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Posted by: Rikintosh on 2018-12-08 05:32:52
Is there a system disk that I can use to boot a powerbook 170, and which can be ejected to use another disk just as it was with the old macs? The HD of my powerbook died, I can only boot it with a system 7.1 disk, but it does not allow eject, and the machine only has a floppy drive
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Posted by: beachycove on 2018-12-08 09:09:06
The 170 will run a particular iteration of System 6 (if you search, it will come).
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Posted by: sstaylor on 2018-12-08 11:36:02
According to everymac.com, the 170 requires 7.01 at a minimum.
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook/specs/mac_powerbook170.html
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Posted by: nglevin on 2018-12-08 12:45:17
System 6.0.7 (and 6.0.8?) for early PowerBooks was a modification of a Japanese-only version of System 6 with KanjiTalk done by 68k MLAers some time back. Definitely possible.
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Posted by: beachycove on 2018-12-08 12:47:08
Did I not say unto ye, that if ye search, ye shall find?
https://www.macintoshrepository.org/2449-mac-system-6-0-8-for-powerbook-140-145-and-170
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Posted by: sstaylor on 2018-12-08 17:57:47
Huh. I stand corrected.
Happily corrected.
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Posted by: Unknown_K on 2018-12-08 20:12:49
OS 6 was kind of made for a lower then VGA resolution B&W display anyway.
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Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2018-12-08 20:36:06
Now that I've got a working PB100 again, I need to find 6.0.8L(?) to try double booting. Too bad it wasn't there.
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Posted by: bibilit on 2018-12-08 23:54:25
The HD of my powerbook died
Those can be repaired (most)
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Posted by: monoxrom on 2018-12-09 00:45:54
how hdd can be repaired?
in my powerbook 170, conner hdd 40 mb is dead too (
now i use another, was found ibm 120 mb hdd
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Posted by: bibilit on 2018-12-09 01:17:03
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Posted by: gpbonneau on 2018-12-09 07:48:02
Yes I did it on a dozen successfully (Conner 20 and 40MB), only one (very worn and noisy) could not be reformatted. Thanks a lot to aplmak 🙂
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