Wallstreet II - Finally

[macintoshme]

I finally got the Wallstreet I have been so psyched about. I am watching a Fish Called Wanda. I love how big the screen is compared to my MacBook. I think I am going to make it my main programming machine. The keyboard isn't as nice as the MacBook's, but I am always paranoid of hauling the MacBook around. I want to load it up. I have a 100gig hd I had lying around. My friend has tons of ram. I just need to know how much these take. I thought i heard somewhere that they can take a gig, other places say 512mb .

 

[Orion]

What are the specs? You may have issues with the RAM on that machine because of the type of RAM it uses. IIRC, it uses the low density chips, and won't read the newer ones. I had to do some creative swapping with mine to get it to accept the RAM. I think the Wallstreet II was the best G3 based laptop Apple made. Rugged, solid, and thick enough to have something to grab onto. I'd use mine more (Series II 300mhz DVD decoder, etc) if it could run OSX better. I really don't have much of a use for old OS 9 programs anymore that can't be satisfied by my Quicksilver G4.

 

[alk]

Indeed, the WSII takes low density SO-DIMMs, 256 MB per slot. Max RAM is 512 MB. In addition, the bottom slot must be low-profile.

macintoshme, you don't like the keyboard? The Wallstreet has my favoritest keyboard of all time! I love the firm but super smooth action of the keys. I need some positive feedback from keys when I type, and I want to know I'm actually pushing something. I also like that they are silent and have a continuous, fluid motion all the way down. "Clicky" and "clacky" keys often give abruptly half way down and crash down to the contact to make that clack sound...

No thanks. I'll take the Wallstreet keyboard ANY DAY!

Peace,

Drew

 

[macintoshme]

I love the Wallstreet KB, i would rank it right next to or above my 3400c's kb, which was pleasure to type on.

Specs:

Wallstreet II

300mHz

192MB Ram

had an 8 gb HD

DVD + Decoder

14in TFT

Battery was holding some charge, but not working for some reason right now.

All my os x discs seem to be pretty scratched and my 9 disc is not in much better shape. So, I worked some usb os X Disk Utility Voodoo.

I formatted the 100gig using os 10.5 (on my MacBook)to 7.75 gigs and the remainder as storage. I then took the old hd out. Hooked it up to the same IDE->USB bridge, copied the the system folder and applications folder off of it to the Mb's internal HD. I then connected the 100gig and put it on there. With my extremely scratched 9 disc, i booted the Wallstreet with the new hd in place and selected the system folder that i had just put on the 100gig. Restart and viola!

Now I need to find a way to load OS X. I need a way to program on the beastie (C++). With the 100gig hd, I was hoping to maybe persuade VLC to play 700mb divx files. Make it my movie computer.

 

[bluekatt]

to do that you wil need more then 192 mb ram

os x wil just about crawl with 192 mb

let alone play divx movies

 

[The Macster]

Videos never seem to work particularly well on Macs in my experience - even on my Beige G4 the short ones you can play through the iTunes Store are not smooth, for instance. DVDs seem to work well since upgrading to the G4 though, so maybe different formats work better than others and DivX will be fine.

 

[macintoshme]

I am planning on putting 512 in this. Probably running 10.3. iTunes is a hog, try using VLC to play back movies on your beige. I might have to resort to using Divx doctor. Converts the movie into a more playable format for the older g3s. the end result is a file of similar size (bit bigger). Which will play smoothly back in quicktime after installing the divx doctor plugin.

 

[bluekatt]

videos seem to work just fine on my G3 800 mhz ibook

in avi format

 

[macintoshme]

The g3 isn't the issue, it is the 300mhz.

 

[gobabushka]

i dont kno, im kind of partial to my beloved pismo. its a very solid machine that just keeps going. and its keyboard is also awesome! but the 1400 rules as keyboard king!