Re: IIGS batteries

[willi@wilserv.com (Willi Kusche)]

Hi!

"Mark Cummings" <NOTfigjams@primus.com.au> wrote in message news:<3e8c2450$1_1@news.iprimus.com.au>...
> I guess that would indicate that your system is on more than off, compared
> to other GS owners. this is just my theroy, that the battery will last
> longer if the GS is on more often, therefore not draining the battery. Is
> this the case for you Willie ?

    I started think about what Mark asked and realized that I may have
lied.  That's because I have two IIgs stacked up on top of one
another.  The bottom one is the one I got for opening a 10 year CD
about 13 years ago.  The top one is one I bought on eBay maybe 4 years
ago.  That one has a SCSI card and a hard drive and is the one I use
most of the time.  So I fired up the one that I've had for about 13
years after realizing that it's got to have been about three years
since the last time I used it.  I was pleasantly surprised to see that
the battery was still functioning.  Well, the time was off by 12
minutes.  So much for being on more than off causing the battery to
last longer.

> I have replaced two at about 10-12 years of age, so I guess your's is not
> too far away.
> 
> Mark

    Well, when it does, I now have the replacement battery.  Hey, that
reminds me, I need to save the BRAM settings to disk.

Willi