Close call with WS keyboard

[Gary Goldberg]

I spilled some cola on the edge of my keyboard near
the USB card. I wiped it up but some leaked inside.

The keyboard stopped responding, so I unplugged
and wiped up what I could after removing the keyboard
(the mouse and trackpad continued to work fine).

For a while I got endless repeats to keystrokes and
even got a string of "n's" to the Delete key.

After rebooting things SEEM to be OK (I'm typing
on the WS right now, allthough the keyboard seems
to "bounce" a bit as it doesn't seem to be fitting
back quite the way it was before.

Anything I should watch for now? Any tips in case
I do this stupid thing again (NEVER will I drink and
type! :-)

Gary


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Re: WallStreet doesn't completely start

[Gary Goldberg]

I had a similar problem when my Sonnet G4/500
CPU was installed under OS 9.1 (upgraded from 8.1 at the
same time). The problem was that the heat shield wasn't
properly installed and thus the heat during bootup became
too great and the machine froze.


Subject: WallStreet doesn't completely start
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:38:34 -0800
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What could be wrong with this WallStreet (10.2.8, 512 RAM,
Sonnet G4 processor) ?

At startup, the desktop doesn't fully load. Sometimes the
menu bar comes into view, sometimes not, but the weird
thing that whatever is in view -- clock, battery indicator,
menu bar -- the items open on click, but don't do anything.
Same with the Dock. If I mouse over the Dock, it appears,
but the icons don't work. 


If I start in OS 9.2.1, it works OK, but freezes
intermittently, which is also weird because that never
happens when it's running in Classic (but that's actually
different, isn't that true?).




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Re: Wallstreet hinge replacement by PBParts

[Gary Goldberg]

I went for the $69 hinge replacement service (plus $27
shipping) from PB Parts in Scottsdale, Ariz. My Wallstreet
G3 returned today, and it's like a new, usable 'puter. The
screen won't flop forward or back anymore, which means it's
a traveling companion again.

 Plus, the PBParts people fixed some tiny things for free!

I doubted whether I should invest another 90-odd dollars in
a 10-year-old G3 Powerbook, but now I am quite glad that I
did. My highest recommendation for PBParts to other users
plagued by the stupid Wallstreet hinge problem.


A note of caution is merited here:

I used PBParts to have my hinges replaced, too. Less than
a year later, the repair failed. I had to pay for shipping to
them, but they admitted "it was something we haven't
seen before" and send it back quickly overnight at their
expense.

Further, another year later and the hinges are a little wobbly
now: I can't keep the lid at less than a 90-degree angle or
it'll slam shut (I'd prefer to keep it just a bit open, as I have
a 17" monitor behind it which I use instead of the WS's screen).

PBParts thinks it's the screen support (not the hinges itself),
but has agreed to consider it a repair warranty issue if it
needs further work.

So far, it's stayed this way for 5 months with no worsening.




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Wall Street starting to refuse to wake up from Sleep

[Gary Goldberg]

Twice this week my WS (upgraded to G4/500, running OS 9.1)
has refused to wake up from Sleep. The first time the
screen was gray, the 2nd time the spinning clock never
stopped (both times applications were open).

Does this indicate coming hardware problems or that
perhaps I need to run Disk Warrior soon (I usually
run it every 6 weeks, but haven't for 2 months or so)?

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Re: upgrading my WallStreet

[Gary Goldberg]

From: david <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: upgrading my wallstreet
 
>I've been meaning to fix my 250 wallstreet for some time now, i've got the 
sound card/power supply part to replace, i'm getting more ram to install 
(2 x 256), and now i'm thinking... is it worth it to buy one of those 
sonnet crescendo upgrades?
 
I can't say it's been especially worthile in the 3 years I've had the
G4/500 upgrade. Perhaps burning CD's is faster, but not much
anything else. And I had to upgrade from OS 8.1 to 9.1 or
the CPU upgrade wouldn't work (but not a bad idea anyway :-)
I also found out that I had to put a "." before my Iomega extension
or I'd get shutdown freezes. something neither Sonnet nor
Iomega knew or admitted to.

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Re: Can a WS recognize a DVD disk

[Gary Goldberg]

I made the DVD on a DVD-R/VCR combo.

I guess now neither of my WS drives (internal CD-ROM or external
CD-R/W) will even recognize the DVD disk. I was hoping it would
at least recognize the disk in some way so I could duplicate it with
Toast.

