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Good find! Screen looks very bright. Was this a true landfill liberation, or did you get this one by legitimate means?

Well that was short lived. Won't boot from the hard drive now. I get the infamous flashing question mark. > :( It will boot from floppy, but I don't have any 7.1+ systems to get it to boot from. I had a couple boots that froze after the extension parade (never made it to the desktop), but...

Scored a Powerbook 170 and couple other PBs as mentioned in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16943 The bezel is a little loose on the hinge and one side. Byrd and Trash80toHP_Mini gave me some good tips for securing it. Before I was going to set to work on that, I decided that I was going...

Amazing haul!

Excellent conquest! :b&w:

Thanks Byrd and Trash80toHP_Mini for the tips. First I want to see if it'll boot before I take it apart. I'll need to try and round up a power supply. I love the look of the 1xx Powerbooks using the 140 style chassis. They have a very 'computery' look. Anyone have take-apart guides for the 170...

Sold off some Windows laptops and parts I had Craigslisted to a guy who does refurb/repair. While there, we got on the subject of old Macs. He said that he had some old Mac laptops in his garage storage. He ended up giving me Powerbook 170, Duo 230 & Powerbook 3400. All three look in good...