Re: The need for speed.

2001-08-18 Thread Hardy Menagh
One of the Cameron Kaiser's wrote: A useful hack you might not know is to always have a 768k disk cache,... Yeah, It's something about forcing the system to use all of the on-board RAM so the programs will use the faster stuff in the slots. A simple trick but a good one.

Re: NFS

2001-08-18 Thread Hardy Menagh
Regarding the IIsi Disk Cache speed-up, I paraphrase from Mac Power Mac Secrets by David Pogue Joseph Schorr. The IIsi uses it's 1 MB on-board RAM both for video RAM and cache RAM. Any that's left over is used by your programs, but it's much slower than using the SIMM RAM especially if you are

Re: Brian Wheeler, Where Are You?

2001-08-18 Thread J.S. Garrison
Brian I lost your email address. Contact me. Jeff -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 740 Printers refurbished $79 | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac

OS 7.6.1

2001-08-18 Thread Steve Moody
Anybody have a copy of 7.6.1 for an LCIII? I'm using 7.1, but want to move up to a version that has OT so that I can network it with a newer Mac. -- --- My email address is changed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - please change your address book. http://homepage.mac.com/stmoody/

Speaking of OS's

2001-08-18 Thread Steve Moody
Is there a list of new features for each new release of Mac OS? If I wanted to know what version was first to have the clock on the menu bar or the first to have the menus stay open without holding the mouse, where would I look? -- --- My email address is changed to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OS 7.6.1

2001-08-18 Thread Marten van de Kraats
Anybody have a copy of 7.6.1 for an LCIII? I'm using 7.1, but want to move up to a version that has OT so that I can network it with a newer Mac. -- --- Just install OT on 7.1 and be done with it. Your lc III will be dog slow with 7.6.1. --

Re: OS 7.6.1

2001-08-18 Thread Steve Moody
At 5:15 PM +0200 8/18/01, Marten van de Kraats wrote: Anybody have a copy of 7.6.1 for an LCIII? I'm using 7.1, but want to move up to a version that has OT so that I can network it with a newer Mac. -- --- Just install OT on 7.1 and be done with it. Your lc III will be dog slow with

Re: Speaking of OS's

2001-08-18 Thread Marten van de Kraats
Is there a list of new features for each new release of Mac OS? If I wanted to know what version was first to have the clock on the menu bar or the first to have the menus stay open without holding the mouse, where would I look? -- I don't know about such a site, but I do know how to get a

Re: OS 7.6.1

2001-08-18 Thread Marten van de Kraats
At 5:15 PM +0200 8/18/01, Marten van de Kraats wrote: Anybody have a copy of 7.6.1 for an LCIII? I'm using 7.1, but want to move up to a version that has OT so that I can network it with a newer Mac. -- --- Just install OT on 7.1 and be done with it. Your lc III will be dog slow with

Re: OS 7.6.1

2001-08-18 Thread Dana Sibera
On Sunday, August 19, 2001, at 01:26 AM, Marten van de Kraats wrote: At 5:15 PM +0200 8/18/01, Marten van de Kraats wrote: Anybody have a copy of 7.6.1 for an LCIII? I'm using 7.1, but want to move up to a version that has OT so that I can network it with a newer Mac. -- --- Just

Re: IIsi speedup tip (Was: NFS)

2001-08-18 Thread Bill Judson
Regarding the IIsi Disk Cache speed-up, I paraphrase from Mac Power Mac Secrets by David Pogue Joseph Schorr. The IIsi uses it's 1 MB on-board RAM both for video RAM and cache RAM. Any that's left over is used by your programs, but it's much slower than using the SIMM RAM especially if you

Re: NFS

2001-08-18 Thread rlf
Subject: NFS From: R.A. Cantrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] One of the Cameron Kaiser's wrote: A useful hack you might not know is to always have a 768k disk cache,... Yeah, It's something about forcing the system to use all of the on-board RAM so the programs will

Re: NFS

2001-08-18 Thread the pickle
At 06:55 -0500 on 18/08/01, R.A. Cantrell wrote: One of the Cameron Kaiser's wrote: A useful hack you might not know is to always have a 768k disk cache,... Yeah, It's something about forcing the system to use all of the on-board RAM so the programs will use the faster stuff in the slots.

