[rescue] %(#*^#(% soldered-down batteries...

[Caleb Shay]

Carl R. Friend wrote:

>   Greetings, Gents.
>
>   Does anyone here have any knowledge as to where a Tadrian TL-5186
>battery can be had?  The one in my SGI Indigo IRIS went flat on me
>and I need^W would like to resuscitate it.
>  
>

http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&product%5Fid=960-0011

>   Making matters worse, the bloody thing is soldered onto the main
>board (R4k).  Will someone please tell the designer that batteries
>*DIE* after a while and *need* *to* *be* *replaced*!
>  
>
http://www.savel.org/hardware/indybatcpu.html


I had to do this shortly before I left RI.  Somebody (who's name escapes 
me) down at RCS/RI gave me some extra RAM for my Indigo too.

Cheers,

Caleb