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Hello, yesterday my PowerBook 180's motherboard died. Luckily I had a replacement 160/165/180 motherboard and the machine itself is running again. But the motherboard is dead. This is what happens: I plug the power in and turn the machine on; it emits the beginning of the startup chimes and then...

Hello, when I open Word 5.1 on my Powerbook 160 running System 7.1.1, its document window covers the entire screen width (a little less than 640 px). I then manually shrink it a bit so that I see the icons (hard drive etc) on the desktop, to perhaps 580 px wide. When I save the document, and...

Hello, two internal modems have come into my possession. One is a "Powerbook Fax/Data Modem 820-4048 A" and is made by Apple Computer Inc c 1991. according to what's printed on it. I have no clue who made the other one. Have a look at the attached files. Have you seen this modem? Do you know...

Hello, when I start a newly acquired Powerbook 180 everything is great. After about 20 minutes or so it a single Pixel in the lower third of the screen stays black. When I turn the machine off and wait for an hour or so, then start it back up, the pixel is normal. Has anyone here seen something...

Hi, a beautiful PB 180 has come into my possession. No tunneling (yet. It's been running about an hour. Fingers xed). However, the CCFL is a bit on the weak side. Would anyone here know whether the same tubes are used throughout the 1xx (140, 145, 160, 165, 180) line, or are they different? The...

Hello, when I run the Powerbook 160 for a while - an hour or so - its bottom becomes warm in the left back area (where the daughterboard sits - only that the daughterboard doesn't touch the bottom). I guess it's around 30-35° C or so. Is this normal? I used to have a 170 waaaaaay back and I...

Hello, I run System 7.1 on my Powerbook 160. On the (recapped) screen, the mouse cursor - specifically the I-beam when text is edited - is hard to see after I've moved it. I remember from 30 years ago that there used to be utilities for making the I-Beam bold (2 or 3 px wide). Would anyone have...

Hi, I'm running a Powerbook 160 off its PSU. It's set to sleep after 8 or so minutes. The screen dims, the hard drive turns off... all good... but my little friend does want to go to sleep. Hm. What am I doing wrong? System 7.1 with update 3.0. Thanks!

Hello, I have a Powerbook 160 on which it is very difficult to set the contrast properly. The range where the contrast slider actually changes the contrast is very narrow - when I move the slider to the centre position, I can move it maybe 3 mm at most to the left or right before the picture...

Hello, I am renovating a powerbook 160. Its screen has been recapped and works well. The battery is dead; I‘m rebuilding it to house 5 x 1.2 V 700 mAh NiCd cells (which means it won‘t last long but I hope it‘ll last a few minutes). The PRAM battery is also probably dead (date and time, AppleTalk...