The later model 500/5000 have a small NiCd as well.
On 11/19/18 3:29 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
> I've been helping the MAME guys simulate a TS-2624, which is a block mode HP
> emulating terminal.
> I had bought this a while ago, and never dumped the firmware. Unfortunately
> there is a large
> NiCd battery right in the middle of the board that leaked all over. I've
> taken some pictures
> which are up under falco on bitsavers.
>
> If anyone has one of these, you want to do battery mitigation ASAP. I'm in
> the middle of replacing
> every socket on the board since they were all within range of the leakage
> corrosion.
>
> Also, I suspect the first generation of terminals all have similar hardware
> with different
> firmware, so if someone has any of the other models (TS-1, etc.) we could get
> them simulated
> pretty easily once the firmware is dumped.
>
>
