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Apple PowerBook Duo: The Laptop That Was Also a Desktop (Patreon)

Published:
2020-11-30 23:56:02
Imported:
2024-01

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In the early 1990's, there was an industry trend to make laptops smaller and lighter. These so-called subnotebooks often resulted in a compromise between portability and practicality. Apple's PowerBook Duo series, however, tried to do everything.

Sources (in order of appearance):
AST Premium Exec laptop photo: https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/retrocomputingatcitytech/retrocomputing-archive-namm-520/
PC Magazine, April 14, 1992.
Toshiba Libretto photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Libretto_70CT.jpg
LGR's ThinkPad 701c video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRVJCtREW38
HP Omnibook 800CT photo: https://muzeuldecalculatoare.ro/2018/06/28/hewlettpackard-omnibook-800ct/
Compaq Contura Aero photo: https://www.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/comments/j8pp4v/restored_compaq_contura_aero_433c_for_asm/
PC Magazine, September 28, 1993.
Computerworld, August 15, 1994.
MacUser, December 1992.
Macworld, December 1992.
Macworld, December 1993.
Macintosh Duo System Developer Note, November 1992.
AAUI ThinNet transceiver photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apple_AAUI_transceiver_and_cable.jpg
AAUI 10Base-T transceiver photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AAUI_examples.jpg
The Apple Catalog, Spring 1993.
Macintosh Classic photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mac_Classic.jpg
MacUser, November 1995.
The Apple Catalog, Fall 1993.
MacUser, December 1993.
Duo battery charger photo: https://www.ebay.com/itm/APPLE-M7778-MACINTOSH-POWERBOOK-DUO-BATTERY-RECHARGER-WITH-WARRANTY/113805936371?hash=item1a7f5cc6f3:g:ZGEAAOSws0tfjdX3
Duo 270c upgraded to 2300 photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kenleewrites/3277732933/

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

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Apple PowerBook Duo: The Laptop That Was Also a Desktop

In the early 1990's, there was an industry trend to make laptops smaller and lighter. These so-called subnotebooks often resulted in a compromise between portability and practicality. Apple's PowerBook Duo series, however, tried to do everything. Sources (in order of appearance): AST Premium Exec laptop photo: https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/retrocomputingatcitytech/retrocomputing-archive-namm-520/ PC Magazine, April 14, 1992. Toshiba Libretto photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Libretto_70CT.jpg LGR's ThinkPad 701c video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRVJCtREW38 HP Omnibook 800CT photo: https://muzeuldecalculatoare.ro/2018/06/28/hewlettpackard-omnibook-800ct/ Compaq Contura Aero photo: https://www.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/comments/j8pp4v/restored_compaq_contura_aero_433c_for_asm/ PC Magazine, September 28, 1993. Computerworld, August 15, 1994. MacUser, December 1992. Macworld, December 1992. Macworld, December 1993. Macintosh Duo System Developer Note, November 1992. AAUI ThinNet transceiver photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apple_AAUI_transceiver_and_cable.jpg AAUI 10Base-T transceiver photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AAUI_examples.jpg The Apple Catalog, Spring 1993. Macintosh Classic photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mac_Classic.jpg MacUser, November 1995. The Apple Catalog, Fall 1993. MacUser, December 1993. Duo battery charger photo: https://www.ebay.com/itm/APPLE-M7778-MACINTOSH-POWERBOOK-DUO-BATTERY-RECHARGER-WITH-WARRANTY/113805936371?hash=item1a7f5cc6f3:g:ZGEAAOSws0tfjdX3 Duo 270c upgraded to 2300 photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kenleewrites/3277732933/ ----------------------------------------­------------------------------------- Please consider supporting my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisdoesnotcompute Follow me on Twitter and Instagram! @thisdoesnotcomp ----------------------------------------­------------------------------------- Music by Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com). Intro music by BoxCat Games (http://www.box-cat.com).

Comments

Anonymous

Hey Colin, fantastic documentary. I need your advice about installing System 7.5 - 9.1 on a PowerBook 1400CS. Barring on telling me where to find a copy of the OS, are you installing it via the floppy drive? Is that the best way? With my restoration projects on a PowerBook G4 Aluminium and MacBook 2007, I was able to create a bootable USB, Target Disk Mode, or use CD's and DVDs. I'm struggling to find the best method on doing a fresh install on the older laptops though, which only have a floppy disk drive (I don't have the CR-ROM module). Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Anonymous

Great video, Collin. I also love seeing these old docking stations. To this day, I still miss the feeling of docking in my ThinkPad with a good old clunk.

thisdoesnotcompute
>>48938016

I try to reinstall from a CD whenever possible, usually because that leads to more options and it's also far faster and more convenient. The PB 1400 had the option for a CD-ROM drive, so in your case it may be worth trying to find one. What I did with both of the Duos was to hook up an external SCSI CD-ROM drive, which could be a good option for you too (and would also be handy to have for other machines that never offered internal optical drives).