PalmOS no more? :(

[gordonjcp at gjcp.net]

>> The only difference that I could find was that the alkalines had a cell
>> voltage of around 1.65-1.7 volts, feeding the clock with something
>> nearer to 7 volts.  I have no idea why this upset it, but the battery
>> voltage circuit reported this as flat batteries.
>
> I actually have a PC2086 serice manual somewhere.(Amstrad service manuals
> of that date were just parts lists and schematics, of course.) From what I
> remember there's noting odd about the circuitry, though.

I should stil have mine, having "liberated" them when the shop went tango
uniform.  No idea where, though.

> Did you try a couple of silicon diodes in series, in series with the +ve
> battery lead? That might have cured it. I have an objection to
> zinc-carbon cells due to their antisocial habit of leaking, alkaline
> cells are much better house-trained, so I prefer to use those where
> possible.

No, we just gave the customers a nice new packet of Panasonic Silver Seal
batteries, which cured all the problems straight away.

I seem to remember that it wasn't a clock battery error it came up with,
but something else.  Maybe a RAM test error or something - I know it was
pretty odd.

Gordon