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Can a WS recognize a DVD disk?

[Gary Goldberg]

I'd like to duplicate a DVD disk I made with my DVD-R/VCR player/recorder
on my WS but have only the internal CD-ROM drive and an external CD-R/W drive.

I have Toast Titanium 5, but so far nothing happens when I put a DVD
disk in the internal drive (I have some DVD-related extensions disabled,
such as the DVD decoder extension, but have the Apple CD/DVD extension
activated).

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Re: The Wallstreet Sonnet Processor Upgrades....

[Gary Goldberg]

I bought a G4/500 upgrade for my G3/250 WS almost
2 years ago. The only speed increase I've noticed is
when scanning or converting a CD to an MP3, i.e.
CPU-intensive apps.

The lack of a graphics chip upgrade path for a WS
is the biggest drawback to a speed increase, IMHO

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Can a Powerbook use Windows fonts?

[Gary Goldberg]

I had a Russian friend (who lives in the US)
send me some Cyrilic fonts for a friend to install
on her Windows XP desktop so she could display
my translations in both the original Russian and
the English. The fonts are from some CD he has.

Can I install these fonts on my OS 9.1
Powerbook?

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Wallstreet battery

[Gary Goldberg]

My original WS battery lasted 4 years, almost
to the day. I can still get about 20-30 minutes'
charge on it, but I use a replacement battery
I bought 2 1/2 years ago (99% of the time
I run off A/C)

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Slightly OT: will upgrading from MRJ 2.2.3 to 2.2.5 improve my browsing?

[Gary Goldberg]

I have OS 9.1 on my Wall Street (now a G4/500) and
use Netscape v4.79 for e-mail and some browsing, 
reserving IE 5.1.7 for most browsing.

Will installing MRJ 2.2.5 improve anything for me?
I'm a bit reluctant in case the installer sprays files all
over my HD and I have problems and need to go back
to 2.2.3.

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screen sizes vs. reality

[Gary Goldberg]

I have a 13.3" Wall Street. 

Perhaps I'm spoiled by the external 17"
monitor I've used the past few years to
made surfing and working easier, but
when I travel I find the smaller screen
size confining and some smaller print
on websites harder to read.

Best reason for using an external monitor
at home if you have a smaller screen:
it prolongs the life of the screen, the
most expensive part of the laptop!

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Re: Is my Wall Street's connection problem fixable?

[Gary Goldberg]

> From: Rad Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Is my Wall Street's connection problem fixable?
> Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 12:37:34 -0600
> 
> On Dec 23, 2004, at 12:06 PM, Gary Goldberg wrote:
> 
> >   Every time I visit my mother I have a hell of
> > a time connecting to my ISP from her house (which
> > was built in 1991)...while her 1997-era Compaq laptop
> > has no problem (connecting to AOL). It takes about 10
> > tries to get a connection. Otherwise it fails at "Starting
> > PPP") using OS 9.1 and Remote Access.
> >
> >   I have no problems anywhere else, even at
> > my brother's in the same town, dialling into the
> > same access numbers.
> >
> >   Is there a known problem with the Wall Street modems?
> > I did the firmware upgrade that became available in late
> > 1998. I've tried other modem scripts but since I have no
> > connection problems elsewhere, I figure it's either the
> > modem or the large number of phones at Mom's (I've
> > unplugged several of them, but that doesn't help and,
> > anyway, why doesn't SHE have problems with her older
> > laptop?)
> >
> 
> Might be something simple like a noisy line?  Maybe the modems that AOL
> uses in their local exchange there are a brand that's a little more
> tolerant of noisy lines?  Where her ISP is probably using older modems,
> like the kind when 56k first came out, they were very picky with this.
> 
> It's a cheap thing to try at least.  Go to Radio Shack and get an
> 'in-line filter choke' (I'm assuming they still have them).  You will
> wrap your phone line around these u-shaped (together they make a
> circle), magnet-looking things, several times.  It will improve the
> speed by cutting down on noise at the very least, but might also solve
> your problem.  Some phone line noise can't be heard by us, but can be
> heard by the modem.  I've seen these things work personally.  When i
> used to use dial-up (used to own an ISP 10 years ago), I'd never use a
> modem without one.  Install it on the end of your phone line where it
> plugs into the modem, as close as possible to that port.
> 
> Back then, those were my only choice, but I just googled and this looks
> like the thing to get:
> http://www.ky-filters.com/filters.htm

> Not to expensive to try, it definitely won't HURT anything, can only
> make it better.  I'd get two, one for home, one to travel with.
 
> I didn't look for any others that might be cheaper, just wanted to give
> you a place to look in the right direction.
> 
> HTH.
> 
> Rad...
 
Well, it's hard to believe that the line is noisy every time I've visited
for the last 6 years and it's not really worth buying something for
once or twice a year visits. Also, the voice quality is OK and the
connection speed is normally 45333-49333. I've experimented with
turning error correction on and off, but with no improvement

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Is my Wall Street's connection problem fixable?

[Gary Goldberg]

Every time I visit my mother I have a hell of
a time connecting to my ISP from her house (which
was built in 1991)...while her 1997-era Compaq laptop
has no problem (connecting to AOL). It takes about 10
tries to get a connection. Otherwise it fails at "Starting
PPP") using OS 9.1 and Remote Access.

I have no problems anywhere else, even at
my brother's in the same town, dialling into the
same access numbers.

Is there a known problem with the Wall Street modems?
I did the firmware upgrade that became available in late
1998. I've tried other modem scripts but since I have no
connection problems elsewhere, I figure it's either the
modem or the large number of phones at Mom's (I've
unplugged several of them, but that doesn't help and,
anyway, why doesn't SHE have problems with her older
laptop?)

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Sherlock 2 problems

[Gary Goldberg]

I've been indexing my Wall Street's backup 
Jaz disk (about 1 1/3 Gb on it) using Sherlock 2.
I set Preferences to "do not index" icons
and folders which were labelled "cool", yet
Sherlock is indexing images (which it's not
supposed to do) and some of the .pdf files
I labelled as "cool". 

Right now my Jaz disk is writing
95% of the time and scanning only about
5% of the time and the indexing has been
going on 9 hours.

Anyone know what's going on?

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Re: Wall Street and external DVD drive?

[Gary Goldberg]

> From: Ben Dyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Wall Street and external DVD drive?
> Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 18:50:50 +1000
> 
> If it's a G4/500 machine, it should be fast enough to do the decoding=20
> in software, probably under both 9 and X. I'm not sure about the=20
> mechanics of whether it will work on external displays or internal=20
> only, but it should at least work. The USB 1.1 is potentially a worry=20
> though -- 2.0 would be a safer bet.
 
> On 30 Oct 2004, at 08:25, Mikael Bystr=F6m wrote:
> 
> > Gary Goldberg said:
> >
> >>  But is the Wall Street fast enough to play a DVD disk?
> >
> > I think not, due to the very slow graphics and limited VRAM. Possibly=20=
>  on the internal display perhaps. You don't say under what OS?

Three posts from PBParts.com say I won't likely be able to do it:

The Wallstreet was not originally equipped to run software DVD Decoders and
it required a hardware cardbus decoder card to function properly.  I have
also never seen a USB 1.1 External DVD player that works well.

Your only choice to Play a DVD will be VLC on OS X.
Anyway, as the Video card is not supported, I don't
know if it'll work.
Apple DVD Player (OS 8.6 and OS 9) needs an internal
DVD Drive to work.
Also, DVD Player (OS X) doesn't support your machine,
thanks to Apple.

I'm running OS 8.6 on my Lombard because OS X don't
have DVD Playback on this machine too.
A few messages ago, someone said the there was a Combo
(CD-R & DVD) for the Wallstreet series, but it was
discontinued.

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Wall Street and external DVD drive?

[Gary Goldberg]

A recent post got me to thinking about
getting an external DVD-R/RW drive for my
Wall Street.

I have a USB 1.1 CardBus
adapter, a CPU upgrade to G4/500, and 
an external 17" monitor.

But is the Wall Street fast enough to
play a DVD disk?

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Re: Shutting down PBs at night

[Gary Goldberg]

Should they be OUR reasons? Like Donald, I'd like to know if
this is a good idea for others

> Subject: Re: Shutting down PBs at night
> From: Kyle Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 
> On 9/14/04 5:52 PM, "MTH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the Cybertrough:
 
> > I don't have a powerbook, but my iBook has only been turned off once in
> > the year and a half that I have owned it and that is when I shipped it
> > back to Apple for service. I think that it would upset me to turn it
> > off every night, I'm not patient enough to wait for it to start up when
> > I want to get on it again.
 
