My ebay purchased adapter seems to be doing the trick and the Powerbook is powering on with no problems. And no weird cord contortions either. It seems that this plug thing is more snug fitting than the last one. It is also a used/refurbished OEM adapter which may be why it fits better. I always thought the non OEM stuff was just as good, especially factoring in the fact that Mac products tend to be crazy expensive. I seem to have been proved wrong by this adapter, and may be hesitant about purchasing a non-OEM next time the rabbits eat my power cord.
I opened up the old cord to see if it was broken and indeed it was! One of the wires connecting to the plug into the computer end had come unsoldered and made the inside of the power cord all black and burned looking. Very exciting. Let this be a lesson in not contorting and pulling on your power cord too much.
In other news I will be working a full day tomorrow freelance for pay that doesn’t suck at all. I’m really looking forward to it. And it is down the shoreline so Chris and I are going to commute together! Also I have an interview this week for a full time gig so hopefully that will go well.
Signing off.
