Looking for cheap Powerbook Duo parts

From: Doug Yowza <yowza_at_yowza.com>
Date: Wed Dec 30 01:32:21 1998

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy to all.

I've been assembling some random Duo parts into working Duos, but I need a
few more parts cheap. If you don't have parts, sources for cheap parts
are also welcome.

I need:
        a couple of 2.5" SCSI drives, any capacity
        install disks for MacOS 7.5.3 or 7.5.5
        a couple of Duo keyboards
        a pair of Duo rubber side-inserts
        a few Duo RAM cards of any capacity

OK, these Duos aren't 10 years old yet (closer to 5), but they're
pretty cool, perhaps even Classic.

I'm Mac-illiterate, but I've discovered that Apple somehow embedded
product info at the board or ROM level. If I don't have MacOS running on
one of these guys, is there a keyboard sequence that will show me this
info? What sort of stuff is stored? Product id? Board rev? Serial
number? Is there software that will dump this info in great detail? And,
is there enough info in there to distinguish, say, prototypes from
production runs?

-- Doug
Received on Wed Dec 30 1998 - 01:32:21 GMT