>On Friday, Jan 3, 2003, at 00:54 Europe/London, Marten van de Kraats >wrote: > >> Why a IICI? > >Convenient Example. Apple used to sell them as workgroup servers for >Mac clusters using Pluses and SEs. They used a remote boot system that >ran off the IIci hard disk. Must have been painfully slow but it worked.
I myself used an iMac running OS X as a server, but feel free to try it with a IIci . > >> And you don't need any necessary tools on it. You only >> need to have a shared drive containing system 6 and the applications >> you want to load (max 124 MB) > >Very true. Automation with an Applescript would help but that's require >System 7 to do the booting and installing. Automation is done by the ram disk utility. We system 6'ers don't need applescript bloatware. > >>> The >>> next problem you confront is writing the data BACK to the shared drive >>> at shutdown! >> >> The ram disk utility will deal with that too! > >Aha, if that tool exists (something *like* Connectix Maxima came to >mind, as I have it on disk) for System 6.0.8 then this could well be >done. I can bare-bones test it on a non-compact Mac (tomorrow!! - It's >2am and I've just written a mini-essay on my deep seated reasons for >liking Apple) if someone will give me the right RAM Disk util. for >System 6, is it on S6H Marten? Marten -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Check out the System 6 Heaven: http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/system_6_heaven.html Subscribe to the LEM system6 list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------------------------------------------------------- -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. 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/> --> 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]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
