Re: //gs batteries

[shack@southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <19991105005058.04251.00002086@ng-fp1.aol.com>,
Supertimer <supertimer@aol.com> wrote:

>>I have not easily finding a rom 1 gs battery.  I need the kind with the wires
>>sticking out of each end.  Can I get them on the net or from some catalog?
>>
>>Radio shack seems not to have the exact replacement any more.
>
>Pretend to ask for a battery for a Mac LC.  ;-)
>
>They are the same battery.  Clip the leads close to the old
>battery.  Then use a soldering iron to solder the new
>battery to the old leads.
>
>Be quick!  Heat the battery too long and it'll explode.  I
>had a watch battery that I soldered for another project
>explode on me.  Luckily, I was wearing safety goggles
>and the battery was a button cell so it was tiny.
>
>Another option is to find a dead Mac, desolder the
>battery socket, solder the socket to the old leads
>on the IIGS motherboard, and put the battery in the
>socket.
>
>Bettery yet, go back to Radio Shack and see if they
>have "battery sockets for Mac LC" too.

At this point, you could get a whole ROM 3 box for what any of these ideas
would cost. Far more bang for the buck that way too.
--
Offsite mail to this host gets nuked.