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From: minsky@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Marvin Minsky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Advice for new T1000 battery pack?
Message-ID: <3840@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
Date: 27 Oct 90 04:36:40 GMT
References: <10650003@hpwrce.HP.COM> <20274@crg5.UUCP>
Reply-To: minsky@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Marvin Minsky)
Organization: MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA
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In article <20274@crg5.UUCP> coryc@crg8.UUCP (Cory Carpenter) writes:
>In article <10650003@hpwrce.HP.COM> rek@hpwrce.HP.COM (Ron Kittle) writes:
>>I've got a T1000 with a dead battery pack.  I checked at Fry's, and they can
>>order a replacement, but it's $70!  What other options do I have to replace
>>the battery pack?  Here's what I'm thinking:

It is possible (I did it) to cram four high-capacity size D Nicads
into the T1000.  Remove the plastic carrier, etc, solder the batteries
into a chain with about 3" of wire between them, tape them carefully,
and you'll find that they fit.  I used the heavy duty yellow ones from
RadioShack.  The T1000 will then run for 14 solid hours!!

This was a machine without internal modem, etc.