From: Helvécio Mafra (helvecio.mafra_at_newted.org)
Date: Fri Feb 14 2003 - 07:01:37 PST
On Friday, Feb 14, 2003, at 07:53 Brazil/East, Johannes Wolf wrote:
> UNfortunately the Newt assumes that you have alcalines if you use the
> battery tray.
> The battery status display is based on a measurement of the battery=20
> voltage.
> Since the rechargeable have a different relation between voltage and
> capacity, the Newt will indicate a low Bat status too early.
> You might achieve better results if you fool the Newt via Software (I=20=
> do not
> remember the name of that package) or you modify an old Newt=20
> rechargeable
> battery pack or you do a hardware mod on your battery tray.
Thanks for the tips, but, can you check to see if you can find the=20
package name so that I can test it? Also, where to find instructions on=20=
how to do the hardware mod you mention?
TIA!
Cheers,
Helv=E9cio
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