I have been given charge of upgrading a Wallstreet. I have already
upped the memory to 384 MB's. I have installed a new HD, a 30 GB
Travelstar, and partitioned it for OS X. I have installed OS 9.2.1 and
am working on installing OS X, but I have run into problems with in OS X
install. It hangs
I have the drive partitioned at 7.9 GB's, so I don't believe this is
the problem
On Sunday, Dec 21, 2003, at 21:50 US/Central, Gavin Tiplady wrote:
The reason I asked is that are you trying to install on a partition
larger than 8GB?
Or a partition less than 8Gb but which -does not fall
Thanks for the help about the above.
Now, I have a more serious difficulty. For some mysterious reason the
video display will start going haywire during the installation process.
Most of the time--this may be the 3rd or 4th--it will simply go blank
and give me a white-blue screen. This
While upgrading my Wallstreet (g3/250) with a new HD (a Travelstar
20GB), adding memory (384MB), installing Jaguar, and changing the PRAM
battery, I have encountered this problem. On start up I will get the
grey apple start up screen but the moment it goes to the Mac OS X
screen I lose the
If I understood this right, the original thread (see below) never
implies that the hard drive was changed. The solution that is being
offered here is assuming that the HD was changed to a TravelStar HD,
which had this sleep issue.
As I understood the problem, it's a video issue and this issue
Symptoms sound very familiar!
On Wednesday, April 21, 2004, at 03:09 pm, Wayne wrote:
I have a Wallstreet 2, and after much work, we determined it was also
the
PMU going bad. It started with 2-3 restarts, by the time I retired the
computer, it could take as much as 20 + forced restarts until it
Here it is:
http://homepage.mac.com/sysop/PhotoAlbum3.html
It's a slide show, sort of.
J Sanderson
On Wednesday, April 21, 2004, at 05:29 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone know where I can get a manual for a Wallstreet. I need to
know how to take it apart and upgrade the hard drive
Try Macally.com?
On May 7, 2004, at 5:14 AM, Bob wrote:
I need to connect a USB 2.0 laser printer to my WS
II, which will require a PCMCIA card. My drive is partitioned and I
have multiple systems on it, so I need to have a card that will work
with OS 8.6, 9.x and OS X (10.2.4).
A. M. G. D.
I am looking to replace a 20 GB TravelStar (the older type) in my WS I
and have found some laptop HD's that are 2.5 and 9.5mm high for a good
price. Does the height matter or do I need to find a 12.5 mm high HD?
Jim Sanderson
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Thanks, Gary.
On May 8, 2004, at 5:53 PM, Gary D. Adams wrote:
9.5 mm will work fine. As long as it's not larger than the original
drive in height.
Gary
A. M. G. D.
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I am trying to install OS X jaguar' into a WS I/292 and keep getting a
mysterious message about the CD. The machine can't read it and wants
to either eject or initialize. If I am patient it will finally read
the CD after ejecting and reinserting it a few times. But with the
installation of
If your in the market and have some dinero, go to easybuy.com. They
have the latest Pioneer 107, a superdrive, for under $100 and free
shipping.
Got mine works great
on 16/05/04 15:16, Amanda Ward at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey all,
I recently bought an Iomega USB CD-RW burner that the
I realised that the address is wrong. That should be ESBuy.com
On Sunday, May 16, 2004, at 03:32 PM, James Sanderson wrote:
If your in the market and have some dinero, go to easybuy.com. They
have the latest Pioneer 107, a superdrive, for under $100 and free
shipping.
Got mine works great
PMU issues maybe?
On Sunday, April 25, 2004, at 06:23 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My son's Wallstreet, running OSX 10.2.8, cannot see its power supply
(yoyo) and consequently the battery has run down and the machine will
not work. I've tried two, both of which worked previously.
Anyone have
Power Management Unit. It is located on the right side of the track
pad. Evidently when this goes bad weird things happen.
