Date   : Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:08:37 +0000
From   : darren.grant@... (Darren Grant)
Subject: (ot) AAAA battery?

On 13 Mar 2010, at 01:02, Rick Murray wrote:

> I'll keep this brief as it is way OT.
> 
> I have a graphics tablet. I'd like to use it more, but I am worried as 
> the 'pen' it uses an AAAA battery.
> That's not a typo. Four As.
> http://www.heyrick.co.uk/aaaa.jpeg - but it's a crappy picture I just 
> took with the internal webcam using an LED torch to illuminate. For 
> comparison, that's an AA rechargeable beside it. Can I find a triple-A 
> when I need to? Can I hell...
> 

Perhaps time to consider a new graphics tablet, most tablets don't have a
battery in the pen and therefore no ongoing costs.

Darren