Restoring Apple's Tiny Laptop From 1992!

[@psivewri]

Thanks for watching 🙂 One day I may also replace the capacitors (when I learn how to solder properly). If anyone has any info on replacing / repairing the battery, feel free to let me know!

[@woodentrainseriesofficial9511]

Hi

[@therobloxianstar4689]

Omg second reply!!!! Also you have 6 LIKES ONLY!!???

[@woodentrainseriesofficial9511]

@@therobloxianstar4689 here before this blows 🆙

[@therobloxianstar4689]

@@woodentrainseriesofficial9511 xD

[@MultiWirth]

It´s a NIMH battery so probably pretty easy todo. You can get new cells with solder taps applied. They can have a slightly different capacity as long as they´re the same physical size as the original ones (obviously). Maybe you can share a few photos of the inside, then i could figure out the arrangment of the cells and maybe the size you need. There are a few common types.

[@foregonereality]

This looks like something a lot of enthusiasts would love to see - the 8 bit guy in particular! Great find!

[@zoomer8367]

The 8-bit guy would fry the laptop trying to replace the power supply's cable with paper clips...

[@freakiblade]

@@zoomer8367 lol

[@dylanlac765n6]

The 8 bit guy is more interested in older hardware

[@zoomer8367]

here is the video I'm referencing if anyone's interested (it happens at the 4:37 minute mark) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZmVgHZ4j9WtkJo

[@pedrofelck]

@@zoomer8367 for how long do you guys will keep referencing this? Forget about it, it's over a year already.

[@notflyingk]

His restorations are good. He never forgets to clean the laptop with some eucalyptus oil.

[@woodentrainseriesofficial9511]

100th like.

[@akshat8586]

"Eucalyptus Oiilll"

[@alingondrozario]

244th Like!

[@7.62totheskull]

he has a smart strategy.

[@BonnieBoi]

Yep, and can’t forget about that legendary eucalyptus oil

[@sushimamba4281]

Working in a university after I graduated, I was allowed to take one of these home at night and on weekends. In the early 90's, this was cutting edge stuff. The actual concept of portable computing was still fairly new and it felt amazing at the time.

[@kielagut]

Perfect way to end the week! The technological advancements we've made over the last 29 years is simply astonishing!

[@woodentrainseriesofficial9511]

What channel member are you?

[@Geert365]

And a lot of people probably didn't even know these things were available, or at least what these catalog pictured things were all about. Too expensive to buy anyway. I know that's how it was for me. but i was bit young maybe still on a paper route.

[@ActionRetro]

My goodness that is a nice looking Duo

[@Sisamuth]

You make my stressful day of exam by another great restoration

[@TheSpotify95]

I was honestly not expecting a laptop like that! It's amazing how technology has moved on from the early 1990s!

[@MisterBrain]

My colleague at work had one of those. It was a technological marvel at the time (although those trackballs were pretty awful).

[@spymax3739]

Imagine 32mb of storage

[@andresbravo2003]

How amazing! It’s so cute to see this PowerBook Duo.

[@konnimusic]

i love watching your restoration videos! it’s so satisfying to see old tech products being brought back to life.

[@lucy4666]

I love the design choice of Apple in the early 90's. Makes me teleport to some old university in the US and using the BBS, stuff like that makes me happy and your videos work like some sort of escapism for me so I'm happy to see new videos of yours whenever you upload them.

[@Baer9471]

Yes even though the price is bullshit at he time. I like how Apple laptops at the time have a good design

[@Broon-ut7xp]

Made me smile seeing this restored and used, been a long time since i've seen these. Great work!

[@tintobrass532]

I would like to congratulate you; throughout this video you have acted with determination, enthusiasm and honesty and for these reasons, all of France adores you.

[@FunkyMustang1998]

I remember stumbling across this thing when cleaning out our house long ago, and never thought much about it until watching this video and being reminded of it. I definitely would have loved tinkering inside it if I had the same amount of knowledge when I was a kid as I do now.

