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From: pastor@PRC.Unisys.COM (Jon Pastor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Technical reference manuals for Toshiba/T1000SE battery
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Date: 23 Jan 91 16:23:07 GMT
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I called the tech support center, and the person who answered the phone did,
indeed, agree to send me the manual; he wanted to know why I wanted it,
however, since they normally send them to people who want to build things to
go in the machine.

I asked him about the battery discharge phenomenon, specifically about the
degree of discharge when the machine starts beeping or switches off.  He
confirmed that the battery is not fully discharged when this happens, and
seemed to be aware of the resistor trick mentioned in another posting here.
He said that they don't recommend it because most people don't have the
technical background to use it (?), but that it was not likely to harm you
or the battery -- unless you drain it TOO far.  I'm not sure how far that
is, or how long it would take to get there, but I'm planning to go out and
get a 10-ohm resistor ASAP and try it...

Thanks to the poster who supplied this  trick!


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