Hi Bill Macfixit.com.au and epowermac.com.au still have them listed as available and on discount.
Regards Dave On 21/01/11 9:45 AM, "Bill Parker" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Kevin > > I have tried USA and UK to get a new PRAM battery. ( listed around $25 > AUD) No luck. The next suggested solution is another machine. The > issue is that the lab equipment we use runs via a serial port . So > any machine compatible and with OS9 with serial porting would do. Or > is there a way of going from a serial port to USB? I'd need to pull > the HD from the old 7220 of course. Can you help there? > > > Bill > On 18/01/2011, at 12:35 PM, KEVIN Lock wrote: > >> >> If I remember correctly, the PRAM battery for that machine is a >> square, quite expensive one. In the distant past I have made up a >> battery with three AAA cells rewired to the original wire. >> Alternatively you should be able to get an early iMac which will run >> sweetly on OS 9. >> >> regards >> >> Kevin >> >> >>> Hi Bill, >>> >>> I had one of those machines and I found that if the PRAM battery >>> died the machine would not start, so its worth putting in a new one >>> to be sure. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Adrian >>> [email protected] >>> >>> On 18/01/2011, at 1:04 PM, Bill Parker wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Folks, >>>> >>>> >>>> I have an ancient 7220/200 attached to a bit lab equipment at UWA. >>>> It's "dead". We think this might have had something to do with a >>>> power surge then outage over Xmas. >>>> >>>> >>>> We could change to a more recent machine, but it must be capable >>>> of running OS9. >>>> >>>> Could this be a dead PRAM battery? If co, any ideas on where to >>>> get one appreciated. >>>> >>>> Bill >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Dr Bill Parker >>>> "The greatest enemy of the truth is not the lie - deliberate, >>>> contrived, and dishonest - but the myth - persistent, pervasive, >>>> and unrealistic." >>>> John F. Kennedy >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > Dr Bill Parker > ³The greatest enemy of the truth is not the lie deliberate, > contrived, and dishonest but the myth persistent, pervasive, and > unrealistic.² > John F. Kennedy > > > > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
