[Duo2400] Re: latest installment of the 280c saga

[Steve Sharpe]

At 10:20 PM -0400 6/3/03, COCCORP at aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 6/3/03 9:38:47 PM, sbsharpe at dramex.org writes:
>
>>Here is my latest problem, though. I "won" an ebay auction for a
>>"new" duo battery, and it arrived today. However, when I put it in
>>the duo, the machine promptly dies. It came with some upgrade
>>software (it's a type III battery) which I installed. It still dies.
>
>The other day I was browsing thru Micro Center in Houston Texas, and I
>happened to see a new BTI Duo battery for sale for $35. I bought it, 
>and it works
>great.
>
>For what it is worth...

Argh, rub salt into the wound! I tried my local campus computer store 
and they wanted $99. I got the one I'm having the problem with on 
ebay for $51 (including shipping). It's an Apple battery and it looks 
new...original packaging, software disk still sealed, etc.
-- 

Steve
sbs at milestone-media.com
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