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From: mdavis@pro-sol.cts.com (Morgan Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: IIGS Lithium battery
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Date: 8 Jan 89 01:50:21 GMT
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Nick,

I've been running a Cortland (IIGS prototype) here for a year using the exact
battery replacement scheme you outlined: two AA's soldered to the lithium
battery posts as appropriate.  The AA's I used were not new, yet the machine
has been keeping good time for over a year so far.  The original lithium
battery flaked out after only a year and a half.  I understand, however, that
Apple switched batteries when the release version of the IIGS was produced.
On a side note, my *real* IIGS has been keeping good time for over two years.

BTW, I leave both machines on all the time.  So perhaps the drain on the
battery isn't as significant as if the machines had been kept turned off most
of the time.

--Morgan

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