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From: gl4317 on 9 Mar 2010 01:04

Thanks very much to all who responded.

I've not got the computer that will replace the old one yet (though there
are several options I am looking at). For certain it will be recent
enough to support 10.something or other. The old one that will be
replaced supposedly will not run anything later than 9.2, though
apparently some people have had some success pushing the Wall Street G3
further than that. (From the description, this sounds like a Wall Street,
but the problem is that it has been so heavily used by previous owners
that its nameplate has been rubbed clear of the writing, so exactly what
it is is unclear.)

So, from the sounds of it, the Ethernet method is the way to go. That is
what I will attempt to do.

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From: Geoffrey S. Mendelson on 9 Mar 2010 05:19
gl4317(a)yahoo.com wrote:
> apparently some people have had some success pushing the Wall Street G3
> further than that. (From the description, this sounds like a Wall Street,
> but the problem is that it has been so heavily used by previous owners
> that its nameplate has been rubbed clear of the writing, so exactly what
> it is is unclear.)

It's simple:

The 3500 aka Kanga is more "boxy" than the others and it has a combination
ethernet and modem port.

The original Wallstreet has serial and SCSI ports. So does the Wallstreet PDQ.
There are differences between them, which don't matter in this case.

The Lombard has SCSI and USB.

The Pismo has FireWire and USB. It also only has one cardbus slot, the
second was used for an internal WiFi card slot.

IMHO since it is so worn, if this is a relatively one way trip, it's fairly
easy for someone to remove the hard drive. I'd do it on a Wallstreet, I'd
do it on a Pismo or Lombard if I were going to put a bigger one in. :-)

Then you can put the drive in a cheap IED -> USB case and plug it into the the
new computer.

Geoff.

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From: Davoud on 9 Mar 2010 10:09
In article <gl4317-0803102204450001(a)69-30-10-135.pxd.easystreet.com>,
<gl4317(a)yahoo.com>:
> ...apparently some people have had some success pushing the Wall Street G3
> further than that. (From the description, this sounds like a Wall Street...

I have a Wall Street running OS X. It has two PCM/CIA cards: 802.11
wireless and a FireWire/USB adapter.

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From: d8vidt on 9 Mar 2010 10:43
On Mar 9, 10:09 am, Davoud <s...(a)sky.net> wrote:
and don't forget firewire target disc mode.

one of the nest investments I ever made was 5 bucks on an ethernet
crossover cable. no router required...

> In article <gl4317-0803102204450...(a)69-30-10-135.pxd.easystreet.com>,
> <gl4...(a)yahoo.com>:
>
> > ...apparently some people have had some success pushing the Wall Street G3
> > further than that.  (From the description, this sounds like a Wall Street...
>
> I have a Wall Street running OS X. It has two PCM/CIA cards: 802.11
> wireless and a FireWire/USB adapter.
>
> --
> I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that
> you will say in your entire life.
>
> usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm

From: Davoud on 9 Mar 2010 11:48
d8vidt(a)gmail.com erred when writing:

> Davoud <s...(a)sky.net> wrote::
> > and don't forget firewire target disc mode.

Kindly be mindful of your quoting. I, Davoud, did _not_ write that in
this thread.

> one of the nest investments I ever made was 5 bucks on an ethernet
> crossover cable. no router required...

You were able to connect half a dozen Macs plus printers, backup
drives, TiVo's, AppleTV, iPhones, iPods... in various parts of your
house with a $5 Ethernet cable!? I'm not nearly that clever; I have to
use WiFi routers to do that...

Davoud

--
I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that
you will say in your entire life.

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