J Sanderson
On Sunday, April 25, 2004, at 07:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 6:24 PM -0500 4/25/04, James Sanderson wrote:
PMU issues maybe?
On Sunday, April 25, 2004
On Monday, April 26, 2004, at 07:15 AM, Wayne wrote:
The cost of the PMU is about $300 new
At one of these sites I found them for about US$99. I don't know how
that converts to AU$. The site did not indicate if the parts were
used, refurbished or new.
As far as doing it yourself, it is one
This is the very problem I have had. I am awaiting a PMU (Power
Management Unit), which I have been informed is a possible source of
sleep problems among other things, the replacement of which may also
solve a start up problem. My WS goes to sleep immediately after the
execution of services
I can second this comment from personal experience. OS X is picky
about memory; it doesn't matter the size. I haven't had any issues
with OWC memory.
On 1 Jan 2005, at 09:47, Ken wrote:
Maybe yes, maybe no. I have heard some grumbles with some
brands of 256MB DIMMs. Just be sure to get a
it without a hitch. Go figure!
I have never had any difficulty with OWC memory, however.
On 1 Jan 2005, at 11:32, PETE wrote:
How about memory from RamDirect? They're about ten
bucks cheaper than OWC.
--- James Sanderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I can second this comment from personal experience.
OS
I have received a first generation 233 WS and have already begun
mapping out the needed improvements to make it worthy of the Wallstreet
name. However, I need to know what might be the cause of the video
occasionally going blank. It looks like someone just upped the
brightness to the extreme
Forgot about this issue with the 13 WSI. I should have specified that
the computer in question is a 12.1.
On 1 Jan 2005, at 23:58, Mikael Byström wrote:
If it's a 13 and the problem kind of phases in, then it's most likely
the display cable that needs replacing (or at least being reinserted).
Here is something I have discovered and would never have thought to do
so! I have, as I have mentioned, a WS I/ 233/288. I had a couple of
familiar problems with it: not waking from sleep and the random but
annoying video white out. I assumed that the issue was a PMU that
needed replacing
On 2 Jan 2005, at 13:59, Clark Martin wrote:
At 8:13 AM -0600 1/2/05, James Sanderson wrote:
Here is something I have discovered and would never have thought to
do so! I have, as I have mentioned, a WS I/ 233/288. I had a couple
of familiar problems with it: not waking from sleep
On 2 Jan 2005, at 15:14, CR wrote:
Right, Apple System Profiler,
tells me my built in memory,
but it doesn't tell me what slots or size of each chip.
I guess one has to open it up.
Cliff
Which OS are you running? If it's Panther, you go to the apple
menuabout this Mac. When the little window
On 4 Jan 2005, at 06:20, Amber wrote:
...I do...sorry. I meant, Cmd, Option, Shift and power key.
Thanks for the link Fabian !
This resets the PMU (Power Management Unit), which controls such things
as sleep.
J Sanderson
A. M. G. D.
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Here's my problem. I installed 10.3 on a WS 1/233 with 288MB desktop.
It booted into it just fine; would sleep and wake just fine; the video
wouldn't white out. It seemed pretty stable. I shut down after a day,
allowing it to shut down and restart per a schedule I set. Everything
worked
On 13 Jan 2005, at 15:52, John C. Swanson wrote:
got a message to hold
down the start up button for several seconds.
IIRC, this is a kernal panic induced by who knows what. This happened
on my WS I while I had a USB card installed. I was able to restart
after removing it. But, no doubt your
The other thing to consider would be the PMU. I'm thinking about all
the components that have to do with power management. The PMU and/or
the Sound Card are the most likely culprits of your problem. I'm not
so sure that the logic board would be at fault. That's not to say that
it
PRAM battery. It seems that replacing it solves a number of issues,
though not your mysterious crack.
j sanderson
On 16 Jan 2005, at 21:23, Dyna wrote:
Yes, this is the same 2000 vintage Pismo I've been writing about for
the last couple months... Initial symptoms were freezes and eventually
So to avoid being redundant, what have you done so far?
