I think that 60 or 90 seconds to launch a System 6 application is excessive, and indicates a hardware problem (dodgy hard disk) or a system software problem (install a fresh copy of 6.0.7 or 6.0. 8) . I doubt whether a RAM upgrade will improve your situation.
In 1993, we were considering our network options for Macs at work. The case for ethernet was not conclusive at that time -- System 7 was relatively new and most applications and data sets were small -- so we had to consider LocalTalk networking as an option. I'd only just joined the section and a colleague was already well into developing a benchmark, which included MacX as well as native Mac apps. My boss is a data hoarder so he will still have a copy of the report, no doubt; my rusty recollection is that Word 5.1 launched from a SCSI disk in less than 20 seconds and from a beefy NetWare server over LocalTalk in about 80 seconds. Launching Word 5.1 from a server over ethernet was roughly equivalent to launching from a local SCSI disk. Running graphical Unix apps in MacX over LocalTalk was painful.
Our conclusion (wisely) was to drop LocalTalk for future network developments.
Apostrophe: reformat that disk, install a fresh copy of System 6, and your SE will fly.
In 1993, we were considering our network options for Macs at work. The case for ethernet was not conclusive at that time -- System 7 was relatively new and most applications and data sets were small -- so we had to consider LocalTalk networking as an option. I'd only just joined the section and a colleague was already well into developing a benchmark, which included MacX as well as native Mac apps. My boss is a data hoarder so he will still have a copy of the report, no doubt; my rusty recollection is that Word 5.1 launched from a SCSI disk in less than 20 seconds and from a beefy NetWare server over LocalTalk in about 80 seconds. Launching Word 5.1 from a server over ethernet was roughly equivalent to launching from a local SCSI disk. Running graphical Unix apps in MacX over LocalTalk was painful.
Our conclusion (wisely) was to drop LocalTalk for future network developments.
Apostrophe: reformat that disk, install a fresh copy of System 6, and your SE will fly.