[NTLK] Adding battery tray to eMate

[Doctor Clu]

Thanks Vladislav.  Hopefully someone can share the article at some 
point.  Would be awesome help.

Greg / Doc Clu


On 3/26/25 6:45 AM, Vladislav Korotnev wrote:
> Yes, I see this and the other one. I remember an article about a AA mod
> back in the day but don't know where it is so I kept silent to let someone
> else chime in.
>
> Also funny enough I don't see your name as Patrick, I see your mail labeled
> as "Doctor Clu via NewtonTalk to Patrick".
>
> Maybe check if your To: field only contains NewtonTalk and nobody else,
> sometimes replying to the list adds both the list and the person in
> question, at least in Gmail.
>
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM Doctor Clu via NewtonTalk <
> newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> No answer?  Hmmm.
>>
>> A couple of questions this morning:
>>
>> 1) Do you see this message?   Seems often I write but I don't hear an
>> answer or see a response to things written.
>>
>> 2) How can I post to NewtonTalk and not have my name show up as "Patrick
>> Ketelaar"
>>
>> That's it, checking the communication here.  Thanks,
>>
>> Greg / Doc Clu
>>
>>
>> On 3/25/25 8:37 AM, Greg Goodwin wrote:
>>> Bought afour AA battery tray I got from ebaythat was all wired up with
>>> the standard red and black wire coming out of it.
>>>
>>> Took the existing wires from the eMate battery pack and tied red wire
>>> to red wire and black wire to black wire.
>>>
>>> Overall it worked. Powered the eMate and I was able to work on it a
>>> few minutes. However, wouldn't read the battery level correctlyand
>>> while I was able to power the eMate off at the keyboard switch, it
>>> could only be turned on by the reset switch.
>>>
>>> Am I right in believing there is not any resting current from the
>>> wired in battery tray to power up from the keyboard power switch? Any
>>> ideas on how to adjust this so the keyboard power switch can be used?
>>>
>>> Doc Clu
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