Re: USB PC Card on Wallstreet

2005-01-11 Thread Mike Turner 
On 11/1/05 2:04 am, Nils Mueller-Scheessel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
said:

>I am desperately trying to get a Belkin Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Notebook 
>Card running with by Wallstreet (2nd revision, 233 MHz, upgraded to 
>466 MHz, 256 MB RAM). The Belkin-Card is supposed to run with OS 8.6 
>to X, but my PB always freezes in short time when I put it in the PC 
>card-Slot. It is recognized in the System Profiler, however. I have 
>installed OS 9.1, 9.2.2, the USB-Card-Support 1.4.1 - to no avail. 
>Unfortunately, installing OS X is not an option, as my processor 
>upgrade refuses to work with it (the processor is not the culprit, 
>however, as the problem with the USB-card persists when using the old 
>(very sloow) processor).
>
>I have no idea if this is related or not, but my OrangeLink Firewire 
>CadBus Card does not work, too (though it should as well). It is not 
>even recognized in the System Profiler.

Nils

Seems almost everyone, including me, gets caught by this. Symptoms - The 
WallStreet works fine with a USB card whilst on mains power but freezes 
up under battery power. 

The solution is to turn off Allow processor cycling under Settings for 
Battery, in Control Panels, Energy Saver, Advanced Settings. Now the USB 
card should work fine. At least it did for me.  

HTH

Mike

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Re: Wallstreet 1 - no battery indication, Open Firmware

2004-06-22 Thread Mike Turner 
On 21/6/04 21:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:

>Try and *shut down* the machine before you boot up into OF. For some
>reason that gave me better results before.

Have been following this thread with interest as I have a WallStreet II 
and a recent, suddenly dead battery (no lights at all), that Battery 
Reset cannot revive. When you insert the battery the WallStreet 
recognises it as a battery for about a minute, then decides it can't 
charge it and the menu bar and Mac OS 9 Control Strip indicator changes 
to no battery installed. I could not boot into OF with a restart, 
although I remember being in OF once in the distant past.

Following Mikael's post about shutting down first, I tried it and Open 
Firmware came up first try :-) Unfortunately no change in my dead battery 
(yet). Maybe it is really dead. Perhaps it is due to the fact I left the 
computer unpowered for 3 months...

Mike Turner

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Re: Wallstreet memory configuration

2004-02-19 Thread Mike Turner 
On 18/2/04 22:53, Mike Clark said:

>What about using a ram disk for browser cache, and have the ram disk saved
>on shut down?  Wouldn't that speed up web browsing?  What about using virtual
>memory?

Up until 11 months ago I was using a Wallstreet II in a similar way 
(266MHz, 192MB RAM, 20GB IBM TravelStar HDD, Mac OS 9.1). Using a RAM 
disk for the browser cache files significantly speeded up web browsing. I 
set it up as 5MB in size, which you might find to be a bit too small, but 
I really needed the memory for other applications.

I kept virtual memory turned on and set it to 1MB more than the physical 
memory (193MB), in line with Apple's recommendations for best 
performance. This proved to be a very stable setup.

But in my quest for more speed, better graphics performance, USB, 
FireWire support and improved battery life I upgraded to a 2nd hand 
500MHz Pismo (from eBay) and have never looked back. The WallStreet may 
run OS X but only just. The Pismo runs it like a champion. 

The good news is that in the last 12 months Pismo prices seem to have 
steadily fallen, so I would wholeheartedly recommend any WallStreet user 
to consider making the upgrade.

Regards
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Re: PRAM/Backup battery in WallStreet - Battery Reset

2004-02-03 Thread Mike Turner 
On 3/2/04 2:02 am, Paul Nelson said:

>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.

As we are talking WallStreets here, don't forget the Apple Battery Reset 
application (sorry, don't have the link handy). 

This application has revived my WallStreet battery several times, when I 
might otherwise have assumed the battery was dead (no longer holding any 
charge). 

I know that a few times I have run out of battery power completely and 
probably the PRAM/backup battery has run out as well. The main battery 
refuses to recharge until it is reset by Battery Reset. Maybe a sign of a 
faulty power manager board (also quite common, it seems).

