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bame@hpfcbig.SDE.HP.COM (Paul Bame) writes:
>In sci.electronics, tbc@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (thomas.b.cook) writes:
>> The manual for Gameboy says not to use nicad batteries. I 
>> called their hot line where I was told that this is because
>> the nicads can explode and damage the game. What are the
>> conditions where this is a concern? I have some ideas but
>> I'd appreciate the net.wisdom interpretation of this warning.

If this is what they say on the hotline, I think the warning
in the manual is criminally negligent.  I puzzled over this
very same paragraph, and then decided to ignore it.

>> TIA,
>> Tom
>Warning or not, they work just fine.  Maybe the warning is because
>the gameboy likes to place a short across the batteries now and then
>but I've not had or seen any problems.

Really?  Is this a possibility?  Geez, I find this beyond belief.
If it's true and design "feature", no doubt Nintendo will find its
behind fried in court at some time.

NiCads work just fine in my son's Gameboy.  But I would dearly like
to have this "shorting" story confirmed.

Bjorn R. Bjornsson
brb@falcon.is