TOPIC The following article is the ReadMe file for the Power Macintosh 9500 series computers. DISCUSSION Important Information About Your Power Macintosh 9500.
Tips Apple Printers The Apple LaserWriter 300 and Apple Personal LaserWriter LS printers are not yet compatible with the Power Macintosh 9500. An upgrade will be available soon on Apple Online Services. How to Reconnect to a Lost Server If you unexpectedly lose a connection to a server on which you have items in use, the server's icon appears dimmed on the screen. If you doubleclick the dimmed icon or choose the server from the Recent Servers item in the Apple menu, you get a message saying that the disk could not be opened because you do not have enough access privileges. Before you can reconnect to the server, you must close any open files, and then drag the server's dimmed icon to the Trash. If you need to save your work on an open file, use Save As to save it on a different disk. GeoPort Software The GeoPort software 2.0 and earlier is not compatible with your Power Macintosh 9500. Users should upgrade to Apple Telecom 2.1 or later software. This version will be compatible with all the current GeoPort pods on the market and is available via online services including AppleLink, online services, and the internet. Troubleshooting Open Transport and MacTCP After you install new software on your hard disk, if you have problems with your TCP/IP applications, look in the Control Panels folder for a MacTCP file. If one is there, remove it from the Control Panels folder and restart your machine. This procedure should enable your TCP/IP applications to work properly. Each time you install a new application program, you may want to verify whether or not the software's installer also installed MacTCP, and follow the above procedure if necessary. Incorrect Guide File Balloons System 7.5.2 includes Apple Guide documents which provide the onscreen instructions and other information that you need to help you use your computer. However, if you turn on Balloon Help (by choosing Show Balloons from the ? menu) and point to a Guide file icon on the hard disk, the balloon may give you the wrong information about where the file belongs or what you can do with it. To avoid being misled by incorrect balloons, follow the guidelines below: * Leave Guide files where they are. Some Guide files (for example, the Guide file named "Macintosh Guide") belong in the Extensions folder. Others will not work if they are put into the Extensions folder. * Keep application programs that have Guide files in the same folder as the Guide file. For example, keep the file named "File Assistant Guide" in the same folder as the File Assistant program. If you move a Guide file that belongs with an application program, you won't be able to get help while using the program. Quark XPress To use Quark XPress with System 7.5 on a Power Macintosh, you must upgrade to Quark XPress version 3.3.1 or later. For upgrade information, contact Quark, Inc. The Assistant Toolbox and Non-Networked Printers If the Assistant Toolbox extension is installed on your computer, the Print Later option (LaterLaser) works only with networked PostScript printers. If you are printing on a non-networked printer, particularly a LaserWriter Select 310, you should open the Extensions Manager control panel and turn off the Assistant Toolbox extension. Help with the Japanese or Chinese Language Kit To use this software effectively, use version 1.2 (or later) of the Japanese Language Kit and version 1.1.1 or later of the Chinese Language Kit. In the United States, you can obtain an upgrade by calling the Apple Order Center. AppleShare Server Software version 4.1** If you purchase AppleShare server software version 4.1, make sure to choose Custom Install (instead of Easy Install) when you install it.
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Printing with Apple PhotoFlash If you have problems printing images with the PhotoFlash software, make sure that you choose a printer in the Chooser before you choose the Print command from the File menu. Using PowerTalk and PowerTalk Direct Dialup Mail If you use PowerTalk Direct Dialup Mail and have trouble sending a fax, it may be because both Direct Dialup and STF PowerFax PE are set to autoanswer. To turn off STF autoanswer, open the STF Setup window and set "n" to "never" (in the "Answer on "n" rings" section). Important Information About Macintosh PC Exchange Apple File Exchange and Macintosh PC Exchange The Apple File Exchange software is not compatible with PC Exchange and should not be used while PC Exchange is installed. Version 2.0 of PC Exchange contains an easier and more intuitive method for accessing DOS and Apple II ProDOS disks on a Macintosh. AutoDoubler To use AutoDoubler with Macintosh PC Exchange, you must first open the AutoDoubler control panel and turn off the "Show DD on Compressed Files" option. Compressed PC Disks and Files Macintosh PC Exchange does not work with DOSformat floppy disks or SCSI hard disks that have been compressed using Stacker or other DOS or Windows diskcompression utilities. Before transferring compressed DOS files to a Macintosh, you must decompress the files and save them to a noncompressed DOSformat floppy disk. Working with PCFormat Disks Containing Multiple Partitions If a SCSI hard disk or removable media cartridge has been formatted to contain multiple partitions, you can use PC Exchange to mount the Macintosh, DOS, or ProDOSformat partitions as individual logical drives on the Macintosh desktop. If the disk