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Re: Partitioning a disk with data on it

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From: Rebecca and Rowland
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 00:00
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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.)

Rowland.

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From: real-address-in-sig@flurbletigibbet.rhubarb.foobar (Rebecca and Rowland)
Subject: Re: Partitioning a disk with data on it
Date: 1997/12/30
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