It's so obvious, I didn't ask this question, "How much ram do you have?" Arm is your cheapest "Soup-Up" as to speed.

How big is your H/D? Is it partitioned?

My PCP 240 with a Sonnet 500 MHz G3 card has 512 MB ram and works well on OS 9.1. It is slower on some operations than it was with OS 8.6 but the extra features in 9.1 are addictive. I find my self using it, rather than my OS 10.2 - 9.2 eMac because it is so comfortable.

Try disabling some of the unused printer, modem and other selections in your OS 9 system folders. Don't throw them away just create a "~Removed Items OS 9" folder out side your System Folder. Then Create a Disabled Extensions Folder ... Control Panels ... preferences, etc., inside it. Never throw anything away. The title doesn't necessarily match the function.

With faster chips, more ram and larger H/Ds ... a lot of folks have forgotten how excessive preference files, extensions and control panels sap a machines speed.

This was brought home to me a couple of years age. I bought a PCP 210 on ebay that had been used as a server. It had just the basics: A WP, spread sheet, internet and such. It was super fast compared to my loaded up with S/W, shareware, freeware - PCP 240.

RHB

Stephane Kenn wrote:
No It is running 9.22. Thanks for the input.

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Are you using OS 9.2? If you are trying to use OS 9.1 ... It and OS 10.2 don't blend too well. That is the reason Apple came out with OS 9.2 ... to ease the transformation to X /// and named it Classic !!! :=O

RHB

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steph wrote:

I installed 10.2 on a PowerCenter 150 with 1/2 gig of Ram and a sonnet 500 G3 card. It runs fine. The reboot took a while about 5 minutes. The issue that I noticed is to always have a CD in the drive while rebooting otherwise the system just hangs. Also running OS9 applications doesn't work so well. System hangs and I have to end the startup of OS9. No problem with OSX.

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