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Rebecca and Rowland <real-address-in-sig@flurbletigibbet.rhubarb.foobar>
wrote:

> Alan W. Frame <alan.frame@acm.org> wrote:
> 
> > Rebecca and Rowland <real-address-in-sig@flurbletigibbet.rhubarb.foobar>
> > wrote:
> > []
> > > I'll have you know that my 512Ke running System 2.0 has the fastest
> > > response time of any Mac I've ever met; it's pretty quick running System
> > > 6, too.  And how does booting *and* launching MacWrite in under 15
> > > seconds grab you?
> > > 
> > > So maybe it *is* a museum piece; it doesn't hang about.
> > 
> > For a *really* fast museum piece, try running Sys 6 on a IIci
> > (AFAIK the latest Mac to support it).... :-)
> 
> I suspect you'd get the fastest response from a Mac II running System
> 2.0 - System 6.0.8 is much more sluggish on my 512Ke than System 2.0.
> (Yes, it really *does* run System 6.0.8; I was amazed too.  It's a shame
> there's not really enough RAM to do anything useful with it.)
> 
I've got a IIfx downstairs, anyone know the lowest supported system?

Talking of speed brings up a rather interesting point. When I first got
the machine, I benchmarked it and then did a clean install of 7.1 and
the benchmarks fell by around 30%. I finally tracked this down to the
A/ROSE extension, so beware if you've got this installed, life could be
slower than it needs be.

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'ric