tony@comperex.oz (Tony Williams) (02/19/90)
I am looking at purchasing a Mac IIci and would like some comments
on a few points. There is not a great deal of feedback about this system
that I have come across except a few references to a couple of problems
posted on the net. The ones I can remember were -
Mouse intermittently locking up.
Problem with printing to Imagewriter.
Word 3.x not working correctly.
Does anyone have any info on other possible problems with the
hardware or software. I have heard through talking with other Mac users
that some software packages do not even get off the ground due to the
machine type not being recognised.
I wish to use an Imagewriter II on the system at first - any problem.
Initially I intend to use an Apple Colour Monitor and then add I hope
a RasterOps 24-bit Board and possibly the Sony 19" Monitor - I would appreciate
an feedback anyone has on the RasterOps and Sony products.
I understand that the machine's performance is quite slow with only
a small amount of RAM and using the internal video. I was hoping to use the
RAM initially with 2mb in Bank A and 3MB in Bank B - this I believe, pls correct me if I'm wrong, should allow me to get 8 bit colour and reasonable speed
overall.
Lastly, I would eventually like to run A/UX and would like to know
what RAM requirements people have found effective and also whether creating
a separate partition on a disk has any benefit to creating a separate disk
for A/UX - if partitioning what size has been found affective.
Many thanks in advance
Tony Williams
Senior Systems Engineerksand@appleoz.oz.au (Kent Sandvik) (02/22/90)
tony@comperex.cx.oz (Tony Williams) writes in article <297@comperex.oz>:
Lastly, I would eventually like to run A/UX and would like to know
what RAM requirements people have found effective and also whether creating
a separate partition on a disk has any benefit to creating a separate disk
for A/UX - if partitioning what size has been found affective.
Many thanks in advance
2 Mb - runs, but that's all
4 Mb - runs OK with basic UNIX facilities and Mac binary emulation
6-8 Mb - now we could use X Windows properly
> 8Mb - bliss...
Note that the basic installation program for A/UX assumes standard partition
sizes when you install the product from tape/floppy/CD-ROM:
I.e. about 55Mb Root partition, 15Mb swap, 2-3 Mb each for the hidden eschatology
partitions.
You could break these rules by copying the stuff over to a disk from another
A/UX hard disk. HD setup with Apple hard disks, and Rodime disk partition
utilities handle A/UX partitions, as well as a utility called "Silverlining".
If you have another TPV hard disks you want to use for A/UX, you need to hack
the partition tables with the dp command from A/UX.
Kent
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