6 Aug
2008
6 Aug
'08
2:02 p.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
That sounds right. Assumeing all this works, it's
very liekly the battery
has gone flat. AFAIK it's 3 AA-size primary cells (non-rechargeable) in
series. Officieally you were supposed to replace the whole assembly with
the Acorn spare, but I have no idea why (other than Acorn could then sell
you a spare). I just repalce the cells and have had no problems.
I have done exactly that, just replace the three AA cells. I took
some photos, too. The battery pack:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/anachrocomputer/2671356074
and the location of it in the machine:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/anachrocomputer/2670534379
Really early Masters had a lithium battery right up next to
the keyboard and speaker, but these tended to catch fire!
Most machines were changed to use the three AA cell pack.
--
John Honniball
coredump at gifford.co.uk