[NTLK] Lifespan if backlight

I've noticed that I'm very wary of using my newton's backlight because
I am afraid of it dying and not having the ability to use it anymore.
Should I be concerned about this? I'm just not sure what the lifespan
of them is, and if it goes out, if there is any way to replace it. How
do you guys handle backlight usage/rationing?

Thanks,
Jeremy

Sent from my iPod

On Sep 27, 2009, at 15:38, "Frank Gruendel" <newtontalk@pda-soft.de>
wrote:

>> Can anyone point me to large "known good" brands
>> or a list of items currently on eBay that I can use?
>> 4mb is just not enough storage.
>
> I have a couple of used Intel Linear Flash 20MB cards left that I
> could live without. They are 12
> EUR apiece plus what my post office lady charges for stamps. They
> have previously been used in
> cardiac pacemakers, so it is unlikely that they have seen more than
> 1 or 2 write cycles.
>
> Whatever you buy, make sure you don't buy a card that has previously
> been used in a router. Due to
> the immense number of write cycles these cards are often near or
> beyond the end of safe operation,
> caused by the fact that after a certain number of write cycles Flash
> cards become unreliable. You
> will never get even close to that number with normal use in a
> Newton, but stay away from cards that
> have been used in routers.
>
> Frank
>
> -- Newton software and hardware at http://www.pda-soft.de
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