Re: Wallstreet, pram battery, and other battery question - G-Books Digest #1580

[JocBr8]

Rodney, 
the guy did agree to meet me at an Apple reseller to have a diagnostic done 
on the Wallstreet he is selling.

. After I found out how much it would cost to replace the battery and pram 
battery, it just wasn't making much financial sense to buy it. After all was 
said and done, it would cost almost as much as an iBook (last season's model at 
$699). I was only wanting to spend around $300 anyway right now.
Jocelyn

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Orinoco Gold on Lombard

[Noel Van_Damme]

I want to use the Orinoco Gold card on a Lombard with OS X (10.2.8).
Is that a good combination? Where can I find the drivers?

Thanks,
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Re: Keep my pismo or ??

[Laurent Daudelin]

on 02/02/04 22:29, Geoffrey Loeffler at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> So let the opinions roll, new- used -stay-upgrade 

If you don't plan playing 3D games, then a Pismo with an upgrade could be
fine. I'm personally looking toward a Titanium 667 or 800. If I had the
money, then that would be the 17", no question asked!

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Re: Keep my pismo or ??

[Hoju Dingo]

On Tuesday, February 3, 2004, at 02:29  PM, Geoffrey Loeffler wrote:

	I think the Pismo is the best power book that Apple has built IMHO
	It still keeps up with the OS Panther runs OK. OS 9 is faster-please 
lets not debate that
I look at what Apple has come out with and so far I just don't see 
what I feel is worth the price.
Keep it a while longer. I would tend to agree that the Pismo is a great 
machine.
My experience however covers mainly the older machines (Mac 512K, Mac 
Plus, Mac II,
Mac Quadra 700, Mac Classic II, PowerMac 6100/560, Peforma 5200, 
PowerBook 520,
PowerMac G3/266, Graphite iMac SE)  so maybe I am biased (partially);
but based on other reports and specifications I feel it is to soon to
bu a replacement (though if I could get a cheap backup machine I will!).

I'm hoping mine will last till a decent and affordable G5 laptop
(or something similar) appears. The Pismo was definitely ahead
of the Titanium models in features (except for the G4 chip) and none of
the iBooks really matched it either. It is amazing what a used Pismo 
will
go for over here (Oz, Down Under) as one on eBay went for over A$2000
(crazy to some extent). Wish I could get even used ones as cheap as in 
the USA!

Luckily, (though A$384 is somewhat pricey but OK) I could get Apple Care
renewed for another two years. I've had reasonable luck with the 
occasional
repair through Apple Care. My DVD/CD drive refused to mount disks
disks reliably and I think it might have been a bad contact since if I 
held
the drive in, disks would mount. I had to send just the drive module
into Apple and while it took a few weeks the first time, the second
time (same problem I guess) it only took just less than a week to 
return.
I've had far more problems replacing the defectively (designed) Yo-Yo
adapters ... on my third one and I also killed one of the black brick 
ones
two ... all due to inadequate design; My useage was very careful and 
wear
and tear was minimal so this points to inadequate cabling and solder
strength (a weak point in the connection from the centre of the yo-yo
from the power-plug to the circuit board; makes for a spark show until
it dies).

Yeh, in the mean time just pick up another Pismo (or iBook) as a backup
machine. It sucks to be without my Pismo ... 8-)
Good Luck
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Keep my pismo or ??

[Geoffrey Loeffler]

	I think the Pismo is the best power book that Apple has built IMHO
	It still keeps up with the OS Panther runs OK. OS 9 is 
faster-please lets not debate that
I look at what Apple has come out with and so far I just don't see 
what I feel is worth the price.
I do some photoshop, yes I know that would be faster, I would like to 
step in to video editing and the usual a little web designing and the 
usual other things we do.

	I know she is getting a little long in age, but really Apple 
Care just ran out on my other Pismo in May so that makes them 3 years 
old. OS 10 is really the push because you need the processor and 
video to speed things along. I have looked at going up to a 900 
upgrade but those have had mixed results.

	So I am leaning towards waiting for a next generation or 
maybe even 2. Money is not the factor, but a lap top is, otherwise I 
would just grab the biggest G5. It just seems that every book after 
the Pismo has had problems, not all major but ones that a 3K to 4K 
book should not have.

