Unix on old-ish machines - advice sought

[James Rice]

Ethan Dicks wrote:

>On Apr 8, 2005 3:42 AM, C Fernandez <fernande at internet1.net> wrote:
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>>I added a piggyback battery to my IPX successfully...
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>>Now that I've done it once, I can't see any reason to by a replacement
>>nvram.  I can run to Radio Shack, buy a battery, and have it fixed the
>>same day.  The nvram faq actually sounded discouraging when referencing
>>the procedure.  However, I think it's the best solution.
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>I gave my battery replacement a little twist... when I broke the
>connections between the battery and the underlying chip, I attached a
>9V battery lead to the chip in place of the factory battery.  I then
>soldered on a PC-mount 3V Li cell (3032?) onto a former 9V battery
>top.  I did it that way so I could replace the battery again later
>without having to solder at the chip a second time.
>
>I did a similar trick when I was faced with a dead Dallas DS1287
>clock/SRAM.  Used the same Li cell, too, for the test.
>
>-ethan
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I solder a 3v coin cell "borrowed" from a dead PeeCee motherboard to the 
top of the NVRAM chip and secure it with a little hot glue.  Easy 
replacement in the future.

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