The reason that I haven't gone to OS 9, 10, or 11, is that that will no doubt require buying all new applications. I can understand tht Apple ould have problem with OS 8.1.
In a prior lifetime, in a place called "Silicon Valler", in the San Francisco Bay Area, ... I compiled and tested a new version of the operating system for the mini0computers. That was back when Tandem Computers existed, before Compaq bought them out, and Hewett-Packard bought them out. Ah, the good old days. One reason that I am using the older versions of applications is: I am trying to stay compatible with the Quadra 630, the old reliable workhourse. To go to OS 9, 10, and above, you have to backup (copy ?) all of your files; reformat the HD to HFS Plus; then none of the backuped files can be restored; as I understand it. I don't want to abolish the 7 years that I have been working on my family history and the 10,000 person database. The second reason for not buying a whole new system with all new apps and peripherials every month is: that I had a near-fatal bicycle accident in 1995, crushed my head, multiple skull fractures, knocked out my left eye anda front tooth, broke my nose, and was expected to die. Ah, but it takes more than that to kill a 'Damm Yankee". I walked out of the hospital a month later, but noone will hire me with a missing forehead. So, I am 'retired' and existing on a VA pension, no insurance, no nest egg, etc. Generally the ReadMe file for applications indicate how much memory they require, and what minimum version of the OS it requires. But it doesn't indicate that if it needs OS 8.1, that it will run on OS 9 or 10. So I may be shooting myself in the head, unless I have a seperate computer or disk to boot from to run the older apps. This is why I was wonderinng if it makes sense to have a 'Genealogy' ZIP disk, an 'Internet' ZIP didk, an 'Adobie' ZIP disk. Then boot from whatever application I want to run, and use the HD as storage. Speaking of Adobie: I needed to install it, so that I could access PDF files. It requires its own font library (aparently). So I installd that, and now I get a message everytime I boot that someother font library is missing, and to install it. So either it was a crummt install, or it expected a library in the HD and did not indicate that it would be needed after install. This is the kind of crap that happends with many installs of some off the wall app. It either isn't complete, or it removes a curent version of something , and installs an older version, because the install procedure isn't smart enough to either identify an existing version or that a newer version superceedes the old one it wants to install. So now to fix that, I have to reload the OS, install everything but Adobie. Then create another OS with Adobie,so that I can view PDF files. I'm missing the need for all this. If I installed system 9 or X, I would probably need multiple copies of the OS, one for genealogy, one for Adobie and PDF, etc. Apple has done it again, taken something simple and screwed it all up. This is like the 20 versions of OS. 7. &.1, 7.1 Update, 7.2, 7.3, 7.3 Update, 7.4, 7.5. 7.6. And which macs needed which versions of which OS? Nobody knew. So Iinstalled them all, and wound up having to boot from a ZIP disk, and having to reinstall OS 7.1, then figure out what I really needed. Installing memory is the same way. It takes 10 minutes to install the boards. But there is a White and a Blue and a Gram and a desktop and a floor model, and varieties of color schemes with both the desktop and floor model Macs. So do I need the White or Gray or see-thru or floor model memory for my G3? How much more complicated can we get? And did I purchase and install the right 3-256 memory boards on my G3? There's no way to tell, because the chips have some number inked on them in Malaisia, not a manufactures number. So you have no idea if its memory or something else. I have a real problem with this kind of marketing. DaveB -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
