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- From: fisher@ncselxsi.uucp (Chuck Fisher)
- Subject: Re: Powerbook 160 SCSI port
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.185008.4052@ncselxsi.uucp>
- Organization: National Computer Systems, San Jose, CA 95131
- References: <1992Dec20.074836.9082@cs.umb.edu> <C0CEtE.81y@Novell.COM> <1993Jan4.221300.7481@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 18:50:08 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan4.221300.7481@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca> phong@triples.math.mcgill.ca (Phong Co) writes:
- >I want to use the Powerbook mostly for word processing, as well as
- >occasional drawing and typesetting, using Quark, Framemaker or TeX.
- >
- >Now the question. How much space do these programs take up, including
- >System 7? I need to work with [mostly text] documents of several
- >hundred pages, with some graphical elements. Will I be cramped with
- >an 80MB disk, or will the 120MB be a luxury? Very vague question, I
- >know, but just give me a ballpark figure.
-
- I have installed on my PB 160 14/80 the following packages:
- Microsoft Word 5.1a -- word processing
- MORE 3.1 -- for outlining and presentations
- BBEdit -- ASCII text editor *free*
- Microsoft Exel 4.0a -- spreadsheet
- VersaTerm 4.x -- terminal emulation
- ZTerm 0.9 -- (shareware) Zmodem up/downloads
- Eudora 1.3b116 -- SMTP e-mail *free*
- StuffIt Lite -- (shareware) file decompression
- Canvas 3.0.5 -- drawing
- MacDraw Pro -- simple drawing
- File Force 1.1 -- database
- Dynodex -- address book manager
- Apple File Exchange -- MS DOS floppy exchange
- ResEdit -- hacking applications *free*
- HyperCard Player -- reading HyperCard stacks
- Disinfectant -- virus removal *free*
- DiskExpress -- hard disk defragmentor
- ATM 3.0 -- PostScript Type I font rendering
- Norton Essentials for the PowerBook -- PB utilities
- About 100 fonts -- Apple Font Pack plus Bitstream TT packages
- and a few Adobe PS I fonts.
-
- This takes up about 45 MB of my 80MB drive.
-
- >Another question: my friend wants to sell me his Syquest 44MB drive.
- >It is a SCSI device, and there is a SCSI port on the PB160, but I've
- >heard that it is non-standard. Is this the case, and if so what can
- >I do about it?
-
- You buy the special cable at your dealer for $30.
-
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