on 4/5/01 4:16 PM, Dave Perin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi, Shane-
>
> Thanks for the nice note. All I meant is that as I use up to 3 different
> Macs a day, I can easily have one of them freeze on any given day. Internet
> browsers seem to freeze the most easily.
AMEN to that! I generally avoid those crashes by: keeping cache file(s) on a
ShrinkWrap disk image, as having that in your System Folder is just inviting
directory damage to your boot drive -- and besides, with the image mounted
in RAM, it's faster; at least once a week, trash all cache files; and if the
suggested RAM usage is 16 MB, allocate 32 MB if you've got it.
>
> My G3/266 Mac at home now has 352 mb of RAM, a 10gb HD, and an extra 2.1 gb
> SCSI HD mounted internally. It also has a built-in Zip drive, and SCSI Jaz
> drive mounted externally. On this machine I use OS 9.0.4.
>
> My Powerbook Duo 2300 is maxxed out at 56 mb of RAM, has a 1 gb internal HD.
> The dock at home has a 2 gb hard drive in it, as does my dock at school. I
> usually book the Duo off the dock at both places.
>
> The Mac on my desk at school (their machine) is a PowerMac 5500/225. We
> boosted the RAM to 96 mb this year, and replaced the original 2 gb hard
> drive with a 10 gig drive. I also added a Sonnet G3 upgrade card to that
> machine, which works very well. I've probably experienced more crashes on
> that particular Mac, but only since I've upgraded the OS from 9.0.4 to 9.1.
> I found a few pieces of software which don't seem to like OS 9.1.
Sounds like you have adequate resources on all machines. So, unless your
crashes are virtually all from browsers, you ought to take Norton &/or
TechTool Pro to these machines. Perhaps keeping a log book of the
circumstances of the crashes might help. Personally, I've got 4 rows of
extensions that march across my screen at boot time (@ 1024x768) on all my
machines and basically the only time I crash is when a browser chews on a
bad bit of Java or something. So, there's no fundamental reason to tolerate
near-daily instability.
>
> Thank you for not talking down to me. I really DO know what I'm doing when
> it comes to using Macs, but I certainly am the first one to experiment with
> the latest OS, different extensions, etc. Anyone who can relate to that
> surely is no stranger to computer crashes. Granted, if I'd stay with older,
> friendlier versions of the OS, I'd practically never have a crash.
Careful here. Older doesn't necessarily mean more stable. There are
"islands of stability". For 68030 & older, MacOS 7.6.1 -- although on TRULY
ancient Macs, you may want to run System 7.1 or even 6.0.8 (I think I've got
those decimals right. My 4 MB Mac Plus ran for years as a dual boot
Sys6/Sys7 machine before I retired it when a HD went bad.). For 68040 (&
poss. first generation PowerMacs), MacOS 8.1 . All other pre-G3 PowerMacs
(& clones), MacOS 8.6. Not sure about beige G3's, but I'd guess MacOS 9.0.4
or 9.1. All other (more recent) Macs, MacOS 9.0.4 or 9.1.
Furthermore, it's a good idea to check on VersionTracker for updates to your
chosen system. They have pages pointing to all updated components which are
more recent than the "stock" version of your MacOS of choice, at least for
the stable versions listed above.
MacOS 7.6.x: http://www.versiontracker.com/systems/system76.shtml
MacOS 8.1: http://www.versiontracker.com/systems/system8.shtml
MacOS 8.6: http://www.versiontracker.com/systems/system86.shtml
MacOS 9.x: http://www.versiontracker.com/systems/system9.shtml
>
> Dave
>
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