[NTLK] OMP Display Problem- Very very dim

[William Maloney]

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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