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Abe D. Lockman <lockman@erols.com> wrote:

> 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.
> 

Tandy and Radio Shack are very different types of shop - you can't buy
batteries for Macs in Tandy shops in the UK.  Maplin's a better bet.

Rowland.


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