If Sean doesn't claim the other one within a few days you can have it.

bkw

On Thu, Feb 16, 2023, 4:26 PM Gary Weber <[email protected]> wrote:

> Brian,
> I've got one of those RAM modules that also needs a replacement battery
> pack as well.  Would be nice for it to hold its contents again!
>
> Gary
>
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 1:46 PM Brian K. White <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> No prob, I'll pm off list.  x-xxxx.
>> --
>> 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
>> >
>>
>> --
>> bkw
>>
>>

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