[NTLK] Newton battery pack rebuilt

[Christian Burk]

OK, this is good information to have. I am hoping that I won't have to
eject it any time soon, but when I do (if I can), I will definitely look to
reduce the size.
Yours,
Christian

On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 2:58 PM Forrest <newton_phoenix at mindspring.com>
wrote:

> Congratulations! Be careful with that fitment—you might want to do some
> work as Woody suggested to get the size of the case a bit smaller. My
> experience was that the inner pieces that the pack connects to can be a bit
> delicate, particular the spring and post that ejects the battery. If that
> breaks the Newton is done unless you swap out the entire piece it is
> mounted to (I can’t recall offhand if it is the main board or the
> case)—that happened to me because the battery case was a tiny bit too thick.
>
> Mahalo,
> Forrest
>
> Sent from my T-Mobile iPhone 11
>
> > On Oct 18, 2023, at 6:02 AM, Christian Burk <omahane at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, to all, but especially Frank,
> > After much soldering, desoldering, cutting, trimming, deburring and
> > testing, I have a working newton battery pack. It is not pretty. It did
> not
> > slide in easily.It fit, however, and it charged. And I'm using my Newton
> > untethered from AC, which is an accomplishment.
> >
> > Thank you.
> > Yours,
> > Christian
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