The following collection of articles is adapted from postings by Scott L. Barber, an all around Mac geek, on our Quadlist email list circa 1998. Although a few of these are specific to 68040-based Macs, most have much wider application (or, at times, much narrower), and in some cases these look at technologies long since forgotten.
Inside the Classic Mac OS
- How the Classic Mac OS Allocates Memory at Startup
- Serious Classic Mac OS Performance Tips
- Troubleshooting Classic Macs and the Classic Mac OS
- Why Do I Prefer System 7.5.5?
- Fixing Sound and Display Problems in the Classic Mac OS
- System Crashes
- Background Printing Issues
- Stripping PowerPC Code: Be Very Careful
- 680×0 vs. PPC Native Code
SCSI and Hard Drives
- Hard Drive Partitioning
- Beware ‘Soft’ Partitions
- SCSI Termination Explained
- SCSI ID 5
- SCSI Drive Size: Few Macs Take Full Height Drives
- IDE vs. SCSI Hard Drives
- Silverlining and Centris/Quadra 610
Caching
- RAM Disk vs. Disk Cache: When to Use Each
- ShrinkWrap, a RAM Disk Alternative
- Level 2 Cache for the 68040
Networking/File Sharing
- Setting Up a Home Server
- Web and Email Server Issues
- TCP/IP Over LocalTalk
- ISDN
- The LocalTalk Gateway
Burning CDs
Other Topics
- Performa and Power Mac x200 Issues
- How the G4 Compares to the G3
- Best Macs by CPU
- How Apple Messed Up the PCI Bus
- Old Macs vs. Y2K
- Should I Always Leave My Computer On?
- VRAM, Where More Memory Means Less Speed
- Classic Mac OS and Windows 95, 98, and NT Compared
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