Keep an eye on craigs list for MPLS/St. Paul. Its a great source for old computer stuff. Plus these types of systems come up from time to time in the local freecycle list. --j PS: My old laptop no longer functions off of AC and new batteries cost more than the system is worth :) Scot Jenkins wrote: > On 5/18/06, John Saxton <jsaxton at cems.umn.edu> wrote: > >> For the record, you're not going to get much battery life out of any >> laptop from this era. >> > > John's right; you'll probably be lucky to get 1-1.5 hrs on a brand new > battery for that era of laptop. Batteries are consumables and don't > last forever. > > You could try MPC or their ebay store (there's a link at > http://materialsprocessing.com/surplus.html). > -- > scot > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >