Re: [NTLK] My Newton Wish List

From: L.W. Brown <lwb_at_mac.com>
Date: Sat Sep 23 2006 - 10:02:22 EDT

That's the very one - had it for years and still don't recall where
from.
Do you think one or 2 could at least serve to help lengthen the run
time a Newt using a battery tray (not the original rechargeable pack)?

On 23. Sep, 2006, at 9:53, Adam Goddard wrote:

> On 23/09/2006, at 11:33 PM, L.W. Brown wrote:
>> There is a small box that uses a solar panel to recharge 4 AAs -
>
> We sell this where I work. http://tinyurl.com/z4kve
> Only really designed for small capacity(approx. 500mAh or so) nicads,
> just has a diode for reverse polarity/voltage feedback protection for
> the panels and a resistor. Output is only a few milliamps. Not
> gonna do
> anything for the charger circuitry inside the Newton, I reckon. It's
> cheap amorphous solar panels and hardened plastic shaped with a lens
> pattern to focus more sunlight on the panels.

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