Ad seriatum > Greetings and felicitations. > > I'm new to this list and reading your posts is making me both curious and > a bit technically overwhelmed at the same time. Hopefully you can answer > some questions. Here's my setup -- > > G3/233 > 96 MB RAM > OS 9.1 on two HDs (a 4 GB and a 2 GB), OS 8.1 on the third HD (2 GB). > Apple Personal LaserWriter > > I also have a Smart & Friendly 8020 external SCSI CDRW burner and Toast 5 > Lite -- which don't seem to want to burn CDs (data backup is all I need > from it), and in light of this, someone gave me an Iomega Zip drive for > my birthday recently (as soon as I get Zip disks, I'll try that instead). > > My curiosities -- some generated by my own problems, others gathered from > what I'm reading in here so far -- are as follows: > > 1. Does anyone know if I need special drivers to get the CDRW to burn a > CD? The Toast seems to work, at least in the sense that it (a) recognizes > the presence of the CDRW and (b) very nicely allows me to select the data > I want to save to CD. The problem is, if I use a rewritable disk (which > would be my preference), the setup tells me to please insert a writable > disk. If I use a one-time-only CD, the system usually accepts it, but not > always, and when it does, there are interminable delays. Frankly, it's so > bad I've lost patience waiting for it to "prepare the disc" or whatever > it said it was doing, I'd go off and watch a movie, come back and find it > STILL in this "preparation" mode, and just quit out of Toast, eject the > CD and turn off the CDRW in disgusted frustration. But since I still have > the thing sitting here, and it didn't even cost me any money, well, > before I really and truly give up on it....you know? You might try adding ram to the machine and upping the ram allocation to Toast. > > 2. Inspired by a question on LEM's PCI list (prior to getting my G3 I was > on a 7200/120, so I spent some time on that list), which made me join the > G-list today: What is a cuda switch, what is it used for, and if I needed > it, where would I find it? it is a small(1/4") square module on the MoBo outside the last PCI slot. There is a small button inside the small square, press it. > > 3. I think I'm getting AppleWorks soon, which lots of people say will fix > this problem, but can anyone tell me WHY my present word processing > program (been using it for years), ClarisWorks 4, will not work properly > under OS 9.1? Yes, I can open documents and type in them, but the Search > and Replace function is fubar, and so is the list of file formats under > "save as." Namely I can't save in .rtf if I run it under OS 9.1. What I > want to know is why, if possible. Yes, this is why I'm still using 8.1 > (the OS I was using with my 7200) on one of my G3's HDs for now. I do a > lot of writing and these functions are crucial to me. not me > > 4. What would I have to do to get my G3 to run OS X, and is there REALLY > any good reason why I'd want to? And did I just read a post from someone > today about not being able to use his or her current printer with OS X? > Does that mean if I got OS X, I'd have to buy a new printer......?! All you have to do to get Jauguar to run is install it. You'll need more ram, though, 256 min. I don't know. You might be able to network to the 7200 and use it as a printer server (but I don't know how and don't really know what "printer server" means. > > 5. Which flavor of OS 9 is really the best for my G3 as I presently have > it? By best I mean most stable, efficient and "speedy." 9.2.2 > > 6. My G3, having come with OS 9.1 also came with a bunch of Microsoft > apps already on it (most of which I definitely intend to delete as soon > as I "straighten myself out"), including Internet Exploiter. I'm used to, > and know I can use, Netscape and iCAB as browsers under 9.1 just as I did > on 8.1. But I also hear that some websites "do better" with IE, and have > sometimes encountered difficulty with Netscape and iCAB. So I'm > CONSIDERING keeping and occasionally using IE if I have to. But unlike > with Netscape and iCAB, I can't find in the System Folder's Preferences > for Explorer a cookies file -- which I'd lock up the way I did with the > cookies files on Netscape and iCAB (i.e., via Get Info). So -- and my > decision to keep/use IE totally depends on if I can somehow do a similar > permanent cookies lockup on IE -- can anyone tell me where to find it and > how to do it? I have Safari and IE on my G3tx, and so far I still prefer IE, but I have not gotten used to Safari, I guess. > > That's all I can think of off the top of my head. Thanks to you all for > reading, and thanks in advance to those of you who can answer my > questions. > > ~Yersinia. > > ________ > > "Never ask a man what sort of computer he drives. If it's a Mac, he'll > tell you. If not, why embarrass him?" -- Tom Clancy >
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