Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!bbn!apple!farrier
From: farrier@Apple.COM (Cary Farrier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: The Apple ][GS battery
Message-ID: <1576@internal.Apple.COM>
Date: 28 Apr 89 15:51:40 GMT
References: <4473@brains.UUCP>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <4473@brains.UUCP> robert_macausland%brains@iisat.UUCP writes:
>Re:The Apple ][GS battery:
>  I was wondering why the GS would have the control panel settings backed u p
>by a battery and not an EEPROM which I assume wold hold the data longer and
>wouldn't need to be replaced... 

	I'm not sure, but I think that it is cheaper to use a battery.

Cary Farrier


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