[SunRescue] *interesting* site, with *fantastical* prices

[Mike Nicewonger]

Gee so that pile of 10-20 dead NVRAM lined up on the edge of my desk are
useful?

<grin>

Mike N
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hebel" <drone8of9 at crosswinds.net>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 2:43 PM
Subject: RE: [SunRescue] *interesting* site, with *fantastical* prices


> >>diode circuit--didn't work.  Another experiment with a Maxim battery
> backup
> >>circuit and external battery did work.  The last attempt was to grind
away
>
> Hmmm...too bad there isn't a socketable solution to provide voltage to the
> internals of the chip otherwise you could provide an in-socket connector
to
> a rechargeable NIMH.  Hell this would be a good idea to do even with
having
> to modify the chip.  You'd have a good NVRAM that would almost never go
> bad - at least until the battery reached it's charging cycle limit.
>
> Of course this is all totally shot down by the fact that a new lithium
> battery would keep it running for another 5 - 10 years upon which time
_may_
> have reached full doorstop status.
> ;-)
>
> Mike Hebel  (Where'd I put that dead NVRAM and Dremel...?)
>
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