At 08:52 13-11-2002 -0800, you wrote:
>On Wednesday, November 13, 2002 7:41 AM,
>David M. Ensteness <denstene_at_mac.com> wrote:
>
> > Sorry, but what makes them rare? I have never heard that they were any
> > rarer than any other Newton hardware.
> >
>
>
>Actually they do, unfortuately, tend to be rare as most Newtons where
>purchased with the NiHM battery pack, leaving users discarding the original
>battery tray. Then when the NiHM packs stop working, people go looking for
>the cages - which are usually in some land-fill by that point.
>
>Hence.. they're rare.
They're just a cage with the contacts in the correct place, the correct
front and shape, and a point for the spring loading aren't they? I was
going to make one out of perspex, and routing/shaping it. BTW, DIL tester
through IR on a powerbook is amazing. I just uploaded all ethernet
drivers, and a couple of books on a friends machine.
Cheers,
Damien
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