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    Mac Portable back up and running!

    OK!  Thanks very much, guys. A flat blade screwdriver is what I used, based on your advice, and the box came apart pretty easily, with little damage. Now to salvage the battery terminals and get some spade lugs to tie up to my new battery. I'll post back with my progress. smp
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    Mac Portable back up and running!

    Now that I have my Mac Portable back up and running, and I've satiated myself with playing all the old System 6 and early System 7 games that I have on it, I am thinking about the battery situation again. I purchased a WP4.5-6 Sealed AGM 6v 4.5ah Battery and I currently have it attached with a...
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    Mac Portable back up and running!

    WHOOO HOOOO !!!   My Mac Portable is back and it’s working!  Thank you *very* much to Chuck Phillips at MacCaps.com for the re-cap and fix-it service!   After a couple of power-on attempts with sad Macs, I was able to power up with just the main board (not enough memory for System 7.1), then...
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    Run a PB 170 with no battery ?

    Yews, I've done that, and (of course) the PB looks normal from the outside. Thanks, smp
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    Run a PB 170 with no battery ?

    Thanks very much for the affirmation! smp
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    Run a PB 170 with no battery ?

    Hi all, I'm new here, and here is my first question: I have a PowerBook 170 that I cherish.  The battery gave up its ghost long ago.  I have a second PB 170 that I acquired along the way, only to find the battery had leaked and damaged the main board.  So, I have removed the battery from my...
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