Re: Performa 575, system 7.1 or 8.1 ?

2001-09-10 Thread the pickle
At 16:15 -0700 on 09/09/01, Gregg Eshelman wrote: If you have the DayStar 601 upgrade you can disable the RAM check and speed up bootup. Or you can install Mac OS 8.6 and use it's Memory control panel to disable it. Any chance the 8.5/8.6 Memory CP will work with Mac OS 8.1? Dunno, but... even

Re: Performa 575, system 7.1 or 8.1, Mystic VRAM

2001-09-09 Thread Sai kee Wong
Michael J. Flaherty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you have 70ns VRAM in the Mystic 040 ? If so, where did you find it ? I haven't been able to locate any. I don't know. I have never thing of this problem. I just overclock it and it works. I had overclocked 4 LC575 board and one of them

Re: Performa 575, system 7.1 or 8.1 ?

2001-09-09 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- the pickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 19:11 -0700 on 07/09/01, Sai kee Wong wrote: How about the 575 (Mystic) ? Is the 7.1 only has the advantage of using less RAM over the 8.1 ? How about the speed ? If the speed are within 5%, then may be I should consider to use 8.1 rather

Re: Performa 575, system 7.1 or 8.1 ?

2001-09-08 Thread Marten van de Kraats
System 7.1 is the best choice for any machine with a 68020 or lower, in my opinion. Bullshit. Go read the FAQ. Marten -- Check out the System 6 Heaven: http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/system_6_heaven.html Subscribe to the LEM system6

Re: Performa 575, system 7.1 or 8.1 ?

2001-09-08 Thread JakeCatfox
I'm not saying 8.1 will not RUN on the Performa 575, I'm saying it's a bit heavy for the hard disk, and it'll run slowly. That is why I RECOMMEND 7.1 or lower. -- Deven In a message dated 9/8/01 6:44:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: System 7.1 is the best choice

Re: Performa 575, system 7.1 or 8.1 ?

2001-09-08 Thread Marten van de Kraats
Huh??? What has the 575 to do with 68020 or lower??? If 8.1 is a bit heavy for the original 575 hard disk, put in a bigger and faster one. Of course 7.1 is always faster... Marten I'm not saying 8.1 will not RUN on the Performa 575, I'm saying it's a bit heavy for the hard disk, and it'll run

Re: Performa 575, system 7.1 or 8.1 ?

2001-09-08 Thread Marten van de Kraats
you tell people who are saying things that aren't (entirely) correct) Deven responded: I'm not saying 8.1 will not RUN on the Performa 575, I'm saying it's a bit heavy for the hard disk, and it'll run slowly. That is why I RECOMMEND 7.1 or lower. And that is where things go wrong. From

Re: Performa 575, system 7.1 or 8.1 ?

2001-09-08 Thread JakeCatfox
Oh, sorry, thought the Performa 575 had a 68020 for some reason. Yes, 8.1 will run fine ... but 7.1 will always be faster on this kind of machine. I really recommend 8.1 for an '040 machine. In a message dated 9/8/01 7:36:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Huh??? What

Re: Performa 575, system 7.1 or 8.1, Mystic VRAM

2001-09-08 Thread Marten van de Kraats
Using system picker or system switcher you can just install 2 operating system on the same hard disk and switch between them whenever you like... My personal experience with mac os 8 on the 68040 is that it was not very stable. I did like it on the ppc macs though... For the ppc's it was kind

Re: Performa 575, system 7.1 or 8.1 ?

2001-09-08 Thread Steve Moody
At 12:43 PM +0200 9/8/01, Marten van de Kraats wrote: System 7.1 is the best choice for any machine with a 68020 or lower, in my opinion. Bullshit. Go read the FAQ. Really? His opinion is in the FAQ and he got it wrong? -- --- Made with a Mac • --- Can you identify this weapon?

Re: Performa 575, system 7.1 or 8.1 ?

