[M100] NiCad Replacement

[Kevin Becker]

I picked up my M102 off Craigslist probably around 8 or 9 years ago.  At 
that time, I found club100 and had fun messing around with it for a 
while until it eventually found a home sitting on a shelf running a 
digital clock program, which it has done reliably for many years.  A few 
months ago I've pulled it down and started playing around with it again 
and started lurking on this list. I've looked at the nicad/supercap 
discussions with mild interest but it wasn't a problem I had so I mostly 
didn't care too much.

Someone recently mentioned the idea that nicads were becoming hard to 
find and I figured it might be a good idea to finally proactively 
replace mine.  I ordered a two pack off ebay and swapped mine out 
today.  It was starting to show very minor signs of corrosion. Not 
enough to reach the motherboard yet but I'm glad I replaced it when I 
did.  So I just wanted to say thanks for the info and the inspiration to 
do some proactive maintenance on my vintage computer before it became a 
problem.