PowerBook 140 Review

PowerBook 140/145/145B

The 140, 145, and 145B were the first PowerBooks to include an internal floppy drive. They have 10″ black & white screens which are suitable for viewing text or spreadsheets, but are not really designed for viewing graphics. The 68030 processors running at either 16 or 25 MHz are faster than the processor in the 100 and fine for basic applications. These PowerBooks were the first mass-distributed ‘Books and were likely to be found in your local Circuit City or other computer store back in the early 1990’s. Of the three, the 145B is the best buy with its larger hard drive and more memory.

Rating:

At the time: C

Ports:

audio in

audio out

2 serial

ADB

HDI-30 SCSI

internal modem

Display:

Passive-matrix black & white

10″

640×400 resolution

Weight: 6.8 pounds

Apple’s Specifications:

PowerBook 140

Logic Board Ports Power
Processor: 68030, 16 MHz
PMMU: integrated
FPU: none
Data Path: 32-bit, 16 MHz
L1 Cache: 0.5K
L2 Cache: none
2nd Processor: none
Slots: modem
ADB: 1
Video: none
Floppy: none
SCSI: HDI-30
Geoports: none
Ethernet: none
FireWire:
Mic Type: Omni
Other Ports: Printer, Modem, Speaker,
Max Watts: 17
Amps: 2.00
BTU per Hr: 58.14
Voltage: 100-240
Freq Range: 50-60 Hz
Battery Type: PB1XX, NiCd
Soft Power: yes
Memory Video Memory
Logic Board: 2 MB
RAM Slots: 1, PB1xx
Min – Max RAM: 2 MB – 8 MB
Min RAM Speed: 100 ns
RAM Sizes: 2, 4, 6 MB
Install in Groups of: 1
Resolution Video Memory

built-in LCD screen

(built in)
512 x 384 n/a-bit
640 x 400 1-bit
640 x 480 n/a-bit
800 x 600 n/a-bit
832 x 624 n/a-bit
1024 x 768 n/a-bit
1152 x 870 n/a-bit
1280 x 1024 n/a-bit
Physical Software Storage
Introduced: 10/21/1991
Discontinued: 8/3/1992
Form Factor: PowerBook 140
Gestalt ID: 25
Weight (lbs): 6.8
Dimensions (in): 2.25 H x 11.25 W x 9.3 D
Addressing Modes: 24-, 32-bit
Orig SSW: 7.0.1
Orig Enabler: none
ROM ID: $067C
ROM Ver: n/a
ROM Size: 1MB
AppleTalk Ver: 56.0.2
Mac OS

Supported:

 7.0.1

7.1

7.1.1 (Pro)

7.5

7.5.1

7.5.3

7.5.5

7.6

7.6.1
Floppy Size: 1.44MB
Floppy Inject: auto
Min. Int HD Size: 40-80MB
Int HD Interface: SCSI
Orig CD Speed n/a
Int CD Support:

PowerBook 145

Logic Board Ports Power
Processor: 68030, 25 MHz
PMMU: integrated
FPU: none
Data Path: 32-bit, 25 MHz
L1 Cache: 0.5K
L2 Cache: none
2nd Processor: none
Slots: modem
ADB: 1
Video: none
Floppy: none
SCSI: HDI-30
Geoports: none
Ethernet: none
FireWire:
Mic Type: Omni
Other Ports: Printer, Modem, Speaker,
Max Watts: 17
Amps: 2.00
BTU per Hr: 58.14
Voltage: 100-240
Freq Range: 50-60 Hz
Battery Type: PB1XX, NiCd
Soft Power: yes
Memory Video Memory
Logic Board: 2 MB
RAM Slots: 1, PB1xx
Min – Max RAM: 2 MB – 8 MB
Min RAM Speed: 100 ns
RAM Sizes: 2, 4, 6 MB
Install in Groups of: 1
Resolution Video Memory

built-in LCD screen

(built in)
512 x 384 n/a-bit
640 x 400 1-bit
640 x 480 n/a-bit
800 x 600 n/a-bit
832 x 624 n/a-bit
1024 x 768 n/a-bit
1152 x 870 n/a-bit
1280 x 1024 n/a-bit
Physical Software Storage
Introduced: 8/3/1992
Discontinued: 6/7/1993
Form Factor: PowerBook 140
Gestalt ID: 54
Weight (lbs): 6.8
Dimensions (in): 2.25 H x 11.25 W x 9.3 D
Addressing Modes: 24-, 32-bit
Orig SSW: 7.0.1
Orig Enabler: none
ROM ID: $067C
ROM Ver: n/a
ROM Size: 1MB
AppleTalk Ver: 56.0.2
Mac OS

Supported:

 7.0.1

7.1

7.1.1 (Pro)

7.5

7.5.1

7.5.3

7.5.5

7.6

7.6.1
Floppy Size: 1.44MB
Floppy Inject: manual
Min. Int HD Size: 40-80MB
Int HD Interface: SCSI
Orig CD Speed n/a
Int CD Support:

PowerBook 145B

Logic Board Ports Power
Processor: 68030, 25 MHz
PMMU: integrated
FPU: none
Data Path: 32-bit, 25 MHz
L1 Cache: 0.5K
L2 Cache: none
2nd Processor: none
Slots: modem
ADB: 1
Video: none
Floppy: none
SCSI: HDI-30
Geoports: none
Ethernet: none
FireWire:
Mic Type: Omni
Other Ports: Printer, Modem, Speaker,
Max Watts: 17
Amps: 2.00
BTU per Hr: 58.14
Voltage: 100-240
Freq Range: 50-60 Hz
Battery Type: PB1XX, NiCd
Soft Power: yes
Memory Video Memory
Logic Board: 4 MB
RAM Slots: 1, PB1xx
Min – Max RAM: 4 MB – 8 MB
Min RAM Speed: 100 ns
RAM Sizes: 2, 4 MB
Install in Groups of: 1
Resolution Video Memory

built-in LCD screen

(built in)
512 x 384 n/a-bit
640 x 400 1-bit
640 x 480 n/a-bit
800 x 600 n/a-bit
832 x 624 n/a-bit
1024 x 768 n/a-bit
1152 x 870 n/a-bit
1280 x 1024 n/a-bit
Physical Software Storage
Introduced: 6/7/1993
Discontinued: 7/18/1994
Form Factor: PowerBook 140
Gestalt ID: 54
Weight (lbs): 6.8
Dimensions (in): 2.25 H x 11.25 W x 9.3 D
Addressing Modes: 24-, 32-bit
Orig SSW: 7.1
Orig Enabler: none
ROM ID: $067C
ROM Ver: n/a
ROM Size: 1MB
AppleTalk Ver: 57.0.4
Mac OS

Supported:

 7.1

7.5

7.1.1 (Pro)

7.5.1

7.5.3

7.5.5

7.6

7.6.1
Floppy Size: 1.44MB
Floppy Inject: manual
Min. Int HD Size: 80-120MB
Int HD Interface: SCSI
Orig CD Speed n/a
Int CD Support: