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From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Need more info on a NEW AT Bridgeboard
Message-ID: <1008@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: 25 Mar 91 14:14:07 GMT
References: <1991Mar21.135237.23193@ns.network.com>
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany
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In article <1991Mar21.135237.23193@ns.network.com> guy@ns.network.com (Guy D'Andrea) writes:
>I understand about the Cmos ram but believe me, there is no connector for any
>battery pack.  I read the Manual and looked for the connector and it looks like
>the board was not layed out with that option.  I did not remove the daughter
>board to see if they had moved it somewhere else but I looked very carefully
>every where else and that connector number isn't even printed on the board!  
>I'd be more worried except I noticed that SETUP is the same after a long power
>down... So somehow it IS being saved with out a battery to keep power on that
>Cmos ram chip?  Weird.  I am wondering if Commodore redesigned and re-layed out
>the board but didn't change the Manual... Hmmmmmm... 

Well, yes there seems to have been a redesign in the AT board in that they
replaced the external battery pack by something ("black brick"?) sitting
directly on the board. You may gather from my phrasing that I never saw
such a beast until now... 

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Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel  // E-Mail to  \\  Only my personal opinions... 
Commodore Frankfurt, Germany  \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk