Q: PowerBook Duo 210 problema
HI everyone! I was waking by a quite neiberhood and a garage sale was on the street. I saw a beautiful Powerbook duo 210 and I bought it for 30 USD with the original charger! It powers up! But it has a problem with the tracking ball. Only it moves right to left but almost nothing from up to down. So I cant do so much... The problem it's that I don't have the duo dock to connect an external mouse! This was a very limited Macintosh regarding the ports without a duo dock!
i Was looking for help to:
1) system 7.1 shortcuts (to avoid using the tracking ball and do something)
2) is there any fix to the trackball problem? The mac works perfect! But has that annoying problem!
thanks in advance!
Carlos
PowerBook, Mac OS 8.6 or Earlier, PowerBook duo 210
Posted on Nov 24, 2015 4:11 PM
You may have to check around online for a source of a working trackball unit
from another computer that had been parted-out; or a source of new old stock
of the entire trackball component, as shown in the older information thus far...
Not certain what kind of wear or damage may affect the useful purpose, or why
the items you've had access to and attempted to remedy the issue, haven't
been forthcoming or resolve this problem. To have a working spare could allow
you time to dissect the original to see if it can be repaired or cleaned better.
Best of luck in this matter...
Posted on Dec 1, 2015 9:37 AM