Re: Dead Wallstreet

2004-11-25 Thread Tom Peterson
I have tried this. In Seattle the flux lines appear to be insufficiently present to accomplish this chicken saving maneuver. It does not work on my wallstreet. Not that I am not happy for you. Happy Thanksgiving, Y'all. -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: Dead Wallstreet

2004-11-24 Thread Mikael Byström
Pat Heidingsfelder said: So I figured I would break it open and unplug the pram battery. Please don't use such strong words as break around here. It's scary. Did you ground yourself when you took it apart? Tried it out, same thing. I am just going to have to unplug the pram, or could it be

Re: Dead Wallstreet

2004-11-24 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 4:30 PM -0800 11/23/04, Tom Peterson wrote: With all due sympathy, My wallstreet does not like to wake from sleep. It does however reboot to OS9 when this happens. I have replaced the hard drive on my poor beast and that has caused me to recommend the following

Re: Dead Wallstreet

2004-11-24 Thread Clark Martin
At 4:18 PM -0700 11/24/04, Bob wrote: The National Enquirer reports at 4:30 PM -0800 11/23/04, Tom Peterson wrote: With all due sympathy, My wallstreet does not like to wake from sleep. It does however reboot to OS9 when this happens. I have replaced the hard drive on my poor beast and that has

Re: Problem with powerbook g3 Wallstreet

2004-11-23 Thread Clark Martin
At 3:48 AM + 11/23/04, Malcolm Cornelius wrote: I power up It looks like 9.2 is going to start but after a short time the screen goes black and then the grey apple. After a short time I get the disallowed symbol OS X install is damaged or not complete. Reinstall OS X. I've seen this with

Dead Wallstreet

2004-11-23 Thread Pat Heidingsfelder
I know this has been talked about before, but I would like to ask anyway. I have a Wallstreet that will not boot. It has been behaving fine with a clean Jaguar install. I left it sleeping for a while then come back and nothing. Try to restart, nothing. I try to do the pram reset holding

Re: Dead Wallstreet

2004-11-23 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 23/11/04 19:05, Pat Heidingsfelder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know this has been talked about before, but I would like to ask anyway. I have a Wallstreet that will not boot. It has been behaving fine with a clean Jaguar install. I left it sleeping for a while then come back and nothing

Re: Dead Wallstreet

2004-11-23 Thread Tom Peterson
With all due sympathy, My wallstreet does not like to wake from sleep. It does however reboot to OS9 when this happens. I have replaced the hard drive on my poor beast and that has caused me to recommend the following voodoo trick. Take a metal object ( I have used pocket knives, watches, tiny

Re: Pismo top half on a Wallstreet?

2004-11-22 Thread Mikael Byström
Zach Arace said: I have a broken Wallstreet display (hinges need to be replaced and needs a new display cable). Someone offered me a Pismo top half...Will this work? Nope. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished

Re: Pismo top half on a Wallstreet?

2004-11-22 Thread starfleet52
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mikael Byström Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 12:27 PM To: G-Books Subject: Re: Pismo top half on a Wallstreet? Zach Arace said: I have a broken Wallstreet display (hinges need to be replaced and needs a new display cable). Someone offered me a Pismo top half

Re: Problem with powerbook g3 Wallstreet

2004-11-22 Thread Malcolm Cornelius
I power up It looks like 9.2 is going to start but after a short time the screen goes black and then the grey apple. After a short time I get the disallowed symbol OS X install is damaged or not complete. Reinstall OS X. -- Best wishes Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic

Re: Problem with powerbook g3 Wallstreet

2004-11-21 Thread Katherine Zysk
Your PRAM settings are corrupted, so it's trying to book in OS X. Try zapping the PRAM by holding down Cmd-Opt-P-R until you hear the startup chime a few times. Then, perform a reset via the Ctrl-Fn-Power combination. Hold down the Option key, this will hopefully force it to boot using OS 9.

