Assuming Battery is Dead, but...

My old Powerbook G4 - 15", 1 GHz, 60 GB hard drive - has been consigned to emergency status since December 2005. Have since used desktops. It seemed even back then the battery time had dropped, but now it doesn't work or charge at all. I know I could check cycles with iStat, but I'm still running 10.3.9 in this. The powerbook itself works fine plugged in.
Just planning to use it on a couple plane flights. Simple easy replacement, or is there anything else I should check to make sure it's the battery?
Thanks

If the battery hasn't been used in over three years, it's dead and you'll just have to replace it. Sitting idle with no charge for more than two and a half years, as your battery has done even if it was fully charged when you set it aside, is fatal to a lithium battery.
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