> -I'd also recommend OS 7.6, just because of its modern internet controls,
>so similar to OS 8. Our school (I'm a teacher) took all of the 030 Macs in
>the building to 7.6.1 three years ago, just for that reason.
> -But saying that "anything lower requires a restart..." Sorry, but it's
>been my experience that both anything lower AND anything HIGHER all require
>restarts after a crash. I crash Macs every day (yes, EVERY) at home or
>work, and every one of them from OS8 to 9.1 ALL tell me to restart when some
>app crashes. I usually save, then ignore the warning. Then within a few
>minutes, the computer freezes. It never fails.
The difference is with the OSes below 7.6.1 they do not give you the
option to save. Even an address error will force an immediate reboot.
This is not true of the 68K Macs, however. At least 7.5.3 and 7.5.5 will
allow an app to crash without taking down the whole machine.
Mike
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