tiger on wallstreet - unleashed at last

After having installed 10.4 (Tiger) on my Powerbook Wallstreet just a few days ago (BTW: installation and and configuration was done on the original G3/250Mhz processor with 256MB RAM - and it worked...!) Why? Just to prove the point: IT WORKS;-)

And although I was expecting some trouble with all of my (exclusively third-party) peripherals, it turned out of all things only the wireless card was not supported any more (duh...).

So here I was: finally able to synchronize every last email file, every password, widget setting, you name it...and I was tied up again by the ethernet cable, forced to sit in the corner of the living room, on the floor, with wires in every direction and about two inches of "wriggle room" ;-(

Fortunately, though, I managed to dredge up another driver for my suddenly useless wireless card. The only disadvantage over the (freeware) sourceforge version that I had been using in Panther (although this was not supposed to be supported either...) is that suddenly I am requested to register that product - I am not going to tell you who is the extortionist - or else the driver stops the card after 30 minutes of use, and only becomes "alive" again after reboot.

Well, maybe this will help keep me focused and stop the long nights spent browsing and surfing and mailing and chatting.

Rationing is the new style! There is a thesis to write, a car engine to fix, dishes to be washed...