[@jamesthefirst_8147]

7 minutes 22 seconds without the eucalyptus oil, i was getting worried

[@BearPlayzYTVids]

Bro you’re so close to 200k! Congrats! Can’t wait till you get there! (You’re a great guy)

[@matthewroberts1569]

Had a pair of these, along with the Duo Dock, back in the 1990s. Some of my favorites I've ever had.

[@NALTOdeluxe]

Love these vintage Apple videos. You will always have my respect.

[@Fifury161]

Sadly I threw a lot of my Apple collection out before KZbin existed, I really wish I had taken a lot more pictures of my kit! I still have this model though along with the powered dock & a 250 model. I might have to start my own channel!

[@KetchupBlood94]

I always find your videos so satisfying to watch.

[@DronieUp]

Love this video!! Crazy that you upgraded the hard drive with MicroSD!!

[@chewthysteak]

yet another great restoration!

[@kaitlyn__L]

The grey parts are yellowed too! They should be a cool blueish grey :) love the dock though. Imagine having a large hard drive and two NuBus cards in there! Desktop power at home and laptop portability on the go!

[@TechAmbr]

Awesome! I'm so glad the SCSI2SD worked! Did you know: The displays on the 68030 Duo line are swappable. If you want to make your 230 a color Duo, you can swap in the active-matrix color screen from a 270c. It'll be a frankenstein machine with no visible nameplate (since the 230 has its nameplate on the screen, and the 270c has its nameplate on the keyboard upper) Or, of course, if you find a 270c these days, you could restore that instead. 😂 Ooohhhh things I did in the early 2000s that I now regret.... Anyway, thanks for the video and the painstaking restoration! These were super cool little machines. Now all you need is the PowerPC version: the Duo 2300c. It'll fit right in your existing dock!

[@justine1816]

My jaw dropped as soon as I saw Chuck Yeager’s Air Combat. I’m old, so I spent many, many hours playing that game back in the mid nineties. So many fond memories. Great video!

[@lazartazer]

The computer has some nice “trackpad”

[@mariosanchezolmedo6898]

Trackball*

[@iTechOSyoutube]

@@mariosanchezolmedo6898 hence the quote-on-quote, “trackpad”.

[@michvod]

I repaired few of those, few notes: The original HDs can be repaired a lot of times as the rubber stop on the heads gets all sticky and the heads won't move out of the original position. Magnets on the heads need to be taken off and the rubber stop replaced. Also these laptops were from a era when manufacturers used capacitors prone to leaking. So if you want to preserve the machine, the recap is a good idea. There are some capacitors in the display itself that are also usually leaking and cause drifting contrast or other issues on these laptops.

[@propjoe1060]

This is one of the best channels around. Ancient tech is just really cool and its nice to learn about it!

[@knightsson1045]

Hello Psivewri i just got your channel membership you are awesome! i hope to watch your videos for many years to come :DD

[@BollingHolt]

Cool!!! And yeah, man. You can't have too many SCSI2SDs (or Floppy EMUs!) hanging around!

[@Top_Q7]

Cool creative video, great job!

[@Hammerjockeyrepair]

wow this brought back some good memories!! I was 8 years old when my father brought one of these home that sat in the lost and found at his job for years, I LOVED that thing, took it apart many times!! I was probably 7 when I first got it. Now I remember what got me obsessed with apples products

[@theon__]

9:29 hm i think its a price question. Is the adapter cheaper than the Dock ore is the Dock cheaper excapt you will had it as a retro apple station everytime in one place than the dock is much better

[@Cyber_Horse_Studios87]

Nice to know someone is also working hard on a PowerBook restoration. Im currently working on a way to restore a PowerBook 190.

[@TweeterMan287]

Thank you for the links! I have a Powerbook Duo 2300c that I've been wanting to get working again for years. I already have the blank disks and external floppy drives. Fingers crossed!

[@BanDit49_]

cool vid man

[@basic086]

5:38 - Glad to see some good ol' Woolies cling wrap being put to good use

[@mattlang8603]

Excellent video and a fun restoration. Thanks for sharing.

[@SanclerSantos001]

Também gosto muito de restaurar máquinas antigas . Parabéns ótima restauração 😁.

