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@3lectr1c hey do either you or anyone else on here know how to source a new working battery for the powerbook 170?

So I have finished the repair and restoration of my powerbook 170. It I seems to work great, I just need to know if someone can help me fix this issue. From what I am seeming to understand, I need the installer floppy disk to fix it, but I can seem to find the download. I only seem to be able...

Guess who's back with an update!!!! So I finally got some time to continue with my work on this project and I decided to see what the state of the parts machine that I bought was. So I plugged it in and powered it on, and to my immense surprise, it started booting. It didn't complete the...

Hi all, sorry for not posting an update things have been a bit busy lately but I am happy to say that things look as though I will be able to start posting some more and working through this project amd some others. Sorry for not getting back to you all regarding your suggested ideas.

Thanks I will have to give this a try hopefully a little later on this afternoon.

Sorry for not getting back sooner some stuff at home got in the way, but I should be able to do these checks very soon. This means that you should be hearing from me soon.

Oh cool you have one of those docks, I personally have been wanting to get one but I can't even find one of the lesser ones let alone the superior one, at least not since 6 years ago. Also to respond to your response regarding this situation, firstly you are not late to the party everyone is...

Hey as a bit of a side note I found this a little while ago and completely forgot about it, it looks like it might work as a repair for the tunnel vision screens, if anyone has a 100% certain answer for whether or not this would work please let me know. Just found this amazing item on...

Ok so what would you suggest I do to troubleshoot moving forward?

Thanks for the advice, I will give that a try now, and report back.

No I am not getting a cursor.

I will post an update tomorrow, letting you all know how it goes. Also cam I ask why the apple login might not be showing up?

Ok I will, I may end up having to do quite a bit of playing around with it to get it going nicely, but I think that I am on the right track.

Ok so this is what the screen on the parts machine looks like. The powerbook seems to be trying to power up. It chimes and lights up the screen, but I can't tell if I am missing something else, the apple logo doesn't show up. The screen is looking really good. The rubber like substance is...

I am going to see what I am working with, and see how good it is in regards to parts and stuff.

Guess what just arrived this morning.

No problem. I was happy that I could help. I also wanted to make it clear that the device will work if the charger is plugged into the laptop, but it just won't charge it while you are using the device. That is the only thing to be aware of.

Hi so regarding the battery not charging while the device is in use, mine also doesn't appear to charge when in use either, so it seems as though it is normal. Thank you so much I have not found anything that really gave the information or the help I was needing. Thank you so much.

Thanks I will let you all know how everything works out. Also I want you to know that you don't have to be sorry for anything. You were direct and didn't Sugar coat the issue, and you told me how I could improve, strangely enough that is exactly how I prefer to have people give their feed back...

Thanks for the advice mate. Sorry about always seeming to be in a hurry. I have both ASD and ADHD, so I can get quite hung up on certain things very easily, and also I don't really have the greatest understanding of social interactions. Sorry about any negative feelings I might have caused you...