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From: matthew@sunpix.UUCP ( Sun NCAA)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: The Apple ][GS battery
Message-ID: <601@greens.UUCP>
Date: 30 Apr 89 22:57:43 GMT
References: <4473@brains.UUCP>
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Research Triangle Park, NC
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In article <4473@brains.UUCP|, Robert MacAusland writes:
| Re:The Apple ][GS battery:
|   I was wondering why the GS would have the control panel settings backed up
| by a battery and not an EEPROM which I assume wold hold the data longer and
| wouldn't need to be replaced... 
| --

EEPROMS generally have a slo-o-w-w write time, and relatively small rewrite
capability.  You'd probably have to replace a EEPROM before you'd have to 
replace the current //gs battery.


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