Re: Aliases in GS/OS

[Andy McFadden <fadden@fadden.com>]

Jalapeno <jalapeno1@mac.com> wrote:
> An 800k floppy is really a tight squeeze for System 6.0.1. Back in the 
> day it was suggested that a floppy only system is better off with System 
> 5.0.4 because a hard drive equipped system benefits best from 6.0.1
> 
> There was, a few years back, a recommendation for how to best setup a 
> floppy with 6.0.1 but I don't remember if it was on csa2 or GEnie.


You could, of course, install HardPressed on the disk to reduce the
size of various things.  Of course, by the time you've added all
the HardPressed files you've just barely broken even. :-)

If memory serves, a ZipGS-equipped machine just about broke even on
boot time because the floppy drive is relatively slow.

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