Re: What type of Cells should I use in my zoomer?

wyer@TeleCheck.com
Thu, 11 Jan 96 15:59:53 -0600

>>> aftyde@A.crl.com supposedly said:
> ** Reply to note from wyer@TeleCheck.com 01/11/96 10:09am -0600
>
> I use lithium cells in my Zoomer. After adding a 10 MB flash card my
> Nicads just didn't power the machine effectively. I kept getting low
> battery warnings.
>
> The lithium batteries have lasted me 'a long time,' over two months so
> far and I use my Zoomer address and date book (enhanced mode)
> continuously- including serial communications.
>
> I have ensemble on my OS/2 machine and using TVFS have combined my
> Zoomer file structure and an Ensemble file structure such that Ensemble
> runs with all the Zoomer apps- documents, etc. Very cool.
>
> If 'soneone' had their act together they would have packaged
> Palmconnect with the Zoomer!
>
> Art...
>
>
>

Art-

It is my understanding that Rayovac Renewal batteries are not NiCd, they are
"reusable alkaline" (whatever that means). I tend to believe this because
they are 1.5 volt, not 1.25 volt, and last quite a bit longer than previous
NiCd batteries I've used. This is especially true on my Game Boy that I haul
on long airplane trips. Its light would only last ~1 hour with NiCd, but
I've run the Renewal batteries for over three hours without it dimming.

I don't have any experience with Flash ram, but I have had considerable
success with my 2MB S-RAM card. Based on my experience elsewhere, I would
expect Renewal batteries to perform as well as normal Alkaline batteries.

Brett

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