Re: Another PowerBook 1400 question

[Andrew Kershaw]

 > Hello,
 How much RAM is needed for a minimal installation of
 OS 9 on a 1400?
 Thanks,
 David

15 mgs, as I recall.
That might be how much RAM your install of OS 9 uses _after_ 
installation and with VM turned on, but it's not the system 
requirement.

OS 9 won't install on anything less than 32MB of REAL RAM with VM set 
to 40MB.  It enjoys more RAM than that.  48MB is probably a bare 
minimum (if you don't want to run any apps).

Unless you've got at least 48MB of RAM and an overriding need to run 
OS 9, I wouldn't waste the CPU cycles (and slow-as-molasses memory 
pages to disk) with that OS on anything less than a 3400c.  8.6 will 
do must of what you need in 9.x (especially since it can run 
CarbonLib 1.6) without quite as much pain.

FYI, Mac OS 9 system requirements straight from the horse's mouth:

Peace,
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Re: Another PowerBook 1400 question

[Andrew Kershaw]

 > Hello,
 How much RAM is needed for a minimal installation of
 OS 9 on a 1400?
 Thanks,
 David

15 mgs, as I recall.
That might be how much RAM your install of OS 9 uses _after_ 
installation and with VM turned on, but it's not the system 
requirement.

OS 9 won't install on anything less than 32MB of REAL RAM with VM set 
to 40MB.  It enjoys more RAM than that.  48MB is probably a bare 
minimum (if you don't want to run any apps).

Unless you've got at least 48MB of RAM and an overriding need to run 
OS 9, I wouldn't waste the CPU cycles (and slow-as-molasses memory 
pages to disk) with that OS on anything less than a 3400c.  8.6 will 
do must of what you need in 9.x (especially since it can run 
CarbonLib 1.6) without quite as much pain.

Peace,
Drew
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Re: Another PowerBook 1400 question

[King Cheetah]

--- David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hello,
> How much RAM is needed for a minimal installation of
> OS 9 on a 1400?
> Thanks,
> David
> 
> 

15 mgs, as I recall.



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Another PowerBook 1400 question

[David]

Hello,
How much RAM is needed for a minimal installation of OS 9 on a 1400?
Thanks,
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Re: Processor Upgrades for PowerBook 1400

[King Cheetah]

--- John/Judy Hixson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  Has anybody on this list got a feel for or an
> opinion about the subject of
> "diminishing returns" for processor upgrades on a
> PB1400? What I'm wondering
> is whether a Sonnet 466MHz G3 upgrade is mostly
> wasted money because the
> 33MHz system bus can't use any (or much of)
> processor power above a certain
> level anyway. In other words, maybe a 233MHz G3
> upgrade gets most (>90%) of
> the performance improvement that a 466MHz upgrade.

That's pretty much been my experience. I've played
around with PB 1400 upgrades over the years, and to be
honest, I never saw much difference in the performance
of the 333 MHz and 466 MHz upgrades. A 233 MHz is good
enough in my book. 



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Re: Virtual PC 2 and Mac OS

[Spencer Carter]

I have used VPC 2 with OS 8.1 on my PB 1400 with 64 megs of RAM.

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Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 02:12:29 -0500
From: Ted Lovejoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Virtual PC 2 Mac OS 9.1

Has anyone tried to run Virtual PC 1 or 2 on a 3400c with 9.1? Has 
anyone been able to run Virtual PC 1 or 2 on any Mac OS?

Ted



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Processor Upgrades for PowerBook 1400

[John/Judy Hixson]

 Has anybody on this list got a feel for or an opinion about the subject of
"diminishing returns" for processor upgrades on a PB1400? What I'm wondering
is whether a Sonnet 466MHz G3 upgrade is mostly wasted money because the
33MHz system bus can't use any (or much of) processor power above a certain
level anyway. In other words, maybe a 233MHz G3 upgrade gets most (>90%) of
the performance improvement that a 466MHz upgrade would get because of the
very low system bus speed. Anyway I'm open to hearing your opinions on the
topic. Thanks. John Hixson


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