Welcome back, Nova!
My new adaptor got here finally. I plugged it in, booted Nova, and chewed my fingernails until I could finally look at the little power icon in the top right corner.
Which showed a cute little plug, indicating charging action. Yay!
I am doubly relieved because when I got home today the Silver Surfer had what my grandmother calls a “senior moment,” refusing to find grub and get going on loading an operating system. Eventually the Surfer decided to fsck itself, quarantined some bad sectors, and was fine afterwards, so I daresay the hard drive’s nearing the end of the line.
Gosh, I’m glad to have Nova back.