Re: Nite Owl replacement batteries for ROM 01 IIGS?

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.ca>]

Jack Countryman wrote:
> 
> We still have an Apple II lab at school (Mastery Development) that uses
> a IIGS for a server.  However, the battery in the IIGS has died over the
> summer.  Without the battery, the tracking program that keeps student
> records doesn't work.  So, we need to replace the battery.
> 
> Years ago, when the ROM 01 IIGS was at its height of popularity, there
> was a slide on replacement battery for the ROM 01 IIGS from a company
> called Nite Owl in Mission, KS.
> 
> Is Nite Owl or someone else making a replacement battery for the ROM 01
> IIGS?  Or has someone else come up with an easy way to replace those
> batteries?
> 
> Thanks.

As far as I know the Night Owl is history.  However any battery shop 
such as Battery Depot, Battery World or Polar Battery will carry a 
replacement. Radio Shack may even carry it. Apple used a couple of 
different batteries in the ROM 1 IIgs but the replacement is a 
Tadiran TL-5101. Or just ask for a 3.6 volt Lithium battery with leads.
Replacement is easy enough. Just cut the leads off the old battery 
close to the battery. Then place the replacement battery in that 
locations (watch the polarity)with the leads running alongside the 
original leads. Then just use a dab of solder to solder the wires 
onto each other. That's it.

	Wayne