Netscape woes. Re: purging memory

2001-10-18 Thread Gregg Eshelman
The problem I'm having with Netscape 4.78 on a Mac right now is that it will not react to clicking on ftp:// links nor will it download files or go into directories on FTP sites. I can hold the button until I get the menu and select download or for directories I can open in a new window. I reinsta

Re: purging memory

2001-10-18 Thread Jane Thompson
Hi, Marten: I have been experiencing terrible crashes with Netscape 4.7 for the last few days, and now I'm having trouble it stay open for more than about 10 seconds on startup. I'm worried that I'll lose my email, addresses, and bookmarks in switching to another setup. Can I just import them int

Re: Pentium Card

2001-10-18 Thread THE ROCK
Thanks for your help and suggestion. Peter. Gregg Eshelman wrote: > A better place would be the mac-n-dos list. > http://lowendmac.net/lists/macndos.shtml > > Vintage Macs is for ones with a 680x0 series CPU. > > You can tell the speed of the CPU by taking off > the heatsink. If the heatsink is

Re: Pentium Card

2001-10-18 Thread THE ROCK
The bottom of the chip says: APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 1997 820 0930-A "J.S. Garrison" wrote: > -- > >From: THE ROCK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Vintage Macs) > >Subject: Pentium Card > >Date: Thu, Oct 18, 2001, 3:22 AM > > > > > I asked this question on the pci list but n

Re: Pentium Card

2001-10-18 Thread SaulBro
> I asked this question on the pci list but never really got an answer so > maybe somebody here may help. I've got this mac pentium card that I'd > like to install in my 7500/G3. It is 12 inches long. How can I tell > whether it's pentium 166 or pentium 100? Will it work with a G3 upgraded > mac?

Re: purging memory

2001-10-18 Thread Amber Rhea
on 10/18/01 3:00 PM, (Vintage Macs) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > rebooting 3 times a day? Maybe in the times of system 7.x, but I > remember things getting much better starting with mac os 8 and > further As long as you can avoid running system 7.x you'll be > pretty fine... > > Marten Mar

Re: memory leak

2001-10-18 Thread Gregg Eshelman
I tried that Mac OS Purge thing on 8.6 here and it works, really fast. At least it doesn't cause a crash. I'll have to try it on 9.1 on the Radius at home. (Now if I could find some hacks to get 9.2.1 on the Radius...) = "The earth swarms with inhabitants. Why then should nature, which is fru

memory leak

2001-10-18 Thread JAG
i said i REBOOTED, not CRASHED 3x a day. i do it on purpose to keep those crashes at bay. I also reboot as i walk out the door to lunch or as I go to a meeting. If you have TONS of ram (like 256 or more) the problem of the memory leak diminishes SOMEWHAT, but it only means that you will go longer

Heh, oops! - (was Re: Clearing out unused extra memory)

2001-10-18 Thread Richard Brauer
>> You could try Mac OS Purge. It's a handy little utility for >> freeing up memory that programs often don't fully release. It's >> available on "The Site." Email me off list for the URL if you don't >> already have it. >> >> Iechyd Da, >> Andrew > > > Andrew, what is your email? Presumably

Re: 20SC HD

2001-10-18 Thread Gary Adams
Yes you have "THE" original first Hard Drive for the Original Mac I paid $1000.00 for a used one back then because it was the only one available ant the only on the dealer had! I still have the original set up disk. You can put a larger drive in the case if you want a bigger drive with the old cas

Re: Pentium Card

2001-10-18 Thread Eric Wellington
I have a higher level of PC expertise than Macs, so I'll help you out with the Pentium speed part .. take off the cooling device and look at the numbers on the chip. You should see "100", "133", "120", "166", etc. mixed in somewhere, probably at the end. -Original Message- From: THE R

Re: Pentium Card

2001-10-18 Thread Gregg Eshelman
A better place would be the mac-n-dos list. http://lowendmac.net/lists/macndos.shtml Vintage Macs is for ones with a 680x0 series CPU. You can tell the speed of the CPU by taking off the heatsink. If the heatsink is glued on, there are numbers on the bottom of the CPU and intel has a chart on th

Re: Pentium Card

2001-10-18 Thread J.S. Garrison
-- >From: THE ROCK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Vintage Macs) >Subject: Pentium Card >Date: Thu, Oct 18, 2001, 3:22 AM > > I asked this question on the pci list but never really got an answer so > maybe somebody here may help. I've got this mac pentium card that I'd > l

Pentium Card

2001-10-18 Thread THE ROCK
I asked this question on the pci list but never really got an answer so maybe somebody here may help. I've got this mac pentium card that I'd like to install in my 7500/G3. It is 12 inches long. How can I tell whether it's pentium 166 or pentium 100? Will it work with a G3 upgraded mac? It came wi