A bit of a story behind it. I intended to replace the battery with a super cap like I did with my 102 and NEC. But the 200 power switch didn’t like it and the unit would never turn off. At that point I opted to just take it out since the case on the 200 is not easy to work with. It sits on my desk hooked up to an AC adapter 99.9% of the time so the AA batteries are really only there for when I unplug it. If I was traveling around with it then I would definitely put a battery in it. The super caps in the others have been a good replacement, though I doubt they would hold charge nearly as long as the real thing. I’ve tested it a few days and that was all I needed. I agree with John though, having backup power is ideal.
Kurt From: M100 [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Stein Sent: Friday, March 09, 2018 1:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [M100] batteries... Just curious: why? A good quality replacement would probably last at least another ten years. m ----- Original Message ----- From: Kurt McCullum <mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2018 10:07 AM Subject: Re: [M100] batteries... I run my 200 without a backup battery. It doesn’t hurt anything to run that way. But you have to be careful not to lose memory contents when changing batteries. I keep mine plugged into the AC adapter when I do. Just not as easy as with a backup battery. Kurt From: M100 [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Kmiec Sent: Friday, March 09, 2018 2:34 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [M100] batteries... Sorry, I meant why not just remove it. That's what I did with all my Tandys. On Mar 8, 2018 9:10 PM, "John R. Hogerhuis" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: The reason for replacing the internal nicd is that they’re 20+ years old. They are in the process of failing and leaking corrosive material on the printed circuit board damaging it. — John.
