PowerBook 2400c -- The Japanese Mac Made by IBM (Patreon)

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2020-05-05 14:02:19

Imported:

2024-01

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Despite the strange times Apple went through in the mid-Nineties, the company managed to produce a surprisingly competent lineup of Mac laptops. Except it didn't actually make of them.

Sources:

Duo 2300c images: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Apple_Macintosh_Powerbook_Duo_2300C.jpg
https://flic.kr/p/cMPuuW
96MB RAM card vs 64MB: https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/56817-boxed-pb-2400c240-56k-warning/
Upgraded 2400 with G3 card: https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/56817-boxed-pb-2400c240-56k-warning/
"PowerBook 2400: A True Tokyo Rose", Wired, 2002. https://www.wired.com/2002/03/powerbook-2400-a-true-tokyo-rose/
PowerBook 2400 owners at 1999 Macworld Tokyo: https://web.archive.org/web/19991012172743/http://www.powerbook.org/2400/off/1999Expo/office.html
Yu-Plan keyboard modded 2400: https://kevinmacwhinnie.com/uploads/2018/dae7587f3e.jpg
Japanese customized 2400s: https://web.archive.org/web/20010417015535/http://www.powerbook.org/2400/Yankee/yankeemain.html
Silver PB2400: https://web.archive.org/web/20010419020455/http://www.powerbook.org/2400/Yankee/silver/silver.html
Red PB2400: https://web.archive.org/web/20010419021332/http://www.powerbook.org/2400/Yankee/red/zaku.html
Translucent custom PB2400s: https://web.archive.org/web/20010419020900/http://www.powerbook.org/2400/Yankee/skelton/aqua.html https://web.archive.org/web/20010606030749/http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp:80/people/cocoa/%83X%83P%83%8B%83g%83%934.html
PowerBook 2400c Perfect Guide photos: http://yahoo.aleado.com/lot?auctionID=g333040261
Apple Pippin image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Pippin-Atmark-Console-Set.jpg
Computerworld, July 14, 1997.

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Additional music by Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com).
Intro music by BoxCat Games (http://www.box-cat.com).

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PowerBook 2400c

Despite the strange times Apple went through in the mid-Nineties, the company managed to produce a surprisingly competent lineup of Mac laptops. Except it didn't actually make of them. Sources: Duo 2300c images: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Apple_Macintosh_Powerbook_Duo_2300C.jpg https://flic.kr/p/cMPuuW 96MB RAM card vs 64MB: https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/56817-boxed-pb-2400c240-56k-warning/ Upgraded 2400 with G3 card: https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/56817-boxed-pb-2400c240-56k-warning/ "PowerBook 2400: A True Tokyo Rose", Wired, 2002. https://www.wired.com/2002/03/powerbook-2400-a-true-tokyo-rose/ PowerBook 2400 owners at 1999 Macworld Tokyo: https://web.archive.org/web/19991012172743/http://www.powerbook.org/2400/off/1999Expo/office.html Yu-Plan keyboard modded 2400: https://kevinmacwhinnie.com/uploads/2018/dae7587f3e.jpg Japanese customized 2400s: https://web.archive.org/web/20010417015535/http://www.powerbook.org/2400/Yankee/yankeemain.html Silver PB2400: https://web.archive.org/web/20010419020455/http://www.powerbook.org/2400/Yankee/silver/silver.html Red PB2400: https://web.archive.org/web/20010419021332/http://www.powerbook.org/2400/Yankee/red/zaku.html Translucent custom PB2400s: https://web.archive.org/web/20010419020900/http://www.powerbook.org/2400/Yankee/skelton/aqua.html https://web.archive.org/web/20010606030749/http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp:80/people/cocoa/%83X%83P%83%8B%83g%83%934.html PowerBook 2400c Perfect Guide photos: http://yahoo.aleado.com/lot?auctionID=g333040261 Apple Pippin image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Pippin-Atmark-Console-Set.jpg Computerworld, July 14, 1997. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please consider supporting my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisdoesnotcompute Follow me on Twitter and Instagram! @thisdoesnotcomp ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music: "Silently" by Dan Mason (http://danmason.bandcamp.com). Additional music by Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com). Intro music by BoxCat Games (http://www.box-cat.com).