifications, post them on 
comp.sys.mac.hardware and make them available for anonymous ftp 
on sumex-aim.stanford.edu in /info-mac/info/hdwr.  Included in this 
version is some of the news on the PowerMac's and Marlin Prowell's 
new C650 modification.


Please file in info-mac/info/hdwr
Please remove the previous file, info-mac/info/hdwr/crystal-speedup-history-2.1

Mac Crystal Oscillator Speedup History 2.3                April 1994

There has been a great deal of interest expressed over the net about 
these simple and inexpensive Macintosh modifications that yield 20-
40% speed increases.  Over the last year or so I have been doing a 
fair amount of crystal oscillator swapping/acceleration on Mac's, 
and gathering information from others.  I've made several posts to 
comp.sys.mac.hardware with the bulk of this info and as new 
machines come out, and new concerns surface, I will try to add them 
to this history of the modifications, post them on 
comp.sys.mac.hardware and make them available for anonymous ftp 
on sumex-aim.stanford.edu in /info-mac/info/hdwr.  Included in this 
version is some of the news on the PowerMac's and Marlin Prowell's 
new C650 modification.

A little background:
All computers operate at a certain frequency with which operations 
are performed.  Within a certain class of computers, for example 
Mac's with a 68030 processor, the higher the frequency, the higher 
frequency of operations processed, and the faster the computer 
provided there is no other speed effecting hardware like a cache or 
slow data path.  The designer of the computer, Apple in this case,
will use components that are rated at the same frequency or faster 
than the final computer will be.  The 68030's are made by Motorola.  
All 68030's are generally alike in what they do, but they are not 
alike in how fast they can do it.  Motorola sells several 68030 
processors rated at 16, 20, 25, 33, 40 and 50MHz for Mac's, 
accelerators and such.  A large frequency difference will require a 
different mask during production of the processor, but small changes 
may not.  Motorola only needs to guarantee that the chip they mark 
as 20MHz will function properly at 20MHz under a variety of 
conditions.  Some chip vendors will test parts at different 
frequencies and sort the chips accordingly while others may just 
label the them at will and sell the chips at the different price as 
long as they are within spec.  So it is possible that the 20 and 25's 
actually come from the same batch, are separated on demand, and 
tested to make sure they will withstand that frequency.  Because of 
this, it is possible that a 20MHz processor will function fine at a 
higher frequency, say 25MHz.  Running it faster will however 
generate more heat.  

Many of the components in the computer need to be synchronized, so 
a frequency is generated by a crystal oscillator to synchronize them.  
Other parts like NuBus cards and video do not have to be the same 
frequency, so they may have separate crystal oscillators.  A typical 
computer may have several crystal oscillators to clock different 
groups of components on the motherboard.  Provided the components 
that are clocked by a particular crystal oscillator are capable of a 
speed increase, that crystal oscillator may be replaced with one of a 
higher frequency.  How much a specific Mac can be sped up by this 
method depends on how the motherboard was designed, the 
components used, and what things the crystal oscillator that 
controls the processor also controls.  With some of the newer Mac's, 
there are a few MHz differences in the top speeds reported for the 
same model, so part of this is luck of the draw.

This crystal oscillator swapping has been done for years, and some 
early computers even had jumpers that made it really easy to 
disable one oscillator and enable another higher frequency one.  The 
first Mac's to be modified were the IIsi's.  A stock IIsi's runs at 
20MHz, and IIci's at 25MHz, and since the architecture of these 
machines was so similar it seemed reasonable to run a IIsi at IIci 
speeds.  Another important factor was that earlier Mac's had just 
one crystal oscillator that controlled everything, and if you replaced 
it you would mess things up.  The IIsi was different as some noted 
through its frequency deviation from its 8 and 16MHz precursors 
where the main frequency was halved and quartered to run the CPU, 
serial ports, video...  The IIsi was different, it had 4 crystal 
oscillators, only one of which controlled the processor speed.

