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Sam and Alastair Beadle <samnali@delfloria.deletethis.demon.co.uk>
wrote:

> In article <samnali-1208982101310001@delfloria.demon.co.uk>,
> samnali@delfloria.deletethis.demon.co.uk (Sam and Alastair Beadle) wrote:
> 
> > OK I give up - someone tell me about Mac OS (7.5.7) extensions.
> Ok OK - oops - I typo'd - it is 7.5.5
> 
> And we are using Free PPP and I now think that it may be the Free PPP Menu
> (that litte telephone in the corner as my daughter calls it) that is
> causing the problem not Free PPP itself.

PPP Menu caused all sorts of horrible problems for me (475 running 7.1
and 7.6.1 with MacTCP 2.0.6 and OT 1.1.2)

> Someone e-mailed me with the tip of holding down the space bar when
> starting up to get the exctensions manager BEFORE the extensions load -
> now THAT was what I was after! Why is it not in any of the manuals 

Erm, it is.

>- In 24
> point bold type!!!
> 
> Lots of other recommendations about ditching VM and buying 'real' memory -
> we'll think about that one - not convinced though...

The more real RAM the better under almost all circumstances.

> Thanks guys - my confidence in Apple is given a boost - although
> confidence in their documentors is at an all time low :(

Technical documentation has been on a steady downhill slide since the
late 1970s.  It's not just Apple.

Rowland.

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