On Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 07:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was under the impression that installing the IIsi ROM into the SE/30
precluded the need for Mode 32. Is there any advantage to having the IIsi SIMM
over just using Mode 32?
There is no version of Mode32 that supports System 7.6. If you need to run System 7.6, a genuine ROM plus a bit of resource hacking is the only way forward for the SE/30. I can't imagine any real difference for most System 7.1 or 7.5 users -- Mode32 just replaces existing bad code provided by Apple in the SE/30's ROM. Code in RAM should execute a smidge more quickly than code in ROM but you're very unlikely to notice any difference.
After installing a IIsi ROM in my own SE/30, it initially froze on startup because the System 7.1 installation was specific for the SE/30. Reinstalling System 7.1 using the "For any Macintosh" option corrected the problem. I have no experience of System 7.5 on an upgraded SE/30 but I have no need. If you install of the extras suggested on Gamba's pages (Drag and Drop extensions, Thread Manager, Scriptable Finder etc) you'll have a functional equivalent to System 7.5.x that uses less memory and is very, very stable.
Phil --- http://www.mandrake.demon.co.uk/Apple/
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