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Fedorenko
Junior Member
Australia
463 Posts |
 Posted - 28 Mar 2003 : 02:02:46
Hi,In my search to find something to replace my PB180c, I have come accros (well, in reality looked into more detail) regarding the Powerbook Duo's. I find the Powerbook 280c especially interasting. Yes, I know it has the same clock speed, and uses a FPU-Less 68040, but I very much like the portability the Duos's have, espically compared to the PB180c. So Im thinking a Floppy adaptor and a floppy, since I odnt have any other perihperals. Do you guys think this will be alright for someone who only wants to do some light wordprocessing, and mabye a couple of old games. Plus, what do you think of Clarisworks 3? On another not, could a Quicktake 100 be connect to a bare Duo 280c? Edited by - Fedorenko on 28 Mar 2003 02:21:36 Edited by - Fedorenko on 28 Mar 2003 02:32:16 |
Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 28 Mar 2003 : 08:30:41
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So Im thinking a Floppy adaptor and a floppy, since I don't have any other perihperals. Do you guys think this will be alright for someone who only wants to do some light wordprocessing, and mabye a couple of old games. Plus, what do you think of Clarisworks 3? . . . could a Quicktake 100 be connect to a bare Duo 280c?
The serial port should work fine for the QT100,AFAIK. Duos work great with CWK3 (even the 230 runs CWK4 creditably) and it should be a lot of fun as a portable for your described uses if you recell a bat or two for it.If you score a MiniDock it'll make a great LCD/CRT 2 screen worstation at home too. You won't have a constant battle with an internal modem for the use of the accursed combo serial port using a MiniDock as it has BOTH the P&M ports as well as SCSI for that PowerCD in your future!  jt  ™.
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 13 Apr 2003 : 02:27:33
An FPUless 040 (it is an 040 right?) should run OS8 and Claris, or AppleWorks 5 great.... (course I've only done it with 36 MB of RAM...)Official 68k videographer
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 13 Apr 2003 : 03:25:51
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An FPUless 040 (it is an 040 right?) should run OS8 and Claris, or AppleWorks 5 great.... (course I've only done it with 36 MB of RAM...)Official 68k videographer
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Yeah, OS 8.1 and AppleWorks 5 run great on my FPUless LC475 with 36 megs of RAM.  There's no reason it shouldn't run nicely given enough RAM. -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5
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Brett B.
Junior Member
USA
105 Posts |
Posted - 17 Apr 2003 : 22:32:45
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Yeah, OS 8.1 and AppleWorks 5 run great...
AppleWorks 5? i thought it was called ClarisWorks 5.. that's the version i have.. maybe it's just a later version.
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 26 Apr 2003 : 02:03:20
I have always been considering getting myself the PowerPC duo and one of those full docks... I like the way the setup looks... or something...with the floppy on the side it loooks like a sun workstation A micro/floppydock should work OK for you if you need to transfer files that way... other than that you'll need a scsi cd drive to load programs, or floppies Official 68k videographer
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gdogkzo
Junior Member
147 Posts |
Posted - 30 Apr 2003 : 20:00:21
I have a Duo 270c I could sell you. Same speed as a 280 except its an 030 and has a FPU!. Not sure about the quicktake. Has a battery that does around 2 hours, Floppy Dock (no drive) and Ethernet Microdock. It has a high speed 500MB SCSI Hard Drive, 32MB RAM (max) and a Power Adapter. Also have a Dock II. I would want a fair amount for it, so make me a offer if interested. to keep this from getting more O.T., please email me geoff_doctor@NOSPAMameritech.net (take out NOSPAM)
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fabriziovenerandi
Starting Member
8 Posts |
Posted - 02 May 2003 : 08:52:25
I use a duo 270c everyday.
You can use easly corelwordperfect, or many 68k cross-platform programs, like newtricks or ledit, to share files with other os easly.
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Very_Itchy_Rash
Starting Member
USA
6 Posts |
Posted - 06 May 2003 : 14:49:21
One of these days I'll post the number of Macs saved, gave away and own; but for now- enjoy the wealth of knowledge I'm going to dump on you guys.I own every model of the Duo made :) , so running newr software meant for PowerPC is not a problem for me... The problem lies when you start using FAT programs (as you know- programs that has both 68K and PowerPC code in them). These programs, even the OSes, tend to run slow no matter what you do to adjust memory, heap size, etc. Answer: PowerPCheck FAT This little program, when executed properly, will strip the offending PowerPC code, leaving pure 68K. Doing this does 2 things: 1) Shrinks the size of the program in question at almost 1/2 or more (some cases- up to 75%!), and 2) The Code runs a lot faster!!! (It does not have to skip over PowerPC codes, which takes away precious clock cycles). After doing this- run Norton Speed Disk or some other utility to free up the lost space that the PowerPC code took up, and then 1)You computer Boots up faster and 2)applications loads faster. Only then, will you see the true power of a 68K Mac :) But you need to do this stripping to both to the files in the system folder and your applications. I agree BTW- the 270 and the 280 are nearly identical per-say; other than the '040s internal cache, there is no other difference between the two machines, not even in speed. Only difference is the ability of running OS8, and even that can be tricked to run on a Duo270. Edited by - Very_Itchy_Rash on 06 May 2003 14:52:15 Edited by - Very_Itchy_Rash on 06 May 2003 14:53:35 |
Very_Itchy_Rash
Starting Member
USA
6 Posts |
Posted - 06 May 2003 : 14:58:12
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Yeah, OS 8.1 and AppleWorks 5 run great...
AppleWorks 5? i thought it was called ClarisWorks 5.. that's the version i have.. maybe it's just a later version.
Claris Relase v5.0 before Apple finally bought out the comapny (again) and re-released it as AppleWorks 5. Very little code was changed other than every mention of "Claris" was replaced by "Apple".
A couple of years later Apple release Applework 6, which seems to still work with the older units, but much slower.
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Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 06 May 2003 : 15:18:15
IIRC, it was the 5.0.3 updater that changed my current ClarisWorks app to AppleWorks.jt .
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Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 06 May 2003 15:20:13
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 06 May 2003 : 20:29:48
I got a boxed copy of AppleWorks 5... ClarisWorks 5 is on my iMac install CD iThink... maybe that was appleworks 5 also.... (wishing I had my CDs)Official 68k videographer
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Christophillis
Forums Squadron Commander
USA
688 Posts |
Posted - 17 May 2003 : 19:45:31
I have a copy of Appleworks 5 also.
But, I would just like to say this:I just bought gdogkzo's duo! hehehehehhe. I cant wait till it arrives! 68k Macintosh Liberation Army
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 17 May 2003 : 20:18:36
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