Re: Poqet-0164 Battery Wires

["Bill Moy" <billmoy@xxxxxxxxx>]

Don't know much about wire connections but the shiny Poqets were earlier
models and I think they may have been prototypes.  My shiny one also had
looser fitting keys and a more rectangular release button to open the unit;
does yours?  I was inquiring about them when I got one, they are supposedly
more rare.  You may be able to find an archive of my reply in the original
Poqet list archives, perhaps searching for the words shiney and
lack.  -Bill


----- Original Message -----
From: Feldman, Robert <Robert_Feldman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <poqetpc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 4:07 PM
Subject: Poqet-0164 Battery Wires


> Hello all,
>
> I have a question about internals on the PQ-0164 (see below, 2nd to last
> paragraph), but first some information that might be of interest.
>
> I just got two broken PQ-0164's on eBay -- screens on both are broken :( .
> One (serial 016400005224, also embossed with "NOT FOR RESALE" on the
bottom)
> is more or less whole and the other (no serial number on the unit,
"004078"
> on the motherboard [MB], with a silver sticker marked "Poqet Computer
Corp.
> Asset#: 02778" on the bottom and a "U.S. Govt. Property DOE" label on the
> screen bezel) is apart and missing about 1/2 of the key caps and the LCD
> ribbon cable. Both are missing the battery covers and both PC card covers.
>
> There are some interesting differences between the two units. The first
> (#5224) has boards made in Japan, with mounting screws through the MB. The
> boards in the second (both MB and LCD board) are made in USA. The opaque
> areas on the screen are matte black on the first unit and shiny black on
the
> second. The cases on both are otherwise the same.
>
> The first unit has a flat-bottomed battery compartment, so the negative
> battery wires connect to the MB under the ESC key. The second has a
channel
> at the back of the battery compartment where two wires run. Unfortunately,
> these wires are not connected, and I cannot see where on the MB they were
> attached, but they must have been attached on the right side (where the
> expansion connector is located). The small tab on the first unit's BM,
where
> the wires connect, is not present on the MB of the second unit.
>
> Now for my question. Can anybody tell me were the two negative battery
wires
> (white and black) attached to the MB?
>
> I'm going to play with these units some (I have a working PQ-0181) to see
if
> the MB's are OK. I will consider parting out pieces as replacement parts
for
> other units. Contact me off-list if you need some parts or are interested
in
> either of the units in their entirety. I didn't pay much for them, so I'm
> not going to ask much for any parts.
>
> Regards,
> Bob Feldman
> Robert_Feldman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>