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Subject:    Re: [NTLK] Firstly, hello!
From:       H Gratwick <henzoelgreat () gmail ! com>
Date:       2013-02-26 18:11:53
Message-ID: 840F3058-2142-4F8A-91FA-E8C05D3D19EB () googlemail ! com
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Many thanks for the reply - I've just been in touch with Richard.

I noticed upon removal of said battery pack earlier on today due to the sticker in \
the battery chamber that I actually have an MP100 - the auction merely said h1000 and \
gave the impression of it being an Original hence initial assumption of it being an \
OMP.  Doesn't make a huge amount of difference I imagine, but thought I'd mention it \
anyway.

Thanks for the detailed response; I'll keep in mind your suggestion of the Eneloop \
batteries.  I'm not wholly bothered if supermarket off-the-shelf AAA's don't keep it \
running long though - I have a 2000 with its own battery pack already up in Scotland \
which I plan on grabbing ASAP, so a battery sled for the 100 is more for the novelty \
value from my perspective to allow this thing to run so I can have a little poke \
around the older OS version.

Thanks all!

Henry


On 26 Feb 2013, at 17:49, James Fraser wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> --- On Tue, 2/26/13, Henry Gratwick <henzoelgreat@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > or get any advice on whether it's A) safe and B) worthwhile
> > trying to recell the slightly-leaked battery pack that I do
> > have.
> 
> The answers to your questions appear to be "maybe" and "no," respectively.
> 
> Frank Gruendel had this to say on the subject a while back:
> 
> > This is because in my humble opinion recelling an OMP pack does > not make very \
> > much sense. In 99 out of 100 cases the contacts  are in such a poor condition \
> > that reliable operation seems  unlikely.  Moreover, it's kind of difficult to \
> > open and  reassemble the pack in a halfway reliable way.
> 
> http://marc.info/?l=newtontalk&m=124136870613439&w=4
> 
> Apart from the above, the fact that the OMP's charging circuitry turns 20 this year \
> does not, IMO, make it a good candidate for running it off of mains power.  Yes, \
> you could use a rechargeable battery pack in conjunction with one of these: 
> http://www.freeimagehosting.net/aaiqs  
> 
> (Warning: large photo of a rechargeable battery pack charger)
> 
> ...but try finding a rechargeable battery pack charger at a non-ludicrous price \
> point at a time when anything that says "Apple" or "Newton" on it seems to command \
> The Big Bucks. :/ 
> At any rate, I'm glad to see that a fellow list member was able to come to your \
> rescue with a battery cage.  I don't know if you're already familiar with Eneloop \
> brand batteries, but they are low self-discharge rechargeables that are almost \
> ideal for use in (typically) low-draw electronic devices like MessagePads. 
> If you have no rechargeable batteries on hand, you might want to consider picking \
> up a couple of sets of AAA Eneloops while you're waiting for your battery cage to \
> arrive, seeing as how the OMP was widely known for gobbling batteries (prompting \
> Apple to switch to AAs for subsequent MessagePads).   
> 
> Best,
> 
> James Fraser
> 
> 
> 
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