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From: reynolds@felix.UUCP (David Lee Reynolds)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Battery for the Commodore?
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Date: 15 Jun 90 20:06:35 GMT
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In article <9006130153.AA01660@cie.uoregon.edu> rjhall@CIE.UOREGON.EDU writes:
>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.

Did you also know, that each chip runs on smoke, and when a chip releases it's
smoke it is no longer useful.  ;-).

Really I hope your Mom's friend was kidding!  Sounds like he's been breathing
chip smoke up your Mom's dress to me!

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

				David Lee Reynolds