Re: [NTLK] apple battery pack

From: Peter H. Coffin (hellsop_at_ninehells.com)
Date: Fri Sep 12 2003 - 12:31:05 PDT


On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 08:16:57PM +0100, Andy Mulhearn wrote:
>
> On Friday, Sep 12, 2003, at 18:53 Europe/London, Frank Gruendel wrote:
>
> > If they don't, you can easily refurbish the pack. See the hardware
> > section of the site in the signature.
>
> One man's easy refurbishment is another's major electrical engineering
> project. Unfortunately for me I fall into the latter category :(

The electrical isn't bad. It's getting the fscking battery case open in
a way that it can be closed again and still fit in the slot that's a
major pain.

We need someone to make friends with a plastic fabricator... (: A
snap-closed rechargable case and a new source of sleds for the
disposables would be huge boon.

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