Re: PRAM battery

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@home.com>]

Actually, I found a store in town that had them for $9.01
including tax.  It specializes in batteries.  They have mostly
car/motor batteries but he also stocks a wide variety of
hard to find batteries and can special order them if you
need them.

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Just hacking away...
"Charles Richmond" <richmond@ev1.net> wrote in message
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> Mark Cummings wrote:
> >
> > Charles,
> > RTFQ.
> >
> Okay, okay...point taken... But Mr. Strutts did *mention* a Mac.
> That should be at least a couple of lashes with a wet noodle... (;-))
> >
> > 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.
> >
> Well, I guess Mr. Strutts *could* go to all that trouble... But
> <www.ebatts.com> should have the *exact* battery that he needs
> with *no* manipulation required. IIRC, I paid $12 U.S. for my
> Mac 638CD battery...and locally they wanted $30!!! Since the
> batteries are *small*, the shipping is *not* much... For
> convenience, price, and selection, I still pick ebatts...
>
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