Re: IIGS Battery

[buggie@argo.unm.edu (stephen e buggie)]

Do you scrap/cannibalize old IBM computers?  I do, mainly to get the power
supply to adapt for IIgs/IIe use.

Most of the IBM computers have the round tubular lithium 3.6v battery
somewhere on the motherboard.   Clip its leads, and solder them to the
IIgs batter clipped leads, after you remove the dead IIgs battery.
That's it!

The only things that need be done carefully:

1. Be sure the replacement battery has the identical voltage rating as the
IIgs battery

2. Be sure that POLARITY +/- is not reversed

3. On the Rom 0 or Rom 1 motherboards, you must solder the battery to the
clips.   On the Rom 3 motherboard, there is a push-in battery holder.
(Length of batter is more critical when using the push-in holder.)

JAMECO ELECTRONICS has suitable batteries at cheaper prices than rip-off
Radio Shack.


Steve Buggie
Gallup NM 








Rich Hare (rhare@mich.com) wrote:
: I think my ROM 03 battery may be biting the bullet.
: Is this type battery (in holder, not soldered) still available?
: Is it a Radio Shack item (although I think Radio Shack is frequently
: overpriced)?  Mail order sources?