My SE30 is not connected to the internet so I have to get it in the machine on a diskett. I have no way of getting the driver on to a diskett. I don't have a diskett drive and I do…

I always liked working on my PB 170 (when it was alive) but I absolutely abhored my PowerBook 190. That thing broke so often, it was not even funny. I lost my homework everytime i…

The Duo 210 (and I imagine others in the line) is quite easy also.

The only annoyance is finding the tiny torx screwdrivers > Click to expand... Not really. I just turn to the tray in which I keep all my special tools for working on com…

The only annoyance is finding the tiny torx screwdrivers >

Without, in any way, contesting the ease of take-apart/repair in the PB140 and higher (I don't own a PB100), I feel obliged to advance the PB500 and PB1400 as coming out of the sam…

I have to agree, the PB1xx series are my favourite machine to work on, take the two case pieces apart and everything's right in front of you. Speaking of replacing the LCD pane…

Hi, In a recent post I commented on having to strip down my Powerbook 2400c to replace a scratched/dim LCD panel with one I purchased on eBay for .99c many moons ago. I finally g…

Get the smallest soldering iron you can. Click to expand... I would offer quite different advice. To get this particular connector to solder properly requires a fairly robust i…

Regardless of SCSI IDs, I still get a grey screen. I'd like to try SCSIProbe, but the problem is that if I connect ANY external SCSI device, I get a grey screen, and the floppy dri…

The tape trick only tells the drive (and OS) that it is dealing with double-density media, and only works reasonably well if the disk has never, ever been formatted or otherwise wr…

Do you by any chance have a Mac running OSX 10.4 or earlier? By taping over the hole on a 1.44mb disk you should be able to make a fake 800kb disk and put Apple's image on there, t…

Get the smallest soldering iron you can. Put a dab of new solder to get a nice shiny look on the solder. Just DON'T DO WHAT I DID. Make sure you have a desoldering tool, in case yo…

Do you by any chance have a Mac running OSX 10.4 or earlier? By taping over the hole on a 1.44mb disk you should be able to make a fake 800kb disk and put Apple's image on there, t…

Dan Palka's Powerbook Duo pages (archive copy) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_Duo#Docking_stations Also, please turn off Caps Lock. Thanks.

I think what you are looking for is the Iomega drivers : iodriver-mac-ppc-304.hqx https://iomega-eu-en.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/iomega_eu_en.cfg/php/enduser/cust_alp.php?prod_lvl1=1&a…

I want to use a zip drive with my SE30. Where can I get a suitable Omega driver on a Mac disk? I would need installation instructions as well. Rollie44

The SE's over in the IT department at the moment. The IT systems administrator said it "bought back a lot of memories" so I let them keep it for the night.

I'm willing to bet you have a MiniScribe hard drive. These drives were prone to failure in the first place and seem to be failing at an alarmingly high rate as of late due to age (…

Do you by any chance have a Mac running OSX 10.4 or earlier? By taping over the hole on a 1.44mb disk you should be able to make a fake 800kb disk and put Apple's image on there, t…

I'm willing to bet you have a MiniScribe hard drive. These drives were prone to failure in the first place and seem to be failing at an alarmingly high rate as of late due to age (…

Ah, whoops, my bad. :I

Newer Technologies made a SCSI micro-dock. I've seen them on eBay from time to time.

Sorry, my bad, you need a long Torx T15. Here are some helpful hints from the Classic Mac Repair PDF: Obviously, it’s very dangerous to work on the innards of any line-powe…

Thanks Guys (or Gals?) I had an brain-wave and tried the Norton Utility Emergency Disc - it booted beautifully (if painfully slowly), I asked it to search the SCSI network, and it…