Xref: utzoo comp.sys.3b1:349 comp.sys.att:11833 Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!beartrk!ceilidh!dnichols From: dnichols@ceilidh.beartrack.com (DoN Nichols) Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1,comp.sys.att Subject: Re: Help w/Unix-pc Clock battery Message-ID: <1991Feb17.212117.5115@ceilidh.beartrack.com> Date: 17 Feb 91 21:21:17 GMT References: <9102170107.AA06852@melmac.umd.edu> Organization: D and D Data, Vienna, VA. Lines: 32 In article <9102170107.AA06852@melmac.umd.edu> jim@melmac.umd.edu (Elie W. Mansour) writes: >Does any one knwo where I can get a spare internal clock battery >for my 7300 unix pc?? Sure! Just about any computer store in the area. The battery which is used in the unix-pc is soldered into the motherboard. I dislike this, since it means that the same points must be re-soldered every few years. What I have done with mine is to replace the battery with a holder for a coin-style battery. The one which I use is the Rayovac BR2325. It is listed as a Lithium calculator/watch battery. The holder I purchased from Arcade Electronics, in Anandale, VA. This is not too far from your location in D.C. It will fit in the same holes that the original battery is soldered to, and you will never need to re-solder those points again. Be sure to note the polarity of the original battery, and check the polarity of the holder BEFORE you solder it in. The TOP contact strap is the (+) side, and the bottom one is the (-). I am sure that there are other places in the Washington, D.C. area that carry the holder, but I KNOW about this one location. (There are three almost identical holders in three adjacent bins. The one which you need for that battery is the largest of the three. (They are physically the same size, but are designed to hold different diameters of batteries.). Good Luck DoN. -- Donald Nichols (DoN.) | Voice (Days): (703) 664-1585 D&D Data | Voice (Eves): (703) 938-4564 Disclaimer: from here - None | Email: --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero ---