Powerbook Tips

Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 18:31 BST From: bcek1@cus.cam.ac.uk (B.C.E. Khoo) Subject: [*] Collected PowerBook tips Once again the PowerBook tip sheet! This version - corrects some errors - adds comments about some PowerBook-specific utilities. - includes a discussion on the so-called 'memory effect' Please replace /info-mac/report/powerbook-tips.txt. Thanks are due to: John Livesey (livesey@radonc.washington.edu) Murph Sewall (SEWALL@uconnvm.uconn.edu) David Tillinghast (David.M.Tillinghast@dartmouth.edu) Shannon Spires (SVSPIRE@sandia.gov) Thomas Rothenfluh (rothen@cis.ohio-state.edu) Alan Hewat (hewat@frill.bitnet) Norton Chia (norton@au.oz.su.ucc.extro) Dave Platt (dplatt@ntg.com) Bernard Khoo University of Cambridge Medical School, UK. BCEK1@phx.cam.ac.uk or @cus.cam.ac.uk (World order, reverse for UK order) ============================= PowerBook Tips v.2.50 (21 August 1992) copyright Bernard Khoo (c) 1992 Notes ----- 1. Many of these tips are common to all the PowerBook range. I have noted differences where I know of any. 2. Many of these tips are referred to in the manual. I cannot emphasize how important it is that you read the manual thoroughly and carefully. In my 7 years of Mac ownership I've managed to escape reading many manuals, but not this time! 3. Thanks are due to the following: * John Livesey (livesey@radonc.washington.edu) * Murph Sewall (SEWALL@uconnvm.uconn.edu) * David Tillinghast (David.M.Tillinghast@dartmouth.edu) * Shannon Spires (SVSPIRE@sandia.gov) * Thomas Rothenfluh (rothen@cis.ohio-state.edu) * Alan Hewat (hewat@frill.bitnet) * Norton Chia (norton@au.oz.su.ucc.extro) * Dave Platt (dplatt@ntg.com) 4. A similar document in SUMEX-AIM, /info-mac/report/powerbook-faq.txt, has some additional tips and technical data that you may find interesting. DISCLAIMERS and WARNING: I have not tested all of these tips yet. Whilst I have taken care to make sure that they are correct, I disclaim responsibility for any mishaps/ accidents/disasters that may ensue from the use of these tips. Please be careful when using them. I have no affiliation with any company producing any commercial products mentioned below, except as a user of their product. This document solely expresses my personal opinions. Things to buy/download ---------------------- 1. Buy more RAM. The PBs contain 2MB installed on the motherboard and an expansion slot. Add a 2MB card to get 4MB total, a 4MB card to get 6MB, and a 6MB card to get 8MB. PBs with 4MB come with a 2MB card already installed, so a 4MB -> 8MB upgrade, for example, means that you have to buy a 6MB card and pull out the 2MB card. 4MB will allow you to run System 7 and one or two fair-sized applications. However, you will probably run up against the wall at one time or the other, so it's probably best to grit your teeth and save for an upgrade to 6 or even 8MB. It's important to bu…