On May 20, 2009, at 9:32 PM, [email protected] wrote: > It made for a snappier system--worked great on my 520c. One of the > best purchases I made for that machine.
The 520c is a 68K Mac and it max'd out at OS 8.1, and ran best with OS 7.x. I'm sure RAM Doubler really helped a lot. I still think RAM Doubler isn't required in OS 9.x. on a PPC Mac. Further, most PPC Mac have ability to install large amounts of RAM, so you're not as constricted as you were on 68K Macs. Better to buy real RAM then use virtual RAM. In OS 9.x you handle this with Control Panels>Memory>Virtual Memory. You can double or triple your RAM if you want. I always had large amounts of real RAM and turned virtual memory off, then things were really quick. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