The Crystal Oscillator:
The type of crystal oscillator in the early Mac's is a full size, 14 pin 
package, TTL type crystal oscillator.  It is a rectangular metal can, 
with approximate dimensions of 2.0 x 1.3cm and typically about 0.3-
0.6cm high.  All crystal oscillators have 4 pins.  Some are numbered 
1,2,3,4 and others 1,7,8,14.  Pin 1 is always the pin next to the 
pointed edge (the others are rounded), with the dot, or next to the 
indentation on the newer CMOS, or surface mount crystal oscillators.  
With the pins facing down, put the dot, or indentation to your left, 
and the pin on the left, closest to you is pin 1.  Going counter 
clockwise, pin 2 (or 7, depending on what numbering scheme) is to 
the right, Pin 3(8) right side and further away, and 4(14) left side, 
and further away.  Pin 1 on all the newer Mac's with surface mount 
crystal oscillators, and some of the older ones is an output 
enable/disable pin (OE).  On some of the crystal oscillators you 
purchase Pin 1 will be OE, yet on many it will not be used (no 
contact (NC)).  It is not important which you get as you will not be 
using the output enable feature.  Pin 2(7) is a ground.  Pin 3(8) is the 
output.  Pin 4(14) is the supply voltage, +5 VDC.  I've checked a few 
of the older type Mac's, and the oscillator on Mac Plus's is not OE, 
while the ones on the IIsi's and Quadra 700's are OE.  I'm not sure 
why Apple uses these type of oscillators instead of the ones where 
pin 1 is not used.  I guess it is possible that something on the circuit 
board can ground pin 1 and stop or restart the computer.  If anyone 
knows, please let me know.  Printed on the crystal oscillator will be 
its manufacturer, part numbers, and frequency.  On these early Mac's, 
the processor runs at half the speed of the oscillator, so a 20MHz 
Mac IIsi has a 40MHz crystal oscillator.  

There are several different modification techniques.  They will all 
give you the same final max speed.  Some are just easier or more 
elegant than others.  As with all these modifications, even though 
there may be no visible sign that you modified your Mac, you have 
voided the warranty on the Mac.  As Apple states:

"This warranty does not apply if the product has been damaged by 
accident, abuse, misuse, or misapplication; if the product has been 
modified without the written permission of Apple; or if any Apple 
serial number has been removed or defaced."


This is what I seem to be finding.  These numbers vary from Mac to 
Mac, so these are just averages.  Some machines will go faster than 
this.  These are the oscillators that Output Enablers ships in their 
kits.


Modifications:

Machine   Mod-1   Mod-2   Mod-3   Oscillator/speed   Final Oscillator/speed
IIsi      yes     yes     no      40/20              55/27.5MHz
C610      yes     no      yes     10/20              14-14.31818/28.6MHz
C650      yes     no      yes     12.5/25            14.31818-14.75/29.5MHz
C650-mod  yes     no      yes     12.5/25            20/40MHz
C660av    yes     no      yes     12.5/25            16-17.496/35MHz
Q610      yes     no      yes     12.5/25            15-15.288/30.6MHz
Q650      yes     no      yes     16.6667/33.3       21-22/44MHz
Q660av    yes     no      yes     12.5/25            16-17.496/35MHz
Q700      yes     yes     no      50/25              70/35MHz
Q800      yes     no      yes     16.6667/33.3       20-21/42MHz
Q840av    yes     no      yes     20/40              23.247-24/48MHz
Q900      yes     yes     no      50/25              70/35MHz
Q950      yes     yes     no      66/33              ?75-80/?40MHz
PM6100    yes     no      yes     30/60              40/80MHz
PM7100    yes     no      yes     33/66              ?45/?90MHz
PM8100    yes     no      yes     40/80              ?50/?100MHz



Mod-1

The basic idea of Modification #1 is removing the onboard oscillator, 
and replacing it with a faster one.  This is the mod most people use 
on the IIsi, Q700, Q900, & Q950.

The basic procedure used is that you have to unsolder the TTL 
crystal oscillator from the motherboard on the Mac, and put in a new 
one.  Instead of putting one straight onto the board, it is nice to use 
a socket so you can test your individual Mac, and see what the cutoff 
frequency is, and you can always put the original oscillator back in 
the socket.

First find the crystal oscillator by referring to the previous table 
and description of physical characteristics.  Be careful when you 
remove the oscillator.  Most people just use a normal soldering iron, 
and are fine; a grounded (three prong soldering iron) would be a bit 
safer.  They just use copper wick to soak up the solder from all four 
pins, and pop out the proper oscillator.  Because the boards are 
multilayer, be careful not to damage anything; be gentle.  There was 
recently one report of a guy who damaged his IIsi board doing this.  
But that was the only incident I had ever heard of, and lots and lots 
of people have done this.  I use a "desoldering iron".  They melt the 
solder, and have a pump to suck out the solder while you swirl the 
pin from the oscillator around to get all the solder out.  After you 
have done all 4, if you have done a good job, the oscillator just pops 
out.  If you have access to one of these desoldering irons, I highly 
suggest you use it as it does a cleaner job, and there is less risk of 
burning (discoloring) the board.  Next, take a 14 pin IC socket, 
remove all the pins but 1,7,8, and 14, and solder it into the board 
(see Modification #3 for a Digi-key part number).  Make sure you put 
it in so pin 1 will go into pin 1, 2-2, 3-3, 4-4.  And the notch in the 
socket should face the same way the dot on the old oscillator was 
facing.  Now just put in a faster oscillator.

