Eric Outten <[log in to unmask]> writes:
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>When you ~do~ get a battery, just cut the two prongs at
>their thinnest point with a pair of "dikes"- (diagonal
>cutters), if you want to remove the old battery.  I
>take them off, but the ones I've seen left on just
>corroded a little and didn't interfere with the new
>battery.

I had a friends computer ruined by an old abandoned
clock battery that leaked bad...  I think it was a
286 "class"...   FYI    Rick

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