On 14-May-99, Lawrence Walker wrote:
> You've been quite busy since finishing U. I envy your Grid finds.
Not quite busy enough, though. I seem to have stalled after the GRiD
finds.
>I picked up an EE 286 a while back which the previous owner had
>hard-wired for an external supply. The AC connector had been
>trashed.
Is this the same machine? The one I need info on is the LT-286, which
is the laptop model. It uses an external brick power supply when near a
power outlet.
>It's a real pain to get at the batteries. In mine there was what
>looked like 5 C-cell sized batteries wrapped in plastic with no
>external markings.
I'm looking for the CMOS battery, which would have to be smaller than
that. The main battery pack for the LT-286 is probably about the size
of 5 C-cells.
At any rate, it's not that critical. The accountant is looking for a
more powerful laptop, and has offered to give me his dead Epson once he
does. :)
>Can't remember if I found anything on the
>Epson site. I set it aside for later repair or cannibalization cause
>there were many faults.
I found the LT-286 setup disk on the Epson site. Their support stuff is
better organized than AST's site, which I had to fish around in to find
GRiD setup stuff.
Anyway, thanks for pointing me to the Epson site. I keep forgetting to
check the corporate sites because I never expect to find anything useful
for old machines. In fact, I tend not to think of any of my machines
having parent companies that are still in business. :)
BTW, have you heard from Roger Sinasohn (sp?) at all lately, concerning
the GRiDPads? I noticed that you were on the list, too.
>ciaolarry
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Received on Sat Jun 05 1999 - 06:27:27 BST