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From: krohn@u1100a.UUCP (Eric Krohn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Dead UNIX-PC batteries
Message-ID: <1396@u1100a.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 22-Jun-87 18:08:11 EDT
Article-I.D.: u1100a.1396
Posted: Mon Jun 22 18:08:11 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 23-Jun-87 05:43:47 EDT
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Reply-To: krohn@u1100a.UUCP (Eric Krohn)
Organization: Bell Communications Research, Piscataway, NJ
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In article <902@woton.UUCP> riddle@woton.UUCP writes:
] Does anyone out there know anything about clock batteries on the UNIX PC,
] specifically (1) how to replace them and (2) the consequences of not
] replacing a dead battery? 

Mine came with a dead battery.  Since I do not leave my machine running
continually, one of my first orders of business was to replace the battery.
After reading about a battery upgrade by Amperfax:
I purchased a battery holder and lithium battery;
disassembled the machine;
cut out the old battery (it was quite firmly attached to the metal contacts);
soldered wires to the remaining portions of the contacts;
soldered the wires to the battery holder (being careful to get the polarity
right!);
ran the battery holder up into a (hopefully) safe location in the floppy
drive housing.
The clock works fine now (so does the floppy :-).

] I have heard rumors that AT&T doesn't want to mess with the job of replacing
] batteries and will in fact swap whole boards (!) to avoid doing so.  I heard
] this from the rep of another company which sells battery replacement kits. 
] Does this make any sense? 

I think it was a poor idea to solder the battery in place.


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Eric J. Krohn
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