contains both Macintosh and DOSformat partitions, PC Exchange will only recognize the Macintosh partition. In addition, PC Exchange will only recognize ProDOSformat partitions on SCSI hard disks that are less than 32 megabytes. You can use PC Exchange to erase existing individual partitions on a SCSI hard disk or removable media cartridge if they have the same format. However, you cannot use PC Exchange to reformat and resize individual partitions contained on the disk. Nor can you format a Macintoshformat hard disk or removable media cartridge as a DOSformat disk. To resize or reformat multiple Macintosh, DOS, or ProDOS partitions, you need to use thirdparty software designed for partitioning hard disks and removable media cartridges. Working with DOSFormat SCSI Removable Media Devices In order for PC Exchange to recognize SCSI removable media devices, you must turn on the device and eject any cartridges before you turn on your Macintosh system. Do not install the device driver software that came with your removable media device. Instead, open the PC Exchange control panel, click the Options button, select your SCSI device from the list, and then restart your Macintosh. PC Exchange will install its own device driver for that SCSI device. The Eject Disk command is unavailable when you are working with removable media devices. To unmount and eject a removable media cartridge, drag the device's icon to the Trash. Once the device has spun down and the red light goes out, you can manually eject the cartridge from the drive. To access a removable media cartridge that has been ejected, simply reinsert the cartridge in the drive. When initializing and formatting Bernoulli and SyQuest cartridges on a PCcompatible computer, use the disk setup and partitioning software that came with the SCSI controller card installed in your PC or that came with your Bernoulli or SyQuest device. Do not use the MSDOS Fdisk command to initialize a removable media cartridge. In addition, you should use the MSDOS Format command to format the disk before you copy DOS files to a newly intialized removable media cartridge on a PC. When you initialize a removable media cartridge on a PCcompatible computer, you must fully partition, initialize, and erase the cartridge using the software that came with your SCSI controller card or removable media drive. If you do not, PC Exchange may not recognize the new DOSformat partitions on that cartridge. Working with DOSFormat SCSI Hard Disk Drives In order for PC Exchange to recognize SCSI hard disk drives, you must turn on the drive before you turn on your Macintosh. Do not install the device driver software that came with your removable media device. Instead, open the PC Exchange control panel, click the Options button, select your SCSI device from the list, and then restart your Macintosh. PC Exchange will install its own device driver for that SCSI device. When initializing and formatting an external SCSI hard disk on a PCcompatible computer, use the MSDOS Fdisk command or the disk setup and partitioning software that came with the SCSI controller card installed in your PC. In addition, you should use the MSDOS Format command to format and erase the disk before you copy DOS files to a new SCSI hard disk on a PC. Tips and Problems * A "Sad Mac" error may occur on your Macintosh if a removable media cartridge is left in the drive during startup. To keep this problem from occurring, manually eject removable media cartridges from the drive before you turn on your Macintosh. * PC Exchange cannot recognize SCSI hard disks, removable media devices, or drive container files that contain more than one gigabyte of disk space. Important Information About Virtual Memory Virtual memory (VM) is a feature of the Macintosh that lets you use part of your hard disk as additional memory. If you are using an application program designed especially for Power Macintosh computers (often called a "native" application program), turning on virtual memory may help you avoid running out of memory. Your computer comes with virtual memory turned on. With virtual memory turned on, a Power Macintosh program uses less memory than when virtual memory is turned off. If you check the program's Get Info box before and after turning on virtual memory, you'll see that the numbers in the Memory Requirements box change. That is because turning on virtual memory allows the program to use memory more efficiently. If you notice performance problems using certain applications, you may want to turn off virtual memory. For information on how to turn virtual memory on and off, choose Macintosh Guide from the Guide (question mark) menu, and click the Memory topic area. Then click "How do I use hard disk space as memory?" and "How do I manage Power Macintosh memory?" For best performance, try setting virtual memory to no more than 50% more than the amount of physical memory (RAM), or no more than 50% of your currently available hard drive space, whichever number is lower. For example, if your computer has 16 MB of RAM and your hard drive has 50 MB of available space, set virtual memory to a maximum of 24 MB (150% of 16, which is less than 50% of 50). To improve performance, you can also add physical memory (RAM) to your computer. See the user's manual that came with your computer for more information. |
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| Product Area: | Computers |
| Category: | Power Macintosh |
| Sub Category: | Power Macintosh 9500 |
| Keywords: | kppc |
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