Re: Problem with powerbook g3 Wallstreet

2004-11-21 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 21/11/04 11:40, Katherine Zysk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Your PRAM settings are corrupted, so it's trying to book in OS X. Try zapping the PRAM by holding down Cmd-Opt-P-R until you hear the startup chime a few times. Then, perform a reset via the Ctrl-Fn-Power combination. Hold down the

Re: Problem with powerbook g3 Wallstreet

2004-11-21 Thread Katherine Zysk
If the PMU board is bad, then symptoms include not charging the batteries, which in turn cause the drain of the PRAM rechargeable battery, I think. If your CD drive doesn't work, then it might be toasted or the logicboard is defective. -Laurent. -- I ordered a new card and will wait to

Pismo top half on a Wallstreet?

2004-11-20 Thread Zach Arace
I have a broken Wallstreet display (hinges need to be replaced and needs a new display cable). Someone offered me a Pismo top half...Will this work? Thanks, Zach Arace [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com

Wallstreet not seeing Keyspan USBCard

2004-11-20 Thread Hubert Phillips II
I have run into a problem with my Wallstreet. Running OS 9.2.2 with the USB extensions installed and decided to try the Keyspan USB Card. When I boot up with the card in the slot, the PB hangs after it gets to the desktop and all the icons (HD and USB Card) show up. Take the card out

Problem with powerbook g3 Wallstreet

2004-11-20 Thread Katherine Zysk
I have a Wallstreet 266 I installed a new DC card last week And then I installed 10.2 working fine until the next day. Now it will not start all the way I power up It looks like 9.2 is going to start but after a short time the screen goes black and then the grey apple. After a short time I get

Re: Problem with powerbook g3 Wallstreet

2004-11-20 Thread Hubert Phillips II
Don't have my Wallstreet with me now to look, but isn't there a little note about a reboot key combination on the back near the keyboard connector? On Saturday, November 20, 2004, at 08:04 PM, Katherine Zysk wrote: I have a Wallstreet 266 I installed a new DC card last week And then I

Re: Wallstreet not seeing Keyspan USBCard

2004-11-20 Thread Ken
My Reply follows quote. On 20/11/2004 17:58 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I have run into a problem with my Wallstreet. Running OS 9.2.2 with the USB extensions installed and decided to try the Keyspan USB Card. When I boot up with the card in the slot, the PB hangs after it gets to the desktop

Re: Problem with powerbook g3 Wallstreet

2004-11-20 Thread Katherine Zysk
Don't have my Wallstreet with me now to look, but isn't there a little note about a reboot key combination on the back near the keyboard connector? Like I said I have tried everything, the Wallstreet combo for reset is shift fn ctrl and power. But is still goes through the same start-up

Re: Wallstreet not seeing Keyspan USBCard

2004-11-20 Thread Katherine Zysk
I have run into a problem with my Wallstreet. Running OS 9.2.2 with the USB extensions installed and decided to try the Keyspan USB Card. When I boot up with the card in the slot, the PB hangs after it gets to the desktop and all the icons (HD and USB Card) show up. Take the card out

Wallstreet not seeing Belkin wireless card

2004-11-19 Thread Anne Judge
After saying I would for months, I just upgraded my Wallstreet (466, 384MB RAM, 20gig HD) to 10.2.8 in the hopes of making it my kitchen recipe/internet radio computer. (No disaster if I spill that soup on it! - at least not compared to if I did the same on my PB G4 17.) I got a Belkin

Re: Wallstreet not seeing Belkin wireless card

2004-11-19 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 19/11/04 08:58, Anne Judge at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After saying I would for months, I just upgraded my Wallstreet (466, 384MB RAM, 20gig HD) to 10.2.8 in the hopes of making it my kitchen recipe/internet radio computer. (No disaster if I spill that soup on it! - at least not compared

Re: Wallstreet not seeing Belkin wireless card

2004-11-19 Thread John McGibney
My understanding is that this card should work because it's using a Broadcom chipset. But when I pull down the PC card menu that appears when it's in, it says: Ralink Technology Inc. RT2500 That's the updated chipset that needs the drivers from Belkin. My original card Ids

