Greetings,
I'm just setting up an ST2300 as a book reader for the kids. I've read the archives from the beginning to get up to speed on the Stylistics. Thanks to everyone for their contributions, and especially Wanderer for a complete set of Win98 setup files. Next step is Linux.
My only battery runs the unit for less than an hour. As far as I know there's no way to resurrect it.
The other options seem to be e-Bay; new packs from a bunch of places; or rebuilding.
I see nothing on e-Bay right now, though I remember seeing a couple of auctions of surplus new and used packs go by in the last couple of weeks. Anybody got any to sell?
New packs are available from a number of places, for prices ranging from 175 to 250 bucks, which is more than I have in the entire system. <sigh>
Rebuilding with Lithium Ion cells looks tough. I can't find a source for the cells after a day of looking, but I did find a lot of discouraging comments from battery rebuilders saying they can't refurbish Li-Ion packs at all. I can solder and hack with the best of 'em, but I know I don't know all that I should before tackling the project.
Rebuilding with NiMH looks more do-able, though it might be tough to get quite the mAh capacity in the available volume. It'd sure be cheaper than buying new. What I don't know is if the charging and temperature circuits would present any problems.
I'd like to find some good batteries (for a decent price) or work out a good strategy for rebuilding them. I've got some tinkering time so I'd be glad to play guinea pig if any of you would be willing to advise me. Then I could post a tutorial on the hack so others could benefit.
Dead packs must be common out there. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to do something useful with them?
Thanks,
Mike D.