Worth a shot...

Mike

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Re: Printing from Wallstreet in Jaguar?

2004-01-21 Thread Mike Turner 
On 20/1/04 21:30, Paul Stamsen said:

>Mike Turner stated:
>
> -> I bought on eBay a LocalTalk network
> -> adapter for the Stylus Color 500 and a LocalTalk-Ethernet bridge box.
> -> This, plus the Epson standard network print driver, gave me a network
> -> printer accessible to all ethernet equipped Macs.
>
>What does one ask eBay to look for if one should want one of these (for a 
>HP)?

I assume you mean a Ethernet-LocalTalk bridge, not a printer network 
interface card? You have anHP printer with no ethernet interface, just a 
LocalTalk network connection? This setup doesn't work with a purely 
serial printer.

There are several different devices that will bridge between Ethernet and 
LocalTalk networks.

The one that I have had experience of is the Dayna Mini EtherPrint. It 
works transparently. Just plug in an ethernet cable connected to your 
network and a LocalTalk cable connected to your printer. The printer 
appears in Chooser in Mac OS 9 or can be added using Print Center as a 
AppleTalk printer in Mac OS X.

On eBay look under Macintosh for something like Etherprint or 
Ethernet-LocalTalk bridge. Hope this helps

Mike

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Re: Printing from Wallstreet in Jaguar?

2004-01-19 Thread Mike Turner 
On 19/1/04 4:43 pm, Roger Shufflebottom said:

>I tried for a long time to get my serial Stylus Color 850 to print 
>from both my TiBook (with a Keyspan adapter) and from a PPC G4 with a 
>serial PCI card. No luck with Gimp-print in jaguar. Best I could do 
>was boot in OS9 on the PPC and print.

I managed to print to a Epson Stylus Color 850 from Jaguar, but also not 
by using a USB-serial adapter. I bought on eBay a LocalTalk network 
adapter for the Stylus Color 500 and a LocalTalk-Ethernet bridge box. 
This, plus the Epson standard network print driver, gave me a network 
printer accessible to all ethernet equipped Macs.

Having said that, the speed of the SC850 was not stellar and it has now 
been consigned to the inkjet recycling centre in the sky, leaving me with 
the Epson network i/f and a spare  LocalTalk-Ethernet bridge.

Mike Turner

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BookEndz Dock for PowerBook G4 12"

2003-09-04 Thread Mike Turner 
Is anyone using a BookEndz dock with a PowerBook G4 12"?

I am thinking of getting one - too many cables lost on the floor when I 
want to reconnect up my PowerBook. Any positive/negative experiences?

Thanks

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Re: OS X (10.2.2) successful on Wallstreet

2003-08-04 Thread Mike Turner 
On 2/8/03, Sid Barras said:

>I did put in a fast (20gb 5400rpm travelstar) Hard drive, and maxed the 
>memory at 512mb, but other than that, my 266mhz G3 wallstreet is stock.

I got acceptable performance since 10.1.5 - 10.2.5 on my almost stock 
266MHz WallStreet, with only 192MB RAM and an IBM 20GB TravelStar HDD. 

I forget which, but one of the following release added (some of) the 
missing graphics acceleration for the WallStreet graphics chip, which 
also helps.

But I succumbed to temptation a few months ago and got a 2nd hand Pismo - 
with AirPort, USB and FireWire. The most important thing for OS X is the 
video chip. My WallStreet flies in OS 8.1 - 9.2. It IS faster in OS 9 
Finder than my Pismo running the OS X Finder. 

The Pismo is so much more slimmer and lighter. Portability is important 
to me. I am dreaming about a 12" G4 as my next PowerBook, provided my 
eyesight holds up...

Mike


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Re: Buying new Powerbook

2003-07-14 Thread Mike Turner 
I have recently upgraded from a 266MHz WallStreet (192MB RAM) to a 500MHz 
Pismo (640MB RAM). 

This has allowed me to switch to OS X full time. On the WallStreet Mac OS 
X was rock solid, but the video performance was just good enough to run 
all the eye candy in the OS X Finder. I was booted in OS X only about 5% 
of the time. For the Lombard, like the WallStreet, the hardware 
acceleration in the graphics chip is not fully supported in OS X, so you 
shouldn't expect too much in graphics performance if running OS X.

