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From: coryc@sequent.com
Subject: Re: Toshiba T1000
Organization:  Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 23:08:44 GMT

In article <1992Apr10.205756.22074@csl.sri.com> levy@cisco.com (Benjy Levy) writes:
>
>Hi,
>Does anyone out there know if it is possible to get a rom upgrade
>to upgrade the T1000 built-in DOS to 3.0 or higher?

Toshiba did (and probably still does) sell MS-DOS 3.2 for the T1000.
But if I remember correctly, it was only a bootable disk, not a ROM
upgrade.  It seems like it should be possible to burn a new PROM though:
On my T1000 at least, the BIOS and ROM-disk are socketed components.

-coryc

-- 

|    >> Disclaimer: I speak for Sequent only in our hardware manuals <<       |
|Cory R. Carpenter, Tech Writer |"I wish that I could go where no man has gone|
|Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. | before, but I'll probably stay in Aurora."  |
|    coryc@sequent.com          |                --Garth from "Wayne's World" |
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: taylorf@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov (Frank S. Taylor IV 283-4278)
Subject: Kris Master
Organization: nasa-jsc
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 12:05:45 GMT

My wife is considering buying the Kris Master notebook.  Can anyone
comment on this machine?  Is it reliable?  Is the company reliable?
Are there better choices out there?  She wants a minimum of a 386-based
machine with 2 Mbytes or more or memory for programming and doing
day-day business.

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From: ALKIRE@acuvax.acu.edu (AL KIRE)
Subject: Re: T1000 Batteries; Pointers/Suggestions for Replacements?
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.20
Organization: Lost in NETland
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 16:16:24 GMT

In <1992Apr12.153248.666@cobber.cord.edu> covey@cobber.cord.edu writes:

> Greetings.
> 
> I lent my trusty T1000 to a friend who left it plugged in all the time and
> gave the Nicads an "unforgettable memory" such that I only get about 50 
> minutes before recharging.
> 
> I'd be interested in any information about rejuvinating the Nicads or, 
> better yet, replacing them with cells with even a higher capacity.
> 
> So, thanks in advance.
> 
> Mark Covey
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> covey@cobber.cord.edu                            My opinions, natch.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>  

I bought my T1000 second hand.  The guy I bought it from had replaced the
batteries with something He called "Melovac" batteries.  I have read about them
other places as well.  Anyway, it just about doubles the battery life from 4
hours to 8 hours.  I haven't done a formal test of the battery life, but I know
it runs "forever".  The only downside is that it confuses the low battery
light.  When the low battery light turns red, you still have several hours of
computing left.  I had to take my machine apart for the first time the other
day (found a lose screw rattling around).  While I was in there I looked at the
batteries.  They look extremely easy to replace.  Remove the screws from the
bottom of the case.  Open the case (there is a snap fit on the back) and you
should see the batteries laying under the modem slot.  There is a little cable
on the batteries that plugs into the circuit board.  Looks like a simple
unplug/replug operation to me.  BTW there was velcro on the top of the case
and the batteries.  Looks like the batteries were stuck to the case before the
modem was installed.
From: do@acsu.buffalo.edu (Huy T. Do)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Need advices on Compudyne 386SL-25 notebook
Date: 7 Apr 92 00:50:42 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Buffalo

Does anyone own/have experiences with Compudyne 386SL-25mhz notebook that
they're advertising in Computer Shopper?

I'm looking at the 386SL-25 with cache and power-management machine, w/
2mb RAM & 80mb HD.
It seems a good machine for the price with lots of goodie features.

Any comments/info greatly appreciated.


Thanks,

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v055reem@ubvms.bitnet     *      do@cs.buffalo.edu      *      CIS : 71477,1356
----   "Imagination is more important than knowledge."   --  Albert Einstein --
From: keivjam@elof.iit.edu (James Keivom)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: T1000 Batteries; Pointers/Suggestions for Replacements?
Date: 14 Apr 92 22:32:12 GMT
Organization: Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago

thanks
From: matthews@trailboss (John Matthews)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: high-speed parallal
Date: 15 Apr 92 16:02:32 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: U S WEST Advanced Technologies

In article <#6yj-p_.mats@netcom.com> mats@netcom.com (Mats Wichmann) writes:
>of a new "standard" for high-speed parallel ports that has emerged for
>use with laptops.  Compatible with existing parallel, it apparently

Yes, I've heard of it too.  From what I remember, It's a joint effort
between Zenith and Xircom.  The new standard is call EPP(Enhanced Parallel
Port) and can supposedly yield up to 2 MByte/Sec transfer rates.  I've only
read tidbits here and there.  I also remember reading that the 386SL
processor has a builtin instruction that can read/write a byte from/to
the parallel port.  Take a look at page 50 of the April 1992 issue of
LAN Technology magazine for reference to this standard.  Also take a look
at the March or April issue of LAN Magazine.  Look for the article reviewing
pocket ethernet adaptors.

