Am I reading these posts correctly in inferring that someone *has* gotten 
the 180 class of powerbooks to at least briefly talk to an adb device?  If 
so, I'll spring the $400 for a new hard drive . . .

Separately, a question about the nature of the problem; it's been over a 
year since i've known any of the details.

I understand that the problem is in configuring the hardware.  Is this a 
matter of choosing parameters?  And is it an issue of a) parameters are 
set, call is made, and there is no return, or b) a series of calls are 
made, and different parameters lead to different crashes?

rick