Christopher,
I too have an Epson PX-8 "Geneva". No, they will not run off of the
charging circuit, the batteries must be charged. I picked up two new
battery packs from Star Technology, which seem to work fine.
Howard
On 05/08/2015 02:36 PM, Christopher Barnett Fox wrote:
> I just acquired an Epson PX-8 "Geneva" in pristine physical condition, but
> it won't seem to power up. I'm leaving the batteries to charge for 24-48
> hours, but I'm skeptical they have any life left in them at all.
>
> Should these old Epson portables run off the charger circuit alone? I
> think the Tandy Model "T" series adapters should be compatible (6VDC
> output, but only 500mA whereas I believe the original Epson charger was
> 600mA), but I haven't had any luck powering the PX-8 just yet. I can see
> the LCD screen appears to turn on, but sliding the contrast only appears
> to make the screen uniformly slightly dark. Pressing the sub-processor
> reset button hasn't helped.
>
> Christopher
>
