My oldest Powerbook, a 170 which I saved from scrap a bit back was a little toy I played with when I got bored back in the day. Pretty much everything didn't work. But after much time and effort the only things I could never get working was the battery, trackball and the space bar. So after that it sat in my room collecting dust until today when I pulled it out.
Anyway, I never had a power supply for the thing so I fabricated one from a step down transformer which I normally used to give the battery a little juice which allowed me about 5-10 minutes of fiddling time. But this time I tried using a 12v car battery to power it and it worked. The OS was all screwed up so I did a fresh install of 7.5.5 and gave it a go to actually use it again. Ok, now here's the odd thing. Everything was working great until I shut it down. After I did, I could never get it started again. No bong (or death tone), no hard drive activity and the screen got these weird bright red lines across it (even though it's a 1-bit 140 monitor). It also won't even react unless I plug power to the back and put the battery in. Any idea's guys? It would really be a shame to scrap it after all this time and work, thanks. Jake -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> 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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