My expensive, WallStreet expansion bay hard drive has now been replaced 
with a much cheaper FireWire external drive. You have got to love the 
plug and play ease of FireWire over SCSI - no rebooting to add/remove the 
drive. Of course, there is no FireWire on the Lombard.

I am now running OS X 99% of the time, wirelessly networked with an 
internal Airport card - definitely a Wow factor to my non-Apple-loving 
friends - Look, no wires! 

The only downside has been a slight flaw my Pismo's LCD display, which 
seems to be a manufacturing fault in a small percentage of Pismos - the 
Pink Screen of Death. There is a slight pink area in the bottom left 
corner of the screen, visible when viewing a window with a white 
background. This is particularly annoying as I always seem to be looking 
at the bottom left of the screen when reading emails (long digests such 
as G-Books). If I turn the brightness down to preserve battery life, this 
pink area extends to most of the display :-( As a consequence, the 
battery life on my Pismo is only just over 2 hours in OS X because I am 
always operating on full brightness. This is only a few minutes longer 
than my WallStreet on battery power, running OS 9 at low brightness.

However, last week I had the need to use to use the WallStreet to boot OS 
8.1 and some foreign OS 9 systems from my expansion bay drives. I was 
surprised at how snappy OS 9 is on the WallStreet. It actually seemed 
faster than the Pismo! Maybe because they were all uncluttered, vanilla 
OS installs...

Other than this, the LCD on the Pismo is much brighter and sharper than 
the WallStreet. The Pismo also comes with an OS X capable DVD drive, 
whereas the WallStreet and Lombard DVD modules, if you have one, are not 
supported in OS X.

I have kept my WallStreet now for 3 months, watching on eBay as its 
secondhand value decreases. I can't bear to part with this trusty old 
friend. (It's been that long that I've almost forgotten how to reset the 
Power Management Unit on the Wall Street - the problem occurred when I 
drained the batteries completely and was away from a mains adapter.)

The WallStreet may actually have better build quality - it feels more 
rugged. But the Pismo has all the modern ports - FireWire, USB, 100BaseT 
ethernet, Airport slot - the power to run OS X and it is a little slimmer 
and lighter. I would definitely recommend the Pismo rather than pouring 
money into upgrading a WallStreet. 

But, if you do not need Mac OS X, the WallStreet is quite capable in its 
stock configuration - just max the RAM and fit a larger hard drive. If 
you are using apps like PhotoShop, I think that a Pismo is better value 
than a WallStreet upgrade.

Just my tuppence... (2p is currently the 2nd smallest coin in the, 
Euro-free, UK)

Mike

On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 12:32, Pat said:

>I am thinking of buying a new Powerbook, currently I have a
>Wallstreet series 292 mhz.  I am thinking of getting either
>the 400 or 500 mhz pismo.  Will the ram I just purchased work
>in the Pismo?  What are some opinions on the Pismo?  Or should
>I go with the Lombard?

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Swap Pismo cpu daughterboards?

2003-03-20 Thread Mike Turner 
Is it possible to take the 500MHz daughterboard and put it in a 400MHz 
Pismo?

I've got the annoying Pink Screen of Death on my 500 MHz Pismo, but have 
the possibility of getting a decent 400Mhz Pismo cheap. 

Are there any other differences between the 400 and 500MHz models?

Thanks

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Re: Pismo Brightness Controls

2003-03-17 Thread Mike Turner 
Strangely enough the brightness controls have started working again in OS 
9 :-) Once I had got OS X installed they started working in OS X.

Unforunately, I don't know if was the OS 9.1 or 9.2 update or the OS X 
install that fixed it. I didn't reset the PRAM or the power manager (if 
it exists on the Pismo), but I had to cycle the power after OS X hung 
running fsck a 2nd time (!). Nothing serious fortunately. 

There is a the tell tale pink screen on startup and wake from sleep, but 
only a small residual pink streak in the bottom left corner :-( I'm 
praying that it doesn't get any worse...

