Re: [M100] the battery backup

2022-10-14 Thread Tommy Phillips
On 10/1/2022 2:58 PM, Brad Grier wrote: ArcadeShopper seems to have both in stock (and he's a member here). On Sat, Oct 1, 2022 at 2:19 PM Will Senn wrote: Cool. I saw a cap kit, I'll be on the lookout for a nicd replacement. On 10/1/22 12:44 PM, Joshua O'Keefe wrote: On Oct 1,

Re: [M100] the battery backup

2022-10-01 Thread Brad Grier
ArcadeShopper seems to have both in stock (and he's a member here). On Sat, Oct 1, 2022 at 2:19 PM Will Senn wrote: > Cool. I saw a cap kit, I'll be on the lookout for a nicd replacement. > > On 10/1/22 12:44 PM, Joshua O'Keefe wrote: > > On Oct 1, 2022, at 10:20 AM, Will Senn > wrote: > > 

Re: [M100] the battery backup

2022-10-01 Thread Will Senn
Cool. I saw a cap kit, I'll be on the lookout for a nicd replacement. On 10/1/22 12:44 PM, Joshua O'Keefe wrote: On Oct 1, 2022, at 10:20 AM, Will Senn wrote:  Given that my new m100 is 39 years old, should I expect that parts need replacing inside? The generally accepted wisdom seems to

Re: [M100] the battery backup

2022-10-01 Thread Joshua O'Keefe
> On Oct 1, 2022, at 10:20 AM, Will Senn wrote: > >  Given that my new m100 is 39 years old, should I expect that parts need > replacing inside? The generally accepted wisdom seems to be that when doing intake of a "new" 100 to replace the NiCd and all capacitors ASAP. They risks to the

[M100] the battery backup

2022-10-01 Thread Will Senn
Given that my new m100 is 39 years old, should I expect that parts need replacing inside? Everything looks fine on the motherboard, but, I wonder about the backup power source and capacitors. Now that I have it and it's working, I think I'd like to keep it around. Thanks, Will