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First Liberation: A Wallstreet!!
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iamdigitalman
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 12:38 pm
check it:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=008&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=180074592430&rd=1&rd=1
granted, it's a bit steep on price, but look at it wrom what it comes with:
it's the 300mhz PDQ (series II) with the sexy 14" screen.
it comes with 2 batteries. add to that one that needs to be reset from my dead 13" WS series I
it comes with the DVD-ROM kit (drve+PC Card). this alone goes for $100 on ebay, or $100 for each peice on online resellers
it has a PMU issue, which I am sure I can fix. probibly command control shift power, or whatever the combo is. it also needs a hard drive, which I have a nice 40gb sitting in my old bracket ready to go in it.
oh, and if the reset of the PMU doesnt work, I can yank the one out of my old wallstreet. my old one has a few good parts, like the PMU, mobo, PC card cage, keyboard, charge card, and DC/sound board. some of the case plastics too, though it has some that are badly damaged.
I love the wallstreet. built like a tank, and very expandable.
oh, I have a wifi card I can try with that ioxperts driver.
I plan on turning it into an ultimate mac OS 9 machine. I know, I can install tiger on it, but I dont wanna.
I almost forgot, I have a 128mb stick to throw into it. add that to the 64mb, and that will bring it up to 192mb, the apple limit. I know it can take up to 512mb. my old WS had 160mb (128+32mb).
so, watcha think?
-digital 
blackcube
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 1:11 pm
john8520
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:50 pm
Very cool; I really need to get my WS-II 300 going again, I really need it 
iamdigitalman
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:04 pm
my old WS had some bad issues. like the thing would always get way too hot, but from what I have read, that is just the way the series was. it also had the 13" screen, and despite me taping the cable down 3 times, which would only work for a little while, then I would get a bad screen again. which would also work while I squeezed the bezel of the display, which would also only last for a short time.
I did howver mod the display so the apple logo lit up. it's on applefritter. Granted, it was a soft, purplish glow, not nearly as bright as the current macs, but it worked. I know PDQs have the light up logo.
my old one was acutally a hybrid. it was a 233mhz with a 13", but ASP reported it had a cashe. which I know the Series I 233mhz never did, so someone had it repaired somewhere.
I still have not paid for it yet, having paypal issues.
oh, and my old one didnt come with a power adapter, so I went through the repair extension program, and got a yo-yo adapter. the letter in the box said they wanted the old one back by April 30th, 2006. they are still waiting...
oh, and the old one came in a Dell box. /blastphomy
as soon as it gets here, I have a Mac OS 9 kit in a folder on my hard drive that I will burn to a CD. it has wallstreet updates, and a bunch of software, but not the 9.1, 9.2.1 and 9.2.2, as they wont fit, and I can easily get them off the software update CP.
oh yeah, I grabbed a custom wallstreet icon set, and some special things out of the Mac OS 8.2 beta, including the special network CP, which looks better, and the gizmo and hi-tech themes.
-digital 
Wackymacs
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:52 am
Not too bad a price. I was trying to find a Wallstreet some months back but could never get a decent price for a bundle that had everything in it that I wanted (e.g. CD module!!!) >.> _________________ ----
Josh
iamdigitalman
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:52 pm
I got my other (problimatic) wallstreet back in December of 2005 for $50. it worked great for about 3 months, then I decided to junk it. it's been dead ever since. I was looking for a fast apple portable that is fairly modern. I got a 1400, and it is nice, but the battery doesnt last too long. I was also thinking of the 3400, as it had built in etherent and modem, both in the same jack, and there is a nice one on my local CL, which I may liberate soon, just because.
but the wallstreet is an ideal mac. it has a full line of legacy ports, 2 expansion cards for new stuff, takes alot of ram, has 2 expansion bays, and it is built like a tank, a ture road warrior.
-digital 
iamdigitalman
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:39 pm
ok, just sent out payment today. had to get a withdrawl. But it's in the mail, and i'll get a tracking number (I assume) as soon as it is shipped. I'll take unboxing pics, like I did with my SE on the 68kmla, but I have no place to upload them, and nothing to hook my phone to my computer with. sucks, I know, but I may just end up investing in one if I keep liberating.
-digital 
blackcube
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:53 pm
I got my Wallstreets out today. One is a Series 2 266mhz running 10.2.8, has 384mb ram, 14.1" display, a 40gb hard drive, a zip drive, a DVD drive, DVD card and a Dell TrueMobile 802.11b card. The second one is a Series 1 running 10.2.8, has 256mb, 14.1" display, a 40gb drive, CD drive and a Dell TrueMobile 1150. The third one is a 233 Series 1 that has minimal ram, 12" display and very little drive space. I think it's running 8.6 and I haven't done anything with it yet. I have some spare SODIMMs, an Orinoco Gold card and a 60gb drive for upgrades. I think I'll make this one a OS 9 only machine.
The fourth one is a 232 Series 1 that has issues with either the DC/Sound board, battery board, PMU board or a combination of all of them. It also has a 14.1" display and is probably repairable. _________________ The Texas State Home for Wayward and Orphaned Computers -- http://www.blackcube.org
I no longer have a clue how many residents there are - I think they are waking up while I'm asleep and multiplying
iamdigitalman
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:39 pm
hmm, after reading the LEM profile, I am getting worred the 40gb hard drive I have wont work. there is a chance, but it's ATA-6, but LEM says wallstreets are semi-incompatible with ATA-6 and ATA-7, and to stick with ATA-5.
could anyone verify this? it's a Hitachi Travelstart, model HTS428040F9AT00.
googleing, not only did I find it's ATA-6, but it's got a 2mb buffer, which should help with it's slow 4200RPM speed, which I have known about, since it's printed on the label.
