pablo@b11.ingr.com (Pablo Fernicola) (11/24/90)
There was an article on MacWeek about the DeskWriter and Mac II's. Basically the article said that if a resistor burns on the Mac II board, the DeskWriter would not work right. What is not clear from the article is whether the DeskWriter is causing the resistor to burn, whether this happens all the time and only the DeskWriter notices it, and what is the fix? Also, does this apply to the "old" DeskWriter without AppleTalk capability (which is the one I have)? A couple of mail order places are not carrying the DeskWriter anymore because of this. Any info is wellcomed! Thanks, -Pablo -- Pablo F. Fernicola | b11!pablo!pff@ingr.com Ferni~Cola - the real thing | The statements above reflect only my personal opinions, and for a limited time.
jack@Taffy.rice.edu (Jack W. Howarth) (11/26/90)
In article <9476@b11.ingr.com> pablo@b11.ingr.com (Pablo Fernicola) writes: >There was an article on MacWeek about the DeskWriter and Mac II's. Basically >the article said that if a resistor burns on the Mac II board, the DeskWriter >would not work right. What is not clear from the article is whether the >DeskWriter is causing the resistor to burn, whether this happens all the time >and only the DeskWriter notices it, and what is the fix? Also, does this >apply to the "old" DeskWriter without AppleTalk capability (which is the >one I have)? > >A couple of mail order places are not carrying the DeskWriter anymore because >of this. > >Any info is wellcomed! > >Thanks, >-Pablo >-- > Pablo F. Fernicola | b11!pablo!pff@ingr.com >Ferni~Cola - the real thing | > The statements above reflect only > my personal opinions, and for a limited time. Pablo, It was clearly stated in the article that the DeskWriter did not cause this but rather the printer is checking the electrical characteristics of the connection to decide whether to use Appletalk to connect. The failure of the resistor on some Macs was causing the AppleTalk connection to be electrically out of spec. Where did you here that mail order stores are dropping the DW? I could see where they might be a problem for stores if large numbers of Macs are having failing resistors. The DW might have problems in sales simply because lots of the installed base can't use it due to component failures which would be due in no way to HP's product. Oh, well, it would be the first time Apple had quality control problems (e.g. power supplies, Quantum Prodrives, etc.). Actually, unless you need AppleTalk, the old-style DW with the serial connection works fine. With ATM 2.0 and a SE/30, I get almost 2 ppm at 300 dpi. Cheers... Jack Howarth