From: Woody Smith (woodysmith_at_comcast.net)
Date: Fri Mar 18 2005 - 16:02:20 PST
I have seen that warning on an eMate with a dead battery and an OEM
adapter, but even so I would not trust a non Newton adapter with a
Newton that I cared about.
The risk of losing data just isn't worth the cost of an adapter.
Woody
On Mar 18, 2005, at 3:05 PM, Martin Joseph wrote:
>
> On Mar 18, 2005, at 12:39 PM, Grietje Keller wrote:
> <snip>>
>> I'm using this 'non-real' power supply already for 4 years and (except
>> for
>> the batteries) my eMate isn't damaged, so maybe this isn't such a bad
>> power
>> supply after all?
>>
> The proof is in the pudding as they say... Yet you said you got some
> kind of "over charge" message from the emate, which I have NEVER seen
> on any newton using the real mccoy power supply.
>
> I think getting the real item is worth it, personally.
>
> Marty
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