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Subject: Re: RAM card battery usage (CMT)
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Date: 29 Jan 91 01:00:29 GMT
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In article <3307@gmuvax2.gmu.edu> peraino@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Bob Peraino) writes:
>     I think you have misinterpreted how the card battery is used. It is
>not only used when you pull it out of the 48. It is used when the 48 is
>turned OFF. The card runs off of 48 batteries only when it is turned on.
>Thus, if you are a regular user like most, the card is supported most of the
>time by its internal battery. 
>
>peraino@gmuvax.gmu.edu

You are absolutely right.  I even remember hearing this before and 
forgot about it totally.  Well since it is supposed to last some 2 years anyway
I have an alarm set for July of 92 to tell me to replace the battery.. 
I am just not all that concerned as I back up my at least once every two weeks.
It saved my ass a while back when a dbase program corrupted the memory and 
when it finally surfaced, I ended up going back through my backups  1 1/2 month
to find a clean copy.  

So.. I guess the question is; Is there really a problem with these cards?  


	ian

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