>I'm getting ready to set up TF server on a refurbished 9600. The 9600 >has no system software installed yet. I'd like to do this right the >first time and am wondering what system software to install. For now, >at least, it will be used exclusively for a TF server, and I'd like not >to install system software which has known conflicts with TF. Any >suggestions? > >Todd Thompson > >Future Sysop for Coyote BBS, Grapevine TX, USA
My present vote is for 8.6 with the Font patch. I find it fast and stable without the features that OS9 adds that has to be disabled. On a 9600 I would really recommend it over anything later.
For later models 9.1 or even 9.2.1 are okay but there are several "features" that Apple added to the OS that conflict with a server.
I would also make sure not to install Explorer on my server. If you need a browser on the server machine for any reason use Netscape. You really don't want all of those Microsoft extension in the system folder.
I also turn off all un-needed control panels and extensions on any OS that I run. I run an ext called Server Power that insures the machine restarts automatically in event of a power failure.
I think a lot of PowerKey Pro from Sophisticated Circuits <http://www.sophisticated.com> as it adds a check when you run the web server Plug-In that automatically resets your system if TeleFinder fails to respond. I can take a vacation with confidence that my servers will always be online.
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