[NTLK] Looking for repair for clear newton

Mon Oct 2 12:02:46 PDT 2023

My clear pad stopped working. There was crud in the battery compartment, so maybe a place to start? Screen looks odd as well.

Would love to get it working again…

Thanks
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> Imagine Einstein on an Onyx Boox Palma or a Hisense Touch:
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> From: Noah Leon <moosefuel at gmail.com>
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> Hi Everyone,
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> Someone near me is selling an Epson PhotoPC 850z from the very early 2000s, it has a serial connection. I see it?s not listed on the supported cameras for Tibet (the Newton digital camera software) but what do you think the chances are that it will work OK? It?s only a year too late or so to be included on the list: https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://messagepad.free.fr/Tibet/Tibet.html__;!!GF3VTAzAMGBM8A!xXt9EAKnMfMrKkHBRiRtfA4o1EnUzIVQ-dgblz-_wyGautQlidZNG4DIJ0mTU5nnHtiP6qFUFw9jaZBp3RPqIffjf4-FJAoM6O1G$
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> Noah
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> From: Sylvain <sylvain at pilet.net>
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> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Tibet plus Epson = Love
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> Noah,
> Unfortunately this won't work, they're two different generations, and even though they both use a serial port, their transfer protocols are different. Even the Epson PhotoPC 750Z isn't compatible with Tibet, so imagine the 850Z!
> Only the Epson PhotoPC 700 works with this brand.
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> D?sol?.
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> Sylvain
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>> Le 2 oct. 2023 ? 17:25, Noah Leon <moosefuel at gmail.com> a ?crit :
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>> Hi Everyone,
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>> Someone near me is selling an Epson PhotoPC 850z from the very early 2000s, it has a serial connection. I see it?s not listed on the supported cameras for Tibet (the Newton digital camera software) but what do you think the chances are that it will work OK? It?s only a year too late or so to be included on the list: https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://messagepad.free.fr/Tibet/Tibet.html__;!!GF3VTAzAMGBM8A!xXt9EAKnMfMrKkHBRiRtfA4o1EnUzIVQ-dgblz-_wyGautQlidZNG4DIJ0mTU5nnHtiP6qFUFw9jaZBp3RPqIffjf4-FJAoM6O1G$
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>> Noah
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> Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2023 10:08:47 -0600
> From: Grant Hutchinson <splorp at mac.com>
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> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Tibet plus Epson = Love
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>> On Oct 2, 2023, at 9:25 AM, Noah Leon <moosefuel at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Someone near me is selling an Epson PhotoPC 850z from the very early 2000s, it has a serial connection. I see it?s not listed on the supported cameras for Tibet (the Newton digital camera software) but what do you think the chances are that it will work OK? It?s only a year too late or so to be included on the list:
>
> As noted in the Newton FAQ, Daniel Padilla reported that a camera must use Sierra Imaging firmware and have a serial port to work with Tibet software.
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> The 850z is listed as compatible with Sierra Imaging?s ?Image Expert? system, along with most of the other Tibet compatible cameras:
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> I think it would be worth a try.
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> The 850z is likely not listed by either Andreas or the FAQ as compatible because no one ever confirmed whether it worked with Tibet or not.
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> g.
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> Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2023 18:17:52 +0200
> From: Sylvain <sylvain at pilet.net>
> To: Liste Newton Talk US Newton <newtontalk at newtontalk.net>, Grant
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> Thanks Grant,
> And indeed in theory it works, but I had an Epson PhotoPC 600 which is in this list, and it never wanted to connect to Tibet. Then it's possible that it was a fault with that particular device.
> Verdic, Naoh gives it a try, if you can get it for not too much money, it would be nice to add models to the list Andr?as made two decades ago!
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> Sylvain
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>> Le 2 oct. 2023 ? 18:08, Grant Hutchinson via NewtonTalk <newtontalk at newtontalk.net> a ?crit :
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>> As noted in the Newton FAQ, Daniel Padilla reported that a camera must use Sierra Imaging firmware and have a serial port to work with Tibet software.
>>
>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://newtonfaq.com/newton-faq-hardware.html*IIB9__;Iw!!GF3VTAzAMGBM8A!xXt9EAKnMfMrKkHBRiRtfA4o1EnUzIVQ-dgblz-_wyGautQlidZNG4DIJ0mTU5nnHtiP6qFUFw9jaZBp3RPqIffjf4-FJODqTVLC$
>>
>> The 850z is listed as compatible with Sierra Imaging?s ?Image Expert? system, along with most of the other Tibet compatible cameras:
>>
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://web.archive.org/web/20000619203839/http:/*sierraimaging.com/support/supchimgex.html__;Lw!!GF3VTAzAMGBM8A!xXt9EAKnMfMrKkHBRiRtfA4o1EnUzIVQ-dgblz-_wyGautQlidZNG4DIJ0mTU5nnHtiP6qFUFw9jaZBp3RPqIffjf4-FJC2jdina$ >
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>> I think it would be worth a try.
>>
>> The 850z is likely not listed by either Andreas or the FAQ as compatible because no one ever confirmed whether it worked with Tibet or not.
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>> g.
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