[DuoList] Is the old gang still around?

[Joe Elliott]

If you want to buy a battery, I think I have a bunch of Duo batteries I'm
not using anymore.

Joe Elliott



> Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 00:59:00 -0800
> From: Richard Chisholm Jr <sweetbearcub at gmail.com>
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> Good luck on reviving your 280c. Sadly I have no useful troubleshooting
> advice to offer you, other than a reminder that old hard drives lubricant
> material sometimes gums up, stopping the motor from being able to spin up
> the drive due to the friction. This phenomenon was known as 'stiction'. In
> some cases, the drive can be coaxed to life by moving it to a warmer
> environment, or by the application of proper percussive maintenance. If so,
> get all your data off it and replace it ASAP, as it will fail again.
>
> I'm still amazed my Duo 280c runs. It looks like someone took it out of
> 1994
> and put it in a time capsule, complete with maxed RAM (40 MB total), a
> charger, a MiniDock and 3.5" disk drive. All it needs is a battery. It
> still
> boots and runs, MacOS 7.1.1. Now, if I only had something productive for it
> to do, beyond sitting there looking pretty..
>
> Someday soon I'll probably work  on getting it a battery and replacing the
> hard drive with a CompactFlash card, to make it more power efficient,
> cooler, and more reliable. I know it's only a matter of time before the
> hard
> drive succumbs to senility; it's already ~15 years old.
>
> I wonder if these machines will be collector's items in a few more years,
> or
> if they will fade into obscurity?
>
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