On 1/19/03 Victoria wrote: >on 1/18/03 3:10 PM, Andrew Kershaw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I run 8.6 on a 5300cs and a 5300ce, mostly because I can. OS 9 was >> just too much of a pooch for my tastes. > >Drew -- how much RAM do you have on these 5300s? I've only got 32MB on mine >(two attempts to max it out have ended in complete failure, though by some >miracle without costing any money), and have heard that 8.6 requires 48 >minimum. It's got 8.5 on there now, but the idea of upgrading has some >appeal, primarily because 8.6 runs my rock stable 7600, and its predictable >(not to say phlegmatic) habits are in marked contrast to those of the 5300, >which keeps dreaming up new flakinesses to entertain me with. This is even >after (especially after) a recent clean system reinstall. Is there a >reasonable chance that 8.6 would help it settle down, and if so could it get >by with so little memory?
If you have OS 9.1 available, why not try that? Just today I was testing a 3400 with only the 16MBs onboard and 9.1 booted and ran fine with a full extension set, but a fast HD does help keep the VM from bogging down the PB. I'm running 9.1 on my PPC 540Cs (pretty much the same as a 5300) with 40MBs ram and it runs fast and stable. I've got VM set to around 64MBs and 9.1 uses about 15MBs or so. The 30GB HDs (converted ATA-to-scsi) aren't all that fast on the scsi bus, so that much VM is _not_ slowing down the PBs enough to make them unusable. I'm very pleased with 9.1, as I've mentioned here previously, the much improved PPC codebase feels faster to me than any version of OS 8. Yes, booting takes longer but since PBs are normally slept rather than shut down and restarted I don't feel that's a drawback. Hey, here's a followup question, anyone get 9.2.x running on their 3400? I'd sure like to know the trick, as major improvements were added to the OS with that release. I've used the tools from OS9forever and they didn't work for me . . . Dan K -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
