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From: ih@udel.edu (Charlie Ih)
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Subject: Re: Rechargable batteries on the Portfolio
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Date: 24 Aug 90 14:44:34 GMT
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In article <1718@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> fred@eagle.bcm.tmc.edu (Fred Ledley) writes:
>
>I have been going through so many batteries on my Portfolio lately, I was
>curious if anyone has used nicads successfully in their machine.  I am not 
>sure that the 1.25 volts they supply will be enough to avoid the dreaded
>'LOW BATTERIES' warning.
>
I am sure the NiCd should be OK with the Portfolio.  I have been using
them in my Poqet PC excepting there is practically no warning time,
i.e., you have to replace battery immediately.  Also the NiCd capacity
is only 1/4 of the Alkaline.  The actual cost of NiCd is
1/30 to 1/10.