I had a bad experience with a IBM travelstar that died in my old mac, a 20gb. the original Fijustu 4gb is also dead. I also lost a toshiba 20gb, and 30gb, so i dont really trust them. my mother also had a 60gb seagate go dead after only a year in her laptop, so I dunno about them, though I do have a 120gb seagate powering this mac, and it's been in it for almost a year.
I know, all parts fail, but I have a few Western Digital HDs that are a decade old, but still continue to hum along, right next to another 2gb WD. maybe I should get one of those...
/rant
-digital 
alk
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:43 am
I wouldn't worry. While it was true when ATA-6 was new that the Wallstreet had some problems with those drives, most recent drives don't pose any problems for the Wallstreet.
For what it's worth, I ran a 40 GB IBM TravelStar 40GXN in my Wallstreet for ages. It never had any problems at all.
Peace,
Drew
iamdigitalman
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:54 pm
thanks. that is reassuring.
oh, I have a question for you alk, since you wrote classicstumbler. I have 2 wifi PC cards, and I dont think there are classic mac drivers for them, nor will your utility work with either of them, but I want to know. The first one is a Linksys WPC11 version 4, and it's 802.11b only. the other one is a Belkin F5D7010, and it's 802.11g/b. Do these work at all? if not, then what chipset are they, and how might I go about getting them working in OS 9? I think they'll work in X, but i'm gonna use 9 for now, as I only have 192mb of ram, and i'd rather have the snappier GUI.
thanks.
-digital 
alk
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 11:00 pm
iamdigitalman
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 11:57 pm
I had a look at the IOxperts compatibility list (thanks, i never knew there was a multi driver!! ), and here's what it said about the linksys:
iamdigitalman
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 3:16 pm
ok, just got a message from the seller. he recieved the MO today, and he's going to ship it early next week, and email me the details. when I get the tracking number, i'll post i here so you all can drool over it.
-digital 
iamdigitalman
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 5:02 pm
W00T!! it shipped today!!
here's the tracking number: 9102 7850 9140 1043 9807 51
enjoy.
-digital 
Orion
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:10 pm
Hmm, looking at the bids on that auction, it seems that some crazy freak named iamdigitalman wanted that thing bad. 
iamdigitalman
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:47 pm
blackcube
Posted: Thu Feb 1, 2007 7:29 pm
iamdigitalman
Posted: Thu Feb 1, 2007 10:39 pm
The Macster
Posted: Fri Feb 2, 2007 6:34 pm
iamdigitalman
Posted: Sun Feb 4, 2007 7:10 pm
ok, it arrived yesterday. the upper case was cracked. I replaced the plastics, and all is well. I made a topic over on applefritter to get it working. I will let you all know if I do.
also, the VST drive is light!! lighter than my ide one in my B&W. will it work with the standard iomegaware, or did VST produce special drivers for it?
thanks.
-digital 
alk
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:06 am
I'm pretty sure that it will work with the standard drivers.
I've wanted one of those LS120 drives for mine. It seems like a good design choice - allow floppies, but also allow high capacity 120 MB disks.
Have you gotten the WS running?
Peace,
Drew
iamdigitalman
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:36 am
Yeah, I got it running 2 days after getting it. It was a bad CPU card. I swapped the 300 for my old 233, and it booted right up, 192mb and all. now I need to figure out how to get the batteries to charge, and I would be all set.
-digital 
alk
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:02 pm
Have you tried the Battery Reset program? That might get them charging again. I've also rescued a "dead" battery using the VST battery charger. It seems to have the ability to reset some batteries that have corrupted settings...
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Drew
iamdigitalman
Posted: Sat Apr 7, 2007 6:24 am
just an update: after running 9.2.2 and 10.2.8 for some time, X developed some oddites that were too much. as soon as it finished booting, it would shut off the backlight. no proble, as I just hit the brightness button, and it came back one. But, it also did this when waking up from sleep, and I couldnt turn it back on. I know the display was working, as a strong light showed what was on it, but this got annoying. It was not like this when I first installed it. And seeing as how Lowendmac did not accept my article for My Turn (I could upload it here if anyone wants to read it), I decided to wipe the drive, and install 9.2.2. What's the point of having the DVD kit if it does not work in OS X? So, when my pismo comes, I will swap the hard drives, as the pismo will be my main laptop, and the 6gb from it will go in the wallstreet. I will be turning the wallstreet into a media machine. DVD, MP3, videos, etc. it will run 9.2.2 fulltime on 64mb of ram. my Lucent Wavelan will provide internets, as it will be on another floor, far from my DSL modem. This will make a nice machine for it's purpose. But first, I may want to use it to play with xpostfacto, as I have never used it before.
-digital 
alk
Posted: Sat Apr 7, 2007 9:26 am
multifinder17
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:51 pm
Yeah, definitely pop some more RAM in there. _________________ PPC Macs:
- Power Macintosh G4
- B&W Power Macintosh G4
- Power Macintosh 6500/225
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