At 7:40 PM -0500 11/4/2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hello, my name is Justin Stewart, I am currently a Freshman at Ballard High
>School in Louisville KY and I am buying my first used Newton for mainly Fun
>and School purposes. I am getting the Newton 110.
>
>First Couple of Questions:
>
>1) On Apple's site it says the Newton 110 takes a Flash Card, but what
>confuses me is I don't know if it is a PC card or if it is a standard CF
>slot.
It's a full size PCMCIA slot, and Newton OS only supports linear
flash & SRAM memory cards
(Does anybody know if there is a way to use DRAM cards (I expect not))
>2) I know there is a difference between NiMh and NiCad batteries but can I
>use NiMh batteries in my Newton? Has anyone tried this?
NiCD = Nickle Cadmium battery - older style recharbeable battery.
they come in AA size & will power the newton.
NOTE: NEVER THROUGH NiCd BATTERIES IN THE TRASH THEY MUST BE RECYCLED
BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN CADMIUM .
NiMH = Nickle metal hydride battery. newer style recharbeable, more
environmentally benign (ie not so toxic that several countries have
banned them, the way they have NiCd)
either one is fine, as long as it is AA size, but bear in mind that
1) max voltage out is usually 1.2 volts per AA battery, versus 1.5
for a disposable alkiline battery. Newton doesn't care much, it will
run fine, but the 'charge meter' will never show full on the 110
2) typical capacity for a NiCd = 1100 mAh (ie milliAmp-hours), and
for a NiMH = 1600 mAh, while a generic alkiline disposable has 2400
mAh of capacity
3) NEVER mix diffrent types of batteries.
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