FYI, opened it up and the video started working. Clearly it was a pinched wire or loose connector. Never used a portable, but it's a damn fine little machine. The passive display is not as bad as I have heard.
Turns out it only has 2MB RAM. Running System 7.0.1 is just too little. With the 20 MB HD, it's everything they wanted the Mac to be when they started the project, only 10 years late!
Now I need to find a 6MB RAM module for the 100 to bring it up to the full 10MB. Not sure I need an internal modem. Rated at only 2400k it doesn't seem very practical in this day and age. Though with 10MB RAM, a low power 68000, 16MHz bus and the ability to turn off the display, it might make a handy little web server and live up to the same boast as running off a Plus even though it was 5 years later. The technology is basically the same.
Turns out it only has 2MB RAM. Running System 7.0.1 is just too little. With the 20 MB HD, it's everything they wanted the Mac to be when they started the project, only 10 years late!
Now I need to find a 6MB RAM module for the 100 to bring it up to the full 10MB. Not sure I need an internal modem. Rated at only 2400k it doesn't seem very practical in this day and age. Though with 10MB RAM, a low power 68000, 16MHz bus and the ability to turn off the display, it might make a handy little web server and live up to the same boast as running off a Plus even though it was 5 years later. The technology is basically the same.