Re: [NTLK] Refurbished battery update

From: jstaub (jstaub_at_cox.net)
Date: Mon Oct 06 2003 - 12:35:06 PDT


Was the case reassembled properly, i.e to your satisfaction? Can you give
me his mailing address?

Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ravindra Mohabeer" <mohabeer_at_yorku.ca>
To: <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 11:56 AM
Subject: [NTLK] Refurbished battery update

> Hi,
>
> After getting my battery back last week from being rebuilt, it's still
going
> strong. So far it's been going for almost a full week and has only made it
> to half on the battery indicator. Not bad since the guy who rebuilt it
told
> me that it won't reach 'full capacity' until after a few full
charge/deplete
> cycles.
>
> Now, I'm sure I don't use my Newton as much as many of you do. Over the
last
> week, however, I've used it for as many as 6 one way, one hour commutes
with
> fulltime backlighting, playing chess, writing notes, etc. and done a bunch
> of installs and other things that used to eat up the battery time in
minutes
> before the pack was rebuilt.
>
> If you are thinking of refurbing your battery, I highly recommend it. The
> guy who did mine was certainly a good choice and one I would suggest -
even
> if he didn't offer me a future discount after I told him that I would let
> the list know if the pack rebuild worked.
>
> Ravi, Toronto, Canada
>
> BTW, I've read the FAQ on internet and mailing, and I have the UNNA
archive
> on CD, but is there an order in which the Simple Mail software must be
> installed for it to work? Do I also have to install NewtScape (there was
an
> error message regarding an extension that said I needed NewtScape)? And,
is
> NewtScape going to be a decent browser for mostly text based web pages?
>
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