Re: //gs battery question...

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

JOSEPH M BARBEY (jb0w@uwrf.edu) wrote:

: If you feel like risking it, on the ROM 01, you could try soldering in a
: connector for one of the batteries in, say, a cordless phone.  Then just trade
: out the old dead batterie for a new one when they go bad.  Just make sure that
: the particular battery that you decide to use is the same voltage and approx.
: the same Amp-hour rating as the one already in the computer.  I think they
: are 3.6 volts, but I'm not sure off hand of their amp-hour rating...

: This should work... yes?

The connector idea is a good one, but bear in mind that the battery in the
GS is a lithium battery, and most cordless phones use NiCd's.  Personally,
I don't understand why computers DON'T use rechargeable batteries (in
fact, the Lisa 2/5 uses a pack of four 1.25v NiCd's, but that's another
story).  So the thing you have to be careful of is that you don't install
a rechargeable battery, since there isn't a circuit in place to recharge it.

With that in mind, it might be preferable to install, in place of a
connector, a battery holder into which a photo-type lithium battery may be
installed, again, of similar voltage and amp-hour rating.

I have a ROM 01, and the previous owner tells me the battery has not been
replaced.  So I'm guessing I'll have to do this surgery myself in the
not-to-distant future.  When that time comes, I'll let you all know how I
deal with it.

--Dave Althoff, Jr. (I plan to keep this GS running for a very long time!)
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