j/ Ralph wrote- Pismo & Clamshell use the same charger. Thank you ralph. Will now go on line and look for Clamshell. Am not familiar with Clamshell. J/ Over&Out.

j/ Schmidt- With Pismo from the Goodwill. The Charger you used dose not seem right to me. You can go on line to (battdepo.com) And they have Charts that show the correct chargers for for Apple lape tops and note books. J/ Over&Out.

J- Start up a dead Pismo- Mayer points out that used incorect key combination. And suggest i check my source- Thank you Mayer. My source was 3 days on line reading endless ancounts of people who were - working- or -playing or breaking Pismos- I recently came in to posesion of a 2002 Pismo. The last of the breed- I do not have a Charger for the machine And am finding it dificult to find one. so i spent some time to find out what problems I mighte run in to. And a lot of the problems seamde to be. It will not start. Been there done that. So when my Daughters Later 2008 13inch modle MacBook Would not start- I askd Her to let me take a look. I thought that she must have tryd to start the machine with a dead main batery. My Daughter never givs up She takes after her farther. She wanted that machine to start. So chargd up the Main Batter- Would not start. So use one of the sugestions I saw on line. Start- controll- P-R It booted up. I left the machine for 3days to re-charge the p-ram battery. So Thats why i...

Start up for a dead Pismo- Press and hold start button- - Press and hold Control key =Ctrl. Also Press and hold P and R keys. (PR=pram) When screen lights up. Count 5seconds.let go of start button- keep Hold of ctrl and p and R keys untill booted- If this does not work you may have to disconect the Pram batterie Which is under the key board- And strat over - If successfull. Reconect pram batterie. Good luck- J- Over&Out.