Re: Wallstreet not seeing Belkin wireless card

2004-11-19 Thread Mike McGinnis
--- Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 19/11/04 08:58, Anne Judge at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After saying I would for months, I just upgraded my Wallstreet (466, 384MB RAM, 20gig HD) to 10.2.8 in the hopes of making it my kitchen recipe/internet radio computer

Re: Wallstreet not seeing Belkin wireless card

2004-11-19 Thread Anne Judge
about this and were rude in trying to help me solve this problem, they claim they are still Broadcom chipsets. Yay! I found the driver, and though it claims only to work with the G4 Titanium, it worked for my Wallstreet. Phew, I was afraid Belkin changed to a chipset with no OS X driver!! Though

Re: Wallstreet not seeing Belkin wireless card

2004-11-19 Thread Anne Judge
- works for me with 10.2.8 Wallstreet. Nice flat form factor. Though if I'd known I was going to use a 3rd-party driver (instead of Airport) I would have looked into a card that has drivers under both OS 9 X. Anne -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp

Re: Cisco; was: Wallstreet not seeing Belkin wireless card

2004-11-19 Thread David Lesher
What's the state of Cisco's drivers? I have a Aeronet card... -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac

USB PCMCIA Card for wallstreet

2004-11-18 Thread PETE
Does any lister know what's the cheapest price for a USB card for a wallstreet? I need to add USB capabilities to my wallstreet but is unwilling to spend a lot. TIA, Pete. __ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http

Re: USB PCMCIA Card for wallstreet

2004-11-18 Thread David Lesher
PETE wrote: Does any lister know what's the cheapest price for a USB card for a wallstreet? I need to add USB capabilities to my wallstreet but is unwilling to spend a lot. TIA, Pete. I bought one from NewEgg. I'll get the PN/$$ later. It's OK, but it's a PITA with most wireless cards; both need

Re: USB PCMCIA Card for wallstreet

2004-11-18 Thread David Lesher
Newgg: 39-109-001 COMPUCABLE PCMCIA USB2.0 CARD RTL $36.00 -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac

Re: USB PCMCIA Card for wallstreet

2004-11-18 Thread Clark Martin
At 10:38 AM -0500 11/18/04, David Lesher wrote: PETE wrote: Does any lister know what's the cheapest price for a USB card for a wallstreet? I need to add USB capabilities to my wallstreet but is unwilling to spend a lot. TIA, Pete. I bought one from NewEgg. I'll get the PN/$$ later. It's OK

Re: USB PCMCIA Card for wallstreet

2004-11-18 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 3:18 PM -0800 11/18/04, Clark Martin wrote: At 10:38 AM -0500 11/18/04, David Lesher wrote: PETE wrote: Does any lister know what's the cheapest price for a USB card for a wallstreet? I need to add USB capabilities to my wallstreet but is unwilling to spend

Re: USB PCMCIA Card for wallstreet

2004-11-18 Thread David Lesher
The Macally (1.1) USB card is flat and has a 2-port dongle. It fits under any of my other PC cards. Although it's not being manufactured any longer, you ought to be able to come across a used one for $30 or so. I hate dongles. They get lost, come lose, break, etc. That figured strongly in

Latest version of OS X for Wallstreet

2004-11-16 Thread Zach Arace
Hey G-Bookers, This is my first post as a member of the G-Books list! Anyways, was wondering what the latest version of OS X compatible with my Wallstreet is (without using X-Postfacto). I think it's 10.2.8, but I just wanted to make sure. I'm trying to max it out and upgrade it to X. Thanks

Re: Latest version of OS X for Wallstreet

2004-11-16 Thread Ben Dyer
Yep, the last version of X officially supported by Apple on the Wallstreet is 10.2.8. Welcome to the list. Cheers, Ben On 17 Nov 2004, at 12:53, Zach Arace wrote: Hey G-Bookers, This is my first post as a member of the G-Books list! Anyways, was wondering what the latest version of OS X

