Dallas clock battery

[Scott Stevens]

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 06:44:58 -0600
Doc Shipley <doc at mdrconsult.com> wrote:

> Ethan Dicks wrote:
> > On 12/29/05, Doc Shipley <doc at mdrconsult.com> wrote:
> > 
> >>   Thanks for the pointers, y'all.  I don't really collect PCs, but that
> >>SLT/286 has some sentimental significance.  It's worth a couple of bucks
> >>and some solder time.
> > 
> > 
> > I removed (desoldered) a dead Dallas clock module from mine and
> > installed a low-profile socket only to find that there isn't even
> > clearance for _that_.  So I nibbled a hole in the bottom of the
> > battery tray, and the replacement module sticks up just a little bit.
> 
>    Hmmm.  I know it's near-heresy here, but I'll probably just solder 
> the new clock chip back in.  Unless you'd know the part number of said 
> low-profile socket?  ;)
> 

Naw, adding a socket amounts to 'modifying the design' and
ruining the historical value of the piece.  You'd be doing it
just for 'convenience' which would be the same as replacing
special proprietary screw heads on a power supply. ;-)