Nicholas Dalzell writes: >BTW As soon as you get my last message, my MAC Classic has crashed about a >total of 4-8 times!
It's Mac or Macintosh, not MAC. MAC (all caps) is the machine address on an ethernet card. >MacWEB v. 1.0.0 crashed 1 time! It has NEVER crashed since I installed it >about a few weeks ago! I can get MacWEB 1.0.0 to crash, too. It's a very primitive browser. >I was reading a Compact Macs digest, and the Classic LOCKED UP!!!! It has >NEVER locked up! Only my PeeCee has! Count yourself fortunate. Even my PowerBook G4 locks up sometimes. >I don't care if the Mac Apologizes! That annoying picture of a "bomb-lit" >is torture enough! Every time my PC crashes, it just exits the program! Then it's not your OS that's crashing, just a single program. That said, you're just ranting. You're not asking for help. You're not telling us what your setup is so we can help. You're using a very old, very unstable piece of software and bitching about it. >Every time my Mac Classic crashes--I have to REBOOT! I hate rebooting this >machine the speed of an 8088-running Windows 3.0 in real mode! The 8 MHz 68000 will hold its own against an 8 MHz 80286. >Do any of >you realize how LONG it takes your compact Macs to boot after loading about >21.6MB of data on a 40MB Hard Drive??? (not to mention System 7.0!) Well, that really depends on how slow your hard drive is. Any drive made since about 1990 should have a nice on board cache to optimize file transfers, but if you happen to have an older drive without a cache, I imagine it could be really, really slow. Find a faster drive and ditch System 7.0 in favor of 7.1 or 7.5.x. >Since I installed WinXP on both my PC's, I have had not a lick of an error >from them! That's simply flame bait. No trolling allowed on the list. >Face it! the Macintosh Classic is probably the WORST of the Road Apples I wouldn't go that far. It's really just an updated Plus or SE. Same speed, same CPU, same RAM limit, same 9" 512x342 display. >They made a big mistake including ancient >Hardware inside of it in 1990! I still don't get it! No wonder it crashes! Even a 1996 Mac Plus can run System 7.5.5, so your hardware is not incapable of working reliably. Ditch System 7.0 in favor of a more recent version; revision .0 software tends to be a bit buggy. You'll be much happier with 7.1 or 7.5.x. >the hardware is soooo old! A 40MB HD in 1990? That was a good entry level hard drive back then -- just perfect for a budget computer, which is what the Classic was. >and it wasn't a >very low-priced mac by the way... $999 with 1 MB RAM and a floppy drive, $1,499 with 2 MB and a 40 MB hard drive. Very reasonable by the standards of the day -- and a lot cheaper than anything IBM offered back then. (Remember the PS/1?) >My goodness! if I don't get satisfactory performance and reliability from >this machine, I think I am going to toss it after all! Be sure to toss it in the direction of a Mac lover. I'm sure anyone on the list could turn your sow's ear into a purse in no time. ;-) Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com> <http://lowendpc.com> <http://reformed.net> The more acceptance that technology gets, the harder it is to change. If enough people are stuck at the same level, they think it's the truth. -- Bjarne Stroustrup -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... SPECIAL LIST PRICES - Replacement Apple CDROMs from $19.99, MacOS 8.5 CD $79.99 PPC 5400/200Mhz 16/1.6GB/CD/ENET/L2 $119, 5+ for $99 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> 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/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