2001-09-08 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Sai kee Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And for the 601, it could use 7.5 up to 8.1, with 36MB RAM, which is better ? 7.6.1, 8.1 if you want to use a large hard drive formatted HFS+. = The earth swarms with inhabitants. Why then should nature, which is fruitful to an excess here, be so

Re: Performa 575, and system 7.1

2001-09-07 Thread the pickle
At 20:05 -0700 on 06/09/01, Sai kee Wong wrote: I intended to install 7.1 onto my LC575 (actually a 128MB RAM mystics) and a 128MB SE/30. For the SE/30, that's OK to run 7.1 . But for the LC575, I can only successfully installed a system 7.5.3 into it. Any tricks to install the 7.1 into LC575

Re: Performa 575, and system 7.1

2001-09-07 Thread the pickle
At 23:16 -0400 on 06/09/01, Terry Mathews wrote: Nope. It's not possible. The LC575 shipped with 7.5.something or other and Wrong. The LC575 shipped with 7.1 and an Enabler. p _ the pickle The FAQ http://macfaq.binhost.com/ The Archive

Re: Performa 575, system 7.1 or 8.1 ?

2001-09-07 Thread Sai kee Wong
Thanks to response from Michael J. Flaherty and some comments on 601. In fact, I have: SE/30 030/50MHz/128MB Mystic 040/FPU/43MHz/132MB Mystic 601/120MHz/36MB (I found it could run even I removed the 040) PPC/CC 6500 (under construction) I think system 7.1 is the best choice for SE/30.

Re: Performa 575, system 7.1 or 8.1 ?

2001-09-07 Thread JakeCatfox
System 7.1 is the best choice for any machine with a 68020 or lower, in my opinion. In a message dated 9/7/01 9:11:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks to response from Michael J. Flaherty and some comments on 601. In fact, I have: SE/30 030/50MHz/128MB

Re: Performa 575

2001-09-06 Thread Dan Knight
l s writes: My school was just given three Performa 575s. They are running system 7.1 and I would like to update the system. What is the highest I can go? I have 8.5 system disks available, can I do that? This would be better tackle on Quadlist, since the 575 has an '040 processor, but I'd

Re: Performa 575

2001-09-06 Thread JakeCatfox
7.5.3 or 7.5.5 is your best bet. It provides new features and functionality and support for more new software. 8.1 provides more, but it may be laggy on this machine. Good luck, Deven Gallo -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Performa 575, and system 7.1

2001-09-06 Thread Terry Mathews
Nope. It's not possible. The LC575 shipped with 7.5.something or other and can't use anything less. The best thing you can do is install 7.5.5 from Apple's site, or buy a copy of 7.6.1. I think Jag's House on the swap list has several copies for fairly cheap. Terry Any tricks to install the

601 upgrade notes. Re: Performa 575, and system 7.1

2001-09-06 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Sai kee Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: clipped stuff about 601 upgraded mystic LC575 into it. Any tricks to install the 7.1 into LC575 ? Nope. The 601 upgrades for 68k Macs require a minimum of System 7.5. Apple's 601 upgrade control panel is designed only for 040 Macs. If you use it on

Performa 575

2001-09-05 Thread l s
My school was just given three Performa 575s. They are running system 7.1 and I would like to update the system. What is the highest I can go? I have 8.5 system disks available, can I do that? Thanks, Lee __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts NEW

Re: Performa 575

2001-09-05 Thread R.A. Cantrell
on 9/5/01 7:42 PM, l s at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My school was just given three Performa 575s. They are running system 7.1 and I would like to update the system. What is the highest I can go? I have 8.5 system disks available, can I do that? Thanks, Lee if they are 68040 cpu'd 8.1

Re: Performa 575

2001-09-05 Thread the pickle
At 17:42 -0700 on 05/09/01, l s wrote: My school was just given three Performa 575s. They are running system 7.1 and I would like to update the system. What is the highest I can go? I have 8.5 Why go higher than 7.1? It will do everything 7.5.x, 7.6.x, or 8.1 will do without the RAM

Re: Performa 575

2001-09-05 Thread the pickle
At 02:53 +0200 on 06/09/01, Marten van de Kraats wrote: My school was just given three Performa 575s. They are running system 7.1 and I would like to update the system. What is the highest I can go? I have 8.5 system disks available, can I do that? No. 8.5 is powerpc only. You cannot go

Re: Performa 575

2001-09-05 Thread rlf9
Vintage Macs wrote... From: l s [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Performa 575 My school was just given three Performa 575s. They are running system 7.1 and I would like to update the system. What is the highest I can go? I have 8.5 system disks available, can I do that? Thanks, Lee