At 11:40 PM 6/28/04 +1100, you wrote:
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>At 09:45 PM 6/27/04 +0100, you wrote:
>>It's 8V AC (so there's no pinout information as such) from a 3VA
>>transformer of some 11 ohms internal resistance (and yes, that is
>>important according to the technical reference manual which I happen to
>>have).
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>So like some HP calcs the adapter only charges the battery, it won't run
>the machine with a dead/missing battery.
No, the charger will usually run the 110. Probably because the 110 uses a
lead acid battery and they tend to go open when they go bad unlike NiCads
that tend to short (and short out the PSU).
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>As I expected the battery pack is totally dead. I doubt I'll bother
>replacing the battery. I've never seen these cells at any of the usual
>electronics suppliers around here. I don't doubt that one of the
>specialist battery companies has them, but their prices are too rich for me.
You can probably order the batteries from Digikey or someone like that.
My personal preference is TNR <
http://www.tnrtechnical.com/default.asp>.
Joe
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>>> Failing that, would it be safe to remove the battery and connect a 6VDC
>>> power supply to the battery terminals?
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>>Should be OK, but of course you'll lose the memory contents (including
>>the A: ramdisk) and configuration data when you turn the PSU off.
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>I had it running for a while earlier today. Everything seems to be working
>as it should. Nothing out of the ordinary beyond the QWERTZ keyboard and
>PAM being in German. The only application installed in MS-Word, which is
>English.
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Received on Mon Jun 28 2004 - 14:37:49 BST