Unix on old-ish machines - advice sought

Ethan, Good idea! I wanted to do something like that, but I was thinking of a small plug. I didn't see any small plugs at Radio Shack, though. What I did do was use some of the wires that I taken from PC's.... wire that may have an LED at the end, or a reset switch. I cut it long enough so I could run the wire under the nvram and still have a length of wire left over. I soldered the battery to the wire, put a dab of dielectric grease on the battery and covered it with heat shrink tubing. The exposed wire was also covered in heat shrink tubing. The battery and wire is laid between the case and a plug on the motherboard. It looks pretty good, won't short anything, and since the wire runs under the nvram the wires shouldn't break off the the chip. I think I super glued the wires to the bottom of the nvram, too. I was going to anchor the battery to the side of the case, but found it wasn't necessary on the IPX. Chad Fernandez Michigan, USA Ethan Dicks wrote: