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> On Jul 16, 2024, at 1:19 PM, John Robertson via cctalk > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > On 2024/07/16 9:24 a.m., Bill Degnan wrote: >> how hard is it to track down a replacement NeXT cube motherboard? >> Bill > > Is that a trick question? > > I have no idea...this is the first NeXT I've seen in over thirty years! And I > think this is the same machine I saw in Vancouver all those years in my > friend's basement... > > John ;-#)# > >> >> On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 11:38 AM John Robertson via cctalk >> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >> >> On 2024/07/16 6:28 a.m., Paul Koning wrote: >> >> On Jul 16, 2024, at 9:05 AM, John Robertson via >> cctalk<cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >> >> >> >> I'm just starting to clean up a NeXT system that a friend has >> had in storage for decades... >> >> >> >> I assume the thing has a battery somewhere - I just hope it >> isn't Ni-Cad! >> > At that age it might well be. So what? I think they are still >> available. Or you can replace it by a non-rechargeable battery. >> That's what I did with the ToD clock battery in my Pro; a lithium >> coin cell with a series diode to prevent "charging" is not an >> ideal solution but adequate, and it would be better if I used a >> Schottky diode rather than a plain Si rectifier diode I happened >> to have lying around. >> > >> > paul >> >> Battery leakage was the issue - having dealt with a great many logic >> boards damaged or destroyed by leaking Ni-Cad batteries. >> >> I've since seen a photo of the inside of the NeXT and it looks >> like they >> used a plug in Lithium battery, so that risk is no longer of much >> concern to me. >> >> John :-#)# >> >
