Date : Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:59:52 +0100
From : bbcmailinglist@... (Ian Wolstenholme)
Subject: FileStore battery
I don't think you can use a Master battery pack in a FileStore, I think it's
a little cell which is soldered in place.
The E60S certainly seems to be the rarest. It's the only one missing from
my collection.
There are "BBC" and "Communicator" varieties as well - the BBC ones are
the usual Beeb yellow colour, the Communicator ones are greyish, but
apart from that they are all identical.
I don't think they moved the air vents, it's probably the lid on the wrong
way round. I've done that with all kinds of things - FileStores, A4000s,
MDFSes, etc. Haven't managed to do it with a BBC micro yet though!
Best wishes,
Ian
----- Original Message -----
From: Rob [mailto:robert@...]
To: bbc-micro@...
Sent: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:50:29 +0100
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] FileStore battery
On 19/07/2009, Michael Foot <mjfoot@...> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> The current talk about FileStores reminded me to take my one apart and check
> the battery. It was starting to go fuzzy so I have now unsoldered it. Am I
> right in thinking I can replace it with a M128 style battery pack OK? ie. 3
> AA, diode and resistor.
>
Hmm... I guess I'm going to need to know the same thing, when I get
around to opening up the E01..
> My FileStores are E01S and E60S. I've not seen or heard of another E60S at
> all. Is it quite rare? The serial number is 01-AEH37-1000305 which I assume
> is
> the 305th one made?
I think Rick Murray might have one -
http://www.heyrick.co.uk/econet/intro/servers.html Other than that,
I've never heard of another surviving..
If they really do issue serial numbers in order... I've now got the
8th E01 ! And either they changed the design of the cases between 8 &
84, or someone disassembled both the E01 & E20 on one set and put the
lids on back to front on both, as the vent slots have moved..
Rob
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