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shaktiman
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1226 Posts |
 Posted - 27 Sep 2002 : 06:14:00
I may have one very soon, with the following:-12 meg ram, 512 meg hard drive, power cable. no battery! What sound does the duo have? what power supply cable does the duo have? I will have to find out how long the cable will be. Can I justify £59.00 for this machine? shaktiman Quadra 840av, 128MB ram, 2MB vram, cd drive(caddy),1 caddy!:-)
1.2 gig drive, 4.23 gig drive
3 monitors 15" & 14" & 14" os 8.1 56k modem,
Stylewriter 1200, Umax 1220s scanner
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Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 27 Sep 2002 : 07:21:12
quote:
I may have one very soon, with the following:-12 meg ram, 512 meg hard drive, power cable. no battery! What sound does the duo have? what power supply cable does the duo have? I will have to find out how long the cable will be. Can I justify £59.00 for this machine?
If a £1 > $1, probably not a very good deal unless prices are higher on your side of the pond, shak. Try to wait to find one with a BIG RAM card in it because you probably won't find a good sized RAM card available at a reasonable price by itself.If you're in a hurry, nab a 210 or a 230 with a lot of RAM in it to hold you over so you can start collecting accessories while you wait on a great deal on a 280 or a 280c with a small RAM card. Think of it as a shipping container for the RAM card!  The Duo AC adapter (U.S.) has a standard power cord socket in it and the cord is about almost 6' jt  ™.
Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball
C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF |
shaktiman
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1226 Posts |
Posted - 27 Sep 2002 : 07:53:28
I am looking very worried.The Duo's are advertised on ebay are being sold by "2nd chance pc". They want VAT on top of the price they are using on ebay. I went to thier web site & found that they are advertising the Powerbook Duo 280c with 300 Mb hard drive for £59(£1 = $2) & they have the Powerbook Duo 280c with 512 Mb hard drive(as advertised on ebay) at £79. They also advertise one with a 1 GB hard at £100. I don't trust them & although I have emailed them with questions about the Duo they are offering, ie:- What modem what price VAT what sound What power lead & how long. They will have to have some good answers for me to take it any further. Basically I think they have advertised Powerbook Duo 280c with 12 Mb ram & 512 Mb hard drive for £59. What I excpect to happen is that they charge £79 for said Duo + £30 VAT + £8 P&P & would they have the gaul to charge VAT on the P&P charge? shaktiman Quadra 840av, 128MB ram, 2MB vram, cd drive(caddy),1 caddy!:-)
1.2 gig drive, 4.23 gig drive
3 monitors 15" & 14" & 14" os 8.1 56k modem,
Stylewriter 1200, Umax 1220s scanner
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shaktiman
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1226 Posts |
Posted - 27 Sep 2002 : 08:15:52
This is the item title & number from ebay; quote:
PowerBook Duo 280c
Item # 2056647974
The following is email transcript between myself & a certain
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Question for seller -- Item #2056647974
Date:
Fri, 27 Sep 2002 15:42:45 +0100
From:
To:
On 27/9/02 3:36 PM, "shaktiman@pgen.net" <shaktiman@pgen.net> wrote:
> Hi
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> 1. Does this Duo come with a modem?
> If so what speed is it?
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> 2. how long is the ac adapter cable & what size/type of connection does it
> have?
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> 3. What sound output does this machine have?
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> 4. How much would VAT be?
>
> Scott
> --------------------
>
>
> Question from: sshaktimann
> Title of item: PowerBook Duo 280c
> Seller:
> Starts: 23-Sep-02 11:38:36 BST
> Ends: 30-Sep-02 11:38:36 BST
> Price: Starts at £59.00
> To view the item, go to:
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2056647974
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>
>
> Visit eBay, The World's Online Marketplace TM at http://www.ebay.co.uk
>
Hi There,
Thanks for your enquiry.
No modem I'm afraid.
The Ac adpater has a kettle lead connection. The lead is about 3m in length.
No sound output on machine alone - a MINI Dock would do that 4 you.
No VAT to pay - its included in the £59 + Delivery. Hope this helps.
Thanks 2nd Chance Pc Limited
" The Refurbished Personal Computer Specialists"
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I will have to ponder now. are they saying £8 plust VAT so £10 for shipping? The question I asked about sound, does the Duo have an in built speaker? shaktiman Quadra 840av, 128MB ram, 2MB vram, cd drive(caddy),1 caddy!:-)
1.2 gig drive, 4.23 gig drive
3 monitors 15" & 14" & 14" os 8.1 56k modem,
Stylewriter 1200, Umax 1220s scanner
Edited by - shaktiman on 27 Sep 2002 12:07:35
Edited by - shaktiman on 27 Sep 2002 12:19:56 |
Wonkothesane
Full Member
USA
506 Posts |
Posted - 27 Sep 2002 : 08:55:44
The Duo should have a speaker built into the lower right corner below the LCD screen.Wonko The Sane
Engineer-in-training
3 Macs Liberated
"You can't possibly be a scientist if you mind people thinking that you're a fool."- Wonko The Sane |
Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 27 Sep 2002 : 11:03:00
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The question I asked about sound, does the Duo have an in built speaker?
Yup! Sorry, I meant to say what wonk did, but to add that Duo's only have mono sound. but I'm trying to work around that limitation using NuBus Sound Cards, testing with a PAS16 ATM, so far I have BEAUTIFUL mono only output. =8-/jt ™.
Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball
C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 27 Sep 2002 12:58:24 |
Marchie
Chaplain
USA
911 Posts |
Posted - 02 Oct 2002 : 11:18:06
Go Trash, GO!We're all waiting ;-) I have no working Duo Batteries so my 230 doesn't get much use yet. ~Marchie ~Chaplain Marchie
Admin of The WonderLAN
~~"We are all Mad here"~~ |
Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 02 Oct 2002 : 11:47:17
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Go Trash, GO!We're all waiting ;-)
ME TOO! No time for fun lately . . .  jt ™.
Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball
C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF |
triumph_larry
New Member
USA
54 Posts |
Posted - 03 Oct 2002 : 09:09:11
The Duo should have a 14.400kps modem. There are two covers (besides the center one) on the back of the machine, one on each side. They fold down to raise the back of the machine. If looking at the back of the Duo on the left is the modem jack and on the right is an Appletalk serial port. The power plug sits between the center cover and serial port on the right of the machine.I remember this from my old 250 and just confirmed it against my new 280c. - The box said I needed Windows XP or better so I bought a Mac. |
cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 03 Oct 2002 : 11:16:30
The 14.4k Duo modems, as well most if not all of the internal/OEM modems used in 68k 'book, are prone to failure and/or death. Consider them the weakest link.666th poster and 666th thread-creator
Mod of the Mac II series Forums
Total 68K Macs liberated: 7
My Site: http://cine.sytes.net
My Hotline Server: 840av.sytes.net
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boredomconquersall
Full Member
Canada
613 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2002 : 22:12:09
ummm.. isn't VAT the UK equivelent to GST? because if so, then it's illigal for them to charge you it again, because it's used, so any nd all sales tax has allready been paid. if VAT is in fact a sales tax, then you don't have to pay them, and if they refuse, you can sic the police on them, but if it ISN'T some sort of sales tax, then ur SOL!THNXNXNXNXN@KN2o1ij29834yw9e8ry
"oh my GOD! they killed kenny!"
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shaktiman
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1226 Posts |
Posted - 11 Oct 2002 : 10:40:43
quote:
The Duo should have a 14.400kps modem. There are two covers (besides the center one) on the
back of the machine, one on each side. They fold down to raise the back of the machine. If looking
at the back of the Duo on the left is the modem jack and on the right is an Appletalk serial port.
The power plug sits between the center cover and serial port on the right of the machine. I remember this from my old 250 and just confirmed it against my new 280c. quote:
The serial port info is very useful to me.
- The box said I needed Windows XP or better so I bought a Mac.
Yeah & I bought a 68k mac, LOL & behold so far it is better than my pc.
shaktiman
Quadra 840av, 128MB ram, 2MB vram, cd drive(caddy),1 caddy!:-)
1.2 gig drive, 4.23 gig drive
3 monitors 15" & 14" & 14" os 8.1 56k modem,
Stylewriter 1200, Umax 1220s scanner
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Powebook Duo 280c
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