Problems running ed. software in classic mode in OSX - software freezes up.

Hi,
I run a school lab. I am wondering if there are things I can do to help troubleshoot running software that requires classic mode. I eMacs that run 10.3.9 - 10.4.8. They all have 512MB of ram. I have the machines boot into classic mode on startup. This is working ok. The problem lies in using the actual software. Obviously some software does not freeze up much. some tend to freeze up frequently. Can anything be done. I have read some threads. The threads I've seen relate to classic mode freezing when it is initially starting up. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Dan

As long as classic is starting up ok then you're fine. I would keep a copy of a good trimmed down, System Folder with all of the necessary extensions needed. Then when one goes bad you just delete the bad System Folder and copy in a good one.
Make sure you set the memory higher on needed classic applications. I have seen this necessary in certain apps. Also, sometimes the standard additions file inside scripting additions will get corrupted.

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