Now to get the 9.2.2 and 10.2.4 updates...

Thanks for everyone's help.

Mike

On 14/3/03 2:27 pm, Mike Turner said:

>Brightness controls on the keyboard don't work!
>I was aware that the dedicated volume and brightness controls from the 
>WallStreet have been replaced by the function keys on the keyboard of the 
>Pismo. The volume and mute keys work just fine, bringing up the same old 
>volume display on the bottom of the screen. But the brightness keys (F1 
>and F2) don't apparently do anything at all! At the moment, the LCD 
>display is nice and bright, but I am used to reducing the brightness to 
>increase battery life. Is there something obvious I am missing? Is this a 
>sign that there is a fault with this Pismo?

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Pink Screen of Death? [Was: Is the Pismo Trackpad button Noisy]

2003-03-15 Thread Mike Turner 
Thanks for the replies on the trackpad button. I think I can live with 
it... I can cope with with trackpad clicking, because my clumsy 
fingers/hands are always unexpectedly clicking by accident:-(

Regards the brightness controls. I get nothing in OS 9.0/9.2, but when I 
installed OS X Jaguar, the brightness buttons suddenly started working as 
expected (in OS X!?)

Another thing I noticed almost straight away after waking from sleep was 
a noticeable pink twinge down the left hand side of the display. After 15 
seconds or so, it has almost completely disappeared. A quick search on 
Google turned up the report in Macintouch that I had probably read a long 
time ago - the dreaded Pismo Pink Screen of Death! 

This report is not that conclusive, many people got their LCD replaced 
under AppleCare, but it is not obvious if this is really the sign of a 
failing LCD/backlight? Can anyone confirm if the symptoms are likely to 
get worse and eventually lead to LCD failure? :-(

A bit of a bummer on an otherwise pristine Pismo :-( But I think I will 
be retiring my WallStreet after all. i have got 512MB RAM on order from 
Crucial already :-)

Mike

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Is the Pismo Trackpad button Noisy?

2003-03-14 Thread Mike Turner 
I have *just* got  my "new" (from eBay) Pismo 500MHz :-) 

I feel a little guilty, as my trusty WallStreet, with 2 1/2 years of 
daily use, is mostly adequate for what I do (email, browsing, a little 
programming).

The 1st impressions after booting up were not favourable! 2 things jumped 
out at me - the trackpad button and the screen brightness controls.

The trackpad button is not only much stiffer than the WallStreet, it 
makes an awfully loud click when you press it!! 

If it wasn't for the better graphics, USB, FireWire, ability to play DVDs 
and, hopefully, a better OS X experience I would go straight back to my 
trusty WallStreet.

As there are obviously thousands of hours of Pismo experience on this 
list, I thought I'd ask. 

Is this normal behaviour for a lightly used Pismo trackpad button? 
Is there any known way of quietening it (other than clicking it thousands 
of times)?

Brightness controls on the keyboard don't work!
I was aware that the dedicated volume and brightness controls from the 
WallStreet have been replaced by the function keys on the keyboard of the 
Pismo. The volume and mute keys work just fine, bringing up the same old 
volume display on the bottom of the screen. But the brightness keys (F1 
and F2) don't apparently do anything at all! At the moment, the LCD 
display is nice and bright, but I am used to reducing the brightness to 
increase battery life. Is there something obvious I am missing? Is this a 
sign that there is a fault with this Pismo?

Any other nuggets of wisdom relating specifically to Pismos would be 
gratefully received. What other signs of trouble should I be on the look 
out for? I am a WallStreet diehard, so I have some experience with 
general PowerBook usage.

Thanks for any ideas. 
Mike Turner

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Re: Wallstreet keyboard mapping

2003-03-04 Thread Mike Turner 
On 3/3/03 21:24, Andrew Johnson said:
>see that useless little enter key next to the space bar? Is there a utility 
>or built in method of editing the keyboard layout such that it will 
>behave as a command key?

For OS 8/9, try the excellent freeware control panel Shadow Keys from 
Swiss developers Opus Software.
 

