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    PowerBook Duo 270c Restoration

    I used this device regularly (since 1995) in the same clean home environment (mainly as a midi sequencer), usually always on/ sleeping. The last thing I did (in March) was to install SetDate to fix the Mac OS 7.6.1 Y2k20 date bug :). The nice color display always worked fine. The machine has...
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    PowerBook Duo 270c Restoration

    Thanks! As for C82 (photo 2): is that one eventually missing (by intend)? Looking for a photo of an intact 270c board... Are detailed circuit diagrams somewhere available? Would it work to replace the board with one from a 230 (I also have) - or just swap the displays between 230 and 270c...?? :-)
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    PowerBook Duo 270c Restoration

    Hello, my beloved 270c just died and I consider an attempt of restoration including re-cap. Fotos of suspected faulty areas attached. Can somebody please help with an evaluation for the chance of success and the specs/ details of the required electronic parts? I have not yet disassembled the...
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