Mine has no memory battery. I just leave 4 Eneloop NiMH AA's in the battery pack and back it up on the REX when I swap them to charge.
I ordered a replacement NiMH cell for the memory battery from arcadeshopper, but haven't been motivated to install it. On Fri, Mar 13, 2020, 19:27 Josh Malone <josh.mal...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 1:25 PM John R. Hogerhuis <jho...@pobox.com> > wrote: > >> >> In fact the memory backup is a key feature of the machine. I would leave >> it in until you have time to replace it given that it is functioning >> normally and has no leakage or fuzz on it. >> > > It is perfectly doable to run these machines without the memory battery. > My primary M100 has no memory battery, but I do have REX, so I just back up > to flash every now and then. My advice would be to snip it while its on > your mind, rather than forget about it for another year and risk leakage. > > -Josh (who is paranoid about batteries) >