Re: OS 7.6.1

2001-08-18 Thread the pickle
At 10:49 -0400 on 18/08/01, Steve Moody wrote: Anybody have a copy of 7.6.1 for an LCIII? I'm using 7.1, but want to move up to a version that has OT so that I can network it with a newer Mac. Uhmmm..why not just install OT on the LC III? Links are in the FAQ. p

Re: NFS

2001-08-18 Thread the pickle
At 13:06 -0400 on 18/08/01, rlf wrote: Yes, please, like how do you set said disk cache? Seriously. I have no Memory Control Panel. p _ the pickle The FAQ http://macfaq.binhost.com/ The Archive http://www.jmug.org/software/thepickle/

System 7.5.2 (Powerbook 190) Net Install

2001-08-18 Thread Amber Rhea
Where can I find a Net Install download for system 7.5.2 (for Powerbook 190) - not individual disk images. Thanks in advance! -- Amber Rhea [EMAIL PROTECTED] IBM is a big company. - Bill Gates, c.1980 -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: System 7.5.2 (Powerbook 190) Net Install

2001-08-18 Thread Marten van de Kraats
Where can I find a Net Install download for system 7.5.2 (for Powerbook 190) - not individual disk images. Thanks in advance! ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/mac/mirrors/apple/support/PowerBook/PB_5300_SW_Update/ I don't know wether it is a net install, but if it isn't just use disk copy and

Re: System 7.5.2 (Powerbook 190) Net Install

2001-08-18 Thread Marten van de Kraats
At 16:37 -0400 on 18/08/01, Amber Rhea wrote: Where can I find a Net Install download for system 7.5.2 (for Powerbook 190) - not individual disk images. Thanks in advance! There isn't one, but the 7.5.3 install on Apple's site will work. (You have to deal with that pesky 19-part download and

Re: 6214 Mac

2001-08-18 Thread Andrew Michael MacTao
Cameron Kaiser wrote: A Commodore 64 is better than all those inferior little things. :-P Commodore 64 user since 1984 and still using a 128D, Cameron, Is the 128D the model with a separate keyboard CPU?... Looks sort-of-similar to an Amiga 1000? Cheers, Andrew -- PM7100/80 - Sonnet

Re: Outpost.com

2001-08-18 Thread Gary Adams
So where is the best and cheapest place to buy processor and memory upgrades? Gary At 21:18 -0700 on 15/08/01, Gary Adams wrote: Hello, I was just looking at outpost.com's available memory chips and they have new chips for the old Mac II series including the FPU upgrade for the Original MAC

Re: Printer question

2001-08-18 Thread Andrew Michael MacTao
Marten wrote: I thought that the mac printer port was a serial port. How did they do that? I hope not by also delivering a nubus parallel printer port card, because that wouldn't be much help on a Classic II. Marten Yes, Orange Micro used to make a Mac to parallel cable and software. If you can

Blinking ? on disk

2001-08-18 Thread Jim Raper
Hello, y'all, Early season question for the list. I'm the person with the Mac lab of LCII's, 575's, and 580's. When the teacher whose room houses the lab went in a few days prior to the opening of school, she and a student turned a few (6-8) of the Macs on. All came up with the disk icon with

Re: Outpost.com

2001-08-18 Thread the pickle
At 16:31 -0700 on 18/08/01, Gary Adams wrote: So where is the best and cheapest place to buy processor and memory upgrades? brand-new 30-pin SIMMs, however, starting with SATech or the LEM Swaplist. Did you read the above line in my post? p

Re: Blinking ? on disk

2001-08-18 Thread Marten van de Kraats
This sounds like someone formatting the whole lot of them to get even with the teacher... Try starting up from floppy (disk tools disk) and see wether there is still a system folder with all the goodies inside (or else wether the whole thing is just erased). Hello, y'all, Early season

Re: Blinking ? on disk

2001-08-18 Thread the pickle
At 19:03 -0500 on 18/08/01, Jim Raper wrote: Hello, y'all, Early season question for the list. I'm the person with the Mac lab of LCII's, 575's, and 580's. When the teacher whose room houses the lab went in a few days prior to the opening of school, she and a student turned a few (6-8) of the

