Restoring an In-Box Apple PowerBook from 1991!
This Does Not Compute This Does Not Compute
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 Published On Jul 23, 2021

I picked up one of Apple's first laptops, a PowerBook 170, that was mostly complete with its original box. And while it doesn't appear to have suffered any abuse, the past 30 years have still taken their toll.

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Sources:
Macworld, December 1991.
MacUser, December 1991.
Data recovery clean room hood photo: https://www.sentryair.com/blog/produc...

PowerBook 180 tunnel vision photo: https://imgur.com/gallery/Rt3iUdq?nc=1

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Intro music by BoxCat Games (http://www.box-cat.com).

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