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From: dwal@ellis.uchicago.edu (David Walton)
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Subject: Re: MacClassic & System 7.0
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Date: 20 Sep 90 16:36:06 GMT
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In article <1990Sep20.142124.7304@sics.se> ollef@sics.se (Olle Furberg) writes:
>
>I've tried System 7 on a Mac II, it's hopeless slow. I can't think of anyone
>with such a great patience he could use it on a 68000-Mac.
>Sometimes I start my MacPlus with System 3.2 just to get some speed over it:
>there are still a lot of programs that works with it.

If you've tried System 7, you've probably tried 7.0a9, yes?  While it's true
that this version is blazingly slow, remember that it's packed full of
debugging code, which will slow down anything.

Granted, I suspect I might not want to use the release version on a
68000 machine; I find System _6_ to be annoyingly slow on a Plus, for
example.  But then, I've been spoiled by the IIci in our lab :-).

>Is Apple going to give any support for a less-than-two-meg-system to be
>used by us who can't afford an upgrade?

I understand that they'll still support System 6, at least for a
while.  As an earlier poster said, I'm surprised that you don't have
competition/lower memory prices in Sweden.  That does seem grossly
unfair.  Is it possible to order memory from US companies, or do
import/export restrictions forbid that?
--
David Walton            Internet: dwal@midway.uchicago.edu
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