On Friday, December 20, 2002, at 05:56 AM, James Sanderson wrote: > > To all the list, > > I have a few questions about OS X 10.2 on a 7300 upgraded (naturally to > G3/300 , xlr8 MachSpeed running 315 mhz with a 45.5 mhz bus speed), > > First, is the OS slow on these machines or is there some tweeking I can > do to speed it up? I have over 400MB in it. I have two HD's, a clean > 4.5GB IBM and a 9GB Seagate, the Seagate is the startup disc.
If you don't enable the cache on these system with something like L2Cache config (from OWC <http://www.macsales.com> it's downloadable from the OS X section) or Cache Control X (from Powerlogix), your system will run like molasses in January. That said, a G3/300 is definitely on the low end for OS X, especially on a slow bus system like a 7300. > > Second, the numeric pad on my keyboard doesn't work in X, though it > works fine in 9.2.2. It is a Kensington ADB keyboard. Do I need to > buy a USB keyboard? 4566680 nope, mine works, though it's an AppleDesign keyboard. That's odd. > > Finally, my floppy won't work. Yes it works fine in 9. What can I do > to keep this precious bit of hardware? I need it because it's an IBM > world at work. Those machines don't have Zips. OS X does not support internal floppies. There are hacks to get it working, but I forget where. USB floppies do allegedly work. (hey, Apple hasn't shipped a computer with a floppy drive in years...and I haven't seen reliable floppy disks in about as long...you wouldn't *believe* how often a student comes into our office in the college with a floppy disk in hand "Something's wrong with this disk...I can't read it!") > > Sorry to have sooo many questions. But these things are quite > irritating. I like the features of X and would like to continue using > them. But it really sucks (can I say that?) when the computer reminds > me of my old IIvx! Then you almost *certainly* don't have the cache working! But hie thee hence to the Unsupported OS X list (also a LowEndMac list, where there are lots of people who might even remember where that floppy drive fix is located. ;-) -- "Wherever you go, there you are. " - B.Banzai Bruce Johnson -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
