The Macintosh Powerbook was the first series of laptops manufactured by Apple. The Powerbook 145 was introduced on August 3, 1992. It's a mid-range system between the 100 and 170 line, featuiring a 9.8" monochrome passive-matrix display and a 68030 processor. Basically a Macintosh SE\30 with an LCD screen.
I've been looking for a 140 or 145 on eBay and found a good deal for the 145. To sweeten the deal, the owner had recently replaced the caps and the bios battery and included the System 7.1 OS disks, manuals, and paper work for this model.
Unfortunately, a day after I got it, black lines started to appear at the lower end of the LCD screen. I contacted the seller and he offered to send me another 145 to use for parts. The next blog entry will cover how the LCD screen was replaced.
Here are the specifications for the PowerBook 145:
Requires System 7.0.1 to 7.6.1 (will not run on System 6 or earlier)
CPU: 25 MHz 68030
FPU: none
Performance: 3.8, relative to SE; 0.41, Speedometer 4
ROM: 1 MB
RAM: 2 MB RAM, expandable to 8 MB using a special 100ns pseudostatic RAM card
display: 9.8″ 1-bit 640 x 400 77 ppi passive matrix
ADB slots: 1 port for keyboard and mouse
serial ports: 2 DIN-8 RS-422 ports on back of computer
SCSI ports: HDI30 connector on back of computer
Hard drive: 40 or 80 MB
proprietary modem slot
Gestalt ID: 54
Size (HxWxD): 2.25″ x 11.25″ x 9.3″
Weight: 6.8 pounds
In November 1992, an ad has the PowerBook 145 selling for 2409 USD. That's $3,517.52 in today's dollars.
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