Re: NTLK Re: Dongle Anxiety (Serial Port Failure)

From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent_daudelin@fanniemae.com)
Date: Sat May 06 2000 - 10:57:54 CDT


"Paul G. Grothaus" wrote:

> Nathanael Gray wrote:
> >My serial port failed about 8 months ago on my UMP2k. (Everthing else works
> >fine, but I miss being able to use the keyboard.) Is this failure common
> >for other users? How easy would it be to fix? Is anyone doing repairs of
> >this nature or is it possible to do it myself?
> >
> This happened to me about two months after I got my Newton in 1997. I had to send it in for repair. The receipt said that the following was replaced:
> Part no. GELMBAAA
> description MLB
>
> I don't know Apple's part numbers. Was this just the port or did they replace the entire mother board (MLB?)?
>

I would guess that MLB means "Main Logic Board", or motherboard.

-Laurent.
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