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From: bill@pro-gateway.cts.com (Bill Long, SysOp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Still Ticking!
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Date: 5 Dec 90 10:36:15 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from johnmac@fawlty.towers.oz

>>Contrary to what someone else wrote, the life expectancy should depend
>>upon usage, as the the battery is only supplying power when the power
>>is off.
>>Henry Throop

>This seems to imply that the more you use your GS, the longer your battery
>should last. This is not what I have experienced.
>I use my GS a LOT, and am on my 3rd battery, and I know another guy who is
>also on his 3rd. He also managed to get a motherboard swap with the first
>of his replacements at no extra cost - not bad.
>John MacLean.

That's weird. I use MY GS a lot (it's on 24 hrs a day every day, since I run
a BBS). I got it in June of '87, and I've still got the original battery in
it! :)

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