[NTLK] OMP Display Problem- Very very dim

William Maloney william.maloney.09 at cnu.edu
Mon Oct 22 01:00:25 EDT 2012


Nope, same problem.

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 12:41 AM, Mike Rankin <mcrsnap at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> William,
>
> Take all cards out of mp100, and do a reset/reboot. Does this work?
>
> Mike
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Oct 21, 2012, at 9:25 PM, William Maloney <william.maloney.09 at cnu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Put in some brand new batteries and simple reset. Nothing yet. Newton
>> is not backed up but nearly all information is stored on an a 2MB
>> memory card.
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 12:11 AM, William Maloney
>> <william.maloney.09 at cnu.edu> wrote:
>>> Okay, just put in some different AAAs from a few remotes I had and the
>>> Newton Logo goes bright but then the main screen goes dim again.
>>> Guessing Newton is trying to tell me to get new batteries??
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 12:06 AM, William Maloney
>>> <william.maloney.09 at cnu.edu> wrote:
>>>> I've had some more or less dead one's in the battery holder for about
>>>> a week. Its just running next to my bed off the AC adapter. Not so
>>>> sure about the backup. Would you suggest trying to power it off of new
>>>> AAAs?
>>>>
>>>> It may also help to mention: I did take the thing apart a few months
>>>> back to take care of the power switch problem. The ZIF connection
>>>> didn't cause a problem at the time.
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Michael Rankin <mcrsnap at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>> William,
>>>>>
>>>>> I trust that your battery levels are fine?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike
>>>>> On Oct 14, 2012, at 8:51 PM, William Maloney wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> My MP100/Vintage Alarm clock has some weird screen problem. It
>>>>>> suddenly went very very dim. When I put it to sleep and turned it back
>>>>>> on, the Newton Logo was bright and readable. Thinking it was a
>>>>>> software problem, I rebooted the system and now can hardly read
>>>>>> anything. Any ideas? Already tried to the contrast slider- it does no
>>>>>> good.
>>>>>>
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