Re: Blinking ? on disk

2001-08-18 Thread jpero
Hello, y'all, Early season question for the list. I'm the person with the Mac lab of LCII's, 575's, and 580's. When the teacher whose room houses the lab went in a few days prior to the opening of school, she and a student turned a few (6-8) of the Macs on. All came up with the disk icon

Re: Blinking ? on disk

2001-08-18 Thread Alex Allee
on 8/18/01 1:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did those HD hum and make seeking noises when turned on? If not, slap hard on sides of the Macs few times asap when turned on. If that trick did work and hear HD spin up and make seeks and boots fine, replace HDs. That's

Re: Blinking ? on disk

2001-08-18 Thread William Ahearn
--- Jim Raper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, y'all, Early season question for the list. I'm the person with the Mac lab of LCII's, 575's, and 580's. When the teacher whose room houses the lab went in a few days prior to the opening of school, she and a student turned a few (6-8) of

Re: NFS

2001-08-18 Thread rlf
Vintage Macs wrote... From: the pickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: NFS At 13:06 -0400 on 18/08/01, rlf wrote: Yes, please, like how do you set said disk cache? Seriously. I have no Memory Control Panel. p Shucks, I plum forgot. Just another senior citizen moment. Bob F -- Vintage

Re: Blinking ? on disk

2001-08-18 Thread rlf
From: Jim Raper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Blinking ? on disk Hello, y'all, Early season question for the list. I'm the person with the Mac lab of LCII's, 575's, and 580's. When the teacher whose room houses the lab went in a few days prior to the opening of school, she and a student turned a

Re: OS 7.6.1

2001-08-18 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Steve Moody [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anybody have a copy of 7.6.1 for an LCIII? I'm using 7.1, but want to move up to a version that has OT so that I can network it with a newer Mac. You don't need 7.6.1 for that. :) Hit this, http://devworld.apple.com/sdk Get the Drag Manager,

Re: Speaking of OS's

2001-08-18 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Steve Moody [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a list of new features for each new release of Mac OS? If I wanted to know what version was first to have the clock on the menu bar or the first to have the menus stay open without holding the mouse, where would I look? Wasn't

Re: OS 7.6.1

2001-08-18 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Marten van de Kraats [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you use a dialup connection, download ot ppp too. Same directory. I saw some site (while digging up info on the 6200) that FreePPP is a much better performer on the internet than OT-PPP. Somehow FreePPP can operate the 6200's serial ports

Re: Blinking ? on disk

2001-08-18 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Alex Allee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 8/18/01 1:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did those HD hum and make seeking noises when turned on? If not, slap hard on sides of the Macs few times asap when turned on. If that trick did work and hear HD spin up and

A/UX

2001-08-18 Thread Terry Mathews
A/UX has been brought up on several occasions recently as The UNIX to use on m68k. While this may not be completely true, it is the only UNIX that has Classic support on 68k machines. As a matter of fact, it runs 7.0.1 with the update. :-) http://www.faqs.org/faqs/aux-faq/ This will answer a lot

Re: OS 7.6.1

2001-08-18 Thread the pickle
At 19:29 -0700 on 18/08/01, Gregg Eshelman wrote: Then get Open Transport 1.1.1 and install it then get Open Transport 1.1.2 and install it. I don't know why Apple says to install 1.1.1 then 1.1.2 instead of just installing 1.1.2. Open Transport ...because the OT on the ftp.info.apple.com

Re: OS 7.6.1

2001-08-18 Thread the pickle
At 19:36 -0700 on 18/08/01, Gregg Eshelman wrote: --- Marten van de Kraats [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you use a dialup connection, download ot ppp too. Same directory. I saw some site (while digging up info on the 6200) that FreePPP is a much better performer on the internet than OT-PPP.

Re: Expletive Deleted Apple! Re: OS 7.6.1

2001-08-18 Thread the pickle
At 20:02 -0700 on 18/08/01, Gregg Eshelman wrote: OK! Get me my #8 Clue-by-Four. GRR! Apple has moved or just plain cut off public access to the devworld site now. Try this: ftp://ftp.apple.com/developer/Development_Kits/OpenTransport/OT1.1.2/ The other nice bits are in the