Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-06 Thread Teri Pittman
At 11:51 PM 04/05/2002 -0800, you wrote: 9.1 is OK on a 110Mhz 601 PowerMac but on a 100Mhz Power IIci with its 25Mhz bus speed would be torture that not even an Al Queda terrorist should be subjected to. ;-) duck-n-run! Thank you, Gregg. That's pretty much what I thought I was reading

PRAM question

2002-04-06 Thread Robert Patterson
There has been a thread that implies that the battery-backed PRAM has two strengths; that is, it takes longer for non-powered PRAM to forget the board's manufacture date and hours-in-use than it does for it to forget standard settings like color-depth and mouse-speed. Is this correct?

Re: PRAM question

2002-04-06 Thread Clark Martin
At 12:38 PM -0500 4/6/02, Robert Patterson wrote: There has been a thread that implies that the battery-backed PRAM has two strengths; that is, it takes longer for non-powered PRAM to forget the board's manufacture date and hours-in-use than it does for it to forget standard settings like

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-06 Thread J.S. Garrison
-- From: Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vintage Macs) Subject: Re: Another IIci question Date: Sat, Apr 6, 2002, 6:12 AM At 11:51 PM 04/05/2002 -0800, you wrote: 9.1 is OK on a 110Mhz 601 PowerMac but on a 100Mhz Power IIci with its 25Mhz bus speed would be

Re: PRAM question

2002-04-06 Thread the pickle
At 12:38 -0500 on 06/04/02, Robert Patterson wrote: There has been a thread that implies that the battery-backed PRAM has two strengths; that is, it takes longer for non-powered PRAM to forget the board's manufacture date and hours-in-use than it does for it to forget standard settings like

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-06 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you, Gregg. That's pretty much what I thought I was reading (except I wasn't aware of the OS versions involved). I'm starting to think the wisest course for this IIci is to max it out on RAM, play around with it a bit, and keep my eye out

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-06 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- J.S. Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Y'know, I'm dumbfounded at this one. I have a 6100/66av that ran OS 9.1 just fine. Even went to iTunes radio stations that would broadcast in my speed-zone, (28.8k), and got music hiccupingly. Now with the Newer 240Mhz. card in it, I have no

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-06 Thread mart
Teri Pittman wrote: I'm starting to think the wisest course for this IIci is to max it out on RAM, play around with it a bit, and keep my eye out for a cheap Power Mac or G3 or 4. A lot less costly but very much worth the effort is the addition of an '030 accellerator card like the 'Diimo 030

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-06 Thread Scott Holder
At 09:29 PM 4/6/2002 -0800, you wrote: I'm starting to think the wisest course for this IIci is to max it out on RAM, play around with it a bit, and keep my eye out for a cheap Power Mac or G3 or 4. A lot less costly but very much worth the effort is the addition of an '030

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-06 Thread J.S. Garrison
-- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mart) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vintage Macs) Subject: Re: Another IIci question Date: Sat, Apr 6, 2002, 7:31 PM Teri Pittman wrote: I'm starting to think the wisest course for this IIci is to max it out on RAM, play around with it a bit, and keep my eye out

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-06 Thread the pickle
At 21:54 -0800 on 06/04/02, J.S. Garrison wrote: A lot less costly but very much worth the effort is the addition of an '030 accellerator card like the 'Diimo 030 cache card'. Runs on 50 Mhz. Got one in here; makes the OS 7.1 on this IIci really zippy :) -mart I'm kinda spoiled. I like

Re: PRAM question

2002-04-06 Thread Scott Barber
how do, On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, Clark Martin wrote: AFAIK, no it forgets everything equally. What has been said is that a PRAM ZAP DOESN'T clear the Manf date and hours-in-use but that a dead or pulled battery clears all. so would not so equally be what we call corrupted pram? What got

Re: Another IIci question

2002-04-06 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- the pickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 21:54 -0800 on 06/04/02, J.S. Garrison wrote: A lot less costly but very much worth the effort is the addition of an '030 accellerator card like the 'Diimo 030 cache card'. Runs on 50 Mhz. Got one in here; makes the OS 7.1 on this IIci really