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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Path: portal.com!combdyn!lawrence
- From: lawrence@combdyn.com (Lawrence *The Dreamer* Chen)
- Subject: Re: Battery Acid Timebomb
- Message-ID: <1996Jan30.222927.15109@combdyn.com>
- Keywords: acid, motherboard, batteries, grief, despair
- Organization: Combustion Dynamics Ltd.
- References: <4efa0d$apr@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <4efgfh$ou3@serpens.rhein.de>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 22:29:27 GMT
-
- mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst) writes:
-
- >>Is there a source from which similar, long lasting batteries like the
- >>ones being used in the A3000T and the A2386SX can be found?
-
- >Doesn't matter. You need a 3.6V rechargable NiCD battery. You can
- >by a standard battery holder box and use 3 standard cells of 1.2V each.
-
- I'm about to do this modification to my A3000. the clock is intermitt
- with power failures...so I guess the battery isn't holding a charge anymore.
-
- What I want to know is the A3000 capable of charging regular 1.2V nicad
- cells (AA).
-
- I have a feeling that the mAH rating of the soldered in 3.6V pack is
- considerably less than AA NiCads.....so the Amiga is probably putting out
- less than C/20 for AA cells.
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