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Oct 9, 2015 8:24 PM in response to eharve5by ChitlinsCC,WOW! A miracle it lasted this long! 1991-92 too present is a very good run!
My bet is the hard drive has given up the ghost...
About the screens you see when your Mac starts up - Apple ...
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204156
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Aug 13, 2015 - If you see a folder with a question mark appear instead of the Apple logo, it means your Mac couldn't find a local or network-based startup disk.Your PB is running System 7, which came with floppy install and disk tools disks. You MAY be able to get a look with the disk tools disk. There MAY be a Mac enthusiest or AASP in your area that can help - but no modern shop is gonna recognize one except from pictures.My PB 180c died after about 7 years.Check with User Groups in your area for advice/help > http://www.apple.com/usergroups/You MAY find an AASP that has been at it a long time (with luck) > https://locate.apple.combest luckÇÇÇ -
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Oct 10, 2015 1:32 AM in response to eharve5by Jan Hedlund,A first step could be to try a PRAM reset. Press the four keys Command(Apple) + Option + P + R immediately at startup. Keep the keys depressed until the startup sound has been heard a second time.
A PowerBook 170 will work with System 7.0.1 up to System 7.6.1. As indicated by ChitlinsCC, you may need a boot floppy (similar to the British System 7.0.1 Disk Tools http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English -British/Macintosh/System/System_7.0.1/Disk_Tools.image.sea.bin). In order to create a bootable floppy, another old (pre-1998) Macintosh computer would be required, together with an appropriate version of StuffIt Expander for Macintosh and the disk utility Disk Copy 4.2. Using a special technique (described under the discussion Macintosh Classic boot problems for a Network Access floppy), even a Windows PC with a floppy drive may be used to create floppies from certain disk image files.