VST expansion bay Zip drive fails in my Wallstreet

Hi,

Tnx for your response to my request for help.

Unable to find the extension "Findit".

I am using the Iomega software downloaded from VersionTracker, not the files on the VST CD which came with the drive.

Followed your suggestion regarding only a single Iomega extension. So dumped Iomega firewire support, Iomega USB support and Iomega active disk engine. Retained the extension Iomega driver (84k file). Seemed logical.

Kept Iomega drive options control panel and the control strip file. Did restart.
RESULT: when VST drive inserted into the right bay totally froze PB until removed. When removed all is normal.

Next, removed all remaining Iomega files. Restart PB with VST drive inserted.
Able to use mouse to open folders and menus. But of course the VST drive is unable to load any zip disks. It is just a space filler.

Next reloaded all the Iomega files with the zip drive inserted into the right bay. BINGO! It worked normally and I was able to read zip disks.

But when I removed and reinserted the VST zip drive it returned to previous behavior and I was locked out of doing anything except just being able to move the cursor. And the Powerbook won't boot with the zip drive in the bay.
In fact it won't boot with the drive out unless I remove all power. Does this suggest the problem is not an extension conflict since no extension were loaded. Yet extensions must be a problem since when I removed all the Iomega files there was no problem booting.

Your thoughts appreciated.

Let's hold off on Acrobat Reader until the VST issue solved.

Robert



Mini 1.5 GHz/SD/GB RAM/Green House speakers Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Hi Again,

Here is some updated info.

Turns out can reliably turn PB on/off with VST drive installed and it works as expected. All Iomega extensions and control panels loaded.

But I cannot hot swap it. If take it out and then reinsert get PB lock-up. Remove it and all works OK. Reinsert and again lock-up.

Turn off PB, insert VST drive, turn on PB and get normal operation including zip drive. Normal until I try to remove and reinsert.

Does this make sense?

Robert

Back again,

Your suggest was perfect. Placed a space in front of the Iomega Driver extension and rebooted.

Now the VST zip drive functions normally in that it is hot swapable and fully functional.

Interesting to go back to my old zip disks and read the files they contain.
Deals with both work and PB utilities plus more.

Several years ago (1998) a Wallstreet was my main work computer. Later moved to TiPB.
and recently to Al G4 12" and 17" PBs. Plus mini at home. Really left OS 9 far behind as was early OS 10 adaptor.

Recently someone gave me their Wallstreet 266 MHz 14" screen and indicated it was not working. "Destroy the HD and then toss" were the orders. I brought it back to life using parts (memory and 4 GB HD) from another broken Wallstreet. BTW, do you need any Wallstreet parts? Had a Lunent WaveLAN card laying around and it took a full week to get wireless working.

The Wallstreet I salvaged is in very good condition and I just hope the hinges don't let go. Screen is bright and no bad pixels. Even has a decent Apple battery that gives up to two hours of use.

Tnx again for your help. Perhaps tomorrow I'll delve into Acrobat Reader and let you know the results. Need to think about other aps as well.

Robert

Hi,

So, for kicks, I tried again to use the Acrobat Reader installer I had previously download - and it did not work. This time it worked prefectly and I have a 20 Mb folder of Acrobat stuff. Assume the 5 extensions can be tossed since they were not loaded and all contain the word carbon. Printing the Read Me file for Acrobat and the instructions for the VST zip drive using the Wallstreet while I write this via my mini.

Curious - could not log on to the Apple forums using my current info. Looks like I'll need to spend some more time learning about wireless and the Wallstreet.

Checked out my back up battery earlier. When new it will hold the PB active, in the speel mode, for four minutes according to Apple. My ** battery dies after exactly 2 minutes. Feel like a doctor giving a health exam as I try to confirm that all is OK.

Read your decline of my offer, but there are things here that will never get used and probably discarded with 6-9 months. Includes extra VST zip drive,
CD drive and could you use the 266 MHz daughter card? Seriously, happy to send at no charge.

Enjoy these particular forums and will likely continue to participate. Dug out MacWorld Mac Secrets by Pogue and Schorr and need to do some serious relearning. Was a time I used ResEdit to mod the finder, but all forgotten.

Take care and thanks

Robert

Hello,

OK, tnx for the info about Acrobat reader. I'll leave the folder intact for now since space on the 4 GB HD is not an issue (80% empty). Plan to a few favorites this weekend (Canvas 5 and PageMaker 6.5).

Tonight I preped an emergency start-up zip disk that worked. The Iomega software from VersionTracker is both impressive and useful.

Here is what I suggest. Send you both the extra VST zip drive with two 100 MB zip disks and the 266 MHz card. My thinking goes like this. Obviously you are a great resource and try to help whenever possible those who come to this forum seeking assistance. I assume you don't have a zip drive so getting one would give you that much more ability to help those who don't know how to solve their problems. And you could experiment directly.

Regards the CPU card - 233 to 266 ain't (sp) no big jump. But gaining a MB of L2 cache is. Hopefully you would see a speed jump. The rest of the Wallstreet parts mule along with a floppy drive and CD drive can wait for further developments.

BTW, love using this Wallstreet and the feeling of success at relearning about how it works. Would like to defrag the HD, but don't seem to have the correct software.

Best
Robert