My advice is to create a RAM disk using the detailed instructions found in Pogue & Schorr's "MacWorld Mac Secrets" 5th Ed.pp 564-569. Their instruction is much too long to transmit here but once you learn this trick you'll never want to operate your PowerBook off AC power without it. You may get as long as 4 hours per battery charge using this "secret." They tell you how to keep your HD from spinning up and down (and sucking up battery life.) I'm pretty sure your local library has a copy of "MacWorld Mac Secrets." Some else has already suggested loading your RAM disk with a small text editor such as Simple Text. That'll work but I think you'd be better served if you got TexEdit Plus v 4.x. It's much more robust and includes some features that SimpleText only dreams about. Gene Williams -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Enter to win a FREE Titanium G4 PowerBook! -- | & CDRWs on Sale! | Velocity Upgrades - Mac Memory Factory Direct. 128 MB for 9600, 8600, 7600 - $79.99; 64MB for 6500, 6400, 5400 - $39.99; 32 MB for 9600, 8500, 7300 - $24.99 <http://www.backbeatmedia.com/wcgi-bin/velocity.cgi> Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD <http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.html> - - - - - G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> 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]> List archive: <http://mail.maclaunch.com/lists/g-books/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
