..with this generation of Sparc book I saw, that the internal power supplies die very often over the years: These orange tantalum capacitors go short leading to destruction of other components if connected to power after some years (DCDC con- verter's inductivity and power transistor) :-(
--- John Herron via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I don't remember if this will run without a battery or not. I used a > generic power supply to power one of mine (I think a lower model though) > and it worked ok a few times but then the backlight or something for the > lcd screen went out. I always wondered if it was my cheap power supply that > caused it or age. > > On Mon, Jul 4, 2022, 2:23 PM Jonathan Katz via cctalk > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > > Hello everyone! > > > > I managed to snag a Tadpole 3000XT Sparcbook! However, it is missing > > the battery and power adapter. Does anyone have these spare? > > > > Thanks! > > > > -- > > -Jon > > +44 7792 149029 > >
