about powerbook 170

[Rikintosh]

Is there a system disk that I can use to boot a powerbook 170, and which can be ejected to use another disk just as it was with the old macs? The HD of my powerbook died, I can only boot it with a system 7.1 disk, but it does not allow eject, and the machine only has a floppy drive

 

[beachycove]

The 170 will run a particular iteration of System 6 (if you search, it will come).

 

[sstaylor]

According to everymac.com, the 170 requires 7.01 at a minimum.

https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook/specs/mac_powerbook170.html

 

[nglevin]

System 6.0.7 (and 6.0.8?) for early PowerBooks was a modification of a Japanese-only version of System 6 with KanjiTalk done by 68k MLAers some time back. Definitely possible.

 

[beachycove]

Did I not say unto ye, that if ye search, ye shall find?

https://www.macintoshrepository.org/2449-mac-system-6-0-8-for-powerbook-140-145-and-170

 

[sstaylor]

Huh.  I stand corrected.

Happily corrected.

 

[Unknown_K]

OS 6 was kind of made for a lower then VGA resolution B&W display anyway.

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Now that I've got a working PB100 again, I need to find 6.0.8L(?) to try double booting. Too bad it wasn't there.

 

[bibilit]

The HD of my powerbook died

 

Those can be repaired (most)
 

 

[monoxrom]

how hdd can be repaired?
in my powerbook 170, conner hdd 40 mb is dead too (
now i use another, was found ibm 120 mb hdd

 

[bibilit]

[No message]

 

[gpbonneau]

Yes I did it on a dozen successfully (Conner 20 and 40MB), only one (very worn and noisy) could not be reformatted. Thanks a lot to aplmak