At 20:45 -0400 on 10/04/02, Dan Knight wrote: >Find a faster drive and ditch System 7.0 in favor of 7.1 or 7.5.x.
That will only serve to make it even slower. >version; revision .0 software tends to be a bit buggy. You'll be much >happier with 7.1 or 7.5.x. No, *you* might be much happier with 7.5.x, but the other 300 people on this list who have tried it have quickly gotten frustrated by the following facts: 1) you can't get 7.5.x on floppies or as floppy disk images anywhere 2) as a result of (1), it takes 40MB hard disk space merely to *install* the OS 3) the OS takes nearly 40MB of space *once it is installed* in addition to the space required for (2) 4) it takes about three and a half minutes to boot on a 68000, whereas System 6 takes about 10 seconds 5) it takes about 3MB RAM, leaving only 1MB or less available for programs, whereas System 6 takes less than a meg. On Macs with a 4MB RAM limit, this matters. A lot. the pickle FAQ <http://macfaq.org/index.shtml> Software Archive <ftp://download:[EMAIL PROTECTED]//Users/thepickl/Sites/Archive/> _________________________________________________________________ -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... SPECIAL LIST PRICES - Replacement Apple CDROMs from $19.99, MacOS 8.5 CD $79.99 PPC 5400/200Mhz 16/1.6GB/CD/ENET/L2 $119, 5+ for $99 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> 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]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
