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by telegtron 746 days ago
Was it not an option to take out the HD and connect it to a modern computer? It sure had an HD. [0]

[0] Macintosh PowerBook Duo 280c: Technical Specifications https://support.apple.com/en-us/112137
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flounder3 746 days ago
On the very first page:

The internal hard drive uses SCSI with an unusual connector. Adapting it didn't seem straightforward, and we weren't confident the old file system (HFS) would be easy to read from a modern system.

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telegtron 746 days ago
Oops! I forgot I read that part. You are right.
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