Re: Long life battery!!!

[sheldon@atlcom.net (Sheldon Simms)]

In article <01bc956f$68daa7c0$a87092cf@system1>, "Dan Yertzell"
<Dan-Yertzell@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> I finally got around to powering up the //gs I picked up last weekend.  Ian
> had told me that the system hadn't been powered on for at least 6 years,
> and that he was sure the battery would be dead, etc.
> 
> Well, not only was the battery *not* dead, but the date was correct and the
> time was only about 15 minutes off (slow)!!!!  Needless to say, I was
> stunned!
> 
> Kinda gives a new meaning to "Apple // forever"!     :-)

I had a similar experience with my thunderclock. I got a thunderclock
back in the mid-80's, used it for a year or two, and then happened to
pick up a timemaster pro and so I put the thunderclock in it's box and
set it aside. Many years later (mid 90's or so) I had some reason to
put the thunderclock in one or another of my II's. When I checked the
time it was within 5 minutes of correct. (Of course, it said the year
was 1988 or something like that but the time was correct.)

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