From - Sun Nov 16 16:06:19 1997 Path: news2.cais.com!out2.nntp.cais.net!in1.nntp.cais.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!globalcenter0!news.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.u.washington.edu!ronlouie From: ronlouie@u.washington.edu (Ron Louie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: IIGS battery ---- will IBM Pee Cee battery suffice? Date: 15 Nov 1997 05:34:28 GMT Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Lines: 7 Message-ID: <64jc94$f84$1@nntp6.u.washington.edu> References: <64ioip$u42$1@lynx.unm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: mead1.u.washington.edu X-Trace: nntp6.u.washington.edu 879572068 15620 (None) 140.142.64.4 X-Complaints-To: help@cac.washington.edu NNTP-Posting-User: ronlouie Xref: news2.cais.com comp.sys.apple2:127835 I don't know about the PC battery, but after fiddling with Nite Owl's for a bit, I came up with a different solution (with the help of the hardware guy when I still had AOL and it still had an II presence): three "AA" batteries (4.5V) in series in a RadioShack holder, soldered to the motherboard. I change the alkaline batteries once a year....three years now! Good Luck. Ron