26 May
2009
26 May
'09
9:03 p.m.
On Tue, 2009-05-26 at 20:16 +0100, Tony Duell wrote:
[2] One example of this is that one series of PC
clones had a
battery-backed real time clock. The battery was 4 AA cells in series (not
a bad idea), whcih fitted into a holder on top of the machine. But there
was no cover on this holder, the battery was covered when you put the
monitor on top of the machine.
They didn't keep time properly if you used alkalines here - also, they
would usually moan about the batteries being flat. This is because the
batteries were in fact providing too *high* a voltage! Putting
mostly-flat alkalines in worked okay.
Gordon