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It could be the picture, but that back looks like a third party replacement to me, just comparing the fonts to my white 3GS. It's possible someone tried to repair it and either didn't get it back together correctly or damaged something (or the battery is just dead, I suppose). 

Slide the cover off the old battery. ;)

The question is, how long can it stay on before the LCD starts tunneling (edges turn black)?

That one was likely made in Colorado.

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Those are the springs that kick the battery up when you release the latch.  https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iBook+G4+14-Inch+1.42+GHz+Hard+Drive+Replacement/731 Go to step 17 to see where it goes.

Don't bother with Compact Flash or dedicated PATA SSD's. OS X caches too much for the former to be durable, and the latter is too expensive for what you get. Get a 2.5" PATA to mSATA board and an mSATA SSD. Cheap, reliable, easy. You can also reuse that mSATA drive in a lot of other things if...

I always worry about the handles cracking, or the hinges breaking.

That machine will really thrive under Nine.

No on the CPU swap, I would test your new machine yourself to verify that everything is actually bad.

I'll have to grab my meter tomorrow and check. Need to find it first. 

Logic board has been correctly recapped, which happily restored my sound, but unfortunately did nothing for the video.  What should I check next? 

I think there is a Lunar Lander port for Newton OS.

You'd need the Newton Connection Utilities program. IR syncing was screwy though so it may not be 100% reliable. Most of this stuff should be obtainable at UNNA, the United Network of Newton Archives.   The Fix2010 patch would be a good start as well, and, IIRC, it's also on UNNA. 

http://aktuelbevaring.natmus.dk/afrensning-af-plast-med-retrobright.html I mean, I guess a museum isn't a valid source? Ultimately if you want to preserve them long term it may not be the best choice.

Yes, Retrobright has been shown to cause damage to the plastics. The degree varies as CelGen alludes to.

Mine's on a shelf waiting to be recapped too.  I'm seeing a trend. :)

IIRC there were third party adapters that used those mounts to even put in SuperDrives. 

The Quadras have a lot, actually.