In article <4ek7oi$d6i@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> claevius@prairienet.org (Brent Busby) writes:
>Dean Ridgway (ridgwad@PEAK.ORG) wrote:
>
>: This battery business has come up a few times before, Commodore must have
>: really cheapened things up toward the end. My A500 with the Commodore
>: memory/clock module in the trapdoor (A501?) has been going strong since
>: 1989 on the original battery. This machine is in more or less *CONSTANT*
>: use (at least four hours *EVERY* day). Heck, I even still use the
>: original mouse (although its starting to go flakey).
>
>Actually, the battery in my A3000T system is still fine, and it's from
>1992, but I just want a contigency for when and if it does decide to go
>bad. This machine is way too valuable to me to risk. (And I have a
>friend with an A3000 desktop who's been wondering the same thing...)
>
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> 040 /// | Brent Busby ("Sequencer") | Santa in their yard. Santa
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Battery: 3/GP60K
Location: BJ190
Source: Radio Shack
Part #: CNB-3/V60R
Express Order #: 10048155
Price: $11.95
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This was shipped to my house in about three days. I have not installed it yet, need to get a socket first. While I am in there I am also upgrading to the WD33C93A SCSI chip to -08, DMAC to -04, Ramsey to -07, and removing the SCSI terminators on the motherboard, and checking the diode that sets terminator 5V on SCSI DB25 connector pin #5. Hope this helps.
Doug
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