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Table of Contents:

  • Page 3 – Preface Your DOS-Compatible Macintosh Performa Computer ix; Contents
  • Page 7 – Communications regulation information; FCC statement
  • Page 8 – DOC statement; VCCI statement
  • Page 12 – Plugging in the computer; Getting Started; Follow the instructions in this
  • Page 13 – If the computer starts up:
  • Page 14 – Connecting the monitor power cord; Monitors have two cords to connect—a power cord and a monitor cable.; Place the monitor where you will be using it.; Keep these considerations in mind:
  • Page 15 – Connect the monitor power cord to the monitor.; On some monitors, the cord is already attached.; Plug in the monitor power cord.
  • Page 16 – Connecting the monitor cable; To connect the monitor cable, follow these steps:; Attach the monitor cable to the monitor.
  • Page 17 – Connecting the mouse and keyboard; The plug and the port are marked with the
  • Page 19 – Follow these steps to turn the computer on:; Turn on your computer by pressing the Power key.; You hear a tone from the computer as it starts up.
  • Page 20 – Check to see what’s on your screen.
  • Page 21 – Problems turning your computer on?; Is the monitor power cord plugged in?
  • Page 22 – If you need to turn off your computer at any point, please see
  • Page 23 – Learning the basics; Slide the mouse along your mouse pad or desk.; screen moves in the same direction that you move the mouse.; Move the mouse so that the tip of the arrow (
  • Page 24 – Without moving the mouse, click the mouse button.; Reviewing the basics; Trash
  • Page 25 – Turning the computer off; To turn the computer off:; Press the Power key (marked with a triangle) on the keyboard.; To turn the computer on, simply press the Power key again.; Move the tip of the arrow to the Apple (; Do not turn the computer off by pressing the standby power
  • Page 26 – Where to find answers; In this book; In other manuals; User’s Guide
  • Page 27 – Getting Help; Use the instructions in this
  • Page 28 – Getting answers to your questions; Pull down the Guide menu (marked with the; The Macintosh Guide window appears.
  • Page 29 – Macintosh Guide gives you three ways of finding information:; Topics; is like the index in a book.; Look For; In the following sections you will practice using each method.; Getting answers with the Topics button; In the Macintosh Guide window, click the Topics button.
  • Page 30 – Click “Setting Options” in the list of topics.; A small window appears with instructions for you to follow.; Read and follow the instructions in this window.; Now continue with the next section.
  • Page 31 – Getting answers with the Index button; In the Macintosh Guide window, click the Index button.; or; Click the phrase “background pattern” in the alphabetical list.
  • Page 32 – Read and follow the instructions in the window.
  • Page 33 – Getting answers with the Look For button; In the Macintosh Guide window, click the Look For button.
  • Page 35 – Tips for using Macintosh Guide; Here are a few tips for using Macintosh Guide effectively:
  • Page 36 – Identifying objects on the screen; Follow these steps to use Balloon Help:
  • Page 37 – Learning useful shortcuts; Follow these steps to learn keyboard and mouse shortcuts:; The main Macintosh Shortcuts window appears.; Click one of the category buttons.; Another window appears, describing shortcuts for that category.
  • Page 38 – Read about the shortcuts available for the category you selected.
  • Page 39 – Connecting Additional Equipment; Read this chapter for information on
  • Page 40 – Where to connect additional equipment
  • Page 41 – Connecting an Apple PlainTalk Microphone; You should connect only the Apple PlainTalk; on the back of the computer.
  • Page 42 – Connecting external stereo speakers; Assemble the speakers and the cable you need.
  • Page 43 – You hear the computer’s sound through the external speakers.; Connecting a game controller
  • Page 44 – Expanding memory; Technical Information; Replacing internal storage devices; To avoid damage to your computer, Apple recommends that
  • Page 45 – Read this chapter to learn how to work
  • Page 46 – Installing Macintosh application programs; To use your programs most effectively, follow these guidelines:
  • Page 47 – Working with several programs at a time; Finding out which programs are open
  • Page 48 – Hiding and showing windows on the desktop; Protecting the information on a disk; Macintosh Performa CD; Making backup copies of your documents; regularly
  • Page 49 – Restoring the information on your hard disk
  • Page 50 – Operating in the PC Environment
