Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!limbo!taylor From: taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com (Dave Taylor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: Wanted: Hacks for the Toshiba T1000 or T1000SE Message-ID: <917@limbo.Intuitive.Com> Date: 29 Jun 90 16:06:59 GMT References: <896@limbo.Intuitive.Com> <118@travis.csd.harris.com> <138021@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Reply-To: taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com (Dave Taylor) Distribution: comp Organization: Intuitive Systems, Mountain View, CA: +1 (415) 966-1151 Lines: 50 Robert Watson of Sun Microsystems comments: > ... ever since I got my 1000SE I've been "hanging out" at computer > stores hoping to get a bargain on the memory upgrade. After unpacking > the 1000SE I saw the Toshiba Direct booklet and called about the 2Mb > ramcard, "Oh yes sir, that will be available in 2 months, for $1236"... Whatever place you were at that quoted that price, they are TO BE AVOIDED! I was on the phone yesterday to Toshiba PR (Hill and Knowlton, the same folk, ironically, that do PR for Nintendo of America) and they told me that the *list price* on the memory card from Toshiba is $1000. In the computer business, discounts of 30% or more are common, which means that the street price for a Toshiba 2MB card should be about $700. There are also third party cards available for less; I had one company quote me $595 for an undisclosed card, and Portable Land in Encino (LA) quoted me $395 for the Apricorn 2MB card. Amusingly, when I called PL back to get on their waiting list (they're waiting for the cards to come in from the manufacturer) the sales person said they were $495. I pointed out that a previous person ("Michael") had quoted $395 and they backed off, indicating that they'd "have to go with that price then...". Meanwhile, I ended up calling Apricorn directly and flashing my press credentials and so I'm going to be buying it directly from their PR group. The cost to dealers, btw, for the card is $350, so if they tell you that "$450 is at their cost" or something, then they're full of it! > On a totally unrelated issue.... > I use Procom Plus to dial into my SPARCstation, not knowing much about > terminal emulation I chose at random the tvi925 emulation. It works OK most > of the time but occasionally I get.... > > 001C001C001C001C001C001C001C001C001C001C001C011R001C Hmm...what kind of flow control do you have enabled in both Procomm Plus and on the SPARCstation? (use "stty all" on your SPARC to see what's turned on, and then check it against the Procomm settings). My guess is that you're occasionally overwriting your receive buffer, a problem that "vi" is notorious for unearthing! Also you might choose a vt100 type setting too; that's usually the best emulation in most terminal emulators, from my experience. Good luck! -- Dave Taylor Intuitive Systems Mountain View, California taylor@limbo.intuitive.com or {uunet!}{decwrl,apple}!limbo!taylor