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PowerBook duo 210 weird connector
Posted by: Challenger 1983 on 2017-02-19 14:27:28 I took apart my duo 210 to find a strange connector on the back of the logic board Would anyone know what it could be
Posted by: Carboy7 on 2017-02-19 14:47:13 Um, pictures please? Sorta don't know what it even could be until I'm staring at it. 😛
Posted by: Challenger 1983 on 2017-02-19 15:28:08 I'm busy I'll send pictures tomorrow
Posted by: beachycove on 2017-02-19 17:26:17 Um, the standard Duo pds, the one that you use when you plug it into a DuoDock?
Posted by: Challenger 1983 on 2017-02-19 18:56:34 Um, the standard Duo pds, the one that you use when you plug it into a DuoDock? No the one on the bottom of the motherboard
Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2017-02-19 20:41:56 Now I'm curious?
Posted by: Challenger 1983 on 2017-02-20 06:56:03
Posted by: Challenger 1983 on 2017-02-20 06:57:05
Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2017-02-20 07:25:29 Very strange, don't recall ever seeing a ribbon connector on the solder side of a Duo board. Take a pic in a (mostly) darkened room to kick in the flash, that'll rid your pics of that motion blur.
Posted by: Challenger 1983 on 2017-02-20 07:31:28 Very strange, don't recall ever seeing a ribbon connector on the solder side of a Duo board. Take a pic in a (mostly) darkened room to kick in the flash, that'll rid your pics of that motion blur. I'll do that thanks for the tip
Posted by: Carboy7 on 2017-02-20 12:37:22 Ribbon connector? Does anything plug into it?
Posted by: techknight on 2017-02-20 14:26:49 gawlee, did you take the picture with a potato?
Posted by: rsolberg on 2017-02-20 14:32:35
Posted by: techknight on 2017-02-22 15:06:34 hahaha. Thats funny 😉
Posted by: Challenger 1983 on 2017-02-23 17:57:03
Posted by: Gamer9430 on 2017-03-09 07:32:11 I see several connectors in that picture: the one at the top left is the Duo Dock/MiniDock/MicroDock port, standard on all PowerBook Duos. In the top center is the power jack. In the top right is the AppleTalk jack for printer/localtalk. In the center of the motherboard is some sort of ZIF connector, which would likely be used for either the mouse button and ball or keyboard. Finally, at the bottom right is the battery connection terminals. On certain models, in the top far left would be a modem jack, but this doesn't seem to be a common feature selected on the 210s as most of the ones I've seen including my own don't have it. After all, the dock itself had a modem...
Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2017-03-09 08:56:11 I own and am pretty sure I've disassembled and examined the logic board of every Duo model save the 210. I don't recall ever having seen a ribbon cable connector on the underside of a logic board. In every case the Keyboard/TrackWhatever connection is made on the component side in an easily accessible location. Having either connection made on the underside makes no sense in terms of documented assembly/disassembly procedures for the Duo Series. There's no unobstructed, strain relief/cable severance protection capable pathway from peripherals to the underside of an assembled Duo that I can see. Has anyone else got a 210 for comparison of the boards?
Posted by: Bunsen on 2017-03-11 03:56:28 Huh, that's curious. I wonder if it's some kind of cough diagnostic port. The 210 was the first model and maybe early runs needed some debugging. Then again, there's probably no reason that couldn't be done via the PDS/Docking port. I'll have to keep an eye out for it when I start in on stripping and reconditioning my Duo stack.
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