There are a lot of old laptops marooned in this
state (no AC adapter,
battery dead)
Yeah, I have some trouble walking past. I have a 30 minute to repair rule.
No progress in 30 minutes, it goes back to the dump.
I hope this only applies to modern PC-clones....
I've spent hours, weeks or months repairing classic computers in the
past. Heck, the last HP67 calcultor to cross my bench took me 15 hours to
sort out....
-tony