>P.S. I used to repair Macs and as Jeff stated the Macs wouldn't even
>boot without
>them.
>Needless to say, many repairs that I did were to replace said battery.
One interesting thing I've found though is that the LC-575
with it's 4.5V alkaline PRAM battery will still boot, even if the
battery is dead. I've got a LC-575 mainboard in my Color Classic and
it has a dead (or nearly so) 4.5V PRAM battery but it works fine...it
just complains about the clock everytime you turn it on. I rarely
have much trouble finding the 3.6 Lithium 1/2AA types, though they
are a bit expensive, but I don't have any of the 4.5V types.
Jeff
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Received on Tue May 08 2001 - 20:50:48 BST