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From: hrose@eff.org (Helen Trillian Rose)
Subject: Re: I've got it, I've got it (System 7, that is...)
In-Reply-To: b2676870@soph.cs.ubc.ca's message of Mon, 20 May 1991 00:03:57 GMT
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Date: 20 May 91 14:44:50
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 george> == george chow <b2676870@soph.cs.ubc.ca> 

 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.

 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. 

 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. 

 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). 

 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.


System Seven Studly and loving it

--Helen


-- 

Helen Trillian Rose 
<hrose@cs.bu.edu, hrose@cobalt.cco.caltech.edu, hrose@eff.org>

