home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Xref: sparky rec.games.video:22627 alt.games.lynx:1066
- Path: sparky!uunet!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!chaph.usc.edu!aludra.usc.edu!not-for-mail
- From: rjung@aludra.usc.edu (Robert A. Jung)
- Newsgroups: rec.games.video,alt.games.lynx
- Subject: Re: [Gameboy, GameGear, Lynx]: Do you Nicads on your handheld?
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 19:46:18 -0800
- Organization: Southern California Lynx Enthusiasts
- Lines: 28
- Message-ID: <1ef2maINNe1u@aludra.usc.edu>
- References: <1992Nov17.130305.1294@nlm.nih.gov>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu
-
- In article <1992Nov17.130305.1294@nlm.nih.gov> sandro@lhc.nlm.nih.gov (Michael D'Alessandro) writes:
- >I'm interested to find out if people use rechargeable Nicads in their
- >Gameboys/GameGears/Lynxes and if so, what brand they use.
-
- I use Radio Shack generic NiCads in my Lynxes with no problems. I think
- the Game Gear will also take NiCads, but the Nintendo Gameboy warranty is
- voided if you use NiCads for some reason.
-
- >Can using Nicads in a handheld damage the machine?
-
- Probably depends on how the machine was designed.
-
- >I just bought a
- >TTI TurboExpress and its manual expressly warns against using Nicads
- >and I was wondering why...
-
- I could be wrong, but I think the Gameboys can't handle NiCads because the
- current level in them drop rapidly when the battery is almost dry. Something
- like that -- I'm not an EE. B-)
-
- --R.J.
- B-)
-
- //////////////////////////////////////|\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
- Send whatevers to rjung@usc.edu | If it has pixels, I'm for it.
- --------------------------------------+------------------------------Lynx up!
- "You weren't chosen because you are the best pilot in the Air Force. You were
- chosen because you are the class clown and frankly, you're expendable."
-