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- From: awolfe@moo.Princeton.EDU (Andrew Wolfe)
- Subject: Re: powerbook battery lif
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.210144.15021@Princeton.EDU>
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- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 21:01:44 GMT
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- |> Sorry Andrew, it's your memory that needs the work. William is right,
- |> the PB100 uses the lead acid according to the owners manual. This is
- |> also consistent with the PB100 being an inexpensive model and with the
- |> weight of the battery. The rest of the PB series does not use
- |> lead-acid, they use NiCads I believe. William is also correct in
- |> saying to not completely discharge the PB100's battery. NiCads like to
- |> be completely discharged, l-a batteries hate it.
- |>
- |> Robert Bedichek
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- Whoops - 50% wrong. I've done worse...
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