Retro Rider Posted August 13, 2018 Report Share Posted August 13, 2018 I got an OMP (MessagePad 100) w/o a battery plastic thing, so I tried to use a power adapter, I used a PSone power adapter (7.5a - 2a) and the screen glitched. Was it the power adapters or something else? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Retro Rider Posted August 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2018 just a bump Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bibilit Posted August 14, 2018 Report Share Posted August 14, 2018 Quote I got an OMP (MessagePad 100) w/o a battery plastic thing, IIRC standard batteries(4 AAA) can be used here with a small modification. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maceffects Posted August 14, 2018 Report Share Posted August 14, 2018 I did hear that some people were reporting issues with capacitors on the earlier Newtons, not sure which as I have no recent experience. Just something to be aware of. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Retro Rider Posted August 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2018 59 minutes ago, bibilit said: IIRC standard batteries(4 AAA) can be used here with a small modification. Really? can you send me a link or somewhere where I can find how to do this? 1 minute ago, maceffects said: I did hear that some people were reporting issues with capacitors on the earlier Newtons... Just something to be aware of. I actually also posted this on Reddit and they said it might be the LCD ribbon cable has corrosion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bibilit Posted August 14, 2018 Report Share Posted August 14, 2018 http://normalkid.com/collector/100.html Quote runs on 4 AAA batteries Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MOS8_030 Posted August 14, 2018 Report Share Posted August 14, 2018 Afaik, the MP 100 needs to have the battery pack installed to function, even on a charger. There's a switch that is depressed when the pack is installed. It's probably detailed in the User Manual. It also needs to have a good backup battery installed. I cracked open the battery pack on my MP100. It looks like it could be rebuilt with new rechargeable AAA's. I haven't gotten around to finishing the job. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bibilit Posted August 14, 2018 Report Share Posted August 14, 2018 Quote There's a switch that is depressed when the pack is installed. i agree with that, but the switch can be fooled. Can't find information anymore but IIRC a special cradle was supplied for using standard batteries , you can rebuild the battery pack with Nicd units: http://old.chuma.org/newton/faq/newton-faq-hardware.html#IIB6http://old.chuma.org/newton/faq/newton-faq-hardware.html#IIB6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Retro Rider Posted August 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2018 29 minutes ago, bibilit said: but the switch can be fooled... a special cradle was supplied for using standard batteries Yes, it can be. Yes, there was a battery thing to hold AAA batteries in the Newton 100, that's what I need, idk if I can rebuild one of the rechargeables 5 hours ago, maceffects said: I did hear that some people were reporting issues with capacitors on the earlier Newtons Actually, now that i've spoken to a friend with basically the same problem, it might be the capacitors Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Retro Rider Posted August 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2018 can anyone recap my newton for me? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EkriirkE Posted October 2, 2018 Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 On 8/14/2018 at 6:40 PM, MOS8_030 said: It also needs to have a good backup battery installed. Mine works fine w/o the backup battery Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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