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From: charles@hpcvcd.HP (Charles Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Battery-Backed Clock Goes Back
Message-ID: <4410010@hpcvcd.HP>
Date: Wed, 2-Sep-87 19:58:10 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep  2 19:58:10 1987
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>> The battery should last "forever".  In other words, I want to see
>> the battery trickle-charged by system power when the system is on.
>The A501 board uses a ni-cad.  Of course you'll need an Amiga 500 to use it

Ni-Cads will not last "forever" anyway.  Just sitting there being
trickle charged wears them out.  It would be nice to know how long
these will last.

>							Even though
>it's backing up 2K of static ram in addition to the clock that battery
>should last somewhere in the range of 10-30 years
>(="=)	bryce@hoser.berkeley.EDU -or- ucbvax!hoser!bryce

I find this hard to believe.  Shelf life for Lithium batterys is about
three years, and those are long life batteries.
	Charles Brown	hplabs!hp-pcd!charles