It reassigns the enter key to become another command key, as well as 
allowing you to set a keystroke for forward delete. It usually recognises 
your keyboard and makes the right suggestions. Excellent for the original 
iMac/G3/G4 USB keyboards as well. I couldn't live without it :-)

Mike

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Re: Wallstreet power problems continued

2003-01-21 Thread Mike Turner 
On 21/1/03 12:23, Andrew Johnson said:

>Also, you said you reset the PRAM, i had strange problems with my 
>wallstreet when the PRAM battery died. It would only boot on AC power 
>the first time and then you could shut it off and restart on battery if 
>you desired, but if you lost battery power at all (ie, if the battery 
>went to 0% or was removed) you would have to reattach to AC to restart 
>it.
Good to know that I was not the only person suffering from exactly this 
problem :-)

It can be very embarrassing if you forget to take your mains adapter with 
you, run down your 1st battery completely and then cannot reboot, even 
though I inserted a full 2nd battery :-(
This has happened to me a few times. I think what happens is that I have 
the Energy Saver control panel set to wake the machine early in the 
morning to collect email on a dialup for my normal workday routine. 
Unfortunately when I am travelling and the PowerBook is closed and not 
required to collect mail. I guess it tries to wake up, finds the lid is 
closed and is not able to go back to sleep. By the time I actually wake 
up, the 1st battery is run down completely and my 2nd battery not in the 
other bay, but in the computer case.

I will definitely investigate changing the PRAM battery, once I discover 
where the PRAM actually is situated in the WallStreet/PDQ. My initial 
Google and Sherlock searches didn't turn up anything definite about the 
WallStreet PRAM. Anybody care to educate me?
>
SNIP..
>Sorry for  being so lengthy
Not at all. This was very valuable information to me :-)

Thanks
Mike

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Re: Wallstreet battery problem revisited

2002-07-02 Thread Mike Turner 

Hi Karl

Have you tried the Battery Reset program? (provided by Apple especially 
for the WallStreet model, it seems.) I think someone mentioned it before 
in this thread, but I thought I'd reinforce the suggestion, as it has 
proved invaluable to me.

I have a WallStreet 266MHz which I use every day and it sleeps most 
nights. Every month or so it fails to wake from sleep and plays dead. 
When I reset the PowerBook (fn + ctrl + shift + Power) it revives, given 
another battery or the mains adapter. But the offending battery is always 
completely drained and will NOT recharge. The Battery Reset program has 
always brought the battery back to life. I still get 2 and a half hours 
from each of my 2 batteries.

The general wisdom of this list points to a general weakness in the Power 
Management board in the WallStreet. But I thought it might be worth 
giving Battery Reset one more try.

If I ever get into this situation I think it will probably more 
economical to "upgrade" to a 2nd hand Pismo than to get the repair done. 
Keeping my fingers crossed...

Regards

Mike

On 2/7/02 4:03 pm, G-Books said:
>When I first bought my Wallstreet, the battery in it lasted about a 
>year before it would suddenly die - I'd have about three quarters of 
>battery left showing on the control strip, and then there would be a 
>message about the battery being about to die and the computer going 
>to sleep to preserve contents of memory.

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Re: Startup Items Don't - " Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect"

2002-04-07 Thread Mike Turner 

Looks like Multiple Users was not completely to blame. My mind turned
next to the possibilty of an extension clash.

Sure enough, once I started looking the answer was right in front of me.
The offending extension seems to be the " Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect"
extension. Once I disabled this (!), the Startup Items run every time,
regardless of whether I have Multiple Users switched on or not.

I am running Norton AntiVirus v6 and the Get Info details on the " Norton
AntiVirus Auto-Protect" extension are:
Version: 6.0.2 © 1990 - 1999 Symantec Corp.

I suppose this means that this version was released before Multiple Users
hit the scene.

Anybody else with Norton AntiVirus experience this Startup Items
strangeness?

