Thanks for the info. Hurray for TI. Now I know what to look for before buying a used 'puter [which, hopefully I'll not need to do: the next one I plan to assemble m'self :-)]. thepccat On Sun, 29 Jul 2001 08:15:27 PDT Jèrel DD Arbaugh <computerist@xxxxxxxx> writes: MOST, though not all, motherboards > that > used these, did put them in a socket. You would have needed to > replace > the battery anyway, and these chips cost arround the same as, or > less > than, the batteries that would last that long. I think the chips > are made by TI. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. To unsubscribe, send a message to listar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe juno_accmail" in the body or subject. OR visit http://freelists.dhs.org ~*~