On 4/16/02 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sydney, you are correct it's a Newer 183. Your's is the first comment > I've heard about a 'crippled' chache, can you elaborate?
Iirc, as this goes back about 6 years, the Newer 167 mhz PPC for 540c and 183 mhz PPC for 1400 both had 32 kb level 2 cache when it should have had 2-4 x that amount. I had a 167 which went back to Newer (to their great credit) due to a weird compression corruption problem with AD/DD (they had replicated this w/one other user), both of us on Toshiba 840 mb SCSI HDs, big at the time. I found the original 68040/25 much faster on 7.6.1--the PPC/167 was a terrible dog. You will find any 040 w/math coprocessor positively flying on the old system & best apps of its generation. In a way, we are all "victims" of progress, propaganda and bloat, masquerading as bigger, better, faster... > As for 'magnifying' 8.6/9.1 differences, surely that exactly points out > 9.1's superiority on older Macs? 8.6 felt excruciatingly slow on my 1400 > where 9.1 'feels' much more responsive, and I'd like to reckon that > proves the pudding. Quite possibly, but using RD/SD on the 2400 or just SD on older G3-G4 desktops w/more ram, we just don't notice. It was well known SD ran considerably better than Apple's own OS based PPC/68k emulator. Certainly use whatever works better for you. Besides eventual data loss, there are no absolutes in computing. ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Need help from a real person? Try. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------- Dr. Bott | 10/100 Ethernet for your 2400 is finally here! MPC-100 | <http://www.drbott.com/prod/mpc100.html> RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com> Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>