				John Matthews
				matthews@advtech.uswest.com
From: deanc@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Dean Cashen)
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 01:52:56 GMT
Subject: Re: 386 SL v. 386SXL (Was: Re: Compudyne Slims, anybody received one yet?)
Organization: Hewlett Packard - Boise, ID
From: bchen@diva.Berkeley.EDU (Benjamin Chen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Bondwell 386SL notebook - 10 hours battery life!?
Date: 11 Apr 92 01:15:44 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: diva.berkeley.edu

I read in the Bay Area MicroTimes about a new Bondwell 386SL
notebook that supposed to have up 10 hours battery life.
This seems a bit outrageous to me.  I can't get through
to Bondwell's tech support, as it's always busy.  Anyone
know anything about it?

	BC

-- 
Benjamin Chen
Office:   550-A4 Cory Hall, 2-4332
UUCP:     !ucbvax!cad!bchen               
HEPNET:   LBL::"bchen@cad.Berkeley.EDU"
From: crovella@calspan.com (Mark E. Crovella)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Lotus Agenda
Date: 9 Apr 92 19:14:30 GMT
Organization: Calspan Advanced Technology Center

In article <1992Apr3.231318.27733@tfs.com> paigen@tfs.com (David Paigen) writes:
>I got some querys about Agenda, I will post a more coherent
>version of my enthusiasm.  However, you won't see it today.
>
>Probably Monday.
>
>        ====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====
>David Paigen		      TRW Financial Systems		paigen@tfs.com
>      "Lay on, McDuff, and damn'd be he who first cries, 'hold, enough!'"

Note also the article by James Fallows in the Atlantic that just hit the 
stands.   Better marketing than Lotus ever managed.

-- 
Mark Crovella
crovella@calspan.com				   crovella@cs.rochester.edu
Calspan Corporation, PO Box 400, Buffalo, New York, 14225     (716) 632-7500
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From: singh@leland.Stanford.EDU (Harinder Singh)
Subject: Re: SPARC Laptops
Keywords: SPARC Laptops
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 14:32:29 GMT


	The current (April) issue of SunWorld has a cover story on
the subject. Reviews the three major contenders in detail - Tadpole's
SparcBook (smallest), RDI's BriteLites (best of the three but not
perfect) and Solbourne's clunker (not much good.)

			Inder


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From: leavitt@cheshire.oxy.edu (Thomas VanNess Leavitt)
Subject: Minisport 1 meg expansion module.
Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA  90041
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 04:36:58 GMT

Now that I've taken the plunge, I'm interested in the following.

1.  Minisport 1 meg expansion module.  Have been offered one for $75.

2.  External floppy drive.

3.  Extra disks (at better than $40 for 10)

4.  Internal modem.

Used, preferably, as I'd like to keep total costs under $285.

Thom


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From: harve@netcom.com ()
Subject: Toshiba 1000 accessories
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 02:28:43 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Keywords: Toshiba

     I just picked up a T-1000 laptop: 4.77 mhz, 512k ram, 720k
drive, and I was wondering if somebody could give me a list of places
that specialize in accessories for the old Toshiba.
     Also, is it possible to take the old cpu out and replace
it with one of the more efficient Nec v30's?  or is the
cpu in the machine cmos?  And is upgrading the internal drive to
1.44 or hooking up a external 1.44 drive a viable alternative?

Harve@netcom.com


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From: tparker@ncar.ucar.edu ()
Subject: Review of Compudyne 386SLX-25
Reply-To: tparker@ncar.ucar.edu ()
Organization: Nat'l Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR); Boulder, CO
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 00:00:13 GMT

I got my Compudyne 386SXL-25 on Friday and here are my initial
impressions.

It's an ok machine, but I'm not thrilled with it.  To me, the most
important considerations are the screen and the keyboard -- and I was
disappointed with both.  I will be using the system mainly at home, so
battery life and weight are not crucial for me.