	To be honest even the Pismo needed a new video card which 
equal a MB to run OS 10.2.3 I gave Apple $350.00to fix the problem. 
The inverter board on the other Pismo went out on 10.2.3 all within 
the same month. Apple Care was nasty and said a liquid was spilled 
inside the Pismo sometime in the last 6 months and wanted $1000.00 to 
fix it and were very nasty right to the top of Apple Care Ms. Wells 
Ya right. A $9.00 inverter board (used) fixed that.

So let the opinions roll, new- used -stay-upgrade 
Thanks
Geoff
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Re: Wallstreet, pram battery, and other battery question

[peter webster]

I found my Wallstreet in a pawn shop. It was $300 with a nice 
carrying case, the video adaptor, charger, and a battery that holds a 
good charge. And a working PRAM battery. They wanted $350, but we got 
it at $300 with a nifty pool cue. Check the pawn shops.

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Re: PRAM battery

[Paul Nelson]

At 11:28 PM + 2/2/04, JOHN.E.ABRAHAM wrote:
>Does this mean that before i go about trying to replace the PRAM
>battery I first need to try and recharge it.

For sure, that's the first thing to do if you haven't had it on
external power for an extended period lately.
Paul Nelson



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Re: Wallstreet, pram battery, and other battery question

[Mikael Byström]

[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>
>Then, when he unplugged the laptop from the wall, it died. He finally 
>confessed that the battery was not holding a charge. 
>So I need a website for  a battery and the price.

I'd go for a Mac Community web site that have sell/buy pages. I've bought
several fine charging batteries holding for about 2 to 3 hours for about
$50 in places like that. At that price one could perhaps afford a dodo as
well. So a newer battery at $150-180 doesn't feel that attractive at all
to me.  For the difference you could get 1 (or even 2) 256 MB chips or a
bigger hard drive.
Obviously I'd make sure the 2nd hand seller felt trustworthy and could be
made responsible for that the battery data supplied was correct. One can
normally not replace the battery pack at a reasonable price in the
Lithium-Ion batteries normally used in the wallstreets.

>I went to the webpage that a nice list person sent me today. It says that 
>this model usually goes for $500- $700. So, I'm a little nervous about
>the low price. I asked him to meet me at a Mac place to have it checked
over next
>week.
Here in Europe it's not hard picking up a wallstreet/266 (with an
original purchase receipt) for the equalivent of $2-300. I got my PDQ
sans battery for about $400, but that was 18 months ago.

>He is giving me several licensed software programs that I need, but I
need to 
>iron out these other issues. 
So what is the value of these applications? If they are real, perhaps
upgradeable licenses, you could be getting a good price at $200. If not,
I wouldn't count these when validating the deal. 

>He seemed a bit too attached to receiving the $200 right away.
I don't understand. Why wouldn't he want to get paid right away?

>Any help and info regarding these issues would me appreciated. Wow, this is 
>like buying a used car.
Sure is.



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Re: LIST Re: [OT] Re: Taxing times

[Harry D . Corsover]

On Feb 2, 2004, at 1:57 PM, James G "Jim" Hardwick wrote:

List CPA here.  Harry's right, especially to emphasize good 
recordkeeping, but be careful in the area of home business/home office 
deductions.  Your friends at the IRS will flag you faster than Richard 
Petty at the finish line for abuses there.  It's a favorite audit 
target.
That's why I find it both extremely helpful and very reassuring to have 
a top-level expert (formerly at the highest levels of the IRS) teaching 
this subject and providing specifics about both record-keeping and IRS 
code. Basically, following this plan makes your tax returns 
"bulletproof."

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Re: PRAM battery

[Laurent Daudelin]

on 02/02/04 18:28, JOHN.E.ABRAHAM at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Hello Listers,
> 
> Thanks for the info but I am a little confused.
> 
> Hugo kindly wrote this reply to my inquiry:
> 
>>> Hi John to greatly simplify the equation just go to any Apple resellers=20=
>>> 
>>> with the precise version of your Wallstreet and they will sell you the=20=
>>> 
>>> proper battery on top of it they will be glad to give you some tip as=20
>>> to how to change it and reset (case being) the Cuda.
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> 
>> Hugo Trottier
> 
> But this listing from Jocelyn had a another response:
>> 
>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 01:42:24 EST
>>> Subject: Re: Wallstreet, pram battery, and other battery question
>>> 
>>> Thanks all you replied to my inquiry. Your info and advice was very helpful.
>>> Jocelyn
> 
> This response:
>> 
>>> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 00:29:34 -0800
>>> From: Clark Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Subject: Re: Wallstreet, pram battery, and other battery question
> 
> 
>> Sometimes the PRAM battery runs down  and won't power the PRAM/clock.
>> In some cases the battery will recharge if the computer is left
>> plugged in overnight.
> 
> 
> 
>> It does have a PRAM battery.  It's a rechargeable battery but it can
>> eventually fail.  It's harder to replace than a PRAM battery on a
>> desktop machine.
> 
> Does this mean that before i go about trying to replace the PRAM
> battery I first need to try and recharge it.

