no batteries = battery inputs to chip floating, or maybe high.
dead batteries on board == probably inputs to relevent chips
pulled low, maybe disableing powerup or proper behaviour.
I had an AT clone that was very ill tempered when the 4 aa
cells were dead connected to it. Removing the battery
pack fixed it.
"Zane H. Healy" wrote:
> >Does anyone know for sure that if the 4 batteries on the Lisa motherboard
> >are dead, if that will prevent it from powering up? This machine was working
> >about 3 years back when it went into storage. Thanks for any tips.
>
> It shouldn't, I removed the batteries on mine.
>
> Zane
>
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Received on Wed Jun 09 2004 - 18:52:38 BST