Right, I'm afraid I need your help...
So this morning I went and got these Duo bits, and I now have:
-DuoDock with Duo 210 laptop inside it (in addition to the first Duo 230 that I got before)
-Duo MiniDock (no ethernet though)
-HDI-20 Floppy drive
-Grey PowerBook-coloured ADB Mouse II (never seen one of these before)
-Apple Express Modem DAA
-Two Duo power adapters
-SCSI and USB (transparent) Zip drives with adapters - I was excited to see the SCSI one but sadly upon closer inspection the front is bent and there seems to be a bit of plastic floating around inside
The USB one looks OK though.
However, most of this lot seems dead :'(
First I plugged in the original Duo, and it does nothing when I press the power button on the front, and makes a high-pitched sound when I press the one on the back. The "new" Duo, the 210, briefly made that sound when I first plugged it in, but does fire up. The Dock simply makes faint ticking sounds when I plug it in (I had to get the 210 out by pressing the emergency eject switch on the side). Any ideas? :'(
The Duo service manual says "Make sure that the logic board mounting screw that also serves as a battery contact is installed. (Screw should be installed on contact located on right side)" - what is this about? Does it mean you need screws in the bottom of the case for it to work? I tried taking the battery out but it still wouldn't start up. Should I try holding down the rear power button?
The Duo 210 has a 75 MB hard drive and 16 MB Ram, currently with OS 7.1 installed, possibly some life in the battery though not sure if enough to actually be useable or not. Looks like it was last used in about 2001, judging by the documents on it. It has Netscape 2 on the desktop, which the homepage pointing to the university department's site - can't believe someone actually used that browser for serious web work even in 2001! It does at least have screws in the bottom, but has some security etchings on the underside of the case. It also has a shiny silver sticker on the top which doesn't want to come off - it seems more than just a paper sticker. Is there any way to get one of these off?