That's what I would do. I'm not sure but I think that the main battery needs
to keep at least a little charge in order for the PRAM to recharge. If your
main battery is completely dead, then the PRAM might not recharge. Did you
get the link I posted yesterday to get a Wallstreet battery for $104?

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Re: PRAM battery

[JOHN.E.ABRAHAM]

Hello Listers,

Thanks for the info but I am a little confused.

Hugo kindly wrote this reply to my inquiry:

Hi John to greatly simplify the equation just go to any Apple resellers=20=

with the precise version of your Wallstreet and they will sell you the=20=

proper battery on top of it they will be glad to give you some tip as=20
to how to change it and reset (case being) the Cuda.
Regards

Hugo Trottier
But this listing from Jocelyn had a another response:

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 01:42:24 EST
Subject: Re: Wallstreet, pram battery, and other battery question
Thanks all you replied to my inquiry. Your info and advice was very helpful.
Jocelyn
This response:

Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 00:29:34 -0800
From: Clark Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Wallstreet, pram battery, and other battery question


Sometimes the PRAM battery runs down  and won't power the PRAM/clock.
In some cases the battery will recharge if the computer is left
plugged in overnight.



It does have a PRAM battery.  It's a rechargeable battery but it can
eventually fail.  It's harder to replace than a PRAM battery on a
desktop machine.
Does this mean that before i go about trying to replace the PRAM 
battery I first need to try and recharge it.

John Abraham.





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Re: old Mail messages

[Bruce Johnson]

On Feb 2, 2004, at 12:16 PM, Jason Long wrote:

Where does Mail.app keep its messages? I ask because I recently had to 
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Import Hotmail address book into Mac Mail app - advice required

[simon goslin]

G'day,

I have a PISMO running OSX 10.2.8 and I've just splashed out and bought 
a .Mac email account.

I'd like to somehow import my address list from Hotmail into my .Mac 
account and kill off the MS spam generator once and for all.

I noticed in Mac Address Book that you can import vCards and LDIF (?)...

How do I go out doing this as I've several hundred address and 
inputting them one-by-one would take rather along time, me thinks.

Has anyone done this and if so, how?

Cheers,

Simon



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LIST Re: [OT] Re: Taxing times

[James G \"Jim\" Hardwick]

20040202
On Feb 2, 2004, at 8:57 AM, Michael Levin wrote:

People, save yourself the money. Buy a tax program!

This may be good advice if your returns are simple and 
straightforward. However, if your situation is complex, or if you're 
self-employed -- particularly if you have a home based business -- 
there are often several ways to compute taxes and deductions, and 
_many_ deductions that even most tax preparers seem unaware of.
Most people don't know this, but having a home-based business offers 
many tax benefits. Of course, one has to become educated about what 
these are and how to keep the kind of records that will protect you 
in case of an audit.
My company offers an educational and software package (tax 
record-keeping, not tax filing) that has saved us several thousand 
dollars a year in taxes. They also offer a program in which tax 
attorneys can review your last three tax returns and file amended 
returns if you're entitled to more deductions than you had claimed. 
Let me know back channel if you would like more information.
Regards,
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List CPA here.  Harry's right, especially to emphasize good 
recordkeeping, but be careful in the area of home business/home 
office deductions.  Your friends at the IRS will flag you faster than 
Richard Petty at the finish line for abuses there.  It's a favorite 
audit target.

With taxes for all and deductions for most,

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although it hung up in the middle of the process. Anyways, I'm hoping that 
the old messages/mailboxes were copied over as I tried to finish the job 
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Re: slow panther

[Bruce Johnson]

On Jan 31, 2004, at 3:42 PM, Kurt Appling wrote:

Hi all, I am useing panther in a TI 800 w/512 megs ram,and am anoyed 
that my machine is now noticably slower in functioning than it was 
running the earlier 10.1 and os9.2,,internet especialy , startup is 
about the same.
Make sure the Journaling File system didn't get turned on by accident, 
and check in the Console for error messages.

I had a B&W that was acting up under O10.3 and it turned out to be a 
bad USB hub in the display...

There's NO WAY 10.3 should be slower than 10.1...

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Re: [OT] Re: Taxing times

[Harry D . Corsover]

On Feb 2, 2004, at 8:57 AM, Michael Levin wrote:

People, save yourself the money. Buy a tax program!

This may be good advice if your returns are simple and straightforward. 
However, if your situation is complex, or if you're self-employed -- 
particularly if you have a home based business -- there are often 
several ways to compute taxes and deductions, and _many_ deductions 
that even most tax preparers seem unaware of.

Most people don't know this, but having a home-based business offers 
many tax benefits. Of course, one has to become educated about what 
these are and how to keep the kind of records that will protect you in 
case of an audit.

My company offers an educational and software package (tax 
record-keeping, not tax filing) that has saved us several thousand 
dollars a year in taxes. They also offer a program in which tax 
attorneys can review your last three tax returns and file amended 
returns if you're entitled to more deductions than you had claimed. Let 
me know back channel if you would like more information.

Regards,

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Re: slow panther

[Kris McGrath]

I have the same setup and Panther is definitely faster then it's
predecessors.  I would check for hardware issues.

>Hi all, I am useing panther in a TI 800 w/512 megs ram,and am anoyed 
>that my machine is now noticably slower in functioning than it was 
>running the earlier 10.1 and os9.2,,internet especialy , startup is 
>about the same.


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[OT] Re: Taxing times

[Michael Levin]

I ran both on Macintosh; Tax Cut for TY 2001 and Turbo Tax for TY 2002. I
prefer Turbo Tax, because the interview feature seemed better than Tax Cut.
I also prefer TT for the New York state return, which is one of the most
complicated returns.

Others will like Tax Cut, personal preference.

Many years ago, I worked for a small accounting firm that handled retail tax
returns. We did batch returns for about 25 prepares in the Deep South.
Occasionally, I would pick up a missed tax break, or a better deduction. 99%
of the returns, though, were typing them in on the PC and transmitting them
to the IRS.

People, save yourself the money. Buy a tax program!

On 02.02.04 09:48 AM, "David M. Ensteness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> TurboTax [formerly MacinTax years ago] by Intuit and TaxCut [by a
> company whose name I don't recall] are both available. I know that
> TurboTax runs in 9 still, I don't know if TaxCut is OS X only or not.
> 
> David
> 
> On Feb 2, 2004, at 9:45 AM, Pete Gregory wrote:
> 
>> Sorry if this is not 100% related to powerbooks (I have a pismo,
>> though).
>> 
>> As a recent resident of the USA, the time is coming again to do that
>> harrowing task known as 'tax return'.  Last year I paid an exorbitant
>> sum to get it done by a "professional" who seemed to just type the
>> numbers into a PC and spit out the returns.
>> 
>> Are there any recommendations for any Macintosh (OS9) software to do
>> the same task.  There seems to be a wealth of stuff for the PC with
>> pricing all over the place?  Does it do both federal and state
>> (Massachusetts)?
>> 
>> TIA,
>> Pete
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Re: Taxing times

[Steve Fuller]

TurboTax [formerly MacinTax years ago] by Intuit and TaxCut [by a 
company whose name I don't recall] are both available. I know that 
TurboTax runs in 9 still, I don't know if TaxCut is OS X only or not.
TurboTax also has a web option available that worked fine for me under 
OS X and Safari. I would assume that it would work fine for OS 9 with 
IE or Netscape as well. I filed mine that way last year and it was 
quite handy. This year, it pulled in all of my information I needed 
from last year's return automatically. All of the web traffic is 
encrypted.

Steve Fuller

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Re: Taxing times

[David M. Ensteness]

TurboTax [formerly MacinTax years ago] by Intuit and TaxCut [by a 
company whose name I don't recall] are both available. I know that 
TurboTax runs in 9 still, I don't know if TaxCut is OS X only or not.

David

On Feb 2, 2004, at 9:45 AM, Pete Gregory wrote:

Sorry if this is not 100% related to powerbooks (I have a pismo, 
though).

As a recent resident of the USA, the time is coming again to do that 
harrowing task known as 'tax return'.  Last year I paid an exorbitant 
sum to get it done by a "professional" who seemed to just type the 
numbers into a PC and spit out the returns.

Are there any recommendations for any Macintosh (OS9) software to do 
the same task.  There seems to be a wealth of stuff for the PC with 
pricing all over the place?  Does it do both federal and state 
(Massachusetts)?