> I'm an Apple Certified Technician and I shut mine off every night and unplug
> it from the wall.
 
> I have my reasons.

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Re: shuttin down PBs at night

[Gary Goldberg]

> In the 6 years that I've had this PowerBook, I've almost never turned 
> it off. I just put it to sleep when I'm not planning on using it 
> immediately. Including overnight.

> I don't usually close the lid either. But then I don't have cats, 
> dogs or kids in the house. :-)

I must admit that for 4 of its 6 years I shut down my Wall Street
every time I was through with it.  About 2 years ago two different
people (both techs) said "you have cats, don't you?" after opening
up the case and at about the same time I found out that one didn't 
need to shut down a PB. The only computers I'd heard about running 
successfully for days on end were Amigas rendering something.

Anyway, I now shut down my PB at night and always cover it with
some plastic wrap when not in use.

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Re: iTunes and Wall Street and OS 9.1

[Gary Goldberg]

Thanks to everyone for pointing out that apparently
I CAN use iTunes with a Wall Street running OS 9.1

However, before I jump in, I just wanted to note that
I don't have, or intend to get, an iPod. I just want
to download to my HD and then add the downloaded songs
to my mp3 collection and burn downloaded
songs to a CD (I have a CD-R/W drive). Anyone
see any problems?

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iTunes and Wall Street and OS 9.1?

[Gary Goldberg]

Per the Apple iTunes website you need a Mac
with built-in USB ports to use iTunes. I only
have USB functionality through a Belkin PC
card adapter.

Has anyone been able to use iTunes with
a Wall Street w/o OS X?

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Re: How to boot from a CD-R/W drive?

[Gary Goldberg]

> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 14:44:09 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Alejandro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: How to boot from a CD-R/W drive?
> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> I have a PowerBook and a ZIP SCSI Drive.
> I can boot from a Zip disc using the StartUp Disc
> Control Panel.
> I don't know if there's a Keyboard combination to do
> that. It's not possible to boot from an USB device
> (only SCSI and FireWire).

The drive didn't show up in my Startup Control Panel, alas.

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Re: problems with posting

[Gary Goldberg]

>  Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 12:46:55 -0400
> Subject: Problem with posting
> From: Norm Kamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> I do not understand what you are telling me.
> 
> Your message cannot be posted.
>   It is composed using the 'windows-1252' character set,
>   and this list accepts ISO-8859-1 only

I don't know what e-mail program you use, but you'll
have to change the character set to ISO-8859-1 before sending
to the list. I have to remember to do this, too, as I have my
default character set as Windows 1251 (Cyrillic) so I can
type and read in both Russian and English.

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Wall Street, wi-fi, and OS 9.1

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> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 
> >I should mention that my intent is to be able to use my WS on the
> >road at a "hot spot", not at home (thus I'm not looking for a base
> >station right now)
 
> I understand now what you are getting at.  The WallStreet has CardBus 
> slots true.  CardBus slots however are a superset of PC Card 
> (PCMCIA).  CardBus can handle faster transfers.  So your WallStreet 
> can use either CardBus or simple PC Card devices.  For 802.11b 
> (11Mbps) you only need PC Card.  For this the Agere or Orinoco cards 
> will work directly with Apple's Airport software under OS 9.  This is 
> what I used prior to migrating to OS X on my WallStreet.

My WS manual says it's a PC card slot but the USB adapter I have
in there is a Cardbus card, I think. Whatever.
Anyway...assuming I reinstall the Airport software, do I need
my Ethernet-related extensions, too?
Will I then need any 3rd party software or will the Agere or Orinoco
card work at a hot spot right out of the box?
Just in case I want to use my WS in another room, will I be able
to if I buy a[n Airport?] base station? The antenna issue has me
a bit confused.

Thanks for all who commented

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Wall Street, wi-fi, and OS 9.1

[Gary Goldberg]

>There is no need for a cardbus card. I had an ORiNICO Silver card in a
>Wallstreet and the card worked right off the box with the AirPort software
>in OS 9.

>-Laurent.

Sorry, I don't understand. Where DOES such a card go, if not in a Cardbus
slot? In an expansion bay?

Seems I deleted all my Airport and Ethernet  and networking software
when I upgraded from 8.1 to 9.1 (at a user group - I only actually have
the 9.04 CD and 9.1 upgrade download).

