Xref: utzoo unix-pc.general:3122 comp.sys.att:6746 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnewsh!ho5cad!wjc From: wjc@ho5cad.ATT.COM (Bill Carpenter) Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att Subject: Re: Battery Upgrade, what is it ... (was Re: VarTech 7300 deal) Message-ID: Date: 18 Jun 89 08:28:37 GMT References: <40@docwrk.UUCP> <726@icus.islp.ny.us> Sender: bill@cbnewsh.ATT.COM Distribution: na Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 17 In-reply-to: lenny@icus.islp.ny.us's message of 17 Jun 89 22:20:18 GMT In article <726@icus.islp.ny.us> lenny@icus.islp.ny.us (Lenny Tropiano) writes: > |>Also, "battery upgrade" was stamped on the carton > > Basically it can mean one of two things ... one, is that they replaced > the dead (or presumeably dead) lithium battery that is soldered to the > motherboard. Or if they did what I think they did, they replaced the solder > connections with some sort of AA battery case that will make it easier I have a 7300 that came in a carton stamped "battery upgraded". When I opened it up, I found that instead of a flat "coin" battery, there was instead an axial-leaded thing about 3/4" long and 1/2" diameter. No socket; soldered in place. I don't know if "upgraded" means "replaced" or if the axial battery is really somehow better (which I guess could only mean it will last longer). -- Bill Carpenter att!ho5cad!wjc or attmail!bill