On 4/12/05, Dr.O.M.Betz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Congrats. And Phil's pages really deserve praise and attention.
:�) Thanks! And yes, they do! > 7.6.1 on a Classic II? Forget it, if you don't really REALLY need a > special feature. A nice, clean system for a powerful machine (like a > IIfx or an 040) with tons of RAM but a dog on anything less. So I've found. I do like the boot screen saying MacOS, though. A bridge between modern Macs and this ancient compact mono machine. It does work. Just. > Luckily > it crashes on an SE/30's dirty ROMs. An odd way of looking at it, but ISWYM. I confess I miss some MacOS 8 niceties, such as pop folders and drawers. I'd love 8.1 on an SE/30! > woodwynlane proposes partitioning the internal HD which is surely > more elegant than using multiple externals Hmm. Depends on your definitions. I enjoy maxing-out this tiny old machine - it's fun. It pleases me to contemplate how much my setup would have cost at the time: maexd-out RAM, 200MB internal HD, 240MB external HD, CD, Zip, SCSI Ethernet... Tens of thousands of pounds, maybe. > And > you will wish to avoid time-consuming and frustrating desktop > rebuilds by using a utility like System Picker or System Switcher, [Nod] Got that. > I prefer 7.1 with the 3.0 upgrade aka System 7 Pro quite a bit over > 7.0 which was really slow, but it's not free and you have to care for > the enablers on many machines. Anyway it is the best bet for 68030s > and a lot of others. I love the less-than-3-second boot time when I > start a Classic (I) from ROM into 6.0.3, but I also love the less > spartan approach of System 7.x. Remember the blues classic? "I am > built for comfort, baby, I ain't built for speed"...? Your call. Hmm. I may try both, if I can find them. Given their age I feel no guilt. > Word 5.1 is near perfect (aah, the times when Microsoft did things > right...) Yup! > Why don't you go for the software that > went with your mac instead of taking third party? Ah. I tend to either run some particularly-liked version - e.g. Word 5.1a - or the latest a machine can take. My Beige G3 has Panther and Office 2004. -- Liam Proven Home: http://welcome.to/liamsweb * Blog: http://lproven.livejournal.com AOL, Yahoo UK: liamproven * ICQ: 73187508 * MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> 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/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
