TonyJay
Well-known member
I happened to see a listing on eBay for a Newton 2100 that came with a bunch of cards (including a 32 mb flash! ), original stylus and an original 9w power supply. And as well as a broken 2100 thrown in, all for a good price. Actually an amount that I would have paid just for the accessories. Happy with this. I have a couple of 2100's that could use these accessories. I do not have the eBay Newton yet, but the pictures show that half of the vertical screen is missing. Just throwing this out to the Newton gurus here and whether anyone knows the likely cause. Is this something likely to be worth repairing. No history on the device, so who knows if someone was tinkering and managed to damage the display cable. I have never taken a Newton apart, other than rebuilding the NiMH battery packs.
The second question I have is level of difficulty in replacing the ECL screens in these. I have found some blurry internal pictures of steps but no full video to that goes through the entire process. I am willing to try more simple repairs (but in another thread I am getting help with a Powerbook 145b that I screwed up, so I am not to be trusted with anything vintage LOL). I can replace caps, have done 'some' surface mount repairs under a microscope but do not want to ruin a working but 'dim screen' 2100. Maybe I can tear down the eBay one with the bad screen to get familiar?
The second question I have is level of difficulty in replacing the ECL screens in these. I have found some blurry internal pictures of steps but no full video to that goes through the entire process. I am willing to try more simple repairs (but in another thread I am getting help with a Powerbook 145b that I screwed up, so I am not to be trusted with anything vintage LOL). I can replace caps, have done 'some' surface mount repairs under a microscope but do not want to ruin a working but 'dim screen' 2100. Maybe I can tear down the eBay one with the bad screen to get familiar?