I have both a PX-8 and a PX-4, and I /believe/ they run straight off power alone but am not positive.
If you can't get an answer let me know and I can experiment for you, both are in a box in my room at home easily at hand. They both have ramdisks attached as well. Tim On Fri, May 8, 2015, 12:36 Christopher Barnett Fox <cbfo...@syr.edu> wrote: > I just acquired an Epson PX-8 "Geneva" in pristine physical condition, but > it won't seem to power up. I'm leaving the batteries to charge for 24-48 > hours, but I'm skeptical they have any life left in them at all. > > Should these old Epson portables run off the charger circuit alone? I > think the Tandy Model "T" series adapters should be compatible (6VDC > output, but only 500mA whereas I believe the original Epson charger was > 600mA), but I haven't had any luck powering the PX-8 just yet. I can see > the LCD screen appears to turn on, but sliding the contrast only appears > to make the screen uniformly slightly dark. Pressing the sub-processor > reset button hasn't helped. > > Christopher > >
