• Battery problems: Tandy Model 102

    From kurt59steffen@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Jan Vanden Bossche on Sun Jul 9 16:35:38 2017
    On Wednesday, November 20, 2002 at 10:06:03 AM UTC-8, Jan Vanden Bossche wrote:
    Hello,

    I have taken my trusty M102 on the train now for more than 6 years, for entertainment, programming and text-writing. Since a few months, I'm having problems with it. The batteries are running out extremely fast. I'm using rechargeable NiCads.

    I am aware that NiCads don't give me the 20 hours running time that normal alkaline ones do, but it is really becoming ridiculously short, I estimate
    at the most 1 or 2 hours. Even when I don't turn the computer on, the batteries have died after a week or so...

    Have my NiCads gone soft ? Is the internal battery gone ? Can I replace
    that one myself ? If yes, how ? Is there a manual somewhere on how to do it
    ?

    Or is there another explanation ?

    Greetings from the TyRannoSaurus
    Jan-80

    Those 100s, 102s, & 200s (Tandy 1983-88) notebooks work better with 20 hours from 4 AA batteries. I had those nicads on my 200, and hated them.

    Kurt

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