New to Powerbooks - questions

2002-09-09 Thread John Stetson
Hello, all. I'm new to powerbooks and to this list, but I love older Macs. I recently picked up a Powerbook 520 and I have a couple of silly questions. I don't have a separate charger. The batteries charge in the powerbook itself, right? Should the powerbook be off when charging the batteries

5xx Battery

2002-09-10 Thread John Stetson
New guy again. Well, I have two batteries in my PB 520. One won't charge at all and the other looks like it fully charges, but lasts no more than 5 minutes. I've tried Emmpathy 2.1, Apple's Intelligent Battery Reconditioner and Lind Utility on both, and Battery Amnesia to drain the "good" one.