Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!haven!mimsy!mojo!hsu From: hsu@eng.umd.edu (Dave "bd" Hsu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds Subject: Re: Battery Change Time. Message-ID: <1990Feb21.152258.28763@eng.umd.edu> Date: 21 Feb 90 15:22:58 GMT References: <3504@plains.UUCP> Sender: news@eng.umd.edu (The News System) Organization: Smurfbusters! Lines: 19 In article <3504@plains.UUCP> csmith@plains.UUCP (Carl Smith) writes: >The very first time I couldn't get the third battery out, and it took me >about 3 minutes, and I got a memory lost. WAC Mier-J. in his book mentions something about stronger springs in newer 28S'...I bought mine last September and still found that the third Duracell stuck when I changed the batteries last week. For the record, I grab my calculator at the joint, face in a safe direction, and use a slinging motion to eject the third battery. Sends that sucker flying every time. -dave -- Dave Hsu Systems Research Center hsu@eng.umd.edu The Maryversity of Uniland, College Park, MD 20742-3311 "We plan ahead. That way, we don't do anything right now."