J Sanderson
On 24 Jan 2005, at 20:49, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
I know, stumped me this time. Can't figure it out, tried everything.
Sometimes tech's don't even have a correct answer. I tried resetting
the PMU. Not a thing
A. M. G. D.
--
What would keep a WS from starting up with a fully charged battery?
The battery indicates that it is fully charged. The computer starts up
just fine with the adaptor connected. When the computer is on the
indicator says that the battery is fully charged. I have started the
computer with
On 27 Jan 2005, at 21:38, Ben Dyer wrote:
How old is the battery? If you start the computer up, then pull the
power cable out, does it stay on? Sometimes old batteries get confused
about their charge status, and say they're full when they are in fact
holding no charge at all.
Cheers,
Ben
I
How do you unlock a folder that is ensconced on the desktop? I've
already tried the Get Info route; the option for unlocking the file is
greyed out. Is there a way to unlock it in terminal? Or do I log into
root? If so, how? When I tried to trash the folder am told that I
don't have enough
On 21 Apr 2005, at 05:55, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
Did you check the Owner Permissions section in the Info window?
You can
try to change the owner there, apply the changes to all enclosed
items. Did
you try that?
-Laurent.
Yes, I did check that. The owner's name, mine, shows a padlock next to
On 22 Apr 2005, at 10:59, Bruce Johnson wrote:
Click on the padlock to unlock it.
I laughed outloud when I read this, thinking that had to be too easy.
It unlocked the owner alright but,
while it allows me to change ownership, I am already the owner. The
option to unlock the folder remains
, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Apr 22, 2005, at 4:20 PM, James Sanderson wrote:
open the offending folder so it has it's own window.
Start Terminal.
type cd and drag the folder icon from the window above to the
termoonal window. That will add the full path of the folder to the
command line (there has
On 23 May 2005, at 20:53, macnifico wrote:
Hi, Listers!
I'm getting a Wallstreet with a 6 Gb HD, 288 Mb RAM, and 233 MHz G3.
It's going to be used mainly for light Web browsing, and a few
Excel spreadsheests. Nothing processor-intensive.
I was wondering if OS X.3 would run OK on this
On 24 May 2005, at 15:01, macnifico wrote:
Hi again, Listers!
Thank you all for your opinions, tips, etc.
One thing that I found is that I still do not learn the names of
the versions, so I'm always wondering if Panther is X.3 or X.2.
Panther=X.3
Jaguar=X.2
Jaguar ran slowly on the WSI
On 3 Jun 2005, at 08:54, Pacer wrote:
My Fellow PowerBook-philes,
...Well. One of them is real nice, an upgraded Wallstreet to
466 Mhz
and with full RAM. I have Mac OS X.2.8 running on it.
But the screen does this funky thing where the backlight on the LCD
stops working when it
How did you install Tiger?
On 10 Jun 2005, at 23:59, Rad Craig wrote:
OSX isn't supposed to run on Wallstreets either, but many people do
run it successfully. According to Apples specs, it (Lombard) is
designed to support OSX:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=43120
Not
On 21 Jun 2005, at 03:57, Luis Sequeira wrote:
I am surprised no one answered this (I'm catching up on a few
digests, and figured there would be a bunch of replies...); the
answer is hold down the command key and drag the icon out of the
menu bar.
Luis Sequeira
Perhaps the answer was
On 22 Jun 2005, at 20:53, Lisa Tom P wrote:
Has anyone figured out a way to get the fan on a Wallstreet to
actually run during operations ? The WS seems to run pretty how
with either the G3/300 or a G4/466.
On a separate note, I am having some trouble with my new G4/466
upgrade from
Decided today to try to get a little more life out of
the old Wallstreet by putting in a new hd. I had a 30g
Hitachi i bought six months ago and stuck it in.
