RE: appleshare-ip digest, Vol 3 #729 - 4 msgs

Subject: RE: appleshare-ip digest, Vol 3 #729 - 4 msgs
From: "Bruce Goldes" <email@hidden>
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 07:59:46 -0700

from the Princeton University help desk:

Title: Macintosh: Slow keyboard response after OS 9 and MS Office upgrade

Synopsis:

After updating from Mac OS 9 to 9.2.2 and Office 98 to Office 2001 there is a
lag from the time you type into the keyboard and when you see what you typed
on the screen - restarting helps for a short time but the lag comes back and
gradually gets slower and slower. How do I fix it?

Solution:

The slow keyboard problem appears to be caused by a bug in Apple's CD/DVD
extension included with OS 9.2.1 and 9.2.2.

The key parts seem to be Mac OS 9.2.x, an internal zip drive and a sleeping
machine. After the machine wakes from sleep, keyboard response is very slow.
Characters appearing on-screen lag a few seconds behind user keystrokes.

Inserting a disk into the zip drive, any zip disk, will clear the problem
until the machine sleeps again. Ejecting the zip disk does not cause the
problem to return. If a zip disk is already inserted before the machine wakes,
the problem will not occur. A few other workarounds are available but none are
permanent. Apple hasn't acknowledged this problem yet.

The best workaround is to prevent the machine from sleeping and to have a zip
disk handy to quickly reset the zip drive if the sluggish keyboard problem
returns. Campus machines should not be configured to sleep if they are running
TSM.

If the zip drive is never used, disabling the Iomega extension or physically
removing the internal zip drive will prevent the problem from occurring.
Replacing the OS 9.2.x CD/DVD driver with one from an OS 9.1 system may
prevent the problem from occurring but we have not tested this workaround.

Apple has ceased development of OS 9. We do not expect a solution to this
problem.
Last Updated: July 29, 2003
Solution ID: 9184

Bruce Goldes
Music Production p Macintosh Administrator
mailto:email@hidden
818.891.5999 x240

Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.
"Experience the Joy of Making Music"
http://www.alfred.com

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> 1. Re: OT: OS9 slow down (Daan Bookholt)
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> 3. os X.3 machines disconnecting from os 9.2 ASIP server (Michael Kulyk)
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> Subject: Re: OT: OS9 slow down
> From: Daan Bookholt <email@hidden>
> To: Ken Lubar <email@hidden>, <email@hidden>
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> I have a question about the behaviour of the macs concerned, do they also
if
> you close a window in the finder, very slowly rebuild the icons on the
> desktop which were covered by the window you just closed.
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> If that is the case, the problem could very well be caused by the desktop
> picture application/control panel or it's prefs.
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> Am i missing out on something ; you re-installed 9.2.3 for as far as I know
> the latest version of the classic OS is 9.2.2.
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> I hope this is of any use>
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> Daan Bookholt
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> on 27-05-2004 23:39, Ken Lubar at email@hidden wrote:
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> > Perhaps someone on this list can help me with a weird OS9 slowdown
problems.
> >
> > We have a couple of Macs (B&W G3, G4 and old iMacs) that after 3 or 4
hours
> > get very slow. A user can type 9 or 10 characters ahead in Word or
Eudora.
> > I can't tie it to any specific application and it doesn't happen
> > immediately. I've tried wiping the disk and reinstalling OS9.2.3,
blowing
> > away most of the preferences, confirming the port speeds on the machine
and
> > the network switch agree, replacing the mouse, replacing the keyboard,
> > turning off check network time server, running Norton disk, running tech
> > tools and lots of other things. (All the machines have 512 MB or more,
run
> > OS9, Office 98, Eudora/Outlook and IE).
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> > Any other help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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> > Thanks,
> > Ken Lubar
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> Perhaps someone on this list can help me with a weird OS9 slowdown
> problems.
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> We have a couple of Macs (B&W G3, G4 and old iMacs) that after 3 or 4
> hours
> get very slow. A user can type 9 or 10 characters ahead in Word or
> Eudora.
> I can't tie it to any specific application and it doesn't happen
> immediately. I've tried wiping the disk and reinstalling OS9.2.3, blowing
> away most of the preferences, confirming the port speeds on the machine
> and
> the network switch agree, replacing the mouse, replacing the keyboard,
> turning off check network time server, running Norton disk, running tech
> tools and lots of other things. (All the machines have 512 MB or more,
> run
> OS9, Office 98, Eudora/Outlook and IE).
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> Any other help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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> Thanks,
> Ken Lubar
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> Subject: os X.3 machines disconnecting from os 9.2 ASIP server
> Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 09:03:23 -0400
> Organization: MACSPECTRUM
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> i think i have seen notes on this before
> any hints?
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> thanks
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> Michael Kulyk
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> Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 19:40:49 EDT
> Subject: Re: os X.3 machines disconnecting from os 9.2 ASIP server
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> Used to see that once in a while but when we went to better switches and
> cables-planned upgrade anyway-we never lost another OSX box again. That was
over 1
> year ago.
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> << i think i have seen notes on this before
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> any hints?
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