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vga256
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a nec mobilepro handheld computer with its battery pack removed. the pack has room for two 18650 lithium cells, shown in pink above the battery case.
a nec mobilepro handheld computer with its battery pack removed. the pack has room for two 18650 lithium cells, shown in pink above the battery case.

today’s fun permacomputing project: rebuilding the battery pack for the nec mobilepro 790

it turns out that, thanks to a single post dug out of the hpcfactor.com forums, the mobilepro 7xx uses a standard 18650 lithium-ion cell.

they turned out to be surprisingly expensive online, so i checked locally and found someone who had harvested dozens of the cells out of his dead ebike battery. for $2 a cell, i bought half a dozen and can’t wait to repack the battery case.

#permacomputing #retrocomputing

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vga256
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A nec mobilepro has booted to Windows successfully.
A nec mobilepro has booted to Windows successfully.

part 4: if it looks right it is right

reinsert battery mess and call it a success!