Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!ubc-cs!soph.cs.ubc.ca!b2676870 From: b2676870@rick.cs.ubc.ca (wilson w ma) Subject: Re: I've got it, I've got it (System 7, that is...) Message-ID: <1991May29.013037.3265@soph.cs.ubc.ca> Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.system Sender: news@soph.cs.ubc.ca (Usenet News) Organization: none References: <1991May20.000357.21251@soph.cs.ubc.ca> Distribution: na Date: Wed, 29 May 1991 01:30:37 GMT In article hrose@eff.org (Helen Trillian Rose) writes: > 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. Yes, 7 is quite a bit more integrated. At least, the System folder is less cluttered. One thing I really like is that you can skip the items in the Startup Folder by holding down the shift after you get the menubar. > > 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. I'll try that and compare the two. > 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. Try deleting big folders with many files. I was cleaning up my drive and was deleting about 90 or so files at a time and I was getting a dialogue box with a countdown. > > 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). Someone else pointed out the solution to me. It was MasterJuggler which isn't System-7 compatible. > 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. > I dumped a bunch of the file-sharing/AppleShare-related extensions and I'm down to 1450K or so. It's now much more comfortable. > >System Seven Studly and loving it Anyone have a System-7-studly tar? The tar that I used to use under 6 breaks. > >--Helen > > >-- > >Helen Trillian Rose > > George