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PowerBook G3 Wallstreet II!!
Yay! i got a PowerBook G3 Wallstreet II (PDQ) with the following specs:
266Mhz G3 w/ 1MB L2 Cache
192MB RAM (upgraded from 128)
100GB HDD (upgraded from nothing)
20x CD-ROM
Dead battery
14" screen
I have a wifi card for it too!!!
Installing OS 9 right now, then OS X
And yes, I know about the 8GB Partition limit
266Mhz G3 w/ 1MB L2 Cache
192MB RAM (upgraded from 128)
100GB HDD (upgraded from nothing)
20x CD-ROM
Dead battery
14" screen
I have a wifi card for it too!!!
Installing OS 9 right now, then OS X
And yes, I know about the 8GB Partition limit
Just got it up running OS 9.0. Need to get 9.2.2 on it. But it's great!!! The keyboard could be better though... then again, I am used to the macbook's
I am going to try to get OS X 10.3 on it and see how it runs XD
I am going to try to get OS X 10.3 on it and see how it runs XD
One thing thats strange about those powerbooks is going from a 14" with 1024X768 to a 12" with that res.
10.3 didn't work out so great. Color issues, EVERYTHING was in blue or purple. so 10.2.8 it is!
it's going to be a simple machine. Light web-browsing, email. That's pretty much it
it's going to be a simple machine. Light web-browsing, email. That's pretty much it
Besides the newest version of Firefox runs so your set.
Safari is where it's at.
Nice score on the PB btw.
Nice score on the PB btw.
Thanks, but I am having a *wee* bit of trouble getting OS X 10.2 onto it. It doesn't seem to want to boot right after the first part of the install. It just gives me the circle with the strike through it. I am told it's bad discs, so I burned another set and hope it works.
Ok, I got the system into 10.3.5 . Now doing the update to 10.3.9. I had the video issue, but I solved it by removing the AtiRagoProGM.plugin so it works now 
. it's an awesome little laptop and is quite snappy. Although the video leaves much to be desired, it still works good. it's a bit slow when it comes to drawing the screen, but that's fine, as I am not looking for high-end video quality. 4MB video only goes so far
Anyways, I got the ioexperts wifi driver and installed it. I am going to register the card when I get the lombard I have my eyes on. So here's hoping It goes through and registers the card only!!! Maybe I can use the card one two laptops
. it's an awesome little laptop and is quite snappy. Although the video leaves much to be desired, it still works good. it's a bit slow when it comes to drawing the screen, but that's fine, as I am not looking for high-end video quality. 4MB video only goes so far Anyways, I got the ioexperts wifi driver and installed it. I am going to register the card when I get the lombard I have my eyes on. So here's hoping It goes through and registers the card only!!! Maybe I can use the card one two laptops
FYI, I am going to be buying the ioexperts driver so I can use the card in the lombard as well. It's great that it registers to the card and not the machine X^D