  • Page 51 – Switching between the Macintosh and PC environments; Double-click the PC Setup icon to open the control panel.
  • Page 52 – Switch to PC; If you click; Starting the PC environment automatically; Click to place an X in the Auto-start PC checkbox.
  • Page 53 – Fading the screen; Ejecting disks in the PC environment; To eject a CD-ROM disc in the PC environment, press; Setting up the PC environment
  • Page 54 – Memory management utilities; Apple Computer does not recommend using automated memory
  • Page 55 – Working in the PC environment; Floppy disk drives and floppy disks; locked; Restarting the PC from a floppy disk; disk is ejected, immediately reinsert it into the disk drive.
  • Page 56 – CD-ROM discs and drives; at the beginning of the line; at the beginning of the line; REM
  • Page 57 – Pointing device; DOS does not come with a mouse driver. A mouse driver for Windows; Keyboard
  • Page 58 – MacShare; where
  • Page 59 – Each additional drive letter uses 100 bytes of PC memory.; Clipboards; Windows Clipboard; Drag to select the information you want to copy.; The keyboard command starts the process:
  • Page 60 – Release the Shift key.; Changing the predefined keyboard commands in DOS; To change the keyboard command for the Copy command, use this form:; To change the keyboard command for the Paste command, use this form:; nm...
  • Page 63 – Tips for using the Clipboard; not
  • Page 64 – Running network software; Compatible and incompatible protocols
  • Page 65 – Using multimedia, MIDI, and game programs
  • Page 66 – Using Macintosh peripheral devices in the PC environment; Using printers
  • Page 67 – When you use Epson emulation, you can’t print in color. When; Be sure to make settings in the Mac OS PC Print Spooler that
  • Page 68 – If you try to print a file using a PostScript printer driver for a; AppleShare Print Server; To choose your Print Spooler settings, follow these steps:; Open the PC Print Spooler icon.
  • Page 69 – Choose Preferences from the File menu.; A dialog box appears.; Choose your settings as appropriate.; If you use an Epson printer, or another printer in
  • Page 70 – Using PC peripheral devices; The following chart lists the various signals present on the; Macintosh signal; GND; RXDA
  • Page 71 – Configuring the PC Environment; Use the instructions in this chapter
  • Page 72 – Choosing settings; Choose Control Panels from the Apple (; Online help available:
  • Page 73 – Configuring the PC serial ports; Assigned ports may not be available to the Mac OS:
  • Page 74 – Setting the monitor; To set the monitor for the PC environment:; Setting the time and date
  • Page 75 – Setting shared memory; Technical; Memory that you set aside for the PC environment is not
  • Page 76 – Changing the amount of conventional memory; To load DOS into the UMB (also known as; To prevent the system BIOS from becoming damaged when the
  • Page 77 – Choosing shared folders or volumes
  • Page 78 – Using shared folders; Strange text characters in a document; Try using a different Macintosh program.
  • Page 79 – Turning on PC sounds; Choosing a setting in the Sound pop-up menu; To shut off PC sounds entirely, choose Disabled.
  • Page 80 – Configuring drives C and D; drive
  • Page 81 – A dialog box appears with a list of available partitions.; Managing PC files from the Mac OS; Double-click the drive container in the Finder.; The drive container appears as a disk icon on the Mac OS desktop.; If you don’t unmount the drive or partition, you may lose data
  • Page 82 – Changing the size of the drive container; Two active containers maximum:; Calculating the proper size; Make sure you’re in the Mac OS, then open the PC Setup control panel.
  • Page 83 – Note how much space is available.; Add 10 percent to the result of the calculation in step 8.
  • Page 84 – Add the sums from steps 9 and 10.; The resulting sum is the size that the new container should be.; Press; Creating the new container; Click Restart PC at the bottom of the PC Setup control panel.; Moving the files; To move the files in the PC environment, follow these steps:; At the DOS prompt, type; This command makes the new drive container bootable.; When the DOS prompt returns, type the following command:
  • Page 85 – Doing so deallocates drive D.; You should see a list of all the files you copied.
  • Page 86 – Understanding the status line
  • Page 87 – When you have questions; Macintosh Guide, see Chapter 2 of this manual.; If you have trouble; ) may “freeze” on the screen. If you have; Troubleshooting in the Macintosh Environment
  • Page 88 – Take your time
  • Page 89 – Start over; -Option-Esc to quit the program in use when the problem; If you can’t choose Restart, hold down the
