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Re: IIGS Battery Backup...



In article <4k6lnt$cnc@lynx.unm.edu>,
stephen e buggie <buggie@enzu.unm.edu> wrote:
> 
> Why not just use a 3volt lithium watch battery?   Isnt it true that the 
> voltage of the IIgs battery is 3 volts?

Yes, but I expect that a watch battery would not have anything like
the lifetime of the type of lithium battery used in the IIgs.  I don't
know what current rating is required.

> Never could understand WHY so many readers raved about the Night Owl 
> battery at "only" $14.95.    Paying $15 for a battery is not my idea of a 
> bargain!

You pay this once, and you get to keep the clip-on mechanism, so that
when you next need to replace the battery, you can just buy a normal
one (the type used in the ROM 3, which I think Nite Owl supplied for
more like US$10).

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David Empson
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