That sounds reasonable enough. 
Usually fine motor skill is one of my strengths and I'm a fast learner, so that should definitely give me an advantage here.
Today I sat down to spend some more time with the PowerBook, and when it's on my lap in the position I usually use a laptop the various display issues aren't nearly as bad. The brown spot is still too noticeable, though, so a replacement is still on my list of things to do. Also, I did some other "tests". The date and time is staying set, which is awesome. And it has control panels for a color monitor even though it has a black and white display, and the voice recorder thing says it can't be used on this Macintosh. Neither of those are problems, just interesting.
However, the battery is being weird. I let it charge for several days, and today unplugged the adapter and turned the PowerBook on using battery power. It started just fine - but soon after reaching Finder the low battery messages popped up in very rapid succession, and the bars in the battery desk accessory (that may be the wrong term, someone correct me if it is) went from showing that the battery was fully charged to showing that it was empty in under 10 seconds. It had shut itself down in under a minute after pressing the power button, including booting time. Everything works the way it should when the adapter is plugged in.
Usually fine motor skill is one of my strengths and I'm a fast learner, so that should definitely give me an advantage here.Today I sat down to spend some more time with the PowerBook, and when it's on my lap in the position I usually use a laptop the various display issues aren't nearly as bad. The brown spot is still too noticeable, though, so a replacement is still on my list of things to do. Also, I did some other "tests". The date and time is staying set, which is awesome. And it has control panels for a color monitor even though it has a black and white display, and the voice recorder thing says it can't be used on this Macintosh. Neither of those are problems, just interesting.
However, the battery is being weird. I let it charge for several days, and today unplugged the adapter and turned the PowerBook on using battery power. It started just fine - but soon after reaching Finder the low battery messages popped up in very rapid succession, and the bars in the battery desk accessory (that may be the wrong term, someone correct me if it is) went from showing that the battery was fully charged to showing that it was empty in under 10 seconds. It had shut itself down in under a minute after pressing the power button, including booting time. Everything works the way it should when the adapter is plugged in.