> Vicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi all > >> Here is the problem specs first > >> 8150/80 with 2gb hdd 264mb ram 300 g3 cpu newertech upgrade > >> What is the best OS for this mac I tried all night to get 9 loaded but > the >> cd ext and ethernet and speech and also Qt exts all cause start up > freezes. > >> Should I go back to 8.1 or 8.6 > > First, definitely remove the cache. I couldn't get 9.1 to work reliably > on my 8100/80/Sonnet G3/HPV pass through either. As I remember, > QuickTime seemed to be a likely cause of conflict. I would install 9.1 > and everything would appear to be okay, and then after downloading the > latest Quicktime strange things would happen. Desktop pictures would > not appear unless they were saved as a different format. (I think you > had to save them as jpegs.) Then the freezes would start. I finally > stayed at 8.6 and it's been stable since. > > Dave Schwartz >
ok, i was wondering about this. i had i think 8.6 on one machine & 9.2 on the other, something... but when i installed quicktime 6, the screen took a VERY LONG time to redraw (watching in shock as my desktop icons one by one blip up individually on the screen). you should be able to get os9.1 going, but don't even try 9.0 or 9.2. & if you have quicktime 6, trash it & reinstall qt5; if that doesn't go so well, go with qt4 (which i think is pretty darn good anyway). & yeah, when i went to choose a picture for the desktop, it would show up in the pane, & then revert to a magenta background. it was there, but wasn't there, & the desktop didn't change. 8.6 isn't bad, but 9.1 is better (is that the consensus view?) so... do quicktime updates have hardware issues unrelated to software? or with some combinations of both? i've been gunshy about updating to qt6 since then--but do others use it on certain machines with no problems? ggsound -- 1st-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> 1st PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/1st-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: <http://mail.maclaunch.com/lists/1st-powermacs/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
