22 Nov
2003
22 Nov
'03
2:31 a.m.
On Saturday, November 22, 2003, at 10:06 AM, Fred N. van Kempen wrote:
Cool. Thanks! I'll let you know when I bring this thing back to life.
Ian Primus
ian_primus(a)yahoo.com
Ian,
Congrats! I have to of these (the P/133 and P/150 versions) plus
a floppy dock, a multimedia base (cd/sound) and two docking stations,
and the power supplies :)
These are really, really cool lappies. Though not the fastest, they
run Win98SE here, and do that well. I only use 'em for hobby stuff,
like writing docs, as a terminal (serial/LAT/TELNET/SSH/X11) and as
a portable PDP-11 or VAX using emulators :)
Yeah, I was thinking of doing something quite similar. I'll probably
install Linux or *BSD and use it as a portable network terminal/word
processor/etc. They are really neat little critters, I have the floppy
expansion thing with mine, but no CD drive. I'll probably borrow a
PCMCIA drive from my friend, or just install Linux from the network. I
_think_ I have a spare wireless card around here somewhere. Without the
floppy drive plugged into the bottom of the computer, this thing is
really small. It's definitely a well designed machine. Mine has a built
in speaker and microphone port, so I should be able to play music on it
too. All in all, very cool :)
Regarding the power supply: see attached scan of the
back of one of
mine. Sez it all.
That's PERFECT! Thanks! Somewhere in my junk box I think have a blown
supply for a Dell laptop that has a very similar connector on it, I
should be able to cut off that connector, and file the grooves into it
so that it will plug into the Hinote, and splice it onto an 11V supply.
take apart and put back together... Also, has
anyone had experience
rebuilding the battery packs in these? Mine is no doubt dead, and I
would imagine it would take standard battery cells inside. Once I get
this to power up and verify that the battery is dead, I plan on
rebuilding it with new cells.
Yeah, it will be dead, and, as I learned the *hard*
way, it will be
deader than dead. DEC added some cute logic to prevent the batt from
really dying, in which it whacks itself into a hybernation state. You
need a tool to get it out of that state.
*First* make sure you get the power supply working, and that the
thing works as expected. The orange light on the front side (lower
right side) wont light, since it wont "see" the battery pack.
Once all that is working, drop me a line and I'll send yoi that tool
with some explanation.