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Aug 17, 2012 10:49 AM in response to MacJojoby Allan Jones,Try this: Use this link:
http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=search&locale=en_US&q=
and, on the resulting page, enter "AppleTalk" in the "Search Support" field and select "Include Archive" from the "Include or Exclude Archived Documents" field, then hit "Search."
I found a lot of old AppleTalk "how-to" articles with that search. There are many pages and you have to go several pages in before the old articles start to show up.
Maybe you've thought of this but I'll ask anyway---have you tried a floppy cleaning disk in your drive? I don't know if they are still available but I resurrected several unresponsive floppy drives back in the OS7-9 days with such a cleaning tool.
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Aug 17, 2012 4:08 PM in response to MacJojoby dalstott,Go to LowEndMac groups for contacts who are familiar with the older hardware. There is a Powerbooks group that would cover your PB140. They also have a swap list that can help with obtaining parts.
PowerBooks is a forum for users of the original Mac Portable and all pre-G3 PowerBooks (including pre-G3 models with G3 upgrades).
http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml
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Aug 17, 2012 5:50 PM in response to MacJojoby Jan Hedlund,★HelpfulYou can use a MiniDIN-8M to MiniDIN-8M Macintosh printer cable for a direct connection between the Modem Ports of the PB 140 and the SE/30. Alternatively, you could use LocalTalk or PhoneNET cabling.
In short: Start both computers. Enable AppleTalk on both machines (in the Chooser). Restart. Enable/start File Sharing on at least one machine (name and possibly password in the control panel). Select AppleShare in the Chooser (left) of the other machine. Select a computer to connect to in the Chooser (right). Click OK. Enter data in the connection dialogue, and click OK. Select a shared disk to use in the following dialogue, and click OK.
There are many possibilities, including sharing settings under the File menu. Details can be found in the System 7.1 reference handbook
Jan
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Aug 17, 2012 6:12 PM in response to Jan Hedlundby Jan Hedlund,Correction
>... Modem Ports of the ...
... Printer Ports of the ...
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Aug 17, 2012 6:56 PM in response to Allan Jonesby MacJojo,I did try the Lindy floppy cleaner as my first line of attack. It had worked for me on a much older Mac (SE/30), but it did not work for me on this one.
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Aug 17, 2012 7:00 PM in response to Jan Hedlundby MacJojo,This is totally what I'm going to attempt tomorrow. It sounds very familiar and hopefully this will work. Thank you!
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Aug 24, 2012 11:41 PM in response to Jan Hedlundby MacJojo,You totally solved my issue, Jan. Thank you so much!