[NTLK] Admission / Adding battery tray to eMate

[Doctor Clu]

So thank you Doug our phone conversation was a good step by step in 
figuring out if the battery tray was working on the eMate.  The answer 
after we tried it in another eMate is yes, it is working fine.   So here 
is what we found out:

The 1.5v rechargable batteries work fine with the second eMate allowing 
it to power up fine when you open the lid or use the power button on the 
keyboard.

On the first eMate I tried, the eMate would power on but only when the 
power was first added or the bottonside reset button was hit.  So here 
is the question:

Why would the power button on the keyboard, or the lid power button, not 
work when the rest of the keyboard is working AND the power button works 
for powering down the Newton?

A capasitor going out?


Greg / Doc Clu


On 3/26/25 12:41 PM, Doug wrote:
>> No answer?? Hmmm.
> <snip>
>
>> That's it, checking the communication > here.? Thanks,
>>
>> Greg / Doc Clu
> Doc Clu and NTLK,
>
> My answer isn't snarky, but it'll sure sound like it. Some may even say
> "word salad." Please proceed with a smirk on your face, not a scowl. (-;
>
> I'd rather answer over the phone, first.* Seriously. My "60/60 Rule" says a
> minute on the phone can address and accomplish more than an hour of typing.
>
> And yet… one of NTLK's benefits is that after all the typing's done, typing
> shares important info. Discussion threads are saved forever. Future archive
> searches provide answers. So, type them out, dang it!
>
> …but I need lots more info from you, first. My mistake is that I could have
> emailed you offline to ask for that info, but I didn't.
>
> *Then - and here's the clincher - is that after getting more info, 1)I'd
> have clarified things enough to both give you the answers, maybe, that you
> needed, 2)AND after the fact I could have gone back to the list and typed
> the "answer" and not the "search for the answer," to complete my obligation
> in the archiving cycle.
>
> I didn't want to get bogged down in typing through the search part, even
> though I wanted to help you find your answer.
>
> *sigh*
>
> "When it takes longer to explain the things than it does for the things to
> occur." That's my current lot in life at the moment.
>
> I'll email you offline. :-)
>
> Doug
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