I'll have to think about that. It is certain that a clean install of 7.1.2 will run significantly faster than an old, stuffed 7.5.3. But I don't know if 7.1 is as good as a 7.5 for internet purposes?

On this machine, I want to use the Daystar PowerCache '030 Accelerator, the Lapis Colorserver 17 and if I can get my hands on one, an Asanté Mini EN/SC base T scsi-to-ethernet adaptor.

So the Lapis is out, won't run on 7.5, but it may run on 7.1. I'll have to try that. My driver says copyright 91 and 7.1.2 was released in '94. That should be interesting.

I read on some post from January 92 that the latest software at that time was version 3.0. So version 4.4 is not from 91 but at least 93 I think. I guess version 4 came out whith the release of 7.1.

There aren't many differences between 7.1.0 and 7.1.2 so... It should work.

The Daystar is supposed to work until 7.5.1. Beyond that is the unknown. The older the SSW is the better it is, it seems. *ahem* So why Apple keep telling us to upgrade our ios ??

The Asante will work with 6.0.7 or later.

I think you are probably right. 7.1 seems to be ideal. I need to find a scsi box to house my current hard drive. I don't want to format it.