Re: Latest version of OS X for Wallstreet

2004-11-16 Thread Zach Arace
on 11/16/04 8:55 PM, Ben Dyer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep, the last version of X officially supported by Apple on the Wallstreet is 10.2.8. Welcome to the list. Cheers, Ben On 17 Nov 2004, at 12:53, Zach Arace wrote: Hey G-Bookers, This is my first post as a member of the G-Books

Re: Wallstreet and UDF

2004-11-13 Thread darm0k
At 09:29 PM -0700 11/12/2004, Bob wrote: 2) But from terminal in Panther, you can view man pages that say full UDF 1.5 is there, although it doesn't say CD or DVD specifically. I'm currently puttering within to see if I can force a mount. Does that pertain to Panther only (no Jaguar support)? No

Re: Wallstreet and UDF

2004-11-12 Thread Bob
Hay Dan, I have another question for you, so I'll go ahead and include some comments about the re-order problem that I was originally going to let slide so as not to add to the high list volume. The National Enquirer reports at 7:05 PM -0500 11/9/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 04:07 PM

Re: Wallstreet and UDF

2004-11-12 Thread darm0k
At 01:54 AM -0700 11/12/2004, Bob wrote: I had occasion to check out the Roxio web site today and I looked to see what updated information I could pick up on any newer versions of the Adaptec UDF extension. All I could find was version 1.0.4, which is the version that I've had since 1999. When I

Re: Wallstreet and UDF

2004-11-12 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 11:46 AM -0500 11/12/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 01:54 AM -0700 11/12/2004, Bob wrote: I had occasion to check out the Roxio web site today and I looked to see what updated information I could pick up on any newer versions of the Adaptec UDF extension.

Re: X on Wallstreet

2004-11-10 Thread Mikael Byström
Anne Judge said: The one think I want to add is a wireless card (for the internet radio allrecipes.com/epicurious.com), which I haven't done yet. I understand going to X complicates this, but I've only done casual reading, not serious research, so far. I had great results with Orinico

Re: X on Wallstreet

2004-11-10 Thread Luis Sequeira
with the drivers built into the OS. I have a Belkin 802.11g card that works like a charm (either on my Wallstreet or on my TiBook, both running OS X Panther) ; and I know several others also work, but you should check before you buy, of course. Luis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com

Re: X on Wallstreet

2004-11-10 Thread Luis Sequeira
with the drivers built into the OS. I have a Belkin 802.11g card that works like a charm (either on my Wallstreet or on my TiBook, both running OS X Panther) ; and I know several others also work, but you should check before you buy, of course. Luis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com

Re: X on Wallstreet

2004-11-10 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 10:43 AM +0100 11/10/04, Mikael Byström wrote: Anne Judge said: The one think I want to add is a wireless card (for the internet radio allrecipes.com/epicurious.com), which I haven't done yet. I understand going to X complicates this, but I've only done

Re: X on Wallstreet

2004-11-10 Thread Bob
the matter of adding a wireless card. Many cards just work right out of the box with the drivers built into the OS. I have a Belkin 802.11g card that works like a charm (either on my Wallstreet or on my TiBook, both running OS X Panther) ; and I know several others also work, but you should check

Re: X on Wallstreet

2004-11-10 Thread Anne Judge
On Nov 9, 2004, at 10:24 AM, Luis Sequeira wrote: I have a Belkin 802.11g card that works like a charm (either on my Wallstreet or on my TiBook, both running OS X Panther) ; and I know several others also work, but you should check before you buy, of course. Thanks, I just saw - after I posted

Re: Wallstreet and UDF

2004-11-09 Thread darm0k
At 04:07 PM -0700 11/08/2004, Bob wrote: BTW, you may remember that in the past (OS 8.5/6) there was some conflict between Adaptec's extension and Apple's UDF extension. Re-ordering those two extensions so that Apple's preceded Adaptec's solved the conflict (and the 3rd-party Joliet Volume Access

Re: X on Wallstreet

2004-11-08 Thread Anne Judge
On Nov 8, 2004, at 12:53 AM, Ben Dyer wrote: That said, a Wallstreet can be a worthwhile OS X machine for some purposes (mainly office applications like e-mail, web browsing, word processing, and so forth). I have a Wallstreet that alreaday had a 466 MHz upgrade card, 384 MB RAM (when I've got

