Re: AE's Ramkeeper and GS Battery Life

[Matthew Carlson <carlson@rahul.net>]

Your not the only one. I have had a IIGS since 87 and my battery has yet 
to go. I got ramkeeper just when it came out. I even bought a new battery 
a few years ago just waiting for mine to die. 

It has yet to die. Technically it should last for 10 years though. The 
Ramkeeper card only powers up the Dram on the card, keeping it refreshed. 
I don't see how it could power the motherboard and then use the processor to 
refresh the memory like it does when it is powered up. You never know. 

Martin Gruen (z008729b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us) wrote:
:   I've probably had my IIgs for 9 or 10 years now, and my internal 
: battery on my  GS is still chugging along.  Now I know this is an 
: uncommonly long life for these things so I'm curious.  
:   Most of the time that I've had my GS I've run a RamKeeper which keeps 
: an adaptor running to the card to maintain the memory in the Ram, and a 
: battery backup.  Is the fact that electricity is ALWAYS running into my 
: computer compinsating/prolonging/charging my GS's own internal battery?
:   Or did I just get a good one. :)


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