It may take a while to charge the memory battery. On the T102 the position of the battery compartment allows any leakage to fall directly on the PCB. The memory backup battery leakage tends to cause much more damage on the T102 as well.
Jeff Birt -----Original Message----- From: M100 <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Howard Pepper Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2021 7:59 AM To: Model 100 Discussion <[email protected]> Subject: [M100] Tandy 102 Help Well, I finally did it. I forgot to change out the AA batteries back in May, like I was supposed to. I live in Florida, and it is very humid pretty much all year long, even with the air conditioner running. Anyway I opened my 102 battery compartment this morning and found two of the four batteries were heavily corroded. I removed those batteries and cleaned the battery compartment out and put in new batteries, but now the 102 won't come on, all that happens is the screen darkens when I turn it on. Does this mean the internal Ni-Cad ran out of juice? If I leave it alone for a while, will that Ni-Cad recharge from the AA's? Thanks for any/all help. Howard
