Re: [NTLK] Fwd: Re[2]: Newton Backlight

From: jstaub (jstaub_at_cox.net)
Date: Fri Feb 18 2005 - 11:35:11 PST


I agree it's not a deal breaker. If your soldering skills are rusty,
practice by taping copper wires/tape to a credit card and solder some joints
without melting the plastic. When you've got it right, it's time to do the
backlight. That's how you get to Carnegie Hall.

Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Joseph" <martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com>
To: <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Fwd: Re[2]: Newton Backlight

>
> On Feb 18, 2005, at 5:33 AM, Sonny Hung wrote:
> <snip>
> > I am Cc: this to the list and they will see your interest in this
> > matter. Please clarify this issue. If it were the case that they don't
> > as represented in your photos then this is a major deal breaker
> > because this would cause an installer (which I volunteered to do) to
> > do that in addition to the install causing additional time.
> The time involved in soldering on two wires seems like nothing compared
> to the time it take to completely disassemble the MP to get to the
> backlight?
>
> I don't see this as a "deal breaker"
>
> Marty
>
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