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The '''PowerBook Duo Floppy Adapter''' is Apple's smallest dock for the PowerBook Duo. It clips onto the Duo's 152-pin docking connector and provides an HDI-20 port for the external 1.4 MB floppy drive and an ADB port for a mouse or keyboard.<ref name="ss200up">Apple Computer, ''PowerBook 200 Series'' Service Source, Upgrades chapter, "Floppy Adapter", PDF pp. 207–208. Hosted as [[:File:PowerBook Duo 200 Series Service Source.pdf]]; described on [[PowerBook Duo 200 Series Service Source]]. Attaches to the 152-pin docking connector; HDI-20 floppy port and ADB port; release button; whole-unit exchange.</ref> The Duo has no floppy drive of its own and needs this adapter or the [[Apple PowerBook Duo MiniDock|Duo MiniDock]] to use one.<ref name="ss200spec">Apple Computer, ''PowerBook 200 Series'' Service Source, Specifications, "Disk Storage", PDF p. 18. External 1.4 MB floppy drive, the same drive as the PowerBook 100's, requiring the Duo Floppy Adapter or Duo MiniDock.</ref> It came out with the first Duos on 19 October 1992 and carries the model number M7781.<ref name="wpduo">Wikipedia, "PowerBook Duo", section "Floppy Adapter", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_Duo (read 4 October 2026). Model M7781; informally called a Micro Dock.</ref> The Duo FAQ of 1994 says it was made by E-Machines and sold by Apple for about $80, and that for some three months after the Duo's launch it was the only dock available.<ref name="duofaq">Nicholas C. De Mello, ''FAQ about Macintosh Duos'', revision of 9 July 1994, part 2, "Micro-Docks", items 1 to 5. Contemporary user FAQ from the comp.sys.mac.portables newsgroup.</ref> | The '''PowerBook Duo Floppy Adapter''' is Apple's smallest dock for the PowerBook Duo. It clips onto the Duo's 152-pin docking connector and provides an HDI-20 port for the external 1.4 MB floppy drive and an ADB port for a mouse or keyboard.<ref name="ss200up">Apple Computer, ''PowerBook 200 Series'' Service Source, Upgrades chapter, "Floppy Adapter", PDF pp. 207–208. Hosted as [[:File:PowerBook Duo 200 Series Service Source.pdf]]; described on [[PowerBook Duo 200 Series Service Source]]. Attaches to the 152-pin docking connector; HDI-20 floppy port and ADB port; release button; whole-unit exchange.</ref> The Duo has no floppy drive of its own and needs this adapter or the [[Apple PowerBook Duo MiniDock|Duo MiniDock]] to use one.<ref name="ss200spec">Apple Computer, ''PowerBook 200 Series'' Service Source, Specifications, "Disk Storage", PDF p. 18. External 1.4 MB floppy drive, the same drive as the PowerBook 100's, requiring the Duo Floppy Adapter or Duo MiniDock.</ref> It came out with the first Duos on 19 October 1992 and carries the model number M7781.<ref name="wpduo">Wikipedia, "PowerBook Duo", section "Floppy Adapter", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_Duo (read 4 October 2026). Model M7781; informally called a Micro Dock.</ref> The Duo FAQ of 1994 says it was made by E-Machines and sold by Apple for about $80, and that for some three months after the Duo's launch it was the only dock available.<ref name="duofaq">Nicholas C. De Mello, ''FAQ about Macintosh Duos'', revision of 9 July 1994, part 2, "Micro-Docks", items 1 to 5. Contemporary user FAQ from the comp.sys.mac.portables newsgroup. Part 2 of the May 1994 revision, as posted to comp.sys.mac.portables: [https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.mac.portables/c/YSn_AagRq0E Google Groups].</ref> | ||
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