Mike

On Fri, 5 Apr 2002 23:04, Mike said:

>Once I enabled Multiple Users and turned it on, every time I restarted
>the Startup Items executed fine. Previously the control panel and
>extension were disabled. There is now just one User setup, the Owner.
>
>If I turn Multiple Users off in the control panel, the old behaviour
>returns - the Startup Items only rarely execute (?). I can't figure out
>what triggers them to execute, but it only happens, on average, once
>every 10 or so restarts. (And, no, I am not going to restart 10 times
>just to check.)
>
>But, I don't have total confidence in the Multiple Users feature. I have
>experienced quite a few crashes on a G4 tower, whilst debugging code,
>which never happened before Multiple Users was turned on. It is also nice
>not to have break up the startup sequence. If I restart (due to a crash
>or whatever) it is nice to be able to come back to a machine that is
>ready to go again, rather than entering a password and waiting again.
>
>Anybody else have any ideas why Startup Items won't start? Surely I am
>not the only one to be using Startup Items with Multiple Users disabled?

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Re: Startup Items Don't Run Reliably except with Multiple Users Turned On?

2002-04-05 Thread Mike Turner 

Luis seems to have come up with something significant. 

Once I enabled Multiple Users and turned it on, every time I restarted 
the Startup Items executed fine. Previously the control panel and 
extension were disabled. There is now just one User setup, the Owner.

If I turn Multiple Users off in the control panel, the old behaviour 
returns - the Startup Items only rarely execute (?). I can't figure out 
what triggers them to execute, but it only happens, on average, once 
every 10 or so restarts. (And, no, I am not going to restart 10 times 
just to check.)

But, I don't have total confidence in the Multiple Users feature. I have 
experienced quite a few crashes on a G4 tower, whilst debugging code, 
which never happened before Multiple Users was turned on. It is also nice 
not to have break up the startup sequence. If I restart (due to a crash 
or whatever) it is nice to be able to come back to a machine that is 
ready to go again, rather than entering a password and waiting again.

Anybody else have any ideas why Startup Items won't start? Surely I am 
not the only one to be using Startup Items with Multiple Users disabled?

Mike 

On 5/4/02 10:47, Luis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

>Do you have the Multiple Users extension installed?
>Even if you don't actually have the Multiple Users option activated,
>try making the extension active (go to the Extensions Manager cp and 
>make sure it is checked, then restart).  I cannot guarantee it will 
>work, but it is worth a try.
>
>>I have 3 aliases in my Startup Items folder, but they do not get executed
>>every restart - only once every blue moon! I have just restarted 3 times
>>this afternoon and only once did any of the startup programs run. Does
>>anyone know what is going on and why?
>>..SNIP..
>>Anyone else experienced this and can put me out of my misery?


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Re: Startup Items Don't Run?

2002-04-04 Thread Mike Turner 

The exact items in the Startup Items makes no difference. Even if there 
is just a single application alias, the application does not run. So I 
gues it has nothing to do with AppleScript at all.

Thanks for your reply any way.

Mike

On 4/4/02 9:30 pm, Dan Lovejoy said:

>Do the items run if you leave one in the Startup items folder at a time?
>What about the AppleScript by itself? I wonder if there is something
>that fails to instantiate by itself in the AppleScript extension that
>prevents your AppleScript from running and somehow breaks the whole
>Startup Items process.

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Startup Items Don't Run?

2002-04-03 Thread Mike Turner 

This minor annoyance has plagued me on and off for 6 months now on my 
WallStreet, running OS 9.1. I don't know if it is PowerBook or general OS 
related, but I thought I'd try this amazing list first.

I have 3 aliases in my Startup Items folder, but they do not get executed 
every restart - only once every blue moon! I have just restarted 3 times 
this afternoon and only once did any of the startup programs run. Does 
anyone know what is going on and why?

I have done what I usually do in these uncomfortable moments - run Disk 
First Aid, Norton Utilities and rebuild the Desktop file. All to no avail.

The Startup items are an alias to my email program, another to an 
AppleScript that moves my RAM Disk away from the right edge of the screen 
and the third alias to a time tracking program. All the aliases behave 
correctly if I double-click them. The same behaviour (or lack of action) 
occurs if I move 1 or 2 aliases out of the Startup Items folder.

This is not a life or death problem, but it is niggling away at me every 
time I restart.

Anyone else experienced this and can put me out of my misery?

Thanks

Mike Turner

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