on 6/12/03 2:39 AM, Gregg Eshelman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Actually, one prototype and one engineering sample. > > I picked up a Duo 250 and a Duo 230 and a DuoDock 1. > > What piqued my interest is the 250 has a lable on > the bottom with Yeager Prototype Unit - Not For > Resale and a warning that it is NOT FCC approved. > > Turns out that the "250" is actually a 280 in a 250 > case. ;) > > The 230 was also interesting because it has no lables > on the bottom and the printing of Macintosh and > PowerBook Duo 230 looks a bit crooked on the lid. > It had a rattle so I opened it up and found a pink > Engineering Sample lable on the frame along with some > writing I can't make out and the date 3.20.93 > > The 280 prototype works great, 12megs RAM and a 320meg > hard drive. The 230 has no RAM expansion and only > an 80meg drive. The rattle was a loose hard drive > screw. Unfortunately, even after resetting the power > manager, it won't boot past showing the mouse > pointer. :P > > The DuoDock appears to be a normal production unit > with a Farallon RJ-45/AUI network card in one NuBus > slot. > > How busy is the Duo mailing list? :) >
People are coming up with such interesting stuff here all of a sudden.... Hope you can make that 230 come back. Jeff -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
