Calc wars

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Wed Mar 4 22:50:53 1998

At 06:39 PM 3/4/98 -0800, you wrote:
>> Personally I miss my HP25. I've still got it but the battery has died and
>> HP say that it's not economical to fix (ie cheaper to buy this year's
model).
>
>The battery pack is just two NiCad AA's welded to a set of contacts. It's
>very easy to fix this on your own - if you don't have a spot-welder
>in your household, solder will do after you roughen up the battery contact
>surfaces. (In the past decade I've gone through
>a HP15C and a HP41, but it's the HP25 that I still prefer...)
>
>Tim.
>

  Tim,

  I have a battery spot welder and repair HP batteries (and calculators),
contact me directly if you're interested in getting it fixed.

  Joe
Received on Wed Mar 04 1998 - 22:50:53 GMT