Re: Goodbye GS/OS (was:Aliases in GS/OS)

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Marsha wrote:

>Simon Williams <DON'Temail@luddite.ca> wrote in 
>1213181.YYNYKHMJ@news.telusplanet.net:">news:1213181.YYNYKHMJ@news.telusplanet.net:
>
>>  I'm willing to bet 
>> that Wal-Mart doesn't stock these batteries, so is there any modern 
>> equivalent that can be shoe-horned into place?
>
>The wire lead batter used by the GS ROM1 is Radio shack 960-0416 ($17USD) 
>or 960-0004 ($8USD), but stores don't stock them.
>
>Of course if you're soldering iron handy, and don't mind soldering directly 
>on batteries, you could get the Radio Shack 23-026 battery for ($12USD) and 
>stores usually stock this... This is the same battery used in the ROM 3
>
>In general a 3-3.6volt Lithium battery rated around 850ma or higher should 
>work.

Right on!

But I wouldn't recommend soldering directly to a lithium cell.  Their
chemistry is a little finnicky, and they, unlike other batteries, have
explosive potential.  Soldering to a lithium cell should be done _very_
quickly, and only to cells with a lot of heat capacity.  (A coin cell
would be a very bad choice.)

Leaded lithium batteries/cells are pretty widely available, so it
shouldn't be necessary to heat them up.  ;-)  Then, of course,
adding a socket means making it easy in the future.

-michael

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