Substitute "barely housebroken" for "civilized" and you'll . . . :whereas older lappys, such as say, my 1400 have, well, a much more civilised size trackpad.
. . . although HP_Mini's pad with the scroll tracking is starting to grow on me . . . eeek!!!! . . . 8-o
Never think Apple when you think PB100, it was Sony's baby all along, no Apple influence whatsoever! They handed over licensing for use of the Portable Technology gave Sony free rein to reduce it to something ACTUALLY Portable and then copied bits of their elegant design into the clunkers of their "100 Series" of PowerBlocks . . .As for the PowerBook 100, why would Apple incorporate an ADB signal into the PB100's power connection? I know Apple's had some strange ideas over the years, but why would they do that? And how would they do it, there's only two connections - the tip (7.5 VDC) and the round bit (its late, I can't remember the technical name, but its the ground, anyway).
. . . erm . . . 'Books. :
Think about a Power jumper between a Numeric Keypad and the AC Adapter or some more substantial peripheral unit incorporating a more robust AC Adapter.
SonyDesign riegned supreme in the early PowerBook era and Apple finally got it right in the Duos,
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p.s. Which was the first AppleDesign PB to feature SCSI Disk Mode after Sony proved the concept with the introduction of the BabyPB?