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From: jgreco@archimedes.math.uwm.edu (Joe Greco)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Battery for the Commodore?
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Date: 13 Jun 90 07:09:50 GMT
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In comp.sys.cbm article <9006130153.AA01660@cie.uoregon.edu>, rjhall@CIE.UOREGON.EDU wrote:
:I have a Commodore-128 and a question.  Some computer consultant at my mom's
:office told her that Commodores have internal batteries that maintain their
:chips, and that if you don't replace the battery in your Commodore before it
:wears out, the chips fizzle and the computer becomes permanently useless.
:I've never heard anything like this before, but I'm worried, as my computer
:is several years old (and seemingly holding up just fine).  My question is,
:is this true, and if so what should I do?  Thanks muchly!

The only battery that needs replacing around here is the one in your
consultant friend's head.  If it's a NiCad variety, charge by plugging
directly into 120VAC house current.

All we need is drivel like this being propagated.  For the record, chips may
fizzle and chips may fade, but they do so by the will of God and sometimes
by the laws of physics.  They get old enough and hot enough and they fail.
This is not optimal, but is neither guaranteed to happen nor is it related
to any batteries.

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:R.J. Hall           rjhall@cie.uoregon.edu          Q-Link:  Rjhall
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... Joe