To speed your computing experience on OS 9, make sure you don't start using the machine's virtual memory. Virtual memory in OS 9 can really slow down your machine, almost to the point where you think something has gone terribly wrong. How can you avoid using virtual memory? Run only one program at a time, and it will almost never be a problem. If you think you might be using virtual memory, select About This Computer from the Apple menu, and check the Largest Unused Block. You want to see a good amount of space, as in this image (courtesy of the UW-Madison computing center): If you see the largest unused block figure getting small, that's bad. You can try quitting all programs, but that may not be enough to free up a large block of RAM. Instead, a full restart is the recommended solution. This will...

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