I seem to recall someone talking about an Open Firmware update for the
Powerbook Superdrive which would allow it to use DVD-RW and also let it
burn at 2x speeds.
Does anyone have more information about that?
TjL
There is a "firmware upgrade" meant for at least some TiBooks with superdriv
I seem to recall someone talking about an Open Firmware update for the
Powerbook Superdrive which would allow it to use DVD-RW and also let it
burn at 2x speeds.
Does anyone have more information about that?
TjL
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Small Dog Elect
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
Tracy, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>I have to agree with previous posters that getting into Open Firmware
>on a Wallstreet 1 is very difficult. I *can* get it to happen, but I
>have to try many times. It works maybe once out of every dozen
>attempts. There must be a very small window
to wake up
the computer since I upgraded the hard disk (as mentioned on this list
before, and is also described here:
<http://homepage.mac.com/techedgeezine/cart_mac_pb2.html>).
reset-all in Open Firmware did not help.
Open Firmware on Wallstreet 1
I have to agree with previous posters t
From: Susan Platter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Useful though they are, neither of those links answers my query about why
reset-nvram did not appear to work for me, as in my
quoted paragraph starting,"When I tried this on my Wallstreet..."
Completely useless answer, but it didn't work for me either.
Wall
on 13/06/04 05:01, Susan Platter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Useful though they are, neither of those links answers my query about
> why reset-nvram did not appear to work for me, as in my quoted
> paragraph starting,"When I tried this on my Wallstreet..."
> Any offers?
Well, I think that someo
ust did a search in my file of 'things that might be useful one day'
and found this - I don't even know if it came from this list originally:
>Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 17:50:07 -0600
>From: Frederico
>Subject: Open Firmware WILL work on PowerBook G3 (Wallstreet II)
>
>Re
ing on some things here. I noted your later reply that
you were able to get it to work in your WS.
Here's more than you need to know about Open Firmware:
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60285>.
---
You could then try:
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2
ED]>
>> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 21:02:58 -0600
>> From: Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Subject: Open Firmware On WallStreets
>>
>> The National Enquirer reports at 12:18 PM +0100 6/5/04, Susan Platter
>> wrot
ED]>
>> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 21:02:58 -0600
>> From: Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Subject: Open Firmware On WallStreets
>>
>> The National Enquirer reports at 12:18 PM +0100 6/5/04, Susan Platter
>> wrot
I'm afraid the link came up with a failure.
Susan Platter
Swindon, Wiltshire, England
On Thursday, June 10, 2004, at 05:08 PM, G-Books wrote:
Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 21:02:58 -0600
From: Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
At 9:02 PM -0600 6/9/04, Bob wrote:
At 1:55 PM -0400 6/5/04, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
I didn't know the Wallstreet had built-in OpenFirmware.
Open Firmware problems on Macs:
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25249>
And it indicates that OF is incorporated in the PowerBook
d your later reply that
you were able to get it to work in your WS.
Here's more than you need to know about Open Firmware:
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60285>.
At 1:55 PM -0400 6/5/04, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
>I didn't know the Wallstreet had built-in OpenFi
All PCI Macs have OF, PBs 2400 and 3400 were the first PCI-based
PowerBooks, the G3 Series (Bronze keyboard) was the first NewWorld ROM
PowerBook.
Apple's definition - "Open Firmware-Open Firmware is a cross-platform
firmware standard for controlling hardware and is used by all PCI-
Joe Ellis wrote:
> > >Had the problem prior to the upgrade. And yes, I'm pressing the keys
> > >immediately, both from a restart and from a full off condition.
>
> Well, I've replaced the Power Manager card with no change in symptoms.
> Replaced (Reinstalled both OS X and OS 9) with no change in
- Original Message -
From: "Jeremy Derr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 5:08 PM
Subject: Re: Pismo and open firmware trick
> On Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at 03:26PM, Joe Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Original Message -
From: "Jeremy Derr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 11:25 PM
Subject: Re: Pismo and open firmware trick
> On Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at 06:00 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
>
>
On Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at 06:00 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
> The trick is the keys have to be down *before* you hit the power
> button...which is a *heck* of a lot easier on a Powerbook than a
> regular
> Apple Design Keyboard, where the power key is about a half mile from
> everything else..
Jeremy Derr wrote:
> the pismo should definitely boot to open firmware and there's no real
> trick to it... just hold down cmd-opt-o-f and fire her up.
The trick is the keys have to be down *before* you hit the power
button...which is a *heck* of a lot easier on a Powerbook tha
On Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at 03:26PM, Joe Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Had the problem prior to the upgrade. And yes, I'm pressing the keys
>immediately, both from a restart and from a full off condition.
>
>In researching this problem; I got a PDF of the Apple troubleshooting and
>disasse
On Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at 01:55PM, Joe Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>A recent post to this list suggested that some kinds of sleep problems could
>be cured by booting into "open firmware" and resetting nvram. The key combo
>is supposed to be cmd+option+o+f k
On 18/03/03 16:26, "Joe Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Had the problem prior to the upgrade. And yes, I'm pressing the keys
> immediately, both from a restart and from a full off condition.
>
> In researching this problem; I got a PDF of the Apple troubleshooting and
> disassembly guide and
- Original Message -
From: "Laurent Daudelin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: Pismo and open firmware trick
> On 18/03/03 14:55, "Joe Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On 18/03/03 14:55, "Joe Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A recent post to this list suggested that some kinds of sleep problems could
> be cured by booting into "open firmware" and resetting nvram. The key combo
> is supposed to be cmd+option+o+f keys while s
A recent post to this list suggested that some kinds of sleep problems could
be cured by booting into "open firmware" and resetting nvram. The key combo
is supposed to be cmd+option+o+f keys while starting up. Is there a
particular trick to this? I have tried this a dozen times with no s
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