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bigsadhu
Junior Member
Cayman Island
462 Posts |
 Posted - 26 May 2002 : 00:19:41
I was out west of the city this afternoon, picking up an LC //e card that I won on e-bay. The young guy I bought it off had a whole room full of old computers... a few macs, piles of commodores some PCs...and even a VAX!I asked him if he was interested in getting rid of any of his other mac stuff, and he reached behind some boxes and pulled out a Mac portable! I offered him 20 bucks for it and the deal was done. It seems to be in fairly good condition, due to spending most of its life in its case I guess.... just a little bit of discolouring around the battery compartment due to acid leakage. Unfortunately the battery is missing... and I gather that it won't run without it. Its also got some kind of RAM expansion board and a 40 mb hard drive. Yet another project! Just what I need...NOT! Cheers!
CC Current score: 1 eMate 300
1 Apple //e
1 Macintosh Portable
2 LC IIs
1 LC III
4 LC 475s
6 Quadra 605s
1 Quadra 700
1 Quadra 800
1 PB 520c
2 Powermac 6100s
1 PowerComputing Powerbase 240
1 Wallstreet
and a partridge in a pear tree |
Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 26 May 2002 : 06:02:51
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Yet another project! Just what I need...NOT!
http://www.applefritter.com/cgi-bin/YaBB/YaBB.pl?board=68k;action=display;num=1020560648;start=0 
jt  ™. . 
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GORDOOM
Junior Member
Canada
208 Posts |
Posted - 26 May 2002 : 06:38:49
Go here for instructions on how to revive a Portable with a dead battery. (Hint: you don't need either the battery or the cover...)GORDOOM
Commander, Academic Operations Reserve
(University of Toronto, St. George Campus)
total Macs liberated: 14
(as of January 7, 2002) "...the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do." |
bigsadhu
Junior Member
Cayman Island
462 Posts |
Posted - 26 May 2002 : 06:39:31
Trashman to the rescue again!Actually, in my case the battery is missing completely... I'm wondering if one of these would work as a substitute? (Goto this site:http://jaycarstore.webfactory.com.au/index02.ws4d and serach for this item: SB2496). Would that work? The amperage and voltage are just a little off-spec, plus it'll easily fit in the bay... or will it cause a meltdown? Cheers!
CC Current score: 1 eMate 300
1 Apple //e
1 Macintosh Portable
2 LC IIs
1 LC III
4 LC 475s
6 Quadra 605s
1 Quadra 700
1 Quadra 800
1 PB 520c
2 Powermac 6100s
1 PowerComputing Powerbase 240
1 Wallstreet
and a partridge in a pear tree
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Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 26 May 2002 : 07:26:50
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Trashman to the rescue again!Actually, in my case the battery is missing completely...
 http://www.mzdt.fsnet.co.uk/hackplus/portablefaq.txt
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Another solution that has been suggested is to make up a small battery pack of five NiCad AA cells with a pair of croc clips - this apparently has a low enough output impedance to allow the Portable to start up.
i couldn't say anything one way or the other about the battery in your link, B. dunno much at all about that electron pushing stuff, it all sounds/looks like plumbing to me. Gordoom's link looks very interesting, but the pipes (wires on the 9v backup battery adapter) look like they've got much too small a diameter to me. the small replacement pack wired in parallel with the power adapter strikes me as a more workable solution. even if it's wired in series the pipes are certainly a suitable diameter and up to the task of continuous duty at full load, sounds that way to me anyway, dunno really. jus' guessin' jt ™. .
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