No prob, I'll pm off list. d-face.
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bkw

On 2/16/23 10:14, Mike Stein wrote:
If we're speaking, I could use one ...😁



On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 8:53 PM Brian K. White <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

    On 2/10/23 10:13, Brian K. White wrote:
     > Oh you sure don't want to solder to the cells.
     > I did not mean to suggest buying individual cells, just to identify
     > them for reference for searching for packs made with them.
     >
     > Battery packs are often named after the cells.
     > The memory battery inside the 100 is called "3/V80H 2-pin" because
     > it's made of 3 V80H cells, etc.
     >

    The new batteries worked perfect.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/68qSfxdPD9WwdhzHA
    <https://photos.app.goo.gl/68qSfxdPD9WwdhzHA>

    The only thing is it is a tight fit between the rom socket and the edge
    of the cryptonics board, and I think that tightness pushing sideways on
    the edge of the board maybe caused some of the bus pins to not make
    good
    connection and made the machine crash and no boot after reset. Fiddling
    with the cell pack a little flipping it over different directions I
    found an orientation that felt slightly better and now it's running
    again. Or maybe that was just alcohol not fully dried yet trapped under
    chips. I think maybe the trick is lay the battery in position first and
    then the pcb.

    The tight fit is the same as the original pack anyway.

    The lead wires fish right in between the female bus sockets like the
    original wires. I fished them in end-wise, not mashed from the top, and
    they fit with no resistance, no mashing of the insulation at all.

    If you look at the pics here, before soldering, I flush-cut 4 of the
    pins that poke up right under the red & black wires, and then touched
    them with flux and fresh solder so they made smooth domes so they don't
    pierce the battery wires. I did that before installing the new battery.

    The old battery wire was stuck by super glue, so it took a little care
    to scrape up most of the insulation and super glue without scratching
    any traces on the pcb.


    If you want you can have one of the 2 extra packs I got.

-- bkw


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