New to me eMate 300

#1 Sat, 2 Mar 2013 - 00:10

So I got this green machine. Any suppliers of batteries? It doesn't have one in it. Also any good replacement chargers? Missing that also of course. Gonna look but I think that screen looks like same size as the portable hmmmm.

#2 Sat, 2 Mar 2013 - 04:40

As I have posted elsewhere, this and a plug and a thermistor, the latter two being easily harvested from a dead battery (there must be some of those still about), will do the trick about as well and as cheaply as it can be done. An alternative is a 4xAA plastic battery holder wired to the male connector internal to the eMate. Even alkalines would run it in intermittent use for a long time, and you would not then need a charger at all. Those are expensive.

The general arrangement is here; battery holder hacks can be found if you go looking.

#3 Sat, 2 Mar 2013 - 05:16

If I had known you wanted one, I would have given you one, 'drone.

#4 Sat, 2 Mar 2013 - 05:28

I got it for shipping with a 540c since my motherboard shorted out and wouldn't power the floppy drive anymore. I didn't know I wanted it. I'm just a gluten for being hip deep in projects.