[DuoList] 230

[Richard Bennet]

Hi - there is a website that has disassembly
instructions for every Mac ever made. I'm out of town
on business, and I CANNOT remember the name! When I
get home I can look it up. Google search may provide
the info if you search for that model of powerbook.
Let me know.

Rich

--- Edwin Morrow <morrow.edwin at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> read with interest your note on a dock for a 230.  I
> bought an
> old 230 a while back for $20.  I didn't have the
> dock and when
> plugged in with a wall power source, it appeared the
> OS was
> missing or not installed right.  so there it sat.  I
> then decided
> to take it apart just to see what make it tick. 
> I've taken many
> Mac apart and think they are great the way they fit
> together
> comparted to PCs.  However, I can't figure out how
> to get into
> this thing!!!  I took the srews out of the back to
> remvoe the
> keyboard, and I pulled the rubber strip off one side
> thnking it
> hid screws or something, but I can get to top off or
> the screen.
> Any hints on how to get into this thing!?!?!  If I
> haven't
> destroyed it, the dock for $30 sounds pretty cool. 
> Ah, my
> weekend project. :-)
> 
> Thanks in advace,
> 
> Ed
> 
> Richard Bennet wrote:
> 
> > Hi - yes that is a cool little duo. To try to
> answer
> > some of your ?'s: 1) If you boot up the machine
> using
> > the AC adapter, and the time and date are
> relatively
> > correct, then your Pram battery is still OK. 2)
> the
> > only limitation on the "battery tools" disk will
> be
> > the operating system it requires. Try it! Nothing
> will
> > be hurt if it won't work - it will tell you so. 3)
> I
> > have it on good authority from "the powerbook guy"
> > that the "battery reconditioner" from Apple will
> > indeed work - on approx. 10% of the batteries
> tried.
> > He has tried everything, but the best answer is
> 'only
> > sometimes'. 4) It may be possible to download the
> > battery program from the Apple website. Or someone
> > 'out there' can help. 5) upgrading the OS can
> always
> > be beneficial. Your Duo can run on OS 8.1 - the
> limit
> > -  but I doubt it would run on 12 megs of ram. Not
> > sure about that. I  recently bought a 36 meg ram
> card
> > on ebay quite cheap - it is always a good idea to
> > expand memory.  Your duo can take up to 40 meg of
> ram.
> > I don't know how much you are into Macs, but the
> #1
> > info source for Macs of any vintage is
> lowendmac.com.
> > Check it out. Also - shrevesystems.com has the
> Apple
> > duo dock Plus for 29.95. This turns your baby into
> a
> > desktop unit, with exterior monitor, floppy drive,
> > scsi, serial, ADB, and modem ports! I bought one
> for
> > my duo 230 - it is the coolest. You can add an
> > external scsi cdrom drive, too. (But it is as big
> as a
> > G3 desktop unit!) enjoy.
> >
> > richbennetlaf at sbcglobal.net
> >
> > --- "The IdeaStudio, LLC" <ideastudio at cox.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I recently came into possession of a Powerbook
> Duo
> > > 280c - quite the cool
> > > little Mac.
> > >
> > > A few things:
> > >
> > > (1) Configuration is 12/320, system OS 7.5.1 -
> > > here's the dilemna, there's
> > > no "battery monitor" application on the machine.
> I
> > > cannot check the status
> > > of the 2 batteries that came with the Pbook -
> see
> > > below. In the "control
> > > strip" folder there's a "battery monitor" file,
> but
> > > when I go to open it the
> > > "original file cannot be found" error comes up.
> > > Apparently the unit hasn't
> > > been used in years - probably packed inside some
> > > dark crawlspace waiting for
> > > that day to be resurrected by a Mac faithful.
> > >
> > > (2) There is a "Battery Tools" floppy - can that
> be
> > > used to check the
> > > batteries?
> > >
> > > (3) I've kept the power supply connected to the
> > > laptop for several hours,
> > > only to disconnect it, and find out the machine
> does
> > > not boot up. This is
> > > probably a good indicator that the batteries are
> no
> > > longer usable.
> > >
> > > (4) Can the PRAM battery be dead and need
> replacing?
> > >
> > > If there's a way to recharge these batteries,
> please
> > > let me know. I hope
> > > someone out there can give me some assistance.
> Thank
> > > you.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > John
> > >
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