Re: Wallstreet and UDF

2004-11-08 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 1:06 AM -0500 11/8/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 04:44 PM -0600 11/04/2004, Pat Heidingsfelder wrote: I just got a used Wallstreet to play with. I am not very familiar with OS 9. My MacLife started with OS X. So, this OS 9 will not let me mount a UDF disc

Re: Wallstreet and UDF

2004-11-07 Thread George Mogiljansky
present). Luckily, Mozilla installed (so I can still use the Net) and Preview (the pdf reader app). Prefs are accessible. I used XPostFacto without the special video setting (thanks to Ben Dyer) for Wallstreet. With the special setting I could not install Panther at all. Best George What is the dim

Re: Wallstreet and UDF

2004-11-07 Thread Laurent Daudelin
or are not installed, e.g. Stuffit, Safari (but the app and alias in the dock are both present). Luckily, Mozilla installed (so I can still use the Net) and Preview (the pdf reader app). Prefs are accessible. I used XPostFacto without the special video setting (thanks to Ben Dyer) for Wallstreet

X on Wallstreet

2004-11-07 Thread Katherine Zysk
Hello, What is the highest X that I can put on my Wallstreet 266? Is it worth upgrading the processor? Thanks, Kathiz -- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site

Re: X on Wallstreet

2004-11-07 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 07/11/04 21:01, Katherine Zysk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, What is the highest X that I can put on my Wallstreet 266? Is it worth upgrading the processor? Officially, 10.2.8 (AKA Jaguar) is the highest you can put in a Wallstreet. However, many Wallstreet owners have been able

Re: X on Wallstreet

2004-11-07 Thread Ben Dyer
for the Wallstreet, will cost you upwards of $300 -- and it still won't enable you to run OS X particularly well. Add to that the cost of upgrading the RAM (256MB is about the minimum), and you're already more than a third of the way towards getting a brand-new iBook, with wireless networking, a processor more

Re: Wallstreet and UDF

2004-11-07 Thread darm0k
At 04:44 PM -0600 11/04/2004, Pat Heidingsfelder wrote: I just got a used Wallstreet to play with. I am not very familiar with OS 9. My MacLife started with OS X. So, this OS 9 will not let me mount a UDF disc! It wants to initialize it. The UDF extension is there but not working

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-11-06 Thread Nils
On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 10:37:11AM -0800 or thereabouts, Nils wrote: On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 08:18:15PM -0700 or thereabouts, Nils wrote: Internal temperature can vary quite a bit from computer to computer, even if they are the same model. The amount of RAM, size of the hard drive,

Re: Wallstreet and UDF

2004-11-06 Thread Mikael Byström
Pat Heidingsfelder said: What should I try next? Get some RAM, say 2 x 256 or 2 x 128 and install OS X? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks |

Re: Wallstreet and UDF

2004-11-06 Thread Pat Heidingsfelder
On Nov 6, 2004, at 2:30 PM, G-Books wrote: Get some RAM, say 2 x 256 or 2 x 128 and install OS X? I was planning on OS X since I am not used to 9 at all, but I am going to turn it into a picture frame, and I have played with X on a Wallstreet before, and it doesn't like to behave all of the time

Re: Wallstreet and UDF

2004-11-06 Thread Laurent Daudelin
with X on a Wallstreet before, and it doesn't like to behave all of the time. Like the dim screen problem! Might depend on the model of PowerBook, or a problem of the PowerBook itself. I've used OS X on a Pismo for over a year without any problem with the dim screen. I'm now using a PowerBook 17

Wallstreet and UDF

2004-11-04 Thread Pat Heidingsfelder
I just got a used Wallstreet to play with. I am not very familiar with OS 9. My MacLife started with OS X. So, this OS 9 will not let me mount a UDF disc! It wants to initialize it. The UDF extension is there but not working. I have verified the disc is good using my iBook and 10.3.5. I

Re: Wallstreet and UDF

2004-11-04 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 4:44 PM -0600 11/4/04, Pat Heidingsfelder wrote: I just got a used Wallstreet to play with. I am not very familiar with OS 9. My MacLife started with OS X. So, this OS 9 will not let me mount a UDF disc! It wants to initialize it. The UDF extension

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-11-01 Thread B Gardner
Can someone provide a link to the site where GaugePro can be downloaded? Thanks-Byron On Oct 31, 2004, at 12:37 PM, Nils wrote: On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 08:18:15PM -0700 or thereabouts, Nils wrote: Internal temperature can vary quite a bit from computer to computer, even if they are the same model.

