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Scott Baret
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I thought of one I installed on my PB140...the PowerDoor.
The doors on most 1xx PowerBooks cover the ports and power button. The PowerDoor was a replacement door with an opening for the power button and the internal modem. I'm not sure how much these things cost when new, but it does come in handy if you're not going to be connecting anything to the PowerBook. It also seems to stay on better than the regular door (the majority of PB1xx machines I've acquired are missing their door).
Of course, if you're handy with the hacksaw, you could always make one of these yourself...
The doors on most 1xx PowerBooks cover the ports and power button. The PowerDoor was a replacement door with an opening for the power button and the internal modem. I'm not sure how much these things cost when new, but it does come in handy if you're not going to be connecting anything to the PowerBook. It also seems to stay on better than the regular door (the majority of PB1xx machines I've acquired are missing their door).
Of course, if you're handy with the hacksaw, you could always make one of these yourself...
coius
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Is a completely working MDD with plenty of life on it left count? I heard they drop like flies from the PSU's overheating.
I also have a 50-pin Tray/Slot (Depending on how you use it) DVD-RAM drive. Use a cartridge that slips between two arms for the RAM drive, just put the disc in (without the cartridge) and it will take it as a DVD-ROM disc. No caddy needed (only the RAM needs a caddy)
I also have a 50-pin Tray/Slot (Depending on how you use it) DVD-RAM drive. Use a cartridge that slips between two arms for the RAM drive, just put the disc in (without the cartridge) and it will take it as a DVD-ROM disc. No caddy needed (only the RAM needs a caddy)
coius
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oh, and battery powered (I have two of these) external 68-pin portable CD-ROM modules (1 is 8x the other is 20x) from Panasonic. I can also use it as a stand-alone CD-ROM. I have gotten my PowerBook 540c to boot from it. Uses 4 AA batteries, or a rechargable Li-Ion battery pack.
I also have a battery-powered Parallel/SCSI CD-ROM. It's 2x, and has a SCSI port, but there's a SCSI->Parallel (Centronics) adapter you can hook it up to a PC with a Parallel port as an external drive. Works great for DOS. But you can't boot from it.
I also have a battery-powered Parallel/SCSI CD-ROM. It's 2x, and has a SCSI port, but there's a SCSI->Parallel (Centronics) adapter you can hook it up to a PC with a Parallel port as an external drive. Works great for DOS. But you can't boot from it.
ClassicHasClass
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Unusual Apple and Mac things, besides obvious ones like the TAM:
OrangePC 620, fully loaded, with 400MHz CPU
QuickCam colour and B&W cameras
Apple 8*24*GC card
IIgs Transwarp card
Apple "Think different." jacket
Newton baseball cap (to go with the MP 2100 and eMates)
coius, I have had one MDD fail due to the PS, but it was revived by a replacement and I keep spares.
OrangePC 620, fully loaded, with 400MHz CPU
QuickCam colour and B&W cameras
Apple 8*24*GC card
IIgs Transwarp card
Apple "Think different." jacket
Newton baseball cap (to go with the MP 2100 and eMates)
coius, I have had one MDD fail due to the PS, but it was revived by a replacement and I keep spares.
protocol7
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classic
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An AirDock is an infrared transceiver that hooks up to the printer or modem port on a desktop mac.
This peripheral is certainly unusual.
Not many desktop macs were Irda capable, the only one that comes to mind is the original imac.
Take a looky:
http://sysdoc.doors.ch/FARALLON/airdock.pdf
This peripheral is certainly unusual.
Not many desktop macs were Irda capable, the only one that comes to mind is the original imac.
Take a looky:
http://sysdoc.doors.ch/FARALLON/airdock.pdf
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