Duo 270c: 8 chime grief

[chris matzen]

I tried resetting the Power Manager to boot with  keyboard removed 
and , of course, the keyboard installed. The Power On switch on the 
case would not cause a boot.


I also removed the backup battery and tried booting with reset of 
Power Manager. Also tried resetting the Power Manager with Main 
battery installed and not installed while keyboard and backup battery 
were out.  Same  8-note sour chimes every time.

The screen on this machine was perfect  and the trackball worked fine 
the lasat time it ran.

  It has a 24 Meg RAM chip added and would run AutoCAD R12 renderings 
and redraws at a workable speed. I hate to just throw it away but 
facing up to the truth, the truth is that I just about never run it, 
except to admire what a neat toy it is.

I guess all  things come to an end someday and maybe today is the Day 
of the Duo.

I wonder if it's worth it to try selling it for parts on eBay? I 
certainly have enough accessories to go with it.
  But maybe I would run across an old 270c and be able to make one 
good machine out of two bad ones.

chris