Nice catching it just before instead of just after. Someone 20 more years from now thanks you. Hell maybe they will have access to an archive of this list and actually know where it came from and who to thank literally. :)
On Jan 9, 2018 10:52 PM, "Kevin Becker" <ke...@kevinbecker.org> wrote: > 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. > >
