----- On 9/4/02 3:08 PM, Telcontar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >Weird... I've cursed SCSI for "requiring" a reboot for ages, and maybe it >was all unnecessary. Either that, or next time I'll push my luck and there >will be a zap and no machine... :) > I'm not familiar with the (MESH SCSI host) so I don't know if this monologue will be useful.
Using the old SCSI bus on my SM 3000/200 & I've had very little trouble over the years with it or other old SCSI chains. Pretty much a no-brainer for flipping things on or off. Any connected external HD's & Removeables have easily been brought online by flipping on their power & then using a mounting app to put them on the desktop. I've been using MountEm FKey for well over 10 years, on numerous machines & OS's. Dragging a HD's icon to the Trash, clicking 'OK' to the resulting dialog, and then switching off the HD's power is absolutely Hoyle. The only pain has been shutting the machine down for connecting & setting SCSI ID #s. Only rarely has a devices position in the SCSI chain been significant & then even more rarely has termination required other than a textbook configuration I also use a SCSI MicroTek scanner (an old one), and the only trouble I have is sometimes letting the beast warm up abit before I scan. But it has no SCSI troubles, even being off for days & then switched on, or turning it off. I believe that's the way it should act. > >PS I managed 99 hours 45 minutes 37 seconds uptime according to version 1 of >my Uptime app (with added LCD display readout). I was really looking >forwards to seeing it crash at 100 hours (it can't handle more than two hour >digits), but REALbasic destroyed the Finder and the OS when I was working on >a replacement Uptime app (I was just typing in it at the time, I think - >there are more bugs in REALbasic than in what I was making!) and ruined my >changes. I've gotten in the high 80's with no trouble with OS 9.1. Didn't know 100 was a problem, or was that just for the Uptime app? As a rule I've heard it's best to reboot daily, & many folks will reboot several times daily to forstall problems. I generally leave my machine on as my JoeCard doesn't like the cold & presently reboot daily just to clear the hundreds of rescued items created by iSwipe. I don't know a thing about the 'Uptime app', but if it's only to keep track of computer up-time, then the little Control Strip Module 'Stopwatch CSM' allows up to 999:59 hours of monitoring and can be set to monitor your uptime with, or without sleep. It can be found at: http://www.mabasoft.com/stopwatch.html. It's strictly a 'count up' timer & the old version 1.2 runs just fine under 9.1 on my machine. Am trying the newer 2.0.1 version, presently. It allows (maybe the older one does, too) multiple stopwatches. I think it's freeware, but they want you to register, which I haven't. For a count-down timer I now use the freeware CSM 'FM Egg Timer' ever since Apple so rudely removed the timer that was built into SuperClock. Lou -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> 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/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