I have done this to a few IIsi, and the highest frequency we could get 
to work without problems was 27.5MHz.  Thus a speed increase from 
20 to 27.5MHz.  The actual crystal is 55MHz (double the frequency).  
TTL 55MHz crystal oscillators do exist, but they are rare.  The thing 
most people seem to do is get a CMOS oscillator, and they work just 
fine.  Digi-Key sells a 55MHz CMOS crystal oscillator in a 14 pin 
package, part# SE1509.  At 58.9 and above, there are problems with 
the floppy drive; you cannot boot the Mac from a floppy, but other 
than that it is fine until just over 30MHz.  I recently had a IIsi at 
28.3MHz and it was fine.  Be warned that some cards may not work 
after this modification.  Most will work at 25MHz, but will not at 
27.5MHz, so just stick with 25MHz if that is the case.

The IIsi does not come with a heatsink, so to reduce the heat in the 
processor, get a small heat sink to attach to the 68030 to cool it 
down; any heat sink will do; the more surface area the faster heat 
will be dissipated.  Be careful when you put on the heat sink.  
Typically you'll use some heat transfer grease, but the heat sink can 
slide off if the Mac is moved, and the heat sink might short 
something out.  The best thing seems to be to get a heat sink with a 
hole in the middle, or drill one yourself, use the heat transfer 
grease, but also put a small drop of super glue through the hole in 
the heat sink onto the chip or put a drop on the side, and this should 
hold it in place.  Fry's sells nice heat sink/fan combo's.  They run $10 
and up, and I think they are more than you need, but it should keep 
the processor cooler.  I believe they come with a Y cable to tap into 
your hard drive power cable to power the fan.  A more complete FAQ 
on this modification for a IIsi is available via anonymous ftp from 
sumex.stanford.edu in info-mac/info/hdwr (iisi-25mhz-upgrade-
faq.txt).

For the Quadra 700 and 900, you can get 70MHz TTL crystals from 
Fry's.  The 70MHz may not work, and you may have to back down to 
66.6666MHz, the next most common frequency, Digi-Key part# 
CTX137.  The Q700, Q900, and Q950 come with a heatsink installed.  
A more complete file on this modification for a Quadra 700 is also 
available via anonymous ftp from sumex.stanford.edu in info-
mac/info/hdwr (quadra-700-clock-mod-145.txt).

It has been reported for, but I have not yet done a Q950, but the 
general idea is the same.  If anyone has any more info on doing a 
Q950, please e-mail me and I'll add it.


Mod-2

The basic idea of Modification #2 is to disable the onboard 
oscillator with a jumper and feed in a new signal on the back of the 
board.  There are very few who have performed this mod, but I feel it 
is more elegant and safer since you don't have to remove the onboard 
oscillator.  This newer, and less evasive method has been performed 
on IIsi's & Q700's by myself, and should work fine on the Q900 & 
Q950.

The most difficult and risky part of "Mod-1" above is the removal of 
the oscillator, and this is an alternative procedure that gets around 
that since the crystal oscillators Apple uses have pin 1 as OE.  On a 
crystal oscillator with pin 1 as OE, if you ground pin 1, you disable 
the output from pin 3(8), and you can feed a new signal into pin 3(8) 
without removing the original crystal oscillator.
Several months ago I performed this modification on a Quadra 700 by 
tacking (soldering) a jumper on the back of the motherboard between 
pins 1 and 2(7) of the 50MHz oscillator, and ran wires about 8 inches 
long each from pins 2(7), 3(8), and 4(14) to a 14 pin socket attached 
to the inside of the Q700 with pins in positions 7, 8, and 14.  Into 
this we placed a 70MHz crystal oscillator and the Mac ran fine at 
35MHz and is still doing fine.  This modification is nice in that it is 
a bit less risky as far as damage to the motherboard, but you have to 
be careful to use thin wires in order to make clean solder joints.  
With this modification you could remove the wires at a later date to 
return to the original configuration more cleanly.  I cannot say for 
sure if this will work on a Q900 or Q950 until I put one of those 
crystals on a scope, or actually try the modification, but am pretty 
sure it will.  If anyone has removed a crystal from a Q900 or Q950 
and still has it, I'd be glad to check it out and send it back to you.


