To all, I recommend that you buy and attach an external 50 pin SCSI hard drive** and back up your data and software periodically. This is something that I have done for years. In fact I have zeveral hard drives attached to an offline Mac IIci and a Mac 7300. I pick one drive at a time and turn it on once or twice a week and copy all my back ups.
** A Mac IIci will read up to 1.95GB hard drives; the Mac 7300 will read much greater capacity hard drives. On the Mac IIci, I use OS 6.0.8 on my inner hard drive and have that system and support files on two other external hard drives, 7.1 on yet two others and 7.6 on three others. These drives range in capacity from 1GB to 2GB. On the Mac 7300 (my internet machine), I have five external drives attached each with OS 9.1 and each with the same internet software as the inner drive. Several times in the past, I have had a problem with the OS and/or the internet software and settings. Unless, I wished to spend countless time to debug which I usually don't, I simply overlay software from one of the external drives to the inner drive, reset some switches if and as needed and I am back in business. Occasionally, I have experimented with 'new' software (usually upgrades) that either didn't work because of incompatibility or because I screwed up. In each case, it was a simple matter to shut down and boot up with one of the external drives turned on and then overlay an older version of the software onto the newer version which did not work and - back in business. Today one can buy 50 pin SCSI external hard drives at low cost for 6.0.8 to 7.6 application on 68040 machines. The cost for used drives is not like it was just four or five years ago and often the shipping costs are more than the cost of the hard drive. Check out this interesting SWAP list: "LEM Swap List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mel --- martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I run DiskDoubler 4.0 (from Symantec) on my SE, so > it doesn't require > an 030 or 040 to run! > > It's 352K in size, requires 512K to run in, offers 5 > different > compression algoryhthms ( basically trading > compressed size for > speed: the more you compress the file, the longer it > takes to > compress/decompress it). The files decompress so > quickly anyway, it's > great for saving space on a small HD by compressing > files you seldom > use, but want to keep on the HD. Compression is > between 40-70%, > depending on the type of file. > > It allows me to build Archives and .SEAs, and to > split large files > into floppy-sized chunks (back in the day I remember > squeezing a > backup of Freehand 5.5 onto a mere 8-800K diskettes! > WOW huh) > > Another product by the same publisher was > AutoDoubler, which I can't > recommend; it got way too fresh with my System, > installing invisibles > all over the place, flagging files etc. But the idea > was that it > automatically compressed everything, all the time, > so you could jam > more stuff on a HD, back when a 40MB HD cost several > hundred dollars > - yikes. Forget AutoDoubler. > > One problem with DiskDoubler, is that for > file-trading or posting, > you'll have to create .SEA files, since most people > just have Stuffit > (giving your product away for free initially, is a > great way to end > up dominating the market!). The .SEA files should > open on any Mac. > DD cannot read other compression formats. In the low > 90s, DiskDoubler > outshone Compact Pro, Shrinkwrap, and most other > compactors of the > era. But it isn't always the Best Product that winds > up on top of the > heap, as we Mac users know... > > > > > > > > > < clip from mel's post > > > Disk Doubler is a compression program originally > sold by Salient > Software Inc. and saves space on a hard disk. I > don't have the specs > or minimum system requirements for Disk Doubler. > > -- > System6 is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > and... > > 123Inkjets.com > <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > System 6 Heaven > <http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/system_6_heaven.html> > > System6 info: > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/system6.html> > --> 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/system6%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! > http://www.applelinks.com > > -- System6 is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> System 6 Heaven <http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/system_6_heaven.html> System6 info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/system6.html> --> 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/system6%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
