Byrd
Well-known member
Hi all,
I picked up a "not working" Newton H1000 off eBay, which came with original pen and getting started PCMCIA card. Looks like it has always had a screen protector on too, and is in good condition. It is as described - I replaced the 4 x AA batteries with fresh jobbies, and the coin CR2032 3V battery inside - it doesn't turn on. Tried holding down the reset button for a minute, nothing.
Any tips on where to look next - the link below refers to poor ribbon contacts:
http://cs.gmu.edu/~sean/projects/newton/MP100Power.html
Thanks! This model Newton brings back some memories for me. In mid 90's, a friend and I sold a pile of Mac and PC crap as a computer market (and I mean crap); we were in high school and surprisingly sold everything, dirt cheap, as we didn't want to take it home. The couple of hundred dollars we made made us felt like kings; right at the very end of the market, my friend was looking at a nearby seller and spied a Newton 100 for $70. Not a bad buy at the time; I've never seen another once since, until now! The Newton my friend has was basically used for Tetris and for another friend to draw women with disproportionate ... anatomical parts
JB
I picked up a "not working" Newton H1000 off eBay, which came with original pen and getting started PCMCIA card. Looks like it has always had a screen protector on too, and is in good condition. It is as described - I replaced the 4 x AA batteries with fresh jobbies, and the coin CR2032 3V battery inside - it doesn't turn on. Tried holding down the reset button for a minute, nothing.
Any tips on where to look next - the link below refers to poor ribbon contacts:
http://cs.gmu.edu/~sean/projects/newton/MP100Power.html
Thanks! This model Newton brings back some memories for me. In mid 90's, a friend and I sold a pile of Mac and PC crap as a computer market (and I mean crap); we were in high school and surprisingly sold everything, dirt cheap, as we didn't want to take it home. The couple of hundred dollars we made made us felt like kings; right at the very end of the market, my friend was looking at a nearby seller and spied a Newton 100 for $70. Not a bad buy at the time; I've never seen another once since, until now! The Newton my friend has was basically used for Tetris and for another friend to draw women with disproportionate ... anatomical parts
JB