ralph@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (Ralph Martin) (06/04/90)
Hi. A couple of friends here have been having problems, and I wonder if anyone can help: 1. Person A has upgraded his IIci to 8Mb from 4Mb, and now when he tries to shutdown, the machine does a restart instead of a shutdown. Reinstalling the system seems not to fix this. 2. Person B has a portable, and when it goes to sleep, his Appletalk connections are lost. Is there any utility for somehow reinstating them at wakeup? Thanks. Ralph
derek@leah.Albany.Edu (Derek L. / MacLover) (06/05/90)
In article <1990Jun4.102620.19280@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk> ralph@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (Ralph Martin) writes: >Hi. A couple of friends here have been having problems, and I wonder >if anyone can help: > >1. Person A has upgraded his IIci to 8Mb from 4Mb, and now when he >tries to shutdown, the machine does a restart instead of a shutdown. >Reinstalling the system seems not to fix this. Okay, this probably isn't it, but check the back of the IIci to see if the little round power switch (the one with the flathead screwdriver slot in it, on the lower right) isn't pushed IN with the slot facing upward. If so, it should be turned so the switch pops out (the slot horizontal). I've seen that switch get turned several times and it results in the same problem, which users immediately assume is a software problem -- or a virus! Man, if there's one thing I have about viruses, it's the increased level of paranoia... from when I got my Mac in 1984 to early 1988, I never even thought about the possibility of a virus... that was something PC users dealt with. :-) Can't help with your second problem, sorry. >Thanks. Ralph Derek L. -- BITnet: derek@albnyvms | Macintosh Guru / Monty Python fanatic -| InterNet: derek@uacsc1.albany.edu |Consultant & Student Asst.@ SUNY-Albany ---}------------------------------------) <><><>(Why would my boss care?)<><><> -| Fencers love to touch! |"Cinderella man/ Hang on to your plans"
barrey@ka.excelan.com (Barrey Jewall) (06/05/90)
In article <1990Jun4.102620.19280@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk> ralph@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (Ralph Martin) writes: (IN PART) > >2. Person B has a portable, and when it goes to sleep, his Appletalk >connections are lost. Is there any utility for somehow reinstating >them at wakeup? > If they are using System software 6.0.4, they should get 6.0.5, which fixes that bug in the appletalk driver, or the serial port init fix, available on AppleLink. If you have FTP access, you can get the 6.0.5 system software from Apple at 130.43.2.2, login anonymous, password guest. IF not, try to see if an apple dealer will allow you to dupe a copy of the software... Good luck! -Barrey
ccc_ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) (06/06/90)
Regarding the loss of AppleTalk connections when the Portable goes to sleep, I can't see any fix for this. (But if any genius comes up with one, I'd *love* to hear about it, as my boss has the same trouble with NCSA Telnet on his Portable!) Network connections are kept alive by both ends sending each other data at periodic intervals. Even when they haven't actually got anything to say to each other, they still exchange "Are you there/yes I am"-type messages. The formats and contents of the messages depend on the particular network protocols involved (and there are lots of them). So there's no easy way you could delegate the function of exchanging them to some chip that keeps running while the rest of the machine goes to sleep. Lawrence D'Oliveiro Computer Services Dept fone: +64-71-562-889 University of Waikato fax: +64-71-384-066 Hamilton, New Zealand electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz Mac keyboards shouldn't have caps lock keys. Caps lock is a mode.