OT: Need power pinout for Dec Hinote Ultra II

From: Ian Primus <ian_primus_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sat Nov 22 10:31:13 2003

On Saturday, November 22, 2003, at 10:06 AM, Fred N. van Kempen wrote:

> Ian,
>
> Congrats! I have to of these (the P/133 and P/150 versions) plus
> a floppy dock, a multimedia base (cd/sound) and two docking stations,
> and the power supplies :)
>
> These are really, really cool lappies. Though not the fastest, they
> run Win98SE here, and do that well. I only use 'em for hobby stuff,
> like writing docs, as a terminal (serial/LAT/TELNET/SSH/X11) and as
> a portable PDP-11 or VAX using emulators :)
>

Yeah, I was thinking of doing something quite similar. I'll probably
install Linux or *BSD and use it as a portable network terminal/word
processor/etc. They are really neat little critters, I have the floppy
expansion thing with mine, but no CD drive. I'll probably borrow a
PCMCIA drive from my friend, or just install Linux from the network. I
_think_ I have a spare wireless card around here somewhere. Without the
floppy drive plugged into the bottom of the computer, this thing is
really small. It's definitely a well designed machine. Mine has a built
in speaker and microphone port, so I should be able to play music on it
too. All in all, very cool :)

> Regarding the power supply: see attached scan of the back of one of
> mine. Sez it all.

That's PERFECT! Thanks! Somewhere in my junk box I think have a blown
supply for a Dell laptop that has a very similar connector on it, I
should be able to cut off that connector, and file the grooves into it
so that it will plug into the Hinote, and splice it onto an 11V supply.

>
>> take apart and put back together... Also, has anyone had experience
>> rebuilding the battery packs in these? Mine is no doubt dead, and I
>> would imagine it would take standard battery cells inside. Once I get
>> this to power up and verify that the battery is dead, I plan on
>> rebuilding it with new cells.
> Yeah, it will be dead, and, as I learned the *hard* way, it will be
> deader than dead. DEC added some cute logic to prevent the batt from
> really dying, in which it whacks itself into a hybernation state. You
> need a tool to get it out of that state.
>
> *First* make sure you get the power supply working, and that the
> thing works as expected. The orange light on the front side (lower
> right side) wont light, since it wont "see" the battery pack.
>
> Once all that is working, drop me a line and I'll send yoi that tool
> with some explanation.
>
Cool. Thanks! I'll let you know when I bring this thing back to life.

Ian Primus
ian_primus_at_yahoo.com
Received on Sat Nov 22 2003 - 10:31:13 GMT