[@BilisNegra]

Eucalyptus oil wasn't mentioned until 7:21 in a little over 10 min. video. Somehow that's good on him, his work deserves better recognition than just a tagline.

[@dinkarfowkar999]

You made my night I guess 😅😅😅

[@alexandreguitchkine2112]

There was the time (2009-2011) I admired all Apple devices... I got my first MacBook in 2009 - the black one :) Then in 2011 my first MacBook Pro, Ipod, Iphone, Ipads .... But sadly, being an engineering professional, I cant use it since then as all soft is windows or Linux based. But what i can really say - old Apple devices were much better then those we see now in Apple store (quality, feeling, assembly). Your restorations - I watched them all - you do the great job, giving them a new life again.... Thank you for good videos and good mood.

[@scholziallvideo]

hello, perfect video. I have got an imac 27 2013 SSD change and now the display have got blue red lines only 5mm what can it be? the Display connector cable?

[@JosephHauger]

My first laptop was a PowerBook Duo 210. I loved that thing, and just how miniscule it was. Other than my G3-400 Lombard, all of my portable Macs have been the smallest available at the time.

[@AliciahazardWednesdays]

I love watching your video I love retro tech its so interning to see all different types of tech from 200s and 90s I love it

[@davinp]

Laptops have come along way since the 1990s. Some 1990s USA TV shows show kids using laptops running DOS or Windows 3.11

[@tulippasta]

Best video yet! Such a cool laptop and dock

[@Subgunman]

Cool computer! I have an old Toshiba Techra 520 CDT that I bought used many years ago. It did come a dock which is very interesting. Dock has some nice speakers for great audio, several expansion slots for additional cards. It’s eject did not work because I did not have the key for it. That was an easy fix. As for the computer the hard drive now just clicks and computer would not boot up. The floppy drive no longer works since the drive belt snapped. This computer has some valuable software on it and I was lucky enough to find a shop that will try to recover all of the data from the drive. Need to find some belts for the floppy drive and new batteries for memory. As for the hard drive I have an IDE to M2 memory card hard drive adapter. Hopefully I can recover this machine so it can be used with the programs I have for it. My issue is that I no longer live in the states and here in Europe it’s difficult to find the supplies that I need.

[@iloveappleyoutube7198]

3:04 Nathan: the computer is working Computer: *sike*

[@retrogamer2503]

I loved that "bruh" at 3:05

[@williamcatlow5387]

You needed to put the system enabler on the instal floppy disk for os 7.1

[@GalenlevyPhoto]

I never forget those little PowerBooks! I was in 8th grade at the time.

[@sahd0w]

One of your best videos!!! This was so cool 🤩 thanks for what you do!!

[@SurprenantJamesAB1DQ]

Well done, as always - your work is inspirational - I have learned much - keep it up!

[@vafon3453]

Didn't know Apple laptops in the early 90s could be this wild

[@yellowdogparty]

Nice, I reassembled one years ago, never got around to finding a power brick that would work. I guess I should.

[@skiwarz]

Did that thing say "bruhh" when the install failed? @3:05

[@LED-cx6wj]

I don't know if this works with these drives, but i recently had an old IDE Drive that didn't want to spin up. I just took off the PCB and cleaned it, and especially cleaned all the contacts that connect the PCB to the Motor. After that, the Drive worked fine again.

[@dotapark]

OMG. This is IT video! I will happily watch. 😊

[@notsoseagatey]

even though i'm late, i think that conner drive has a melting rubber piece. tape over the rubber with some tape and it should work

[@richardestes6499]

Definitely looks like a must-have for Action Retro.

[@core-hacked]

That drive spinning sounds like Mr. Crabs running lmao

[@dylanc2806]

im happy to see you giving credit and links without being sponsored, sweet

[@elektron2kim666]

The feeling of this new "paradise of hardware" was just better and never seen before back then.

[@taimoooooooor7594]

love it. keep up the good work

[@tankii6664]

Older tech is cool i just hope there will be videos about commodore's computers

[@KIDPRODIGY69]

To help with the yellowing. A cheap set up can be made that works 10 times better then the sun light. Take a tuffy clear one wrap it in tinfoil then place a uv light above it in a really dark room. Some people use uv leds to line the side and bottom which is better but cost more. Just doing it the cheap way is way better then just sun light though. Just make sure its filled above the plastic with 2 parts proxcide and 1 part water. This mixture can be reused. Itll turn the most yellowed thing white again.

