Hi all, A NEC PC-8201A I picked up just arrived, and I have a few questions, particularly on the internal battery.
It arrived and didn't boot with fresh alkaline batteries, so I opened it up. The internal NiCd battery was starting to corrode so I removed it (lucky I caught it now before there was a disaster). Everything else looked perfect internally so I closed it back up and tried booting it again, and it worked perfectly! It's obviously not an issue but I was just wondering if anyone had that happen---it's strange to me that a dead battery being present doesn't boot at all while no battery at all works fine. On replacing the internal battery, according to this email[a] from November both ArcadeShopper and Soigeneris had replacement batteries, however looking now neither of them have any in stock. Does anyone know if they're going to get any more in? I don't mind waiting if it'll just be a while but if they aren't planning on ever getting them back I'll look around elsewhere for one. For alternatives, since the internal battery seems to be recharged from the main battery pack I assume a regular CR2032 would be a no-go, but has anyone tried out soldering in a socket + LIR2032? ~nytpu [a]: http://lists.bitchin100.com/private.cgi/m100-bitchin100.com/2021-November/054669.html -- Alex // nytpu a...@nytpu.com gpg --locate-external-key a...@nytpu.com
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