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-11-01 Thread Anne Judge
On Nov 1, 2004, at 2:10 PM, B Gardner wrote: Can someone provide a link to the site where GaugePro can be downloaded? Versiontracker page at http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macos/15583 downloads from http://eshop.macsales.com/Tech/FTP/newertech/GaugePRO11.sit (looks like OWC

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-11-01 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 1:10 PM -0600 11/1/04, B Gardner wrote: Can someone provide a link to the site where GaugePro can be downloaded? All Newer Tech utilities are now at a new (no pun intended) location: http://eshop.macsales.com/Tech/index.cfm?load=newertech.html You'll find Gauge

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-11-01 Thread B Gardner
Thanks Anne! On Nov 1, 2004, at 9:22 PM, Anne Judge wrote: On Nov 1, 2004, at 2:10 PM, B Gardner wrote: Can someone provide a link to the site where GaugePro can be downloaded? Versiontracker page at http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macos/15583 downloads from

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-31 Thread Mikael Byström
Nils said: I'm sure you can do something also in your situation for improving heat dissipation. Please note that my fan did run and it didn't help half as good for dissipation than a copper plate and cooling paste. What OS were you running when the fan was coming on? OS X Jaguar. As I

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-31 Thread Nils
On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 03:58:54PM +0100 or thereabouts, Mikael Bystr?m wrote: OS X Jaguar. As I remember it the fan did come on under Panther as well. At least I didn't have any heat problems then. Hmm. I switched over when 10.3.4 was available. I hadn't experimented with 10.2 on this machine.

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-31 Thread Nils
On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 08:18:15PM -0700 or thereabouts, Nils wrote: Internal temperature can vary quite a bit from computer to computer, even if they are the same model. The amount of RAM, size of the hard drive, PC cards, modem use, what apps are being used, and especially the

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-30 Thread Mikael Byström
Nils said: Maybe the fan is OS controlled, and OS X lacks the ability to do it. ? Since I got my WS, I've been running OS X. So I'm not sure if the fan does come on when running MacOS 8 or 9. What version of OS X? Under Jaguar at least the fan did come on. I think also with XPF and Panther

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-30 Thread Nils
On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 12:22:51AM +0200 or thereabouts, Mikael Bystr?m wrote: What version of OS X? Under Jaguar at least the fan did come on. I think also with XPF and Panther (which I found to be working better on my WS II/PDQ). Currently running 10.3.4 installed with XPF 3.0a17. Have you

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-30 Thread Mikael Byström
Nils said: Sadly, since there aren't any temperature reporting programs for OS X, Ehum: Temperature Monitor is an application to read out all available temperature sensors in Macintosh computers.. We try to detect all sensors on as many Macintosh computer types as possible.

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-30 Thread Nils
in context I believe it was easy to understand what I was saying. I should have made that statement more specific. Maybe it should have said.. Sadly, since there are no temperature reporting programs which support the thermal sensors in the Wallstreet I laptop for OS X... Anne Judge was kind enough

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-30 Thread Mikael Byström
Nils said: I wouldn't have a problem doing that, if the product already supported my hardware to some degree and additional development was being persued. Talk to the developer. I have on going relationships with many. It can be very rewarding. Anyway, Temp readings in the WS are also dependent

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-30 Thread Nils
On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 06:46:06PM +0200 or thereabouts, Mikael Bystr?m wrote: Talk to the developer. I have on going relationships with many. It can be very rewarding. Great suggestion. I'll be inquiring. Anyway, Temp readings in the WS are also dependent on the CPU daughter card. So if the

