Re: [NTLK] News on my trusty ol' OMP

--Responses in message...

From: Frank Gruendel

1) There is a reflective backing foil glued to the
back side of the LCD. >Snip< The result would be much better if it was
possible to remove the glue without endangering the LCD.

-- Is a sticky remover like "Goo Gone" a possibility?

2) A backlight foil needs an inverter that
generates about 100 Volt AC voltage required to
drive it. That's the black thingie with the white
sticker below the 9 Volt battery that you see
here:

http://www.pda-soft.de/us/temp/ompbacklight06.html

There is no room to put this thing INTO the Newton... >Snip<

--Have you tried taking the guts out of that white casing and seeing how
much room it all takes at that point?

5) You can do terrible things to a prototype. But
if you do not want to endanger your Newton or its
users, you wouldn't get around using a custom-made
backlight. Usually the AC voltage contacts are
located at one of the backlight's edges. This,
unfortunately, is where the metal digitizer frame
is.
In my "prototype", which I'd rather call a
proof-of-concept-type,

--Prototype ... PROof-of-concepT-TYPE... almost works.
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        Missing an "O" in there though.
      
      How about PROve-The-cOncept-TYPE? ;)
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>snip< don't throw your broken MP130 / 2x00 / eMate LCD
away yet. Maybe one day it'll enlighten your OMP
or MP100...

--Sounds good Frank!

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Received on Thu Apr 2 08:45:42 2009