I should mention that my intent is to be able to use my WS on the
road at a "hot spot", not at home (thus I'm not looking for a base
station right now)

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Wall Street, Wi-fi, and OS 9.1?

[Gary Goldberg]

I called MacMall yesterday wondering if
I they could recommend a wi-fi Cardbus card
for my Wall Street since I don't want to depend
on a 3rd party card's software to get it to
work when I'm out of town.

They told me I'd need OS X. True?

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Questions from a Wi-Fi newbie

[Gary Goldberg]

A post a week ago about a wi-fi PC card
for Wall Street Powerbooks got me thinking
about buying such a card.

While I don't need a home network, it'd
be nice to use my laptop from somewhere 
other than on my desk or, when travelling, 
from a wi-fi-equipped restaurant or other
"hot spot" I've read about.

Buthow does it work? Does the
wi-fi card automatically detect my internal
modem and Internet settings and dial
the access number I've set up for that
location? What about security? Can I
get WEP with OS 9.1?

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Strange behavior of Wall Street internal CD-ROM drive

[Gary Goldberg]

I wanted to reboot from my Disk Warrior
CD-ROM so I put it in the internal CD-ROM drive and
rebooted, holding down the "C" key, but the computer
started up from the HD, eventually reporting that
it couldn't recognize the CD-ROM and offered to eject
or initialize it, so I chose the former.

  The CD-ROM had opened on the Desktop when I had 
inserted it before rebooting and also was recognized 
when I re-inserted  it after it had been ejected.

This happened all over again when I repeated
the procedure, but restarting with the C key down
only immediately after inserting the CD-ROM.

Finally, I decided to choose the CD-ROM from
the Startup Disk control panel and that worked when
I restarted.

Perhaps related is that the Wall Street started
up yesterday with a bootable Jaz disk in the drive. 
I thought you had to press a specific key combination
(Option+Command+Shift+Delete) to get a Mac to
boot from an external drive, overriding the internal HD.

Anyone have any explanations?

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How to chain 2 Wall Street PB peripherals?

[Gary Goldberg]

I have both a SCSI-2 2Gb Jaz drive and a (Centronics
50-pin) external CD-R/W drive.

I'd like to be able to back up my Jaz disks without
having to copy them to my Wall Street's HD first
but I'm having trouble finding a suitable cable to
chain them.

Does anyone else have a similar setup and, if
so, how do they solve it?

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Saving the Wall Street

[Gary Goldberg]

I had somewhat similar problems (but only on shutdown)
when I upgraded my G3/250 WS running OS 8.1 to G4/500
(Sonnet upgrade card, upgrading to 9.1 at the same time).

It took about eight months (!) to diagnose the problem
(with the help of a Mac expert via e-mail). It seems to have been
an extension conflict with the Iomega extension. Just putting
a tilde (~) before it solved the problem

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Wall Street Video Problem

[Gary Goldberg]

This sounds what bedeviled my G3/250 WS which I bought in June 1998.
The problem had exhibited itself by Jan 2000. I only found out later
that Apple would repair this at their expense, including overnight shipping
to/from Dallas (they provide the box). Perhaps the offer is still
valid (I didn't have Apple Care).

I think the problem was a twisted video cable on 13.3" screens only.

> Subject: Re: Wallstreet Video Problem
> Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 07:06:54 -0800
> From: Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> My Reply follows quote. On 28/02/2004 06:56 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:  
> 
> >I've got an early Wallstreet (no cache) with video problems.  
> >Sometimes, it has vertical columns of jagged wiggly areas of color 
> >change.  The problem does not appear in black and white, nor is it 
> >present when using an external monitor.  When I bought the Wallstreet, 
> >I was told that the problem was because of one of the ribbon cables to 
> >the screen going bad and it depends on the position/angle of the 
> >screen.  Sometimes, moving the screen around cures the problem and 
> >sometimes not.
> >
> >Opinions?  Cures?
> ---
> Sounds correct. Probably install a new ribbon cable.

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OT: ISPs

[Gary Goldberg]

I like Earthlink because of SpamBlocker, which has been
GREAT at catching spam before it gets to my Inbox on
my dialup account.

I don't use any Earthlink software at all, which means I
had to enter all the names in my Address Book to their
online site. It's been worth it.

