NewtonTalk.net May 2009 archive: Re: [NTLK] European Users: Any

From: Ryan Vetter <physicalconstants_at_yahoo.ca>
Date: Tue May 19 2009 - 10:16:36 EDT

Tony:

It has been substantiated. For the most part, a user should be ok, but I have fried a 2100 board charging high capacity batteries before.

----- Original Message ----
From: Tony Kan <tonykan@xtra.co.nz>
To: newtontalk@newtontalk.net
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 4:33:42 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLK] European Users: Any original Newton Battery packs for recycling

Yes.

Guides for doing it are here: http://repair4pda.org/disassembly_apple.html; and
here: http://www.pda-soft.de/hardware.html

Having said that, concerns have been expressed in the past that there is a risk
that the aging electronics in the Newton may not be able to withstand the
current load of recharging batteries anymore; but I don't believe that this has
been substantiated yet.

HTH

Tony

-----Original Message-----
From: newtontalk-bounce@newtontalk.net
[mailto:newtontalk-bounce@newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of pmiker@Copper.Net
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 10:52 AM
To: newtontalk@newtontalk.net
Subject: Re: [NTLK] European Users: Any original Newton Battery packs
for recycling

I'm not in Europe but the subject brings up a question. Can original
2000/2100 batteries be repaired/refurbished? I have two that the Newton
says cannot be charged. Now I have one rechargeble and one for AA
batteries.
Mike
[snip]

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