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From: robert@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Robert Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: hp28s batteries
Message-ID: <3998@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU>
Date: 6 Feb 90 01:24:43 GMT
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In article <6824@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>, pa1409@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Steven
Haehnichen) writes:
> In article <90031.145324CEK102@PSUVM.BITNET> CEK102@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
> 
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> Energizer and Duracell make N size (sometimes labeled "pager" size)

BE CAREFUL!!!!  A lot of pagers use 6 volt batteries that are
practically the same size as N-cells.
I don't know of too many HP28's that like to eat 18 volts.  Check the
package for voltage (1.5 only!)

> In general, I would stay as far away as possible from anything
> Radio Shack sells.  (notice the very negative personal bias :)

Yeah, lets hear it !!!!

Robert
robert@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu