[OB] Is this list alive?

[Kevin Curran]

Today's thread made me nostalgic for the robust day's of old and inspired me to submit an OB425 question.  I have two, one with a buttery smooth keyboard, that worked without a problem when I put them on the shelf a year or so ago.  I tried to revive both recently but they won't start up.  I asked the list a few months back if there was an internal battery that needed replacement.  The only responses I got suggested charging the units for an extended period.  I did so for a week or more.  No luck.  Any ideas about reviving these beloved notebooks or should I display one as an art piece in my NYC apartment and jettison the other?  

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>From: "mike at galaxygauge.com" <mikewofsey at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Sep 8, 2008 9:29 AM
>To: HP Omnibook Notebook Computer list <omnibook at lists.elektro.com>
>Subject: Re: [OB] Is this list alive?
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>> >From the Post-DNC Denver metro area…
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>Denver?!?! My hometown ... the beautiful Queen City of the Plains ... Mr. Larimer's haunted burg.
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>When I left Denver it was still larger than Phoenix, and if some forgotten soul happened to have to work late downtown, past 6:30 pm say, they would find tumbleweeds (literally) making their way down a pre-mall 16th Street.
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>Denver sure isn't that town anymore, eh?
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>Anyway, I'm in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. When someone boasts about the power of their notebook computer, I often boast that my computer "has 2 megabytes of RAM, a 286 processor, and runs for 12 hours on four AA batteries."
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>The incredible part is that even though the world of computers has advanced so much since I first got my Omnibook 300, there is still nothing like it, unless I'm willing to use a shrunken keyboard and 3-hour battery life, like the Asus. And incredibly, with the OB300 pcmcia support, I can still use the thing to effortlessly write and transfer files.
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>I'm looking forward to the day when I can go back to my OB full time, which means I no longer have to research things on the internet, and I can simply write physics. By the way, is there a decent LaTex editor that will work on a stock OB300?
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