As for dropped connections, I think this is a problem
with my Wall Street's modem. It doesn't happen with
my Amigas using the same phone jack, same account,
and an external modem for the Amigas.

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Re: Trying to boot Wallstreet from external SCSI disk

[Gary Goldberg]

> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> From: Gavin Tiplady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Trying to boot Wallstreet from external SCSI disk
> Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 19:47:25 +1100
> 
> Wallstreet 292Mhz - 256Mb - Mac OS X 10.2.6.
> 
> As recommended by people on this list in relation to an earlier query 
> (thank you!) I have acquired a second hand external SCSI drive (68 pin 
> enclosure containing HP 18.2Gb SCSI 3 LVD/SE drive) in order to perform 
> backups - and restores - using the beloved Carbon Copy Cloner.
> 
> The disk was recognized after a reboot (quite hard to get used to 
> having to reboot all the time after years of Firewire!) and formatted, 
> and CCC used to clone my Mac OS X image into a partition slightly less 
> than 8Gb at the 'start' of the 18Gb drive.
> 
> However when I try and boot from the newly copied image (i.e. set it 
> using StartUp Disk and reboot), the Mac simply goes into target disk 
> mode, displaying the floating SCSI symbol instead of booting.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?

In OS 9.1 I can boot from a bootable Jaz disk connected to my
Wall Street via the HDI-30 SCSI adapter by holding
down the Option+Cmd+Delete+Shift keys.

Maybe it still works under OS X?

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Somewhat OT: looking for spyware tools

[Gary Goldberg]

> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 04:27:59 -0500
> From: "James G (Jim) Hardwick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: MAC Somewhat OT: looking for spyware tools
 
> Gary, you might check the settings on your e mail sw, since some can 
> be set to attempt a connection when the schedule for checking for new 
> mail calls for it.  In Eudora, look in the special/settings menu.
> [I think a prior post made this point, HTH further]

I just use Netscape Messenger and don't have it set to check for
new mail at intervals. I should mention that the attempts to
reconnect occur several times.
 
> Though I agree it is not likely the cause of your instant problem If 
> anyone knows of spyware that could afflict our macs, I hope they will 
> post.  Is there not something platform independent that could be used 
> or perish the thought something that could somehow hook into IE or 
> Outlook and perform its mission?

I think it's something that's trying to redial a site that I'm calling
up via password on IE (I run both NS and IE at the same time).

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PBParts makes good on hinge repair

[Gary Goldberg]

I just wanted to inform the list that PBParts
seems to have repaired my Wall Street PB's hinges
correctly the 2nd time and even sent it back overnight
for free (without my asking). They didn't exactly
admit they'd messed up the original repair, only that
"this is something we haven't seen before".

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Somewhat OT: looking for spyware tools

[Gary Goldberg]

Every once in a while I hit the "disconnect" on
Remote Access Status but for some reason the
computer (Wall Street upgraded to a G4/500 and
running OS 9.1) tries to dial out again.

I have Virex 6.1 and scanned the System Folder
again with no results but if it's spyware I wouldn't
expect an anti-virus program to do much good.

Are there any websites where, like anti-virus
programs, you can get a free spyware checkup?

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Re: Anyone else have a failed Wall Street hinge repair?

[Gary Goldberg]

> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 11:18:29 -0500
> From: Andrew in Ann Arbor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Anyone else have a failed Wall Street hinge repair?
> 
>  >At first, it seemed odd that when
>  >I opened the PB the hinge was so tight that the
>  >whole PB lifted off the desk. Then there was the
>  >creaking as I opened it and a feeling of more and
>  >more "play" in the screen position
>  >Looking into the back of my PB with the
>  >cover closed I could see 2 small chips of material
>  >about 1/4" by 1/8" that were sticking out, removed
>  >them, photographed them, and send all this to
>  >PBPart yesterday via e-mail.
>  >  Anyone else have a similar problem?
> 
> PBparts did the same repair on my Wallstreet and it's been fine.

I talked to them and they agreed to take it back as a warranty
matter. We both suspect that the hinges may have been put
on too tight or something.  

I'm a bit calmer now that I've read their "owner pays for shipping
for warranty matters" posting on their website.

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Anyone else have a failed Wall Street hinge repair?

