>Really?!? That's what I have been wanting to do for a long time and >it is always is shot down by this list (what's left of it). I really >need my boxes to run X but I have kept 1 on 9 for SIMS. >Maybe now is the time to try it.
Knock on wood, mine has been stable for just shy of two weeks. I do know one of the tricks to Classic being stable is to run no more of the OS than you have to. So I stripped 9.2.2 down to the bare minimal to run with network services. Also, a hint with Classic, tell OS X to never sleep Classic. In the Classic system pref, one of the options is how long to wait before sleeping classic when no classic apps are in use... slide that to Never. First, OS X doesn't do a good job of knowing when a Classic app is "in use" and often tries to sleep Classic while it is still in use (causing either your Classic app to stop or crash), and 2: Classic does a horrible job of waking back up from that sleep state, particularly when network services are in question. Also, if you have a choice, run OS 10.4 (or 10.4 Server). Classic became more stable with age. Ironically, Apple was probably one more Classic version away from having it perfect, and now they have killed it off entirely (I tend to doubt it will be in 10.5 at all being that it isn't supported on Intel Macs) For my setup, I told Classic to start when the user logs in, and then I just put a shortcut to SIMS in the OS 9's System Folder's Startup Items. I also have a user account set to log in automatically, so as soon as the machine finishes booting, that user is logged in (and Classic is then started, which in turn starts SIMS). Depending on where your box is and what level of security you care about, you may want to set the screen saver to activate after a short period of time and require a password to deactivate it. I haven't bothered with this step as my server is located in a locked room and the only people that have a key will also have the password to the server (and anyone breaking down the door isn't going to be bothered by a screen saver keeping them off the machine). I'll keep the list posted on how well it continues to perform. My guess is, I won't be running it this way long term, as I may move to XMail or similar... but then, I've been planning for over a year to do such a transition, and it is always hard to justify spending the time fixing something that isn't broken. If it wasn't for my spam level being out of control, I'd still not have gotten around to making any changes at all and SIMS would still be running happily on my Performa 630. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[email protected]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
