I can add to this discussion that I am using since last week Not NiCd
batteries, but a pack of four brand new NiMh (metal hybrid). Since
today, my MP 110 is going very well.
Just for information!
Jean-Philippe
Chris Ruprecht wrote:
>
> Hi Mike & everybody else ...
>
> > No one seems to have answered the gentleman's question from a couple
>
> You're the first :)
>
> > The answer is yes. The voltage of a NiCd cell is determined by the
>
> [snip]
> Thank you for the explanation. My chemistry combined with electrical
> science is a bit rusty, haven't done anything like that since I'm out
> of school ;)
>
> >boy oh boy does that thing last forever.
>
> Forever in this case is about 20 hours of continuous use, if being
> switched on would mean 'use'. I put them into the Newton at about 8
> at night, then played around with it a bit, set up e-mail and
> connected a few times using an external GV modem and then just left
> the Newton on, preventing it from sleeping. At about 4 PM the
> following day it decided to switch off after I got a message (which I
> didn't see at the time) that I should change batteries. Pretty good
> mileage, if you ask me.
>
> So long, everybody!
> Chris
>
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