  • Page 90 – Rebuild your desktop regularly; Hold down the Option and; keys until you see a
  • Page 91 – Solutions to common problems; The computer is turned on but the screen is dark.
  • Page 92 – The computer’s clock keeps time inaccurately.; Insert the
  • Page 93 – A “sad Macintosh” icon appears and the computer won’t start up.; Macintosh Performa CD.
  • Page 94 – If you don’t see a hard disk icon on the desktop, try the following:
  • Page 95 – Icons do not appear correctly on your screen.; Your Macintosh can’t read a floppy disk.
  • Page 96 – You see a message that you need to have an FPU installed.
  • Page 97 – A dialog box with a bomb appears.; Your system has a software problem.
  • Page 99 – Typing on the keyboard produces nothing on the screen.
  • Page 101 – You experience problems using a DOS document.; Try opening the document in another program.
  • Page 103 – Repairing a damaged disk; Try these suggestions first
  • Page 104 – Starting up from a CD-ROM disc; If you see a blinking question mark on your screen; Place the; Make sure the disc is lying flat in the tray.
  • Page 105 – If you see the Macintosh desktop; The Startup Disk control panel window appears.; Click the CD icon to select it as your startup disk.
  • Page 106 – Problems starting up from the CD?; The Startup Disk control panel appears.
  • Page 107 – Checking for damage on your internal hard disk; Start up your computer from the; See “Starting Up From a CD-ROM Disc” earlier in this section.; Click the Internal HD Format button in the Launcher.
  • Page 108 – How to repair a hard disk or floppy disk; Open the Disk First Aid icon.; Disk icons appear in a box at the top of the Disk First Aid window.
  • Page 109 – If Disk First Aid cannot correct the problem; Consult an Apple-authorized service provider for help.
  • Page 110 – Initializing a hard disk; your hard disk is damaged
  • Page 111 – Installing or reinstalling Mac OS system software; When should you install or reinstall system software?
  • Page 112 – How to install or reinstall Mac OS system software
  • Page 113 – If you have a problem with your DOS-compatibility hardware; Troubleshooting in the PC Environment; Consult this chapter if you have
  • Page 114 – The Macintosh “hangs” or “freezes” during startup.
  • Page 115 – There is a delay when you switch between environments.
  • Page 117 – The PC Setup icon has a red slash through it at startup.
  • Page 118 – Your monitor flashes oddly when you switch environments.; Turn on the Fade Screens option in the PC Setup control panel.
  • Page 119 – Reinstalling the DOS-compatibility software; install the Mac OS software
  • Page 120 – Reinstalling Mac OS software; Start up your Macintosh while holding down the Shift key.; This starts the Macintosh with extensions turned off.; Insert the floppy disk named; Click Install in the dialog box that appears.; The software is automatically installed onto your hard disk.
  • Page 121 – Creating a drive container; Open the PC Setup control panel.
  • Page 122 – When you finish, press the Tab key to move to the Drive Size field.
  • Page 123 – Assigning RAM to the PC environment; Restart the Macintosh.; If the RAM size is set to 2 MB, modify the CONFIG.SYS file in
  • Page 124 – Reinstalling PC software; In the Mac OS, open the PC Setup control panel and click Switch to PC.; The MS-DOS installation files do not include a DOS mouse driver.; Follow the instructions that appear on the screen.; The following PC software is now installed:
  • Page 125 – Installing additional PC software; To install the additional software, follow these steps:; With the PC environment active, insert the disk named; To install software for DOS alone, type
  • Page 126 – Replacing the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files; Switch to the PC environment.; The PC environment restarts and the new menu appears.; Modifying the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files; Make backup copies of your original files before you change
  • Page 127 – See your DOS manual to learn how to edit and save your DOS files.; Some memory configuration utilities, such as MEMMAKER,
  • Page 128 – Bypassing the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files at startup; after the memory testing is complete.; Reinstalling Sound Blaster software; To install Sound Blaster software, follow these steps:; Reinstalling video drivers; SETUP
  • Page 129 – Health-related information about computer use; Read this appendix for important
  • Page 130 – Musculoskeletal discomfort
  • Page 131 – Eye fatigue; To prevent discomfort and eye fatigue:; Arranging your office
  • Page 134 – Safety instructions
