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 [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
