OK, got my eBay purchase for $1.99: a PB520 (I guess it is a monochrome as it doesn't have a 'c'?), and have a few questions:
1. It was advertised as missing the HD and battery. Glad to say that only the battery compartments are empty, and there is a HD under the keyboard. My question - will it work on the AC adapter alone?
Sure. I have a couple of 540s and when I first got them the batteries were completely flat. While working on the batteries I ran them on the power supplies alone. The 5X0 series are oddities in that they have separate computer and charging power coming from the power supply.
After working on the batteries two are still flat while the other two will run the 540 for about 10 minutes.
2. Need recommendation/s on where to find battery/ies and AC adapter
I haven't found any batteries for sale that I'd want to pay for, they are over $100. Unfortunately the 5X0 batteries are probably the most expensive in comparison to their capacity.
I've seen power supplies around, you just need to search for them. I don't know of a particularly cheap source.
3. Any further recommendations? I'll try to boot from a generic power supply - any idea what is the pin out for the adapter?
I'd recommend against this unless you have some skill with electronics.
4. Anything else I should be paying attention?
P.S. this PB will be used for simple word processing, so what is your recommendation for a free word processing program that is M$ compatible?
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