From: Anil (anil_at_thisiswhatwedo.com)
Date: Tue Mar 09 2004 - 01:37:16 PST
Hi James,
Sorry to hear about your bad news, every Newton owners nightmare. There
is a lot more info about the screen etc. at Franks site
(http://www.pda-soft.de/), better still get in touch with Frank and ask
his opinion.
Sorry I can't be more help, wish you the best of luck getting your
Newton fixed
Kindest regards
Anil K Solanki
United Kingdom, MP 2100
.
On Mar 9, 2004, at 09:15, James Nichols wrote:
> I'm about to go to bed, so I pull my newton mp2100 out of my backpack,
> put my wireless card in it, and climb into bed. I open the screen cover
> to see a lovely spiderweb of cracked lcd screen in front of me.
>
> shock
>
> abject terror
>
> I close the lid slowly, take a deep breath, and when I look again... -
> still there, still broken, still killed by a textbook in the same bag
> and likely some rough handling of said bookbag after returning form a
> 10-12 midnight shift in the computer labs.
>
> I power her up - and luckily (?) the lcd and backlight are fine - my
> Pirate flag still flies in Avi's backdrop, and the dialog confirming
> the wireless card's insertion pops up.
>
> But the touch sensor and glass are completely dead. Luckily my nuShield
> kept any glass bits from spilling into my bed or my backpack.
>
> So what are my options? Just how modular is the display assembly - I'm
> not afraid to take the whole thing apart if need be. Can the glass and
> touchsensor be replaced inependently of the actual lcd and/or the
> backlight? What would a good source be for replacement parts? Assuming
> I do actually manage to fix it (poor thing, had it barely a month and
> really liked it, which reminds me - I should remove the pics of my gf
> who dumped me tonight from my avi's backdrops), what sort of cases
> would persons recomend? I'm considering some sort of belt or shoulder
> holster - so I don't EVER put it in my backpack again.
>
> Woefully yours
> smilr_at_mac.com
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