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Please let us know if you find anyone. My solar 1400 could be brought back to life!

Based on ebay prices - about $50 for nonfunctional units and $100 for working models.

From a respondent to a craigslist ad that's cleaning house. In they-worked-once-but havent-been-started-in-awhile condition. $300 for the lot. I pickup on Saturday! Can't wait!

I'll probably ebay the whole ball of wax before much longer. Keep an eye out!

Here's the pics as promised. Top view: Profile:

Finally, a new conquest! Ebay has provided me with a 1400 for the panel. It's a 1400c, with a sonnet 333 G3, 64 megs of ram, 1 gig hard drive, 8x CD/floppy. PERFECT 10/10 condition, not a chip, scratch, or scuff to be found. Seriously, you'd think it was 1997. The seller told me it had been...

I'm glad to see my thread is still going strong. My panel still works, and is currently still sitting in its box, waiting for the day I find a 1400 worthy of it!

I just checked the manual - a maximum of 15% per hour of sunlight is added to the batteries. Trust me, it's far from useless. The panel's also got a long cable, so you don't have to sit in the sun. :lol: It also comes with an attachment that lets you charge the battery outside of the PB. I...

Yes, Temetka, you can charge and use the PB at the same time. With the PB powered off it's a charger, and will totally recharge the battery. With the PB on it also charges, just a a much slower rate. Even if you don't get full sun, it would still double or triple runtime and an extender. It all...

Thanks for the information beachycove! I never knew the 1400 batteries were so easy to work on. I don't have any experience doing such a thing, and don't trust myself too, so I'd probably pay someone to do it for me. Would the cells of nimh duo batteries be as easy to replace? This panel ought...

Thanks for the response everyone. I'd love to find a 1400 to use it with, I really wanted one when they were new. It looks so cool I'm sure it'd be the center of attention when in use. Plus I love the ecological angle - a recycled powerbook powered by renewable energy. The documentation says...

Hello everyone. I'm a longtime lurker but just had to post this find. I was cleaning out a buddy's junk closet and found a solar charger for the powerbook 1400I It's complete in the original box with all the parts and documentation and works great. It was made by Keep It Simple Solutions in...