re: More off-topic about CMOS batteries Sunday, June 26, 2005 at 4:28 am Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by dhm (966 messages posted) My 286 motherboard had an empty battery holder for 2 AAs on it. I asked the store that put it together why it was empty and I was told that was when the obscure disk battery failed. This was before the standardization on the C2032 and you couldn't be sure that the original battery would still be manufactured a couple years later. I don't remember if I ever replaced the battery on that and I used that computer for 5 years. There was no power management or Plug'n'Play. So many things were configured with DIP switches or jumpers and the clock didn't run when the computer was off so the battery had little to do. On Saturday, June 25, 2005 at 10:00 am, Kiwi wrote: >Before the disk or wafer batteries used in hearing aids got adopted for our use, >all kinds of batteries were used. A small cylinder shaped one that lasted no time >at all was a feature of several makers' boards in the 386/ 486 days, including Soyo, >I think. There was an aftermarket kit of wire, battery holder, and double-sided >tape I used myself. > >It held two A or AA pencells, and they held up a pretty long time. The battery holder >was compact enough to stash in any convenient cranny inside. > > > > . > >Kiwi > >** > Written in response to: re: More off-topic about CMOS batteries (Kiwi: Saturday, June 25, 2005 at 10:00 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Now what??? LOL Cherie (Cherie Clark: Thu, Jun 23, 2005, 1:25 pm) re: Now what??? LOL Cherie (herb: Thu, Jun 23, 2005, 3:51 pm) re: Now what??? LOL Cherie (Cherie Clark: Fri, Jun 24, 2005, 8:40 am) re: Now what??? LOL Cherie (dhm: Thu, Jun 23, 2005, 8:22 pm) re: Now what??? LOL Cherie (Cherie Clark: Fri, Jun 24, 2005, 8:37 am) re: Many missing Drivers & ID-ing the hardware (Kiwi: Thu, Jun 23, 2005, 9:05 pm) re: Many missing Drivers & ID-ing the hardware (Cherie Clark: Fri, Jun 24, 2005, 8:22 am) re: Missing Device Drivers, & ID-ing the hardware (Kiwi: Fri, Jun 24, 2005, 9:45 am) re: Many missing Drivers & ID-ing the hardware (dhm: Sat, Jun 25, 2005, 4:48 am) re: More off-topic about CMOS batteries (Kiwi: Sat, Jun 25, 2005, 10:00 am) re: More off-topic about CMOS batteries (dhm: Sun, Jun 26, 2005, 4:28 am) re: Now what??? LOL Cherie (herb: Fri, Jun 24, 2005, 10:08 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum