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Does @rubber_jonnie have a Z88?

I'm pretty sure he has the NC100 & NC200...
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JezC wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 10:39 am Does @rubber_jonnie have a Z88?

I'm pretty sure he has the NC100 & NC200...
I don't have a Z88 (I nearly did but that's another story) but I do have an Epson HX-20.
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Those Epson early laptops are fantastic
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@rubber_jonnie

BTW, how is your repair going ?
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HigashiJun wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 12:06 pm @rubber_jonnie

BTW, how is your repair going ?
It's not. I thought I had bad RAM and replaced one, but didn't help. I'm going to get back to it soon and need to break out the scope, but I do wonder if it's a power issue.
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rubber_jonnie wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 12:08 pm It's not. I thought I had bad RAM and replaced one, but didn't help. I'm going to get back to it soon and need to break out the scope, but I do wonder if it's a power issue.
So it's more complex than expected...
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HigashiJun wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 12:20 pm
rubber_jonnie wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 12:08 pm It's not. I thought I had bad RAM and replaced one, but didn't help. I'm going to get back to it soon and need to break out the scope, but I do wonder if it's a power issue.
So it's more complex than expected...
Very much so. It's actually a dual CPU machine and runs off battery, with power only for charging the battery. Basically if you remove the battery you can't run it off the charger.
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rubber_jonnie wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 12:31 pm Very much so. It's actually a dual CPU machine and runs off battery, with power only for charging the battery. Basically if you remove the battery you can't run it off the charger.
Yeah, that's what I read when I was looking for some information about this machine.
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HigashiJun wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 10:29 pm
rubber_jonnie wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 12:31 pm Very much so. It's actually a dual CPU machine and runs off battery, with power only for charging the battery. Basically if you remove the battery you can't run it off the charger.
Yeah, that's what I read when I was looking for some information about this machine.
Whats annoying is it worked fine, then one day just stopped :(
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rubber_jonnie wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 11:52 pm Whats annoying is it worked fine, then one day just stopped :(
Yeah, the kind of thing I hate...
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