Re: First computers . . .

[Scott Sidley <sidleyr@jb.saic.com>]

My //gs only takes about 15 seconds, in fact since the monitor is so old the
finder is
already up and prosel is launching before the screen actually shows anything.

7Mhz ZIPgs  - RAMFAST rev C - Fujitsu drive with HP firmware.

Tom Zuchowski wrote:

> How do you get your IIgs to boot in 2 seconds? Mine takes a LOT longer than
> that  to boot up GSOS and an assortment of DA's.
>
> Tom Zuchowski
>
> "Dennis Jenkins" <dennis@usb.com> wrote in message
> 3A3A3102.4CBDAB16@usb.com">news:3A3A3102.4CBDAB16@usb.com...
> >
> >
> > Deacon Blue wrote:
> > >
> > > Thank you for your reply!
> >
> > You're welcome!
> >
> > > Sometimes,  it is a relief  to work with a system that is simple in
> design
> > > and use like the Apple II, as opposed to today's megabyte-consuming
> beasts!
> >
> > I like my Apple IIe and IIgs because they boot in 2 seconds.  My AMD
> > K6-233 takes over a minute to boot win98 and over 30 seconds to boot
> > Linux.
> >
> > --
> > dennis@usb.com                           Universal Savings Bank.
> >
> > The three most dangerous things are a programmer with a soldering
> > iron, a manager who codes, and a user who gets ideas.