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Re: Help 6100 dead????

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From: Abe D. Lockman
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 00:00
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In article <199707071357325416452@p39.ascend2.is2.u-net.net>,
real-address-in-sig@astrid.u-net.com (Rebecca and Rowland) wrote:

> John Albert <jalbert@mail1.nai.net> wrote:
> 
> > No, DON'T take it to a service center..... just change the battery. The
> > "1956" syndrome is a dead-ringer for a dead battery. These batteries
> > last only about 2 years +/-, so it should be about "due"
> > 
> > Go to any Radio Shack and buy part number 23-026, price $10. 
> 
> Interesting suggestion given that the questioner was posting from a .uk
> address.  I think his nearest Radio Shack is 5000 miles away...
> 
> Rowland.

Actually there are 516 such outlets in the UK, called "Tandy;"  Tandy spun
off its UK/Canadian/Australian Radio Shack type operations into InterTAN,
Inc. a while back.

adl
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Date: 1997/07/07
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