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From: hagan@ecs.umass.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: I would love anyone's thoughts on this problem
Message-ID: <14016.28666630@ecs.umass.edu>
Date: 24 Jun 91 21:37:52 GMT
References: <1991Jun23.024443.22049@cs.dal.ca>
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In article <1991Jun23.024443.22049@cs.dal.ca>, franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca (STEVE_____(superboy)) writes:
> Why do I often get a huge lag under certain circumstances with 6.0.7
> on my classic, which I never get with 6.0.3, or sys7? I refuse to turn to 
> sys7(let's stay away from that though), and would like to continue with

I will, even though it would help ;)

> this version. . .HOwever, when I copy a file, or update the system under
> font/da mover, occassionally, there is this huge lag where the computer just
> freezes, and the stupid little watch hand just goes around, around, and 
> around. . . Annoying as this is, it can also become quite a serious occurence
> when launching a program. . . any thoughts? I would really like to stay 
> with this version if I could. . . I would appreciate any thoughts, and 
> eagerly anticipate any responses you may be so kind as to send me. . . 
> Thanks in advance. . . 

what i think your problem is is a combination of you having a badly 
fragmented hard drive, and, more importantly,  need to rebuild your
desktop. The 8mhz 68000 in the +, SE, and classic doesn't have the guts
to do a quick desktop update in the pre-system 7 style desktop, as
they aren't powerful enough to "instantly" wade through the desktop to move
a few things aroung. If your drive is larger than 40 megs, you might wont
to consider 20 to 40 meg partitions to reduce the size of the desktop
(again, since you are avoiding 7, keeping the desktop size small will 
speed things up). Also, smaller partitions dont get quite as fragmented
as one big (lets say, 105m) partition.

hope this helps!

-- craig hagan   HAGAN@ECS.UMASS.EDU