Macintosh PowerBook Duo 210

In September 2009 I started to downsize this collection to a few items and then archived this section to its own subdomain at the start of October 2011. Remaining items sold off in mid 2024.

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A Macintosh PowerBook Duo 210 with a keyboard, trackball and monochrome display. - duo210-01.jpg duo210-01.jpg, 1200x900, 136KB
A Macintosh PowerBook Duo 210 with a keyboard, trackball and monochrome display.
The PowerBook Duo with the lid closed is a surprisingly small unit. This was achieved by only providing a hard drive. A floppy drive and/or CD-ROM are external accessories or provided by a DuoDock. - duo210-02.jpg duo210-02.jpg, 1200x900, 125KB
The PowerBook Duo with the lid closed is a surprisingly small unit. This was achieved by only providing a hard drive. A floppy drive and/or CD-ROM are external accessories or provided by a DuoDock.
On the rear of the unit two feet swivel downwards to provide a more comfortable angle to the keyboard. The feet also double up as covers for the internal modem (on left, not present in this example), and the serial port (on right). In between are the power button, dock connector (under a cover) and the power connector. - duo210-03.jpg duo210-03.jpg, 1200x900, 154KB
On the rear of the unit two feet swivel downwards to provide a more comfortable angle to the keyboard. The feet also double up as covers for the internal modem (on left, not present in this example), and the serial port (on right). In between are the power button, dock connector (under a cover) and the power connector.
A Duo MiniDock. The two metal pins guide the dock connectors together while the plastic hooks clamp it all together when the lever at the top is depressed. - duo210-04.jpg duo210-04.jpg, 1200x900, 178KB
A Duo MiniDock. The two metal pins guide the dock connectors together while the plastic hooks clamp it all together when the lever at the top is depressed.
The PowerBook Duo placed in the Duo MiniDock. The feet are required to be swivelled up but the dock still places the keyboard at the same angle. - duo210-05.jpg duo210-05.jpg, 1200x900, 147KB
The PowerBook Duo placed in the Duo MiniDock. The feet are required to be swivelled up but the dock still places the keyboard at the same angle.
The rear of the Duo MiniDock whilst docked with the PowerBook Duo. From left to right are: modem (this is a line connector for the internal modem), security slot, microphone, speakers, HDI-30 SCSI, printer, modem (standard serial port), external display, Apple Desktop Bus, HDI-20 floppy drive, power connector, and finally the power switch. - duo210-06.jpg duo210-06.jpg, 1200x900, 154KB
The rear of the Duo MiniDock whilst docked with the PowerBook Duo. From left to right are: modem (this is a line connector for the internal modem), security slot, microphone, speakers, HDI-30 SCSI, printer, modem (standard serial port), external display, Apple Desktop Bus, HDI-20 floppy drive, power connector, and finally the power switch.
The PowerBook Duo in the Duo Minidock with a HDI-20 external floppy drive attached. This is one of three ways (a full dock or the floppy adapter are the others) to use floppy disks with the Duo. - duo210-07.jpg duo210-07.jpg, 1200x900, 132KB
The PowerBook Duo in the Duo Minidock with a HDI-20 external floppy drive attached. This is one of three ways (a full dock or the floppy adapter are the others) to use floppy disks with the Duo.
The Macintosh HDI-20 External 1.4MB Floppy Disk Drive was first released for the PowerBook 100. The hinged cover duplicates as a stand to lift the drive up as well as a dust cover when not in use. - duo210-08.jpg duo210-08.jpg, 1200x900, 176KB
The Macintosh HDI-20 External 1.4MB Floppy Disk Drive was first released for the PowerBook 100. The hinged cover duplicates as a stand to lift the drive up as well as a dust cover when not in use.
The battery on a PowerBoo Duo 210 is located at the front left. Depressing the button allows the cover to slide to the side which releases the battery. - duo210-09.jpg duo210-09.jpg, 1200x900, 228KB
The battery on a PowerBoo Duo 210 is located at the front left. Depressing the button allows the cover to slide to the side which releases the battery.
The AC power adapter. One interesting aspect of this power adapter is that the standalone battery charger is an accessory that attaches to the side of this adapter. - duo210-10.jpg duo210-10.jpg, 900x675, 103KB
The AC power adapter. One interesting aspect of this power adapter is that the standalone battery charger is an accessory that attaches to the side of this adapter.

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