2 Dec
1998
2 Dec
'98
3:15 p.m.
On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Tony Duell wrote:
If the RTC chip is much taller than the other chips on
the mainboard (say
about 3/8" high) then it probably contains an internal battery. Dallas
and Mostek/SGS-Thomson made chips like that.
Here are the two likely candidates:
(date code)
ST 99045
MK48T02B-15
TIMEKEEPER (tm) RAM
DO NOT DISPOSE IN FIRE
The ST part of the above is a logo. If I recognized it I'd have mentioned
the actual name of the manufacturer. (: The other possibility is this:
TOSHIBA Japan
TC541000P-15
VPP 12.5V (date code)
Otherwise the battery could be just about anywhere
inside the machine.
Unlikely. The machine is a pizzabox configuration, with the entirety of
the mainboard in plain view. There isn't even mounting hardware for an
internal drive. There's just _nothing_ in the box.
ok
r.