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

Re: Wallstreet 1 - no battery indication, Open Firmware

2004-06-22 Thread Mike Turner
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

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

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

Re: Printing from Wallstreet in Jaguar?

2004-01-19 Thread Mike Turner
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 -- G-Books is sponsored by http

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

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

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 Mike

Re: Pismo Brightness Controls

2003-03-17 Thread Mike Turner
... 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

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,

Is the Pismo Trackpad button Noisy?

2003-03-14 Thread Mike Turner
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 -- G-Books

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

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

Startup Items Don't Run?

2002-04-03 Thread Mike Turner
) 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 -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com