I was fortunate to find a Radio Shack AC adapter at my local college recycling center. It’s a 6 volt 150mA center negative wall wort cat no 273-1454D.
On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 8:19 AM AvantGuard Systems < [email protected]> wrote: > God knows I have tons of those as well. I'm always afraid when mismatching > voltage, amperage. Not that I haven't done it many times before! So thanks > for that info. Maybe I will try it.... > > Curtis > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 12:33 AM [email protected] < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I power my M100 off a USB power supply, though I admit I made the cable >> myself. Dead or no longer used phones, tablets, GPS devices, ebook >> readers, etc. all came with these things. I have more than enough of them >> floating around, and it works for the M100 even though it is only 5V >> out. I tried to standardize things so I could use the USB power supplies >> for electronic devices, like the MVT100 display adapter. That method didn't >> work for the Psion 5MX, though, even though the thing really only wants 3 V >> (2 AA batteries). >> >> Jonathan >> >> ----Ursprungligt meddelande---- >> Från : [email protected] >> Datum : 2021-02-09 - 21:26 (CEST) >> Till : [email protected] >> Ämne : [M100] Newbie >> >> Just joined the list as I just acquired a used TRS80 Model 100. Of course >> it's not working, so I just wanted to first ask for some advice. I have >> been reading info at Club100. >> Basically, I feel I need to buy some stuff at Club100. First and foremost >> a new battery, which is highly recommended. Also expansion RAM (since none >> has been installed), probably the power supply (although maybe premature). >> But probably better cost wise to get everything right away (shipping >> costs!). >> Anyhow, opening it up though I see that this thing obviously had >> batteries left in it and there is dry acid (whatever that is) about that >> general area on the board. My concern is that that might be enough damage >> that there's no way to recover it. Or maybe cleaning that area up might be >> fine. What is recommended for cleaning up battery acid, btw. >> Thanks for any suggestions! >> >> Curtis >> >> >> -- Eric Miller http://pragmaticpizza.blogspot.com/ https://github.com/eric-john-miller
