Hello Jon,
I didn't realise the power adaptor wasn't in there - sorry!. I'm pretty
certain I have it - it will come to light with more excavation in the
basement...
The battery was a number of nickel alkaline cells (size A? - can't
remember whether NiCd or NIMH) and a little PCB in a length
..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 transisto
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 i
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!
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-Jon
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