Subject: Re: NeXTStation Color issues
From: Fishbulb <fishbulb@cyberspace.NOSPAM.org>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 09:14:03 -0500
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Jason Musgrove wrote:
> Ok, some minor mysteries solved!
> 
> I had bought what I thought was 16Mb SIMMs. However, two of them were only
> 4Mb SIMMs and these are the ones that work OK with my non-Turbo hardware.
> Looks like I have to go buy some more. Does anybody know how to repair or
> "bodge" SIMM slots with broken clips on them as both of my non-Turbo boards
> have moderate damaged to the plastic slot clips.
> 
> Looks like everyone was right about the refusal to power up being the fault
> of the battery; I played around with the battery for a bit (mainly making it
> warmer as this seems to revive weak batteries a little) and sure enough, the
> computers fire up.
> 
> O'Course, I still have to get them a boot device (either give them hard
> disks with OSes on or set up a bootp server) and, optionally, some input
> devices and display hardware (its either that or have them accessible over
> the network/ serial only but I dont quite see the point).
> 
> - Jason
> 

You can replace the battery in NeXT hardware with the more common CR123, 
which can be found in the States for around $6.00 for a pack of two.

The BR2/3a used can still be bought from Panasonic, but is more 
expensive (although it looks exactly like the original battery).