Wayne Chirnside wrote in a message to Tom Walker:

-> Well the 486 bit the dust so I transfered the drives to the 
-> Pentium and am up and running lacking only a CMOS battery.

TW>  I solved a CMOS battery on one computer some years ago by NEVER
TW> turning it OFF.  :-)  :-)

WC> I did that for a few years as well and it's more practical 
WC> now with the BIOS enabled power saver features on this machine that
WC> seem perfectly content with both Windows and Linux.
WC> Still at 4 dollars at Radio Shack I shall pick up the
WC> CR2032 coin cell. 

Four bucks?  When I sold batteries they were close to half that for that
one in particular (and the 2016, 2025,  etc.).  I'd look around a bit
more...

Here's a clue about those -- the "20" refers to the diameter in
mm,  while the "32" means that it's 3.2mm thick.  The same goes
for a bunch of other similar numbers.

WC> I've only secured the CD-ROM with a single screw until that time so 
WC> I can push it forward and will only completely button up the 
WC> machine in March when the new drive is put in.  

When I was putting hardware in the linux box here the other day I realized
that at least the floppy drive wasn't attached at all.  It's sitting in an
adapter (the case is old enough to not have any 3.5" bays at all), 
and the holes in the adapter don't quite line up with the holes the screws
would have to go through.  Oh well,  it's not going anyplace any time
soon...   :-)

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