Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!apple!agate!pasteur!ucbvax!gnh-starport.cts.com!kimbrennan From: kimbrennan@gnh-starport.cts.com (Kim Brennan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Still Ticking! Message-ID: Date: 9 Dec 90 23:15:37 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 20 X-Unparsable-Date: Sun Dec 9 90 at 01:02:09 (EST) The reason that the GS's battery dies is pretty simple (and not something that Apple thought of when they soldered the thing in their originally). The Lithium cell used has a SHELF Life of only 5 years. This means that even if the battery is NOT being used at ALL it will only last about 5 years. The current drain on the GS motherboard is so little that the battery is basically sitting on the shelf anyway. I, too, just dropped into a RadioShack and bought a battery holder and alligator clips. Standard AA batteries put out 1.6volts. Two put out 3.2 volts which is close enough to the Lithium cell as to make no difference to your computer. I made the mistake of getting a AAA battery holder so I've replaced those batteries once already! Oh, well. INET: /\_/\ kimbrennan@gnh-starport.cts.com / o o \ America Online: KimBrennan ( v ) ______ /// \\\ \\ ( / /\\ | || |\___/ / )) /// /// /// (( )) ~