on 01/02/04 19:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok, I test drove the Wall street PowerBook that is for sale for $200 today. > The date and time is not holding, so I assume it needs a Pram battery. > > The guy told me laptop don't have a PRAM battery. Is that true? If it does > have a PRAM battery, I need a webpage for PRAM batteries with prices. > > Also, it has a SCSI adapter since the SCSI port on the Wall street is > nonstandard. His adapter looks like a pin is missing. He said it came looking > like > that. He did not have a SCSI peripheral to demo the adapter. > > When he did a demo on the internal zip drive, he just opened the ZIP Tools > disc window and commented on the loud sound of the ZIP drive. It sounds like > my > old ZIP, but I'm remembering that some ZIPs were recalled due to chatter > problem and for ruining zip discs. > I don't know if he had a recalled zip drive. > > Then, when he unplugged the laptop from the wall, it died. He finally > confessed that the battery was not holding a charge. > So I need a website for a battery and the price. > > I went to the webpage that a nice list person sent me today. It says that > this model usually goes for $500- $700. So, I'm a little nervous about the low > price. I asked him to meet me at a Mac place to have it checked over next > week. > I have a gift certificate to that store from my User group. I told him I'd > apply my $50 gift cert toward the inspection of the laptop. Maybe that was > too > generous on my part. > > He is giving me several licensed software programs that I need, but I need to > iron out these other issues. He seemed a bit too attached to receiving the > $200 right away. > > Any help and info regarding these issues would me appreciated. Wow, this is > like buying a used car. > > Jocelyn
The Wallstreet does have a rechargeable PRAM battery. If the main battery is dead, then it may explains why the PRAM is dead. I think you need a good battery in order for the PRAM to recharge, but I'm not 100% sure. IIRC, the SCSI pin is normal. There are 30 pins on the Wallstreet while on regular cables, it's 29 pins. Again, this is off memory, so I could be wrong. Wallstreet don't fetch $500-$700. Do a search on eBay for completed items. They go from around $200 to $400 depending on the condition and the accessories that come with it. For a battery, there is laptops-battery.com. They have Wallstreet batteries with higher capacity cells for $104: <http://www.laptops-battery.com/catalog/product_info.php/manufacturers_id/3/ products_id/5403> -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] bytesexual /bi:t`sek'shu-*l/ adj.: [rare] Said of hardware, denotes willingness to compute or pass data in either big-endian or little-endian format (depending, presumably, on a mode bit somewhere). See also NUXI problem. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