Holding down the C key I tried to boot to the 10.2
disk, but only got the flashing question mark. This
made no sense so I tried resetting
On 23 Jun 2005, at 06:33, Lisa Tom P wrote:
So you had a G4 card and a Travelstar under OS 9, and that caused
the problem ? I wonder if there is some setting for the drive that
can be changed ?
thanks,
Mad Dog
This is what happens when I read posted too late at night. Your
On 29 Aug 2005, at 19:29, Lisa Tom P wrote:
You can also get upgrades from Daystar [snip]. I bought a G4/466
from Daystar for $210. It works great.
Mad Dog
I didn't find any Wallstreet upgrades at Daystar. Wegener's prices
seem quite for a G3 upgrade to 400 MHz.
J Sanderson
--
IOXperts. The offer a driver for OS X. Google for it. I don't
remember the address. It's functionality is limited to 30 minutes at
a time unless you buy the driver for $20 (for the Silver card I have).
J Sanderson
On 6 Sep 2005, at 22:48, Ken wrote:
This message written: Tuesday, 6
On 7 Sep 2005, at 12:44, Ken wrote:
I've successfully used the sourceforge driver in a Wallstreet w/
Orinoco
Gold. Try installing again with your Wavelan in the slot. Then shut
down, and restart with the Wavelan still in the slot. Go to Sys
Prefs/Network and check the drop-down menu for
On 8 Sep 2005, at 16:53, Anne Judge wrote:
On Sep 8, 2005, at 1:22 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
I don't know if it's the best way to do it, but I had noticed it in
passing so I'll pass it on: OnyX has an import bookmarks checkbox
in Appearance-Safari.
(I use the appearance-tweaking
On 12 Sep 2005, at 14:48, Art Richard wrote:
Laurent,
Thanks for the suggestion. I reseated all of the PC board
connections inside my Powerbook, made sure the screws were tight
holding the heat shield against the CPU, and then put spacers under
the outside of the case and set-up a fan
Or you could buy a piece of felt and place it over the keys.
Jim Sanderson
On 27 Nov 2005, at 14:10, John Roberts wrote:
I have a PB G4 400 MHz. I used to get gunk (oil/dirt) transferred
from my keyboard to screen. A couple of years ago a wise friend
advised me to keep a paper towel over
WS on Jaguar
I remember when I had all sorts of issues with mine. All those kinds
problems went away with the upgrade to Panther. With the comp not
recognising the RAM, that's probably to do with the processor.
One person suggested now might be the time to take advantage of
Daystar's
In a message dated 11/30/05 11:09:27 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Say, another question: What screen are you using with your
Wallstreet? I
think I remember surmizing awhile back that the brightness issue
may be because my
friend has a 12.1 active matrix (not the more common 12.1 passive
Interesting idea. Does a WS II CPU work on a WS I? I upgraded the
processor to the 292MHz limit after I bought the machine 'cause 233
was just too slwww.
What's BGA?
Jim Sanderson
On 30 Nov 2005, at 17:39, Tom and Lisa P wrote:
WS on Jaguar
I remember when I had all sorts
Listers,
What would cause the above symptom? It goes away after a short while?
Pismo 400/192 OS 9
Jim Sanderson
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On 8 Dec 2005, at 21:09, Dylan McDermond wrote:
On Dec 7, 2005, at 7:49 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote:
Plus, they think the PowerMac
Hi,
I just tried to install additional memory into a Pismo I just got. It
was working fine before I tried to add memory to the machine. When I
tried to start up after putting the memory in the slots, I got a
beep. I tried again and got the same thing. Figuring the problem
was the
) in the lower slot. Voilà, the computer started up
without a hitch.
I wonder what that bodes for a memory upgrade for this processor.
Thanks again for your help,
and Merry Christmas!
Jim Sanderson
On 17 Dec 2005, at 02:06, Clark Martin wrote:
At 9:23 PM -0600 12/16/05, James Sanderson
Shawn,
I have worked on a couple of WS, both I and II. I would suggest
avoiding OS X.2 altogether. I had sleep and monitor issues on both
machines that were not resolved until I upgraded to Panther installed
using XPostFacto 3. IIRC, there were others on the list had similar
issues.
