22 Nov
2003
22 Nov
'03
4:06 a.m.
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 :)
Regarding the power supply: see attached scan of the back of one of
mine. Sez it all.
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.
Cheers,
Fred (typing this on the P/133 UltraII on a wireless connection)
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