Subj : m100 /DOS /VDE /batteries
To   : August Abolins
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Sat May 02 2020 17:30:51

  Re: m100 /DOS /VDE /batteries
  By: August Abolins to Kurt Weiske on Sat May 02 2020 08:42 pm

>> I'd like to go to a coffee shop (when they open again) and whip out my
>> m100 onto the table and start writing my novel with it.

AA> How long does that thing run on battery?

20 hours on 4 AA batteries.

AA> I find that 3rd-party batteries for vintage laptops don't last very long. I
AA> tried one for a Thinkpad T40 many years ago, and the darn thing only ran 2
AA> hrs max. But when I found a supplier of genuine IBM batteries, the
AA> replacement ran 4.5 hrs. Same size (cells). Big difference.

I have a T42, and battery quality was hit and miss for me too. You definitely get what you pay for; I could pay $20 for a battery that would last a year or $40 for one that lasted 3-4 years.
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