Thanks for the replies. I thought I'd use the PB 100 adapter just to see if it worked. When I first turned it on, I did get a faint beep and the hard drive tried to start but it died with 2 seconds. This, I believe, is a good sign.
Several pages on the net go back and forth on if a PB 100 power adapter can be used without the battery but that pile of Portable boards tells me to be patient. Yesterday I checked the voltage of the Portable adapter that came with it and it was putting out less than one volt. In double checking just now before posting, it now produced 7.57 volts! Whoo hoo! Yesterday I thought it was broken but I had ordered replacement batteries anyway so I'm not trying to run it without batteries (and go against Apple's philosophy for the device).
Since I'm getting the batteries and my existing adapter now works, I'll need to get a Powerbook to match the adapter
I don't have one of those but I'm not trying to collect laptops. The Mac Portable is unique and goes good with my IBM 5140 Convertible.
Thanks for the advice.
Several pages on the net go back and forth on if a PB 100 power adapter can be used without the battery but that pile of Portable boards tells me to be patient. Yesterday I checked the voltage of the Portable adapter that came with it and it was putting out less than one volt. In double checking just now before posting, it now produced 7.57 volts! Whoo hoo! Yesterday I thought it was broken but I had ordered replacement batteries anyway so I'm not trying to run it without batteries (and go against Apple's philosophy for the device).
Since I'm getting the batteries and my existing adapter now works, I'll need to get a Powerbook to match the adapter
I don't have one of those but I'm not trying to collect laptops. The Mac Portable is unique and goes good with my IBM 5140 Convertible.Thanks for the advice.