Re: [NTLK] Card Battery

From: scotty technoir (ticknor_at_punkass.com)
Date: Tue Feb 12 2002 - 11:40:34 EST

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yup, there is a system patch available that will get rid of this
message....you must be using an MP2K? i believe the problem only affected
those machines...grab the latest system patch from unna.

scotty t

> There is a known bug in the Newton that leads to this message. Is this in
> the FAQ someone?
>
> The only cards with batteries I have come across are the 1 Mb Newton
> brandeed ones. I have several 2Mb ones, with no battery. But do
> check. The 1
> Mb cards use a Lithium cell, with a release catch that looks a
> bit like the
> write protect switch
>
> -- B
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johannes Wolf [mailto:jwolf_at_xe.estec.esa.nl]
> Sent: Tue 12 February 2002 13:45
> To: 'newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net'
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Card Battery
>
>
>
> I am pretty sure that the original Newton 2MB linear Cards are Flash type.
> Flash cards do not need any battery at all to keep the data.
>
> Johannes
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Hart [SMTP:those_at_mac.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 2:02 PM
> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Subject: [NTLK] Card Battery
>
>
> I got the proverbial "the battery in this card needs to be changed"
> message this morning. The card is an original Newton 2MB linear one and
> I was wondering if I can ignore the message because I didn't think these
> cards had batteries in them. Anyone know for sure?
>
> Thomas
>
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