if you hadn't already known this about the PDP-8

From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre_at_stockholm.ptloma.edu>
Date: Sat Dec 15 20:18:49 2001

> > > (b) using my HP95LX and HP100LX palmtops as serial terminals rather more
> > > than I use them for anything else.

> > I love my twin 95LXes, but their battery monitors went bananas and now they
> > constantly claim the batteries are almost dead, even when I just replaced

> Just to check the obvious : It is complaining about the main batteries
> and not the lithium cell that's used for memory retention when you're
> changing the main battery, right?

Correct.

> > them. Both of my 95s have this problem and it's really very annoying. Done
> > much repair work on these to tell me where to start looking? :-)
>
> From what I remember, most of the low-battery circuitry is in the large
> custom HP chip inside. I don't know if there are any relevant external
> components, though.

Phooey, that's what I was afraid of.

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