PowerBook Duo

PowerBook Duo is a line of dockable subnotebooks and peripherals that were released by Apple Computer in the 1990s.
==Development==
The project was developed under the codename "BOB W" (Best Of Both Worlds). It was later nicknamed "DB-Lite" after Das Boot, the club where the Duo name was coined.
==Models==
*PowerBook Duo 210 (25 MHz 68030)
*PowerBook Duo 230 (33 MHz 68030)
*PowerBook Duo 250 (33 MHz 68030)
*PowerBook Duo 270c (33 MHz 68030)
*PowerBook Duo 280 (66/33 MHz 68LC040)
*PowerBook Duo 280c (66/33 MHz 68LC040)
*PowerBook Duo 2300c (100 MHz PowerPC 601)
==Docks==
===Apple Computer===
*Duo Dock
*Duo Dock II
*Duo Dock Plus
*Duo Floppy Adapter ("MicroDock")
*Duo MiniDock	
===Third parties===
*E-Machines EtherDock
*E-Machines PowerLink Presentor
*Envisio Dyanmic DuoExpanding Your PowerBook by Tom Negrino, MacWorld vol.10, no.2, p.135. 1993-02. (unreleased)
*Newer Technology MicroDock
*Newer Technology UltraDock
*RasterOps DuoMate
==Upgrade kits==
*PowerBook Duo 280 upgrade kit (for owners of the Duo 250 and 270c)Apple PowerBook 200 series: C Upgrade, Mac Repair Central. 2020-12-17.
*PowerBook Duo 2300 upgrade kit (for owners of all preceding models)Apple PowerBook 200 series: Series Upgrade, Mac Repair Central. 2020-12-18.
==Video Gallery==
Introducing PowerBook Duo from Apple - 1991 commercial ad
Apple PowerBook Duo- The Laptop That Was Also a Desktop
Service Training PowerBook 200 Series - December 1994 - Apple VHS Archive
==References==
==See also==
*PenLite
==External links==
*Tech Specs: PowerBook Duo at Apple Support
**Developer Note: Macintosh Duo System (PDF, 1995-04-04, mirrored at Higher Intellect)
**PowerBook 200 Series by Apple Service Source (PDF, mirrored at Apple Repair Manuals)
*Macintosh PowerBook Duo series at EveryMac
*PowerBook Through the Years : The Duo Series by Jason Taylor at Relatively Ambitious
*PowerBook Duo at Low End Mac
*Duoの部屋 (Japanese) at Linkclub
*Duo-Zone (Japanese / English) at the PowerBook Army (archived 2010-07-03)
*PowerBook Duo at the Hardware Wiki
* at Wikipedia
===Articles===
*20 Macs for 2020: PowerBook Duo by Jason Snell at Six Colors (2020-08-10)
*Slick, capable and connected: it's time to go back to the PowerBook Duo by Chris Phin at TechRadar (2015-01-10)
*祝 Macintosh 30周年!! Dock拡張を可能にした軽量ノートPowerBook Duo｜Mac by 柴田文彦 and 吉田博英 at 週刊アスキー (Japanese, 2014-03-03)
Category:1992 introductions