Date   : Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:19:19 +0100
From   : zeem.uk@... (Alex Taylor)
Subject: FileStore battery

I've got an A3000 about to finish on eBay right now, in which I
modified the battery arrangements. The soldered-on cell looked OK from
the top, but on closer inspection was very fuzzy underneath.
Surprisingly there was no damage at all the the PCB! I found a mention
on a forum of it being a 1.2V cell, so I soldered an AA cell to some
wires, wrapped it in tape, soldered the wires to the board and stuck
in down the left-hand side of the keyboard, much like the battery pack
in a Master (except this one retains its rechargeable capability).

I've got some more A3000s with badly-vandalised keyboards that I'm
probably going to strip for parts - I'll have to see what condition
they're in. I've had plenty of Amiga stuff, and others, with nasty
Ni-Cad damage - some of it terminal.

Not as nasty as Mac logic boards after the lithium PRAM batteries have
exploded. One of those in a Mac Classic II I bought was the most badly
damaged PCB I've ever seen, without exception.

-- 
Alex Taylor