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Patrick McNally <p-mcnally@lapin.com> wrote:

> In article <B464D0BE.D89%slugdog@primus.com.au>, Steven Knowles
> <slugdog@primus.com.au> wrote:

> > Has anyone got any tips for how to speed things up on the 6100? I've changed
> > it down from millions of colours to thousands, turned off a couple of
> > unnecessary extensions, freed up lots of disk space. What more can I do?

> Install a reasonable OS for this computer. System 7.6.1 is the best choice.

> If you have to have OS9, why not consider a G3 upgrade.

I'm using 8.6 on my 6100 - it runs fast [faster than earlier systems]
and is stable.

Every system before 8.1 is a bad choice - it simply doesn't support
HFS+. And in general, I'll say: forget about what is said on the
software packet. I'm running 8.6 and Office 98 - without problems. In my
experience it's not the clock that's the bottlenect, it's the amount of
RAM available. 72 M + 256 L2 cache, 60 MHz and a 601 processor [+ 32 M
on my Apple DOS Compatibility Card, 486dx, 66 MHz].

I even think it runs faster on this 60 MHz computer than on my PowerBook
5300ce. 48M RAM and 127 MHz. 603e processor.
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