I bought a second hand Merlin Magix CKE5 Processor with R7 V14.2. Works great... but..... it is old and I want to avoid any downtime. it is mounted in a Merlin Legend clamshell case as my phone system is an upgraded Merlin II backplane. Still says on two stickers "Void warranty if removed"
Does this use a CMOS/clock battery? What kind so I can order the right one.
Long ago, over 5 years ago, the original Merlin II processor battery I replaced with a NIMH cordless phone battery that was still good after all those years. I migrated that into the Merlin 206 Feature Pack 2 cartridge, granted one hell of a tight fit. But that is not the processor in question.
I have another NEW cordless phone NIMH battery pack that I am willing to solder into the MaGix processor board if that is the type it needs. If it needs non-recharagables. I got a few CR2032 batteries and holders that can be installed as well.
In the case of translation cards. What exactly does this do? Most all system processors I see on Ebay have one in the slot. Is that because their batteries are dead and they want to be able to use this a volatile flash storage like I do on my Raspberry Pi? How do erase the card and start fresh? I have no idea if there was anything on it from a prior system. My setup went well but I do wonder what is on the thing.
I don't have a computer with a PCMCIA/Cardbus slot but even if I did..... what is the format on the card? FAT12 or some proprietary format?
Does this use a CMOS/clock battery? What kind so I can order the right one.
Long ago, over 5 years ago, the original Merlin II processor battery I replaced with a NIMH cordless phone battery that was still good after all those years. I migrated that into the Merlin 206 Feature Pack 2 cartridge, granted one hell of a tight fit. But that is not the processor in question.
I have another NEW cordless phone NIMH battery pack that I am willing to solder into the MaGix processor board if that is the type it needs. If it needs non-recharagables. I got a few CR2032 batteries and holders that can be installed as well.
In the case of translation cards. What exactly does this do? Most all system processors I see on Ebay have one in the slot. Is that because their batteries are dead and they want to be able to use this a volatile flash storage like I do on my Raspberry Pi? How do erase the card and start fresh? I have no idea if there was anything on it from a prior system. My setup went well but I do wonder what is on the thing.
I don't have a computer with a PCMCIA/Cardbus slot but even if I did..... what is the format on the card? FAT12 or some proprietary format?