I had one, never had any luck with any other power adapters, and you MUST use lead acid batts which require a different charging circuit, you may have burned out your adapter, good luck mine was temperamental as all
On Sunday, June 22, 2008 4:13:41 PM UTC-5, Jon Gilbert wrote: > > I picked up a Macintosh Portable as part of a lot of used Macs awhile > back. When I connect the power adapter from my PowerBook 165 (they're > supposed to be compatible, right?), it seemed to be trying to start up > but then it died. Now it won't do anything. I left it plugged in for > awhile to charge up the battery but still nothing. Is it possible I > just need a new battery? If so, where would I be able to get one, and > how much do they cost? Otherwise what is the thing worth for parts? It > looks to be in decent shape though there is a chip in the outer casing > about 1" long at one point and it has slight yellowing. But the screen > is good and it's pretty together. > > - > Jon Gilbert > PGP fingerprint: 7FA9 B168 73CA A698 DD9E 2DF2 EE1A 3E73 3119 741F > > -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