TIA,
Pete


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Taxing times

[Pete Gregory]

Sorry if this is not 100% related to powerbooks (I have a pismo, though).

As a recent resident of the USA, the time is coming again to do that 
harrowing task known as 'tax return'.  Last year I paid an exorbitant 
sum to get it done by a "professional" who seemed to just type the 
numbers into a PC and spit out the returns.

Are there any recommendations for any Macintosh (OS9) software to do the 
same task.  There seems to be a wealth of stuff for the PC with pricing 
all over the place?  Does it do both federal and state (Massachusetts)?

TIA,
Pete.
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Re: Wallstreet, pram battery, and other battery question

[Jeff Hubatka]

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 19:36:02 EST
Subject: Wallstreet, pram battery, and other battery question
Ok, I test drove the Wall street PowerBook that is for sale for $200 
today.
The date and time is not holding, so I assume it needs a Pram battery.
The guy told me laptop don't have a PRAM battery. Is that true? If it 
does
have a PRAM battery, I need a webpage for PRAM batteries with prices.
Apple laptops have PRAM batteries, so yes this one is probably dead.

Also, it has a SCSI adapter since the SCSI port on the Wall street is
nonstandard.  His adapter looks like a pin is missing. He said it came 
looking like
that. He did not have a SCSI peripheral to demo the adapter.
The standard Powerbook SCSI adapter has only 29 pins. A 30-pin adapter 
would be used for setting up the 'book in SCSI Disk Mode. Some adapters 
have a switch to allow both uses.

When he did a demo on the internal zip drive, he just opened the ZIP 
Tools
disc window and commented on the loud sound of the ZIP drive. It 
sounds like my
old ZIP, but I'm remembering that some ZIPs were recalled due to  
chatter
problem and for ruining zip discs.
I don't know if he had a recalled zip drive.

Then, when he unplugged the laptop from the wall, it died. He finally
confessed that the battery was not holding a charge.
So I need a website for  a battery and the price.
Be prepared for sticker shock, as batteries are close to $150. 
http://www.batterytech.com/

I went to the webpage that a nice list person sent me today. It says 
that
this model usually goes for $500- $700. So, I'm a little nervous about 
the low
price. I asked him to meet me at a Mac place to have it checked over 
next week.
I have a gift certificate to that store from my User group. I told him 
I'd
apply my $50 gift cert toward the inspection of the laptop.  Maybe 
that was too
generous on my part.
Wallstreets don't go for that much these days. eBay is probably a 
better indicator of value now. If you're looking for something mobile, 
know that you'll be spending another couple hundred right away to get 
the batteries replaced. If you're just looking for something to put on 
a desktop, you can leave it plugged in and not worry about the 
batteries for a while.

He is giving me several licensed software programs that I need, but I 
need to
iron out these other issues. He seemed a bit too attached to receiving 
the
$200 right away.

Any help and info regarding these issues would me appreciated. Wow, 
this is
like buying a used car.

Jocelyn

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Ext Firewire HD mounts in OS 9 not OS X

[chueewowee]

Hi,

I've just bought an external 120 GB Hard Disk. It mounts in OS9 but not in 
OSX 10.28 or OSX 10.2 (a clean install).

It has two partitions.

I have got it to mount in OSX but unreliably, and then dropping one volume 
shortly after. Now not at all.

I checked the volume structure in OS 9 with Tech tool. Ok.
I reset the PRAM.
I tried to reset the Open Firmware, (option-Command F + O), but this only 
restarts me in OS 9.

Can you give me any advice, please?

bye, John plum



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PC vs Mac "debates" have got to go

[Mikael Byström]

Robin, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:

>I don't buy that. I think it's more likely that Mac users don't care or like
>to think that PC users put up with crap so that they can feel better about
>themselves.

If more childish "PC vs Mac" debates is going to be a major part of this
list, I'm unsubscribing.

Robin, if you're not here to give and receive help on software and
hardware issues related to Mac portables, then I suggest you unsubscribe
pronto. There are other mailing lists where your kind of themes are more
welcome. Why not change venue instead of enforcing your disappoin tments
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Re: Need clarification on Wallstreet PowerBook Series II. Thanks for car charger info

[Mikael Byström]

Robin, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:

> I don't know if it was fixed in the PDQ, but
>my Wallstreet has major troubles going to sleep, and most of the crashes I
>have are after it has gone to sleep and been woken up again. If you have to
>save battery power it's probably better to just turn it off. Otherwise
>disable the hard drive sleep settings. Having the screen go to sleep quickly
>is probably the best method of saving power.

