Re: [NTLK] Battery tray "replica" - is there interest?

While this is a terrible problem if it happens to you it is not the
most serious threat to our newtons. Yours is the only case that I
have heard of. While I don't blame you and others for choosing to go
with a battery sled and charge your cells externally, this is an
awkward ( though doable) solution for eMate users.

There have been far more reports of broken displays, broken port doors
cutting the digitizer ribbon, jaggies, theft, etc.

I believe that the only way to protect your Newton experience is to
back up early and backup often and to keep a flash card with a copy of
DataRescue installed.

I will continue to re-cell my battery packs and charge them with
Newton labeled power adapters.

My $.02 worth.

Woody

On Jul 8, 2009, at 8:17 PM, Ryan Vetter wrote:

>
> Dan makes good comments. Original Newton battery sleds are great: I
> lost a Newton to charging a rebuilt battery.
>
> I use Sanyo Eneloop rechargeables in the battery sled: a bit
> annoying to have to take them out and charge them, but I think to
> myself now... no more annoying than having to find the Newton's AC
> adapter when charging a battery internally...
>
>
>
>

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