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- From: bame@hpfcbig.SDE.HP.COM (Paul Bame)
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 02:38:20 GMT
- Subject: Re: nicads for Gameboy?
- Message-ID: <6560052@hpfcbig.SDE.HP.COM>
- Organization: HP SESD, Fort Collins, CO
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- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- References: <1993Jan5.042534.5631@cbnewsk.cb.att.com>
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- In sci.electronics, tbc@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (thomas.b.cook) writes:
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- > The manual for Gameboy says not to use nicad batteries. I
- > called their hot line where I was told that this is because
- > the nicads can explode and damage the game. What are the
- > conditions where this is a concern? I have some ideas but
- > I'd appreciate the net.wisdom interpretation of this warning.
-
- > TIA,
- > Tom
-
- Warning or not, they work just fine. Maybe the warning is because
- the gameboy likes to place a short across the batteries now and then
- but I've not had or seen any problems.
-
- -Paul Bame N0KCL
-