Re: DOS Speed on PowerMac

Lance Eggleston (legglest@buffnet.net)
Sat, 30 Mar 1996 12:36:48 EST

Sandi Huberty writes:
>Hi all, In the Princeton School district our curriculum director would
>like to use the DOS side of the Power Macinosh 6l00/66 to run the program
>Student Data Management System, which compiles statistics for the Iowa Test
>of Basic Skills. I installed it on his machine and on an IBM in another
>office. It runs MUCH SLOWER on his power mac. He said he heard of a way
>to speed the processing up on the DOS side of his machine. Does anyone out
>there know if this is possible and if so, how?

** I have heard that you must start the Mac with ALL extensions off to
maximize the speed of SoftWindows running on the PMac.

If you have the DOS compatible card installed, I have no suggestion. **

Lance Eggleston
Director of Instructional Technology
Hamburg Central Schools
5305 Abbott Road
Hamburg NY 14075 USA
legglest@buffnet.net