22 Aug
1999
22 Aug
'99
6:21 a.m.
On Sun, 22 Aug 1999, Zane H. Healy wrote:
The Codar Clock board has a jumper to turn the battery
power on and off for
the board. What good is this? Is this just a way to save the battery life
when the board isn't in a system?
Is the board any good without the batteries? It doesn't seem to be, but...
Well, on the Lisa, there is a switch to turn off the onboard batteries,
because if you don't then over time they leak out all over the backplane
and can cause damage (I've seen it a few times). On the machines where
the switch has been turned off you don't see this happening.
So perhaps these jumpers server the same purpose?
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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