I found it. It's on page 486, but it doesn't say how to turn it on. They wrongly called it the "Outback"!
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Outbound Notebook
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Apparently just pressing any key on the keyboard should power it up.
http://forum.soft32.com/mac/Outbound-laptop-ftopict7833.html
http://forum.soft32.com/mac/Outbound-laptop-ftopict7833.html
Possible. Though typos like that were not unheard of in that book. I read it cover to cover. It's probably the best, most complete Mac book ever written in my opinion.
I suppose a peek inside to look for a PRAM battery could be in order. There may also be some sort of reset button situated internally. You never know. Few of us have ever even seen such a mythical beast, who knows what could be inside!
i think i might have made some progress. i reseated the daughter card, and now when i strike a key on the keyboard the power indicator light flashes green for under a second. is this notebook the same as i have heard about the portable, where you need a working battery to make it run?
Try unplugging the internal HD. It may be drawing too much power. The possible working battery requirement you mentioned is also worth investigating.
What a great find! Does it contain a stock SE motherboard or something similar? Should be very rebuild-able. Have you tried powering it up without the main battery in place? It may be toast by now. Dunno if the AC brick can power up the machine unassisted though.
The initial surge of current may be too much to power on the AC adapter without a battery installed. The battery can dump a lot more current for short-term things like spinning up the HD. This would explain why it turns on for a split second. Even if that's the case, temporarily disconnecting the HD possibly would allow it to power up without a good battery.
No. The Dynamac went down that path, apparently, and used my favourite retro display tech - electroluminescent.
http://lowendmac.com/clones/outbound.html
Further information - archive of fritter post
Outbound @ Everymac
So I am not sure if this has been mentioned before but I have recapped two Outbound Notebook logic boards.. I discovered there is 5 X 5.5V .22 UF super capacitors on board the logic board. These supercaps basically act as PRAM batteries in my opinion. So if you work on it you really have to remove the power and the battery and then depress the button through the hole near the power connector on the notebook (the metal to the hole and the button may not line up, feel around).
I honestly don't know how long or how many times but I try to do it up for a minute and depress it a bunch of times. Maybe someone on here can comment on how long it takes to drain those supercaps with the specs I mentioned. You need to do this to completely drain the logic board when performing processor or other upgrades. I have found swapping out other ROMS or processors you have issues if you don't completely drain it. I still have yet to figure out the actual servicing methods... but I am sure Outbound had some sort of procedure. Especially since in a bunch of literature it mentions the power remaining in the notebook and to not perform any service. They of course recommend only a service technician from Outbound.
I have more than several processor daughterboards and the RAM thing is very tricky. I have been fooling around with an 68030 33mhz and 68030 40mhz board. The 68030 board had these strange pieces of plastic glued to the back of the RAM chips. So of course removing them wasn't good.. The glue started to get undone. And you cannot use anything else not as thick to cover them up because the SIMM pins are bent from the extra pushing. I have no idea why this is done and what the reasoning is... The machine reports 14MB of RAM with this setup. For some reason I cannot get the 40mhz one to be stable. The RAM slots are normal.. I've tried putting label maker strips on the back side to cover them.. but I think there is a problem with maybe the RAM speed I don't know. Anyway I just thought I'd mention that.. There is a pic of this board in another thread I posted.
The main point I am trying to make is that you have to drain the logic board supercaps before performing any service. Battery and power adapter removed of course too.
What's strange is I wish I knew how the RAM was layed out and configured.. It's using a Mac SE ROM and it's not 32bit.. so how is it seeing 14MB of RAM?? Ad's I had from then like the 2030 model boasted about up to 14MB of ram...
I honestly don't know how long or how many times but I try to do it up for a minute and depress it a bunch of times. Maybe someone on here can comment on how long it takes to drain those supercaps with the specs I mentioned. You need to do this to completely drain the logic board when performing processor or other upgrades. I have found swapping out other ROMS or processors you have issues if you don't completely drain it. I still have yet to figure out the actual servicing methods... but I am sure Outbound had some sort of procedure. Especially since in a bunch of literature it mentions the power remaining in the notebook and to not perform any service. They of course recommend only a service technician from Outbound.
I have more than several processor daughterboards and the RAM thing is very tricky. I have been fooling around with an 68030 33mhz and 68030 40mhz board. The 68030 board had these strange pieces of plastic glued to the back of the RAM chips. So of course removing them wasn't good.. The glue started to get undone. And you cannot use anything else not as thick to cover them up because the SIMM pins are bent from the extra pushing. I have no idea why this is done and what the reasoning is... The machine reports 14MB of RAM with this setup. For some reason I cannot get the 40mhz one to be stable. The RAM slots are normal.. I've tried putting label maker strips on the back side to cover them.. but I think there is a problem with maybe the RAM speed I don't know. Anyway I just thought I'd mention that.. There is a pic of this board in another thread I posted.
The main point I am trying to make is that you have to drain the logic board supercaps before performing any service. Battery and power adapter removed of course too.
What's strange is I wish I knew how the RAM was layed out and configured.. It's using a Mac SE ROM and it's not 32bit.. so how is it seeing 14MB of RAM?? Ad's I had from then like the 2030 model boasted about up to 14MB of ram...
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No I have run mine without a battery in the bay.. also I have run it with a dead one in the bay... so.. Not in my experience.
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