Re: 3400c & Mac OS 7.6.1 - Slow Window Redraws

[Daniel De L'eau]

I have a 5300c, and have run 7.6.1, 8.1, and 8.6 on it.  7.6.1 can feel quite slow, and I think that it's due to Apple's poor emulation of non-power PC code.  I purchased Connectix SpeedDoubler and it completely changed the way 7.6.1 felt; it was MUCH faster in opening windows and copying and everything else they claim speeddoubler does.  It's an older version so I wasn't able to use it on OS 8.x, but I can tell you that running Quicken 2000 (a power-pc native app) felt faster with 8.6 than with 8.1, maybe because 8.6 is completely power-pc native.

I still prefer using 8.6 because, while it takes five minutes to boot, and feels sluggish with opening windows and such, it crashed far less often than 7.6, thus more than making up for the time it takes to boot.  It just sleeps most of the time anyway, so the booting thing doesn't bother me.

Anyway, try SpeedDoubler!





I am actually surprised that 8.1 doesn't run faster than 7.6 on a 3400 with
maxed-out RAM. I have tried them both on a 5300 and 8.1 always seemed more
responsive to me, so I kept it there. I guess with the L2 cache, a 3400 can
emulate old code faster than it can execute the code in 8.1.
I wonder how fast 7.6 runs on a Kanga G3? I bet it would laugh at it.



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Re: 3400c & Mac OS 7.6.1 - Slow Window Redraws

[Dan Palka]

I don't think thats possible.

7.6.1 definetely boots faster than 8 (without a doubt).

Everything on 7.6.1 feels faster except the window redraws.

On Mar 13, 2004, at 11:17 AM, KG wrote:

I am actually surprised that 8.1 doesn't run faster than 7.6 on a 3400 
with
maxed-out RAM. I have tried them both on a 5300 and 8.1 always seemed 
more
responsive to me, so I kept it there. I guess with the L2 cache, a 
3400 can
emulate old code faster than it can execute the code in 8.1.

I wonder how fast 7.6 runs on a Kanga G3? I bet it would laugh at it.


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Re: 3400c & Mac OS 7.6.1 - Slow Window Redraws

[KG]

> It is very fast.  It feels great to have it running as fast as it was
> when it was "the fastest notebook computer the world has ever seen"

I am actually surprised that 8.1 doesn't run faster than 7.6 on a 3400 with
maxed-out RAM. I have tried them both on a 5300 and 8.1 always seemed more
responsive to me, so I kept it there. I guess with the L2 cache, a 3400 can
emulate old code faster than it can execute the code in 8.1.

I wonder how fast 7.6 runs on a Kanga G3? I bet it would laugh at it.

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Re: RealPlayer for 68k?

[Dan Palka]

Oh wait, i guess there isn't a 68k one on there.  My bad.

Although they do have system 7 versions there.  I downloaded it for my 
3400c.

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Re: RealPlayer for 68k?

[Dan Palka]

On Mar 13, 2004, at 9:30 AM, Andrew Kershaw wrote:

Does it still exist?  I know at one time RealPlayer did exist for 68k, 
but the Real website doesn't have any links to it (that I could find, 
anyway).
It does, and I just downloaded it the other day, off Real's website no 
less.

Here is the link to Real's legacy software page:

http://proforma.real.com/real/player/blackjack.html

Also, the only references to it I could find on the web seemed to say 
that it required an FPU (so no hobbled 68LC040s).
Not sure about that one.

Is there anyone out there running it on a 68LC040 with a tool like 
Psued040 or SoftFPU?

I'd like to get it loaded up on my Duo 280c, so any advice or links to 
downloads would be much appreciated!


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RealPlayer for 68k?

[Andrew Kershaw]

Does it still exist?  I know at one time RealPlayer did exist for 
68k, but the Real website doesn't have any links to it (that I could 
find, anyway).

Also, the only references to it I could find on the web seemed to say 
that it required an FPU (so no hobbled 68LC040s).

Is there anyone out there running it on a 68LC040 with a tool like 
Psued040 or SoftFPU?

I'd like to get it loaded up on my Duo 280c, so any advice or links 
to downloads would be much appreciated!

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