Which Trackball Powerbook? — #19

Post #19 by Dan 7.1

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Hardware
Post Date	Mon, 3 Dec 2007 - 20:34
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/which-trackball-powerbook.10812/

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I second Dan's recommendation. As long as you find one without the "tunnel vision" screen problem, a 170 or 180 would be a great choice. The 170 overclocks very nicely (I have yet to encounter one that can't get to 33MHz), and is very easy to work on. And even with its limit of 8MB of RAM, it is able to surf (after a fashion; perhaps dog-paddling is a better claim).
The Duos would be nice choices, were it not for their tragic keyboards. I have a stack of Duos, and very few of them have good keyboards. Most of them will drive you homicidal or suicidal after mere minutes of use.

Speaking of RAM, good luck in finding some.

I was incredibly lucky to come across a 10MB stick for 165c/180c models, and a 6MB stick for 160/165/180 greyscale models. and yes, they are different, the chips are configured differently.