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Indeed, the 1400's kb is the best there is. While I love the trackball on my 160, the keyboard is disappointing... better than the Dell Inspiron's, roughtly on par with the iBook clamshell's, can't hold a candle to the 1400's imho.

Ejecting the floppy before turning the unit off is the way to go. :) The Mac can't corrupt a floppy that isn't in it's drive.

So, did you succeed?

Maybe this will help? http://preterhuman.net/texts/computing/Apple_Service_PDF/68k_Macintosh/color_classic.pdf

I would say the same... boot to OS 9, trash everything X and be done with it. Or are we missing something here? I do have Tiger on my iMac and while not exactly snappy, it runs pretty good. 500mhz, 512mb RAM, 80gb HD. Maybe you're short on RAM? I use Safari 3 for web browsing, anything newer...

This looks like... work. That's good because I love work. I could sit all day and watch people work. ;) Will tackle it this weekend and let you know if I'm up to the task or not.

Yay. ;) No french translation yet? Let me look at it, I'd like to contribute to this project.

I changed the HD in mine. Disassembling a clamshell does takes time but is quite easy. I would follow beachycove's advice and perform the checks, it just might solve your problem.

Makes sense, I'm going to check that out this week. I figured that the Appletalk IW extension was for the IW with the card installed only. Thanks.

I got mine to boot from a System 7.1 floppy with system enabler 131. I can image that floppy for you if it can help.

I don't think so.

Ok, now I'm officially stumped. I have a PowerMac 7300 (Mac OS 8.6) networked with a PowerBook 165 (System 7.1) via PhoneNet. The IW II is connected to the PowerBook. I want to print on it from the PowerMac. Should be easy I thought. Well, it's not. File sharing works. LocalTalk using serial...

Well, it doesn't boot a 165. :( It does boot a Classic tho, for what it's worth. (proves my floppy is good) Thanks anyway, it's nice from you to share. :)

I am too. Would like to try it on the 165.

Exactly what I did. :D I actually cut the head of the rivets at an angle in hope they would snap back on that way. And they did. The membrane had spillage remnants that I cleaned. Reassembled the whole thing and now it woks great. So I'm happy to report that I'm now the owner of a fully...

Hmm, just cleaning the keyboard didn't cut it. I tried to flex it a bit. Go the Option and Enter key to unstick. Flexed it some more... and now some keys are sending two scancodes. (ie: typing "H" gets you ">H"). And Shift is still stuck. Joy. Anyone ever disassembled such keyboard? Had any...

Succes! Upon removal of the daughtercard, I noticed some of what looked like corrosion on the solders joints of the connector and on some close by chips. Cleaned with a toothbrush, re-assembled and woot! It booted. :D Then I went on to investigate the power button problem. Toying around in...

Yes, daughtercard indeed. My next step is to do exactly that, clean/reseat. No RAM module, no modem. Disconnecting the HD did nothing but I didn't try the floppy. Guessed it wouldn't change anything. I'll keep you informed on what I'll find when I get to remove the daughtercard. No, not worth...

Yes, contrast control works. Brightness seems to have no effect though.

Hey. I got a PowerBook 165 from eBay. Auction stated it was working but when I got it, it wasn't. So I'm doing some troubleshooting and I'm kinda stumped, having no experience with 68k PowerBooks at all. First, it won't start using the power button. Hitting the reset switch will start it. It...