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Old PowerBook 170

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  • 07-10-2005 12:30am
    #1
    Martyr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,567 ✭✭✭


    i found a Macintosh Powerbook 170 in a skip recently, its only worth about 10-15 euro from some prices on ebay.

    it seems to work fine, except there is no o/s on it, and a picture of a removeable disc flashes on the screen whenever it starts.

    i've little knowledge of macs, so i was wondering what operating system would
    install on this? and how would i go about it.

    any suggestions?

    thanks


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    soph
    Closed Accounts Posts: 126 ✭✭soph


    Hi, just looked it up there, looks like you can install - 7.0.1-7.5.1,7.5.3-7.6.1


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    Martyr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,567 ✭✭✭Martyr


    OK, thanks soph for info, i probably should have looked that up myself :)


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    luckat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭luckat


    Oooh, lucky you - the 170 has a slider, so you can actually set the brightness of the screen and *use it outdoors*. Envy!


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    Hugh_C
    Registered Users Posts: 2,852 ✭✭✭Hugh_C


    luckat wrote:
    Oooh, lucky you - the 170 has a slider, so you can actually set the brightness of the screen and *use it outdoors*. Envy!


    I've still got an old PowerBook 145 in a cupboard somewhere - dunno if it still works though...

    I think I have the system (7.?) disks for it...


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    SouperComputer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    Apple have released OS 7 for a free download, have a google for it and you can get the disk images frim apple's FTP

    [edit] i have system 6 images if you want them [/edit]


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