  • Page 135 – Handling your computer equipment; This equipment is intended to be electrically grounded. Your
  • Page 136 – Handling the monitor; Follow these procedures for handling a monitor:; Handling the keyboard
  • Page 138 – If you can’t eject a floppy disk; Hold down the; Power supply
  • Page 139 – Cleaning your equipment; Cleaning the computer case; Turn off your computer.
  • Page 140 – Rotate the rollers to clean all around them.
  • Page 141 – Put the ball and the ring back in place.; Locking and unlocking the mouse; Insert a straightened paper clip into the hole on the plastic ring.
  • Page 144 – a communication slot for an internal modem or an Ethernet card
  • Page 145 – To avoid damaging your computer and expansion card, do
  • Page 146 – Opening the computer; You can also press the Power key on the keyboard.; Unplug all the cables except the power cord from your computer.; To avoid generating static electricity that may damage
  • Page 147 – Unplug the power cord from your computer.
  • Page 148 – Installing a communication card; Remove the communication card from its static-proof bag.
  • Page 149 – Installing or replacing a SIMM for the PC environment
  • Page 150 – Removing a SIMM; Pull the metal clips at either end of the SIMM away from the SIMM.; Use your fingernails.; Rotate the SIMM until it is at a slight angle.
  • Page 151 – Gently pull the SIMM out of its slot.
  • Page 152 – Installing a SIMM; Remove the SIMM from its static-proof bag.; Handle the SIMM by its edges. Avoid touching the connectors.
  • Page 153 – Rotate the SIMM gently to the back until you feel it snap into place.
  • Page 154 – Closing the computer
  • Page 155 – When you press the reset button, some of your computer’s software; If you removed security screws earlier, reinsert them now.
  • Page 156 – Your computer is now ready to turn on and use.; Never turn on your computer unless all of its internal and
  • Page 157 – (Command) key at the same time as the Q key lets; Special keys on Apple keyboards; Read this appendix to learn
  • Page 159 – Typing special characters and symbols
  • Page 160 – Special key combinations
  • Page 161 – Installing NetWare client software; Read this appendix for
  • Page 162 – NetWare Client for DOS WSDOS_1 disk into the disk drive.; INSTALL; Change your LASTDRIVE statement so that it reads
  • Page 164 – Conserving memory; During NetWare client installation, you add the line; Mapping drive letters
  • Page 165 – Installing Novell’s LAN Workplace for DOS TCP/IP software; You must not have MacTCP installed when you run DOS TCP/IP
  • Page 166 – The IP address of your domain name server.
  • Page 167 – Installing NetManage’s Chameleon TCP/IP software
  • Page 168 – To install Chameleon from Windows:
  • Page 170 – Restarting Windows; Restart the PC environment.; You see the Chameleon group window.; Testing the installation; Double-click the Custom icon in the Chameleon group to open it.; Using a dial-up service; You should get a response back within a few seconds.
  • Page 172 – Once you have this information, you can proceed.
  • Page 174 – You should now see the Air Series group window.; To test the installation:; Double-click the Air Telnet icon to open it.; An Open Telnet Session dialog box appears.; Double-click the name of your domain name server.; You see a VT100 window with a log-in prompt.
  • Page 175 – Installing Mosaic; In the Program Manager, choose Run from the File menu.
  • Page 176 – Mosaic
  • Page 177 – Index; If you can’t find what you’re looking for
  • Page 179 – See
  • Page 187 – See also
  • Page 196 – The Apple Publishing System
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Page 3 - Preface Your DOS-Compatible Macintosh Performa Computer ix; Contents

iii Communications regulation information vii Preface Your DOS-Compatible Macintosh Performa Computer ix 1 Getting Started 1 Plugging in the computer 1 Installing an expansion card 3 Connecting a monitor 3 Connecting the mouse and keyboard 6 Connecting other equipment 8 Turning the computer on 8 Pro...

Page 7 - Communications regulation information; FCC statement

Communications regulation information FCC statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital devicein accordance with the specifications in Part 15 of FCC rules. See instructions if interference toradio or television reception is suspected. Radio and t...

Page 8 - DOC statement; VCCI statement

DOC statement DOC Class B Compliance This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus as set out in the interference-causing equipment standardentitled “Digital Apparatus,” ICES-003 of the Department of Communications. Observation des normes—...

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