Apple PowerBook Duo 230

#1 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 - 16:37 68kMLA

Hi. I have a PowerBook Duo 230 with problem. When I tired to turn it on, I see on screen a floppy disk icon with symbol "?" What I need to do ? I attached file if somebody understand what i mean. Sorry for my bed english, I'm from Belarus

#2 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 - 16:46 68kMLA

This symbol means that no valid system has been found to boot properly.

The Hard disk has no system installed properly, of more likely the hard drive is bad or missing.

#3 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 - 16:54 68kMLA

bibilit said:
This symbol means that no valid system has been found to boot properly.

The Hard disk has no system installed properly, of more likely the hard drive is bad or missing.

The hard drive on the place. How I can to install a new operating system ? I have only laptop, doc station and floppy disk and PowerBook 1400cs

#4 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 - 17:19 68kMLA

If the hard drive is there, chances are that it went bad.

Go to the 1400 and see what OS is it running on. If it is running System 7, you might be in luck. the Duo 230 uses a 68030 CPU, not a PowerPC that the 1400 uses but System 7 can run on both.

#5 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 - 17:40 68kMLA

Elfen said:
If the hard drive is there, chances are that it went bad.

Go to the 1400 and see what OS is it running on. If it is running System 7, you might be in luck. the Duo 230 uses a 68030 CPU, not a PowerPC that the 1400 uses but System 7 can run on both.

1400 have Mac os 8.6 on board

#6 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 - 19:36 68kMLA

You can use a USB floppy drive with WinImage or HFVExplorer. 'Burn' floppies from Windows to use on Powerbook. Or, you can use an external SCSI CD drive with the Duo.

#7 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 - 23:01 68kMLA

raoulduke said:
You can use a USB floppy drive with WinImage or HFVExplorer. 'Burn' floppies from Windows to use on Powerbook. Or, you can use an external SCSI CD drive with the Duo.

I need to burn floppy disk and write on it a WinImage or HFVExplorer programm ? I can use a floppy drive in dock station

Where I can find a instruction about install Mac os from floppy on this dinosaur ?

#8 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 - 01:10 68kMLA

The installer will have instructions. You need some way to get media from the internet to your machine. I will send you a PM and you can explore.