Wow! that does not sound very good. Planned obsolescence. thepccat On Sat, 28 Jul 2001 13:42:30 PDT Jèrel DD Arbaugh <computerist@xxxxxxxx> writes: > Another type of battery, consists of an internal cell inside > of > the CMOS chip itself. The only way to replace this, is to replace > the > whole chip. It lasts about 5 to 10 years, depending on how long it > was > on the shelf before you got it. There was quite a bit of traffic > about > these back when the first ones started dying. ________________________________________________________________ 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 ~*~