[Gary Goldberg]

Less than 3 weeks ago I got my Wall Street PB
back from PBParts with its hinge replaced with their
own steel hinges.  At first, it seemed odd that when
I opened the PB the hinge was so tight that the
whole PB lifted off the desk. Then there was the
creaking as I opened it and a feeling of more and
more "play" in the screen position (I use it with
a VGA monitor plugged into the back so I need the
screen to stay up at about a 45-degree angle so
that I can see over the screen easily).

Looking into the back of my PB with the
cover closed I could see 2 small chips of material
about 1/4" by 1/8" that were sticking out, removed
them, photographed them, and send all this to
PBPart yesterday via e-mail.

Anyone else have a similar problem?

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Re: Inability to obtain, maintain stable connection from one location

[Gary Goldberg]

> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 10:38:01 -0800
> From: Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Inability to obtain, maintain stable connection from
>  one location  with Wall Street PB

On a previous visit I unplugged several of the phones and connected
the PB to another outlet, but with no better luck.

Irritating that her 1997-era PC notebook sitting right next to
my PB, connecting to the same phone line, indeed the same
phone jack NEVER has problems!
 
> Gary...
 
> I had this problem (couldn't connect or connect but disconnected after a few
> minutes) (Ti 400 9.1). I eventually tried connecting with a second phone
> line in the house and problem gone. The Earthlink people said there was no
> problem on their end... I didn't believe them but find out they were right.
> Having my dedicated line wiring re-done next week.
> 
> Don
 
> Gary Goldberg wrote:
> 
> > When I go to my mother's in Indianapolis I have great
> > difficulty in logging on to this e-mail account on any of 6
> > local Earthlink access numbers (but not from my brother's
> > elsewhere in the city).
> >
> > I get as far as "starting PPP" and then the attempt usually
> > fails with a response from Remote Access (I'm running OS 9.1)
> > that there was a problem on the remote side, check your
> > settings, etc. Even if I do manage to get connected it's often
> > "disconnected" after a few minutes. Earthlink has been clueless
> > in the past, and I doubt it's their fault anyway.

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Inability to obtain, maintain stable connection from one location with Wall Street PB

[Gary Goldberg]

When I go to my mother's in Indianapolis I have great
difficulty in logging on to this e-mail account on any of 6
local Earthlink access numbers (but not from my brother's
elsewhere in the city).

I get as far as "starting PPP" and then the attempt usually
fails with a response from Remote Access (I'm running OS 9.1)
that there was a problem on the remote side, check your
settings, etc. Even if I do manage to get connected it's often
"disconnected" after a few minutes. Earthlink has been clueless
in the past, and I doubt it's their fault anyway.

The settings are the same as at home.

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Importing video into a WS PB

[Gary Goldberg]

> Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 03:18:45 -0800
> Subject: Re: Any way to import video into a Wall Street Powerbook?
> From: Illovox Media <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> 
> Of course it depends upon overall format, "quality" and "experience"
> desired, but you can capture on just about anything.  A wall street will
> capture, and it will do so on any of its internal drives.  You can capture
> via PCMCIA USB or FireWire, via 8 pin serial, via SCSI...whatever.  As for
> using Final Cut Pro, You can easily use V.1, probably V.2, Premiere, Movie
> Works, etc. etc.

Remember, I'm running OS 9.1 here. Are any of these products still
available for "Classic"?

My CPU is G4/500; the WS bus speed is 83 Mhz, but my purpose is
for conversion of analog VHS to DVD (i.e. not playback from the HD;
I don't have a DVD player inside or outside my WS)

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Any way to import video into a Wall Street Powerbook?

[Gary Goldberg]

There was an interesting item in the latest MacMall catalogue:

a Belkin USB notebook card that will let you input video w/o Fireware.
It has RCA and S-video inputs.

However, I'm running OS 9.1 - is there any product which can
trigger the import of video?

My aim is to digitize my VHS tapes and some day convert
them to DVD. It seems there are combo players out there that
will play VHS tapes and even record to DVD, but only from TV
or an external source, not from the VHS player.

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Another satisifed PBParts.com customer

[Gary Goldberg]

I, too, just want to report a positive experience with
PBParts.com

I also had a failing hinge on my Wall Street PB and the
latch was not catching either. I chose their hinges over
Apple's for $10 extra. I sent them the PB on Monday
and got it back yesterday.

Service and work was professional throughout

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System profiler

[Gary Goldberg]

My Wall Street (originally a G3/250) has always shown my RAM configuration
correctly, whether under OS 8.1 or 9.1, whether the original 64 Mb, the later
96 Mb, or the present 192 Mb.


