You may find some info on this page. I too have one and some day I'll get 
around to lighting it up again:-)


On Apr 1, 2013, at 3:01 PM, Peter Hall wrote:

> 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
> 

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