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Re: powerbook 100 adapter

From	Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc
Subject	Re: powerbook 100 adapter
Date	2016-03-03 11:02 +0000
Organization	Miskatonic U
Message-ID	<slrnndg6ke.3s2.g.kreme@amelia.local> (permalink)
References	<slrnndan9c.uij.goon@yellowcouch.org> <slrnndcq8f.2cor.g.kreme@amelia.local> <020320161047179916%nospam@nospam.invalid>

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In message <020320161047179916%nospam@nospam.invalid> 
  nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <slrnndcq8f.2cor.g.kreme@amelia.local>, Lewis
> <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

>> > I received a powerbook 100 with floppy disk drive. The problem is that it
>> > does
>> > not have an adapter. On the back of the mac is written that it needs 2A and
>> > 7.5 V. 
>> 
>> > I wonder if the hardware can bootstrap if I use a common notebook adapter
>> > f the same VA.
>> 
>> > There might be something which blocks the current as I tried a 1500mA
>> > adapter.
>> > The screen lighted up but there was no response of the disks.
>> 
>> 1500mA is not 2A.

> that only means it would charge slower.

A Powerbook 100 is not going to have a working battery at this point, so
it likely means it will not boot because it doesn't have enough power.

It's also possible the plug has the +/- opposite what the Powerbook 100
expects.

-- 
Personal isn't the same as important. What sort of person could think
like that? And it dawned on him that while Ankh in the past had had its
share of evil rulers, and simply bad rulers, it had never yet come under
the heel of a good ruler. That might be the most terrifying prospect of
all. --Men at Arms

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  Re: powerbook 100 adapter Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-03-02 04:13 +0000
    Re: powerbook 100 adapter nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-03-02 10:47 -0500
      Re: powerbook 100 adapter Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-03-03 11:02 +0000
        Re: powerbook 100 adapter nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-03-03 12:32 -0500

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