How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-29 Thread Nils
Good morning, Does anyone know how to control the fan in the Wallstreet? An application for either OS X or OS 9. And by 'control' I mean a program that can either turn the fan on or off. Or check and change the thermal thresholds where the fan does turn on or off. I believe because the fan

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-29 Thread Bill Buckhaults
I use Gauge PRO from Newer Tech. on OS 9. My Wallstreet is currently running 131 degrees F. Nils wrote: Good morning, Does anyone know how to control the fan in the Wallstreet? An application for either OS X or OS 9. And by 'control' I mean a program that can either turn the fan on or off

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-29 Thread Anne Judge
On Oct 29, 2004, at 4:43 AM, Nils wrote: Also, what program can be used to report the CPU temperature? In OS X, I use Temperature Monitor Lite on my PB 17 - don't know if it works on the Wallstreet. (It comes with Temperature Monitor; the lite version puts an indicator in the menu bar

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-29 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 29/10/04 04:43, Nils at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good morning, Does anyone know how to control the fan in the Wallstreet? An application for either OS X or OS 9. And by 'control' I mean a program that can either turn the fan on or off. Or check and change the thermal thresholds where

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-29 Thread Nils
Cool. Thanks for the suggestion. I booted back into 9 and am currently running 143 degrees F. When you're using your laptop, does the fan ever come on? -nils On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 09:58:40AM -0400 or thereabouts, Bill Buckhaults wrote: I use Gauge PRO from Newer Tech. on OS 9. My Wallstreet

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-29 Thread Nils
it should, then the problem might be hardware. Getting an application to report on the temperature might report a wrong temperature which could be the reason why the fan doesn't start. Have you ever heard the fan running? I think that when you do a reset of the PMU on a Wallstreet, one way to know

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-29 Thread Nils
Judge wrote: In OS X, I use Temperature Monitor Lite on my PB 17 - don't know if it works on the Wallstreet. (It comes with Temperature Monitor; the lite version puts an indicator in the menu bar, the not-lite version puts it on your screen. http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-29 Thread Anne Judge
cooler. Some are USB-powered which may or may not be a problem with a Wallstreet depending on whether you have a card. A Google search turned up these reviews that seem to indicate they work: http://www.thetechlounge.com/review.php? directory=titan_laptop_coolerpage=2 http

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-29 Thread Laurent Daudelin
a reset of the PMU on a Wallstreet, one way to know that the reset was successful is that the fan is supposed to run for a few seconds after the reset. You are probably correct on the API idea. And yes, the fan does spin for a few seconds when resetting the PMU. After checking out Gauge PRO

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-29 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 1:43 AM -0700 10/29/04, Nils wrote: Good morning, Does anyone know how to control the fan in the Wallstreet? An application for either OS X or OS 9. And by 'control' I mean a program that can either turn the fan on or off. I agree with Laurent and others

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-29 Thread Nils
which may or may not be a problem with a Wallstreet depending on whether you have a card. A Google search turned up these reviews that seem to indicate they work: http://www.thetechlounge.com/review.php? directory=titan_laptop_coolerpage=2 http://www.thetechlounge.com

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-29 Thread Nils
On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 08:18:36PM -0400 or thereabouts, Laurent Daudelin wrote: The OS has definitely control over starting the fan or not. After some OS X upgrades, I remember reading comments from Titanium users saying that the fan was starting more often then with the previous version.

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-29 Thread Nils
That's not the problem **if** the temperature in your Wallstreet is only 143 degrees F as you indicate in a later post. That's assuming the temperature is being reported correctly. See reply to Laurent regarding thermistors. And yes, I did report the running temperature as 143 degrees F. I

Re: Compatibility of OS10 with the Wallstreet II 233

2004-10-27 Thread Bob
, or additional languages). Once it's stripped down to the bare bones, a Panther install takes up a little less than 1GB. Allowing 400MB for the 9.2 installation and 600MB for swap, that leaves you with about 2GB free (IIRC the Wallstreet 4GB drive is actually 4GB *formatted*). Although you *can* use