Mod-3

The basic idea of modification #3 is building a clip that disables the 
onboard oscillator, and feeds in a new, faster signal.  The beauty of 
this modification over the others is that you do not have to do any 
soldering on the motherboard itself, just on the part you clip onto 
the surface mount crystal oscillator in your Mac.  This is the 
modification most people use on the C610, C650, C660av, Q610, 
Q650, Q660av, Q800, Q840av, PM6100, PM7100, PM8100.

The really neat thing about this came into play in February 1992 
when Apple released the Centris 610, 650, and Quadra 800.  In these 
machines and since, Apple has been using surface mount crystal 
oscillators.  Now that Apple was using surface mount crystal 
oscillators, there was plenty of accessible area on the metal tabs of 
the oscillator.  In June '93 Guy Kuo reported the first crystal swap 
of sorts on a Centris 610 to the net.  He soldered pins 3, 5, 10, and 
12 of a 14 pin socket directly onto the surface mount crystal 
oscillator.  Because the pins on a TTL type crystal oscillator are at 
positions 1, 7, 8, and 14, he made jumpers between pins 5-7, 8-10, 
and 12-14.  He disabled the on-board surface mount crystal 
oscillator with a jumper between 3-5.  Then put the new crystal in 
the socket.  This file is also available on SUMEX in info-
mac/info/hdwr (centris-610-clock-mod-11).
I was a little hesitant about soldering onto my new Quadra 800, so 
wrote to him a few days later about using a surface mount test clip, 
and asked his thoughts.  He suspected I could not find a reasonable 
test clip, but otherwise believed it would work.  A few days later 
the 3M surface mount test clip arrived, and the test clip worked 
perfectly.  I was running my Quadra 800 at 40MHz, with no problems, 
and best of all the modification was all contained in a simple little 
clip that could be removed without trace at will.  And thus the 
removable test clip approach was born.  My Q800 even worked at 
48MHz as long as I did not access the serial ports.  A few days later 
I got several crystals, and found the highest frequency on my Quadra 
800 to be 42.0MHz.  Since then I've tried it at 42.106MHz, and the 
serial ports did not work, so the cutoff for my Q800 was at 42.0MHz.  
If you never use your serial ports, 48MHz worked fine for me, while 
at 50MHz my Mac was not happy and would not boot.  

So if you are still interested, you will need a surface mount test 
clip; 3M and Pomona make them, and I prefer the 3M ones.  Make sure 
you get a surface mount test clip.  The I.C. test clips also work, but I 
prefer the surface mount SOIC (small outline integrated circuit) 
ones.  A 10, 12, 14, 16, or 18 pin clip will be fine.  I'd say go with a 
14 or 16 narrow or wide.

14 pin, part# 923650-14-ND  $6.58
16 pin, part# 923650-16-ND  $6.96

These are the part numbers for the ones with alloy leads; I used to 
recommend the gold coated ones, but the resistance/corrosion effect 
is minimal.

You will also need a 14 pin IC socket, there are plenty of types.  The 
machined pin ones are nice because you can pop out the pins that are 
not needed to get them out of the way since you only need three pins 
in the socket. 

14 pin IC socket w/tin pins, part# ED3114  $0.57

You will also need an oscillator (more on this later), a little wire, 
soldering iron, solder, and possibly heat sink depending on the 
machine.  For a C610, C660av, Q610, and Q660av you should add a 
heat sink, HS160-ND is the 0.600 inch one, and is plenty ($3.98).

The others already have heat sinks, and do not get too hot.  I had an 
extra fan with my Q800, but removed it, and it has been fine.  The 
heat sinks come with the clips needed to attach them to the chip.  
These are a bit of a pain, you just have to work at it for a while.  
There may be several ways to do it, but I just slide the clips on from 
the side.  Sometimes they fall off half way there, but eventually it 
works.  Some people have been using the heat sink/fan combo's.  I 
have not, but they seem to work fine as well.  The new Q610 and 
Q660av computers are based on a new mask of the 68040 that comes 
at 25MHz without a heatsink (There is an "H" after the '040 and 
before the "RC").  This is the same mask as the C660av and Q840av 
uses.  If you do the modification on them it would be best to add a 
heat sink.

How to put it all together:

Stand the clip so it's jaws are facing down, and the rows of pins go 
>From left to right, and call the closer row A and the further row B.  
Number the pins from lef…

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