[@THEtechknight]

You forgot to recap the logic board on the PB Duo itself, they like to piss everywhere and cause problems. Also, the PSU on the dock needs attention in the same area for the same reasons.

[@Noams_chess_school]

Yes i love your vids

[@danielson9579]

Eucalyptus oil don't think that you can get that in the UK 🤔

[@wc2006]

he's australian

[@lili5597272]

Nice to see you again, the best scavenger youtuber Psivewri.

[@mrbontful]

I had one of these used to like the quake warning sound and the text to speech had like heaps of different voices to choose from these things were build like tanks

[@organiccold]

What a cool laptop and dock. Another cool video

[@caviar_dreamz]

Great job on the restore!

[@sjgrall]

Not sure if this is in the video or not, but these require an enabler to run 7.1, PowerBook Duo Enabler 1.0 or the older System Enabler 201 specifically. If you're going to install System 7.1 on a Mac that requires an enabler, it is far better to track down the original custom install disks for that particular model.

[@sjgrall]

I had a PowerBook Duo 230 back in the early 2000's, btw...along with a 280c. The 280c is an amazing laptop; I regret selling it. 280c needs 7.1.1 with PowerBook Duo Enabler v2.0, or later.

[@johneygd]

That B&W screen looks better then i imagined.

[@Helladamnleet]

I need to know what kind of glue you use because I've literally never had luck gluing anything.

[@DmitriyChaikovskiy]

Great job man, respect !

[@Bluellamao]

Wouldnt opening the hard drive kill it because dust gets on the platter?

[@stpworld]

I have the power pc version of this mac with the boxes and it works has original os installed to.

[@magnusthomsen450]

how do you create older mac OS installers fx. macOS high sierra. I cant find any bootable files online. Ps Love your vids

[@absolutely1337]

what an amazing piece from apple, cheers for the video. greetigs from nova scotia!

[@bamdadkhan]

i know this is an unusual request but could you share the harddrive icon you have there? it's one of the more attractive ones i've seen.. just copypaste it onto a folder and droostuff it : )

[@ahoj113]

The DuoDock is awesome!

[@acute3230]

You are the tech guy. You can fix things well.

[@Karifi]

amazing video, cheers from Brazil

[@reyanshguptavlogs9654]

Wow looks good

[@electricmiragemedia]

I always loved this concept.

[@celabud]

How about making a 3D printed case for the new scsi drive?

[@adityastick6898]

you are very good at this keep it up

[@drdbane]

Thank you for this. Do you think there is ANY way to pull a file from this laptop without the docking station? The laptop unit is working well, actually and I can open and maneuver within the file I would like to retrieve. Your "get" for the docking station came with a pretty impressive price, BTW. Well done. I hope to hear from you! Thanks.

[@LJGrindewald]

I believe in pro longing some of these old computers if they're still capable of working, especially for some old games but they're also very useful for another aspect. Any new films/tv dramas set in the 90's, 2000's and 2010's would benefit from these as props but restored to factory looking condition, cleaned and retrobryting so they look like they did when they came out.

[@robertbutscher6824]

great video - yeah, Chuck Yeager's air combat - It's a great day for flying or there's no second place in air combat ;-)

[@mariosanag1]

Great video

[@mariosanag1]

Thanks

[@megaomega46]

This was great, thank you!

[@TheBasementChannel]

Great video! I love my 280c, probably my favourite Mac in my whole collection. Would love to get my hands on the dock. I have a SCSI2SD ready to install.

[@nslouka90]

Biggest dock i've ever seen, its amazing how far we have come in terms of docks for laptops, they are like the size of a pack of gum now.

[@iflyplanes23]

Its never a psivewri video without some eucalyptus oil!

[@CorneliousRR]

I dunno why but the brightly colored bowie knife made me laugh. XD Like something a mall ninja would crave.