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From: inei@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Nick Nei)
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Subject: Re: remot booting of macs
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Date: 3 Jun 91 22:19:38 GMT
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> 7.0 on a Plus?  From a *file server*?  You must be out of your mind--
> 7.0 runs like a snail on a Plus, even from a local hard drive.  Running
> 7.0 from a Plus-- off a *file server* would be rather like throwing the
> Mac through a vat of molasses: possible in theory, but not a terribly
> useful idea in practice...

You also won't get Virtual memory, and other things I can't remember
off-hand.  But will AppleShare 3.0 work on System 6.*?  If so then
remote boot with Pluses would be quite nice.

Mail:  Nick Nei, Computing Science Dept.,
       Glasgow Univ., 17 Lilybank Gardens,
       Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.  Tel: (041) 339 8855 x 5457
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