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Annoying reply

[Gary Goldberg]

> Subject: Re: Annoying reply
> From: Per Brodersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> Ich hatte am 12.03.2003 10:50 Uhr eine Nachricht von (G-Books) unter
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> erhalten, in der es hie=DF:
> 
> > LMAO So you *re-posted* it?
> =20
> 
> Seems you got the point!
> Per=20
> __=20
> 
> Per Brodersen, Ph.D. Candidate, Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf
> 
> Leninski Prospekt 14-49, 236000 Kaliningrad, Russian Federation
> Phone 007-0112-536079

I'm a little confused by this post. Is someone trying to say that they were
annoyed by a non-English post?

I don't know German, but I DO know Russian, so if the poster wants
to send me a post in KOI-8 coding I'll translate it and re-post it to the list.

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USB card speed for Wall Streets

[Gary Goldberg]

> Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 17:46:50 -0500
> From: Dustin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: USB card speed for Wall Streets?
> In-reply-to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> The speed of the USB card wouldn't be the issue. The processor is
> probably too slow to play a DVD or stream media (the G3 250 anyway).
> 
> Is it a Kanga (the original G3)
> http://www.lowendmac.com/pb2/g3.shtml
> Or a G3 Series (Wallstreet)
> http://www.lowendmac.com/pb2/g3series.shtml
> 
> Another question: Where did you get a G4 250 from??
> 
> -Dustin

Wall Street. I got the G4/500 from Sonnet.

So with a G4/500 it WOULD be fast enough, regardless of 
the bus speed (83 Mhz, I think)?

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USB card speed for Wall Streets?

[Gary Goldberg]

I've been thinking of  getting a Cardbus USB card for my
(originally) G3/250 (now upgraded to G4/250), which I think has
a 83Mhz bus.

Is the speed with such USB cards fast enough for most devices
which depend on USB, such as webcams, external DVD players, etc.?

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What version of Apple Menu Options in OS 9.2.x?

[Gary Goldberg]

I've been getting occasional shutdown freezes ever since upgrading my Wall 
Street
from a G3/250 to G4/500 and simultaneously from OS 8.1 to 9.1

I've recently found that disabling the Apple Menu Options control panel solves
the problem.
The OS 9.1 version is 1.1.8; is there a later version for the Classic OS?

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Is the Powerbook G3 Enabler necessary after upgrading the CPU or OS?

[Gary Goldberg]

Shannon's query got me wondering, especially after I couldn't find this file in
my System Folder.

Since buying my G3/250 Wall Street, I've upgraded it to a G4/500 with Sonnet's
WS Crescendo CPU upgrade and to OS 9.1 and now this file isn't there any more.

I've been experiencing some strange things since: momentary freezes of the 
cursor
(about 3 seconds) in various programs and occasional freezes when shutting down 
(necessitating a reboot). Sometimes I get a shutdown freeze even when rebuilding
the desktop with Tech Tool Lite.

Can anyone verify whether this file is in their CPU- or OS-upgraded Wall 
Street?

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Can you plug/unplug devices on a Wall Street in sleep mode?

[Gary Goldberg]

Just wondering if it's the same as when it's shut off. I was thinking
of my digital camera (serial port) or any SCSI devices.

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upgrade Wall Street

[Gary Goldberg]

> Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 12:08:21 -0500
> From: ap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: upgrade wallstreet
> Message-id: 
> 
> Hello
> i want to upgrade my wallstreet to a G3 or G4 any suggestions please
> and where is the best deals
 
I upgraded last summer from a G3/250 to a Sonnet Crescendo G4/500
and from 8.1 to 9.1 at the same time. I got it for $375 at Mac Mall.
Sonnet support is good but I've had occasional shutdown/restart freezes
and don't know if they're OS- or CPU-related.

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Problems with Sonnet Crescendo G4/500 upgrade card for Wall Street models

[Gary Goldberg]

Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone else has had these problems after upgrading 
(in my case, from a G3/250 Wall Street and from OS 8.1 to 9.1) to a G4/500
Sonnet Crescendo card (which
includes their Crescendo extension):

- occasional display freezes at shutdown

- occasional cursor freezes of, say, 3-5 seconds in varying programs (e.g.
Word98, Netscape
Messenger, Bejeweled (game).

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