I'd cast a vote for a 190 with a 5300c screen swap. But I'm biased.
Coolest 68k Powerbooks to own?
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With a full 040 soldered on.
I really need to get a 190cs...
Would such a machine run A/UX?
absolutely not
How comes?
My understanding is that A/UX is very specific about the hardware it will run on. To my knowledge, no PowerBook was ever supported.
That said, you may have some luck getting older Debian versions working. https://wiki.debian.org/M68k/Installing
That said, you may have some luck getting older Debian versions working. https://wiki.debian.org/M68k/Installing
Unfortunately, if you install Debian on it, it's just another Linux laptop. Honestly, I'm usually a zealous fanatic about open source and Linux, but for older Macs, the Mac OS is really the best option imo.
yeah, why are they actually so rare..was their production cancelled after the battery bomb cases
The battery fires get way overblown, it was around 3 batteries in pre-production. Never made it to consumers.
