Re: PRAM battery

["Mark Cummings" <NOTfigjams@primus.com.au>]

Charles,
RTFQ.

William,
Don't pay $20US each, I'd say $6-$8US would be about right. In Australia we
can buy them from electronics outlets like Disk Smith Electronics or Jaycar,
and even a lot of battery specialists. They sell here for about $13AUD
(halve that for USD).
One thing you probably realise is the ROM-1 uses a battery with axial leads
which can be fitted a couple of ways:
1) cut out the old battery near the battery & leave leads sticking out of
the motherboard. then straighten up the leads in the motherboard. then place
in the new battery (the right way !) and wrap the new leads around the old
ones a few times then cut off any excess. You can add solder if you wish.
2) have someone solder it in properly. I prefer this option.
For the ROM-3 the battery is the same as the Macs with standard battery
terminals.

Mark


Charles Richmond <richmond@ev1.net> wrote in message
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> william strutts wrote:
> >
> > Where do you find one?  I have been to two different
> > office supply stores and a regular store looking for one.
> > The closest I can find is a 3.0v battery which is a bit
> > fatter and longer.  The only place I found one on the
> > web is RadioShack and it is special order for over $20.
> > It seems to me they weren't that expensive last time
> > I bought one.  What is a common replacement part number
> > for Duracell/Energizer or whatever?  I need three of these
> > things for each of my IIgs's and a Mac Classic II.  $20
> > bucks sound too expensive for a clock battery.  I thought
> > they used to be a common photo battery.
> >
> Naughty, naughty, naughty!!! This is an Apple II newsgroup...
> you should ask your Mac questions elsewhere...but I will help
> you anyway... (;-))
>
> Go to the WEB site:  <http://www.ebatts.com/>...I bought a
> PRAM battery for my Mac 638CD there and got a *good* price.
>
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