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From: mrapple@quack.sac.ca.us (Nick Sayer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Still Ticking!
Message-ID: <kFebdLf@quack.sac.ca.us>
Date: 27 Nov 90 04:52:58 GMT
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phs172m@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au (Stephen Harker) writes:

<In article <wbI6KcO00WBMM1TqwP@andrew.cmu.edu>, sk2f+@andrew.cmu.edu (Seth D. Kadesh) writes:
<[deleted]
<> found that the battery was still good!  I have must have one of the
<> first Woz machines (I got it in late December when they were first
<> introduced).  The clock was a little off (an hour plus, but I wasn't
<> home to set it back for daylight savings!)
<> So what's the record for one of these batteries?  And what do I do when
<> it (eventually) dies?
<> 
<> a happy GS owner
<>  -seth

<When your battery dies get a replacement from Night Owl.  These are slide on
<batteries, you just clip the leads of the present battery and the new one
<should just slide on.  I know a number of people who have done this and it is
<very easy.  I don't know the address for Night Owl, but you can get them from
<A2-Central.

I replaced mine with a pair of AAA cell holders in series. The voltage
may be a tad low, but I've had no problems. I did this a while ago
and still have not had to replace the Energizers. The draw at 3 volts
is about 5 microamps, and with the computer's power turned on,
the draw is immeasurable.

If you do this and blow up your motherboard as a result, you didn't
hear me suggest this. :-)

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