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    PowerBook 170 screen & battery

    Hi, First the simple question: I have a PB 170 with an (understandably) dead battery. There are a number of replacement batteries available on Amazon and they're not particularly expensive either; does anyone have experience with these? The abundance of offerings comes with a total lack of...
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    Macintosh Portable - No Sound?

    I have a pretty peculiar problem: the internal speaker is extremely faint. If I turn up the volume all the way and put my ears close to the case I can hear it working, but it's super soft. I replaced the speaker with another one (bought off the 'bay) and it didn't make a difference. The...
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    Macintosh Portable OS Reinstall?

    Sorry about the potentially silly question: if I were to grab System 6 or System 7 from Apple's download site, could I use those disks to perform a clean install of Mac OS on my Portable? I got the computer used, and while the system doesn't seem to be messy I'd prefer a clean start. Would the...
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    Macintosh Portable 34 pin to 50 pin SCSI cable

    Hi, I have a very nice functioning Portable but I'm worried about the 20+ year old HDD. I'd love to replace it with a CF card, but for that I'd need one of those infamous 34-to-50 adapter cables. I don't really want to risk making my own. I'm wondering if someone here maybe has a spare one, or...
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