I would second this advice. Those old 233MHz processors don't cut
it. Get the second generation processors. I was informed by one on
this list that second generation processors would work on the first
generation machines, not vice versa. If you were to seek an upgrade
path to G4dom,
Replace the drive? I had similar problems on my Pismo. I replaced
the drive and have had no problems since.
Jim Sanderson
On 30 Dec 2005, at 00:16, Caleb Cupples wrote:
IMHO, if you're going to watch anything on a Pismo or Lombard, boot
into OS 9. It saves a whole lot of hassle, plus on
I may be wrong, but Open Firmware is something you can do in X not 9.
To paraphrase the adage, many many problems begin with memory. Try
swapping out what's in with known working memory or take out one of
the sticks, to see if it boots. You would need to play around with
this, but it could
, at 21:49, Clark Martin wrote:
At 9:02 PM -0600 1/2/06, James Sanderson wrote:
I may be wrong, but Open Firmware is something you can do in X not 9.
To paraphrase the adage, many many problems begin with memory.
Try swapping out what's in with known working memory or take out
one of the sticks
ah ha! Here's the catch! and the reason for my not being able to
boot to Open Firmware on the WS II. And why Kristina can't do it
either.
Now I know the rest of the story!
Again, ta!
J Sanderson
On 2 Jan 2006, at 22:48, John McGibney wrote:
Isn't the Lombard too old a design for Open
If this is so, and Clark says he could do this on a WS, I wonder what
I was doing wrong.
Still, the suggestion in the past has been to start with the memory.
If it's the L2 cache (which is a memory register--if that's the right
term), you'll have to swap with a compatible processor card.
Your installing OS X on the second partition, could be the issue.
It wants to be on the first partition. Either install it there or
don't partition.
Tried this on a WS II, installing on the second partition. It would
not install until I repartitioned the drive to install X on the
first.
I am wondering if anyone here can remind me what causes the above
symptom. It goes away after a few seconds and the colour is fine.
The pink colour returns after waking the comp from sleep. The colour
always goes away. Is this something to be very concerned about,
somewhat concerned
On 30 Jan 2006, at 02:59, Der Mickster wrote:
Alrighty there,
So I got this'ere Wallstreet II (G3 300/192 megs of RAM) - been using
it for surfing and text processing primarilyI am running OS X
10.2
Little did I know. At any rate, no Classic apps will run, and there's
nothing to
On 31 Jan 2006, at 16:44, Malcolm Cornelius wrote:
DVD drive failure is common for the LG model DVD drives used in
Pismos.
I get many enquiries for replacement DVD drives, and often they
show the
symptom of reading CDs but not DVDs or vice versa.
How do you know the LG model from any
I was able to get a Pismo on eBay for $200+s/h. I did spend money to
add memory and move to a 500 MHz processor. I think that I got
'lucky' because the comp's description included a pink-light-on-start-
up-but -goes-away-after-a-seconds issue. The latter hasn't bothered
me in the least.
On 2 Feb 2006, at 19:20, Harry Corsover asked:
Can Keynote presentations be shared with Windows users? Can it take
a PowerPoint presentation and clean it up, as well as save it in
PowerPoint format?
Not to present. You can export the Keynote presentation to PPT. In
the '05 version you
This question was asked a day ago...or so:
And, as far as relevant questions: What can anyone tell me
about Wegener
Media and the service they provide?
I ordered my Pismo G4/550 upgrade from them and waited for five days
for an email notification of shipment. The only other
On 26 Feb 2006, at 15:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
-- Is 10.2 faster or slower than 10.4?
Is a cheetah faster than a tortoise? However, Jag is much less
stable than Tiger. The best compromise, IMHO, is Panther with
XPostFacto.
Caleb
Having used both OS's on a WS I and a WS II, I
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