Jan "Jenkings" Škoda - blog

There was a clean-up day at my company and I found this "gem". When I first picked it up, I was a bit confused because it was really light, so no battery is included. Luckily, after opening the lid, I realised that it can also be powered by 4xAA batteries.



The phone also has no charger. So I connected a lab power source to the battery connectors and switched it on. To be on the safe side, I started at 3V and slowly increased it to 6V (4xAA batteries). The phone was able to start, but the display is probably dead, as you can see on the following picture.



As I have an OCD to have only working phones and notebooks in my collection, I will try to repair it or exchange it with another collector for something else.

There is still a chance that there will be some oxidation on the contacts between the display and the motherboard, or maybe I will give it a bit of a head and then let it cool down to see if anything changes. I will see.

However, it is still a nice piece of old technology and even if I could not fix it, it will make someone else happy and I will be able to trade it in for something that suits me better.