Re: IIgs Battery

["ict@ccess" <gids.rs@sasktel.net>]

On May 23, 7:46 am, Stavros Karatsoridis <skara...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 23, 8:07 am, roughana <andrew.roug...@writeme.com> wrote:
>
> > After listening to Open Apple podcast #15 and hearing Mike's tale of
> > Randy's IIgs battery leaking, I was a bit spooked and have pulled out
> > my IIgs motherboards to check them.
> > I'm going to pull the batteries from each (they can't be working any
> > more).
> > But I'm wondering what will happen without any battery in the
> > machine.
> > I know the battery ram settings and time are lost but is that it?
> > I've read the FAQ and done a search here, but have not found too many
> > mentions of this.
> > It appears that the IIgs does work with no battery connected at all,
> > but is this detrimental in some way?
>
> > Thanks,
> > Andrew
>
> It doesn't appear to be detrimental, however it does become a pain to
> have to change all the settings each time you turn the machine on,
> especially if you have lots of cards in your machine. With the ROM 3
> boards just get a new battery and pop it in. With the ROM 1 you can
> leave some small length of the leads after clipping the battery off
> and then connect a new battery in its place. (three AA batteries in
> series in a holder with alligator clips works pretty well as a
> replacement).

Instead of going into the control panel and resetting all the
settings, there is a program call batrammer on asimov to save and
restore your control panel settings to and from disk.

At least until you get a replacement battery :)

Rob