26 Jun
1998
26 Jun
'98
12:54 p.m.
I like system 6 much more than the later ones because I
think it holds
truer to the theory of simplicity and ease-of-use. Try sticking a MacOS
8 system folder on a RAMdisk and boot off that! Will never work. System
6 you could do that on, I've tried. Another feature of System 6 was a
It's listed as a feature on my PowerBooks which came with Sys 7.1
installed, and the 7.5 upgrade on the Hard Drive. They list it as a power
saving technique.
I could quite easily have my PowerMac 8500/180 boot MacOS 8.1 from RAM disk
if I was so inclined. I'm not though, as I've no way to preserve the RAM
when the system is powered off.
Zane
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