Re: Compatibility of OS10 with the Wallstreet II 233

2004-10-27 Thread Michael Clarke
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 4:51 AM To: G-Books Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Compatibility of OS10 with the Wallstreet II 233 The National Enquirer reports at 3:01 PM +1000 10/27/04, Ben Dyer wrote: Mike, OS X 10.3.5 should run OK on that machine. A 4GB hard

Re: Compatibility of OS10 with the Wallstreet II 233

2004-10-27 Thread Ben Dyer
, there will still be around 2GB available. I have OS 9, OS X 10.3.5, Photoshop, CodeWarrior, and many other applications (plus the subset of my documents that I'm using at any given time) on my 4GB Wallstreet, and there's still about 600-800MB free at any given moment. The way I see

Re: Compatibility of OS10 with the Wallstreet II 233

2004-10-27 Thread Ben Dyer
also get a kernel panic or other errors; all you can do is restart under 9, and go through the whole process again. Leave the XPostFacto options alone; most of them don't do anything good for the Wallstreet. Once OS X is installed and configured properly, you should find it is fairly stable

Re: Compatibility of OS10 with the Wallstreet II 233

2004-10-27 Thread John C. Swanson
On 27 Oct 2004, at 23:36, Michael Clarke wrote: Thanks Ben and Bob, So if I were going to start from scratch and set up multiple partitions, would the install of OS X still be pretty straightforward? I mean, using XPostFacto to run the install, will it give me the option of choosing a

Re: Compatibility of OS10 with the Wallstreet II 233

2004-10-27 Thread Ben Dyer
There are 2 drives on that site that will definitely work with the Wallstreet -- a 20GB 4200RPM Toshiba for $72, and a 40GB 4200RPM Hitachi for $129. The Toshiba drive doesn't seem to be rated too highly, though. Cheers, Ben On 28 Oct 2004, at 00:30, John C. Swanson wrote: I just bought new

Re: Compatibility of OS10 with the Wallstreet II 233

2004-10-27 Thread Steven Ellem
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 1:30 PM Subject: Re: Compatibility of OS10 with the Wallstreet II 233 Hi, I have an installation question. I have a Wallstreet 266 w/512MB of RAM and a 4GB hard drive. Will I

Re: Compatibility of OS10 with the Wallstreet II 233

2004-10-27 Thread Bob
shown, it's just a matter of taking the time, making the effort and searching for the best prices. My price approximation was based partially on my purchase almost 18 months ago of a IBM/Hatachi Travelstar 40 GB GNX 5400RPM drive for my Wallstreet for $128. Prices have come down since

Re: Compatibility of OS10 with the Wallstreet II 233 (P.S.)

2004-10-27 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 8:36 AM -0500 10/27/04, Michael Clarke wrote: Thanks Ben and Bob, So if I were going to start from scratch and set up multiple partitions, would the install of OS X still be pretty straightforward? I mean, using XPostFacto to run the install, will it give me

Re: Powerlogix Wallstreet firmware needed

2004-10-26 Thread Mikael Byström
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I need to flash a 466mhz processor with Series II ROM with Series I ROM... If this version of the WS upgrade cards is anything like the 500Mhz variant, then I'm quite sure this *is not* possible. This was what PL themselves told me after I wasted a month and a half. --

Re: Compatibility of OS10 with the Wallstreet II 233

2004-10-26 Thread michael
Hi, I have an installation question. I have a Wallstreet 266 w/512MB of RAM and a 4GB hard drive. Will I need to get a higher capacity hard drive to run OS X 10.3.5? Also, are there any other special steps involved in the OS X install... such as setting up the disk with separate partitions

Re: Compatibility of OS10 with the Wallstreet II 233

2004-10-26 Thread Ben Dyer
, a Panther install takes up a little less than 1GB. Allowing 400MB for the 9.2 installation and 600MB for swap, that leaves you with about 2GB free (IIRC the Wallstreet 4GB drive is actually 4GB *formatted*). You don't need to set up separate partitions for OS 9 and OS X, I'd recommend leaving it all

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