[NTLK] Help with forgotten pin and, separately, resurrecting an upgraded MP2000

[Brian Mikol]

Hi Forrest,

Thanks for the help! I have come across Franks’ great site – given all the disclaimers of “don’t do this unless you really need to”, I wanted that sanity check before cracking things open (so thanks for that!). 

I do have a few other 2Ks that I could get donor parts from. Looks like this will be an interesting project – I’m not sure when I’ll have the free time to start (maybe a month or two), but will definitely share my progress once I do.

Thanks again!
Brian


> On Aug 1, 2022, at 6:04 AM, Forrest Buffenmyer <newton_phoenix at mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Brian,
> 
> I am interrupting my own lurking to try and help you and your situation.
> 
> As for your “dead” Newton—the one the batteries exploded, as I think you put it:
> 
> Don’t give up. I am notoriously stubborn on abandoning “lost causes”. But you are likely going to have to perform some surgery.
> 
> By now you should be familiar with Franks’ excellent website, http://www.pda-soft.de . Here you will find complete instructions on how to disassemble your Newton. Once apart you will be better able to determine how severe the damage is.
> 
> Likely you’ll have to get your hands on a parts Newton which you will cannibalize for those parts. With any luck and some nominal skill you’ll have resurrected it.
> 
> I’ve had batteries similarly corrode, and I can tell you that nearly all of the time the only real damage is to the internals of the battery compartment. Still—YMMV.
> 
> Good luck and please keep us updated!
> 
> Mahalo,
> Forrest
> 
> Sent from my iPad Pro 9.7"
> 
>> On Jul 31, 2022, at 6:12 PM, Brian Mikol <nospam at sffogworks.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Grant,
>> 
>> Thanks for the follow-up and apologies for the delay in response. 
>> 
>> To answer your question, no, I haven’t been able to get around this issue with Battering Ram. I was going to try putting it on a different card to see if that might make a difference as I’m completely at a loss at what else I can do. Unfortunately life has gotten in the way of things, as it’s wont to do - I’m hoping I’ll have an update in a few weeks’ time. 
>> 
>> I take it by the crickets from all corners of the list that my original Newton is a goner?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Brian
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