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The 140/170 are, not surprisingly given what they share a ROM with, architecturally like a Quadra 700 with an '030 (and thus no need for the JDB/Relayer pair of chips). So they're definitely more of a 1991 Mac than the PB100. I think the usual story around these machines is suspect. If Apple had the 140/170 already designed in-house they wouldn't have needed Sony.
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There were two separate development teams that I think were just in a competition of sorts and in the end both produced viable products that filled different market segments. The Sony people working on the 100 and the Apple team working on the 140/170. Which one started development first doesn't really matter to me when all three were introduced on the same day.
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Good points! We may never know the full story, but since the 140/170 were the first fully Apple-designed true laptops, I just tend to think of those as the “originals.” And since the 170 has almost the same screen as the backlit Portable, it really makes it seem like it’s the direct successor to it.
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disassembled a 2400c trackpad. yuck! crumbly foam! and some mystery stickyness. i suppose this explains why some 2400c have floppy trackbuttons
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