Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!world!eff!hrose From: hrose@eff.org (Helen Trillian Rose) Subject: Re: I've got it, I've got it (System 7, that is...) In-Reply-To: b2676870@soph.cs.ubc.ca's message of Mon, 20 May 1991 00:03:57 GMT Message-ID: Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.system Sender: hrose@eff.org (Helen Trillian Rose) Organization: The Electronic Frontier Foundation References: <1991May20.000357.21251@soph.cs.ubc.ca> Distribution: na Date: 20 May 91 14:44:50 Lines: 56 george> == george chow george> o Is it me or is my SE noticeably slower now? Operations in george> the Sys 6 Finder such as activating windows, dragging, and so george> forth are definitely slower. This is a 4Mb SE. Funny that, my SE seems *alot* faster... from bootup to stuff in the finder. I was booting into Multifinder back under 6.0.5 and it seems alot more "integrated" as part of 7.0. george> o A cold boot seem to be esp. slow. I didn't time it but I george> recall the `Welcome to Macintosh' message going away much george> faster under 6. Try "boot time" from sumex-aim.stanford.edu to tell you if you're winning or losing. Again, I seem to be winning. george> o Is there any way to suppress the dialog box that pops up george> every now and then when you empty the trash can? As well, under george> 6, if you've set the Skip Warning bit in LAYO, items that are george> locked are trashed as well. Under 7, they aren't. I've already george> unchecked the Warning box from Get Info on Trash. I unchecked the same box, and had no problems... it doesn't complain anymore. george> o This is a weird problem I've got. Whenever anything is george> launched (including the Finder at startup), there's a loud george> beep. This isn't the little click from the new Sound Manager george> and it isn't the custom beep but the loud beep.. I've checked george> everything and I can't understand why it is making this sound. george> Incidentally, under Where from Get Info on my HD reports george> `unknown drive'. (Under 6, this has read `AppleShare'. This is george> a standalone machine. Why is this? Could this be the cause of george> the beep?) I don't get a beep. Right now I'm using a Jasmine 100 direct drive (w/ SE + 4 Meg). george> o The System partition right now takes up about 1800K. Is this george> about right? mine is just over 2 meg. That's with *loads* of TrueType fonts installed, though. System Seven Studly and loving it --Helen -- Helen Trillian Rose