I've never had this kind if sleep problem in the Wallstreet nor in the
PDQ, so I doubt is a universal problem. Only major problem I've had
related to sleep is that under OS X, if the machine was suddenly turned
off while in sleep, like if the battery ran out, the display backlighting
is turned off during upstart or after have been put to sleep. Only way I
know of permanently fixing this is rebooting into OS 9.



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Re: Wallstreet, pram battery, and other battery question

[Clark Martin]

At 10:47 PM -0500 2/1/04, Hugo Trottier wrote:
Jocelyn here are my 2 cents; You could always get the serial number 
and go yourself to a Mac Resellers, get it check 1) To make certain 
that it is not stolen good (in that case no Apple resellers will 
repair it) 2) To know exactly it's age and who was the original 
owner. If the sellers does seems to eager to get his $$$ be careful, 
it's always better to walk away with your $$ than a Mac that is 
going to become a headache over time and that will end up costing 2 
or 3 times as much just in parts.
Yeah, I'd be nervous if the seller is in such a hurry.


On 1-Feb-04, at 7:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Ok, I test drove the Wall street PowerBook that is for sale for $200 today.
The date and time is not holding, so I assume it needs a Pram battery.


Sometimes the PRAM battery runs down  and won't power the PRAM/clock. 
In some cases the battery will recharge if the computer is left 
plugged in overnight.

The guy told me laptop don't have a PRAM battery. Is that true? If it does
have a PRAM battery, I need a webpage for PRAM batteries with prices.


It does have a PRAM battery.  It's a rechargeable battery but it can 
eventually fail.  It's harder to replace than a PRAM battery on a 
desktop machine.

Also, it has a SCSI adapter since the SCSI port on the Wall street is
nonstandard.  His adapter looks like a pin is missing. He said it 
came looking like
that. He did not have a SCSI peripheral to demo the adapter.
It's a standard PowerPook SCSI port.  The missing pin is normal. 
Adapters with all the pins let you attach the Powerbook to another 
computer as a disk drive.

When he did a demo on the internal zip drive, he just opened the ZIP Tools
disc window and commented on the loud sound of the ZIP drive. It 
sounds like my
old ZIP, but I'm remembering that some ZIPs were recalled due to  chatter
problem and for ruining zip discs.
I don't know if he had a recalled zip drive.


ZIP disk drive chatter can be a bad drive or a bad disk, it's 
actually sign of one of several problems.

Then, when he unplugged the laptop from the wall, it died. He finally
confessed that the battery was not holding a charge.
So I need a website for  a battery and the price.
Batteries run somewhere around $180 IIRC.  Try Battery Technologies 
Inc. ( maybe).

I went to the webpage that a nice list person sent me today. It says that
this model usually goes for $500- $700. So, I'm a little nervous 
about the low
price. I asked him to meet me at a Mac place to have it checked 
over next week.
I have a gift certificate to that store from my User group. I told him I'd
apply my $50 gift cert toward the inspection of the laptop.  Maybe 
that was too
generous on my part.

He is giving me several licensed software programs that I need, but I need to
iron out these other issues. He seemed a bit too attached to receiving the
$200 right away.


Is he giving you the original disks along with any required serial 
numbers or just including the installed software on the disk?

Any help and info regarding these issues would me appreciated. Wow, this is
like buying a used car.


Wallstreets are good machines, I'm typing this on one upgraded to 
40Gb HD, 320Mb RAM running OS x.2.8.
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Macintosh / Internet Consulting

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Re: Wallstreet fixed in the PDQ? What is the PDQ?

[Clark Martin]

At 1:37 AM -0500 2/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Clark, I'm wondering what you meant by  'keep turning' the computer.what
does that look like? Could you describe a bit more?
Lift up the laptop and rotate it around the vertical axis or tilting 
it up, both work.  My theory is that  it changes the alignment of the 
magnetic sensor with regard to the Earth's magnetic field changing it 
just enough to clear the sensor.



Thanks,
Jocelyn
That problem does indeed happen on the PowerBook.  One can shield the
drive with Mu metal to fix it.  This is a material that has a high
magnetic permeability which keeps the magnetic fields from the drive
confined.  I instead just keep turning the computer while tapping the
shift key till it wakes up (which it always does).
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