Comment: I run two G4 towers in my home office. Both have OS9.2.2 and the latest "Tiger" installed. Both are "dual bootable" (although I haven't booted into OS9 for over a year). G4#1 has a 2 x 1GHz CPU and G4#2 was a 400MHz upgraded with a Sonnet 1.4GHz CPU. G4#2 is used mostly for recording/watching TV (ElGato EyeTV tuners) and camcorder work. I don't use Classic very often on this one.
At bedtime I Stop Classic and Sleep OSX. The office is cool in the morning when I return - indicating that not much power is being consumed - except for Wednesdays when ChronoSync wakes up my #1 G4 at 5am and does a full backup, leaving it on afterwards. I shut down Classic each night because, if I don't, I get frequent crashes from Classic Apps on subsequent days. It takes only 30 seconds to restart Classic. I have never defragmented a Hard Drive. I "Repair Permissions" before and after installing any new software - ignoring the nagging "New software is available..." window until I'm ready for it! Safari occasionally "locks up" the computer completely. I've noticed that this occurs mostly when Emailer begins its 20 minute schedule. That's the only time I have to restart my computer. In line with recent discussions, "SilverKeeper" had loads of problems with Emailer's "Temp Incoming" and "Downloads" folders, which is why I changed to "ChronoSync". "SilverKeeper" simply gave up. "ChronoSync" seems to log but ignore any errors. Those two folders are jointly responsible for many problems and it's best to empty them frequently. I'm not suggesting that the way I work is the right way. Just that it gives me minimal problems to work this way. I'd love to change to an OSX version of Emailer and Claris Home Page but it looks as if that won't happen soon. I have a copy of "Disk Warrior" and a copy of "Drive Genius". So far, "Disk Warrior" has saved a local graphics designer from losing a lot of work on his G4. I haven't had to use them myself. I simply bought them as "insurance". Martin Pickering (UK) ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