Here are some more specific impressions.

- The 10" screen isn't 10" -- it's less.

- The "brilliant" screen isn't -- I found this to be a run-of-the-mill
  looking screen.  Much like the DELL 320N.  It's pretty blotchy,
  and the edges are noticably brighter than the center.  I expected
  much better.

- The 2 built-in serial ports aren't -- there's just one.

- The built-in trackball isn't -- they say they'll ship it within 
  2 weeks.

- The power saving features don't work if you are using the AC adapter.

- The keyboard is just so-so.  Many of the keys (cursor, function)
  are smaller than the other keys.  There are just 10 function keys,
  with f11 and f12 being two-stroke keys.

- The CAPSLOCK and CONTROL keys are in the "wrong" place.

- The hard disk is noisy.

- It's hard to open with that single push-button on the front panel.

- The expansion bus cover is one of those Toshiba-like fall-off types,
  that is not hinged.


On the good side,

- It comes pre-loaded with DOS 5.0 and Windows *3.1*.

- There is a SWITCHER utility that lets you toggle many of the 
  functions (like reverse video, expand mode, RGB weights for color
  to grayscale, bold, etc.).  But some of these don't work in Windows.

- It's pretty fast.

- The battery installs easily.

- The price is right, $1700 for the bare-bones 2meg/60meg.

Will I keep it?  Don't know.  I'm going to continue testing it and
see if I can live with it.

-- Tom
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From: matthews@advtech.uswest.com (John Matthews)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: ACCTON Pocket Ethernet Adaptor
Date: 14 Apr 92 23:53:10 GMT
Organization: U S WEST Advanced Technologies
Originator: matthews@trailboss

I just got an ACCTON pocket ethernet adaptor to review and the packet
driver released with it doesn't support putting the controller into
promiscuous mode.  All of the other three I've looked at so far (D-Link,
Solectek, and Xircom) handle this just fine.  Does anyone know of
a packet driver for the ACCTON that can do this?

Are there any other pocket ethernet adaptors that I haven't mentioned
that I should take a look at.  I'm looking for one that has a fairly
high transfer rate through the parallel port as well as the ability
to handle at least five or more back-to-back packets.  A good test
for this is to do a "spray -i -c 16 -l 1460 host" from a Sparc2 towards
the PC that has the pocket adaptor.  Try repeating this test over and
over while decrementing the "16" until you see consistent results.
When no packets are being dropped then you'll know how many back-to-back
packets the adaptor can handle.

If anyone has any input or opinions on the different pocket ethernet
adaptors, please reply.
				Thanks in advance,
					John Matthews
					matthews@advtech.uswest.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: ce3wa3bc@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Tom Nosella)
Subject: help needed with t-1200 laptop
Organization: Department of Computer Science, McMaster University
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 07:30:07 GMT

I just bought myself a toshiba t-1200 laptop with 1 meg of ram, 2400 baud modem(internal) and a 20 meg harddrive.  I am new to this and would like any advice that people could give me.  First, can i upgrade the harddrive with any type (do i need 3.5 inch, 2 inch ???) or do i have to get a toshiba harddrive?  How can i upgrade the ram to 2 or more meg?  Can i upgrade the memory with the modem inside the expansion slot? Can i put a 1.44 meg floppy drive in it?  Can anyt
one recommend a place to buy accessories for this machine?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.  Please send replies to...
ce3wa3bc@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca
Thanks
From: rusty@cs.umd.edu (Rusty Haddock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Toshiba T1000
Date: 11 Apr 92 03:51:21 GMT
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742

In article <1992Apr10.230844.23233@sequent.com> coryc@sequent.com writes:
   >In article <1992Apr10.205756.22074@csl.sri.com> levy@cisco.com (Benjy Levy) writes:
   >>
   >>Hi,
   >>Does anyone out there know if it is possible to get a rom upgrade
   >>to upgrade the T1000 built-in DOS to 3.0 or higher?
   >upgrade.  It seems like it should be possible to burn a new PROM though:
   >On my T1000 at least, the BIOS and ROM-disk are socketed components.


This came from an old 3rd party list for the T1000:

 Pendex Corporation                                             414-749-0838
 P.o. Box 386
 Appleton, WI  54912


     CUSTOM DOS-EPROMS FOR THE T1000            0.00  {10/}

And I have no information 'cept what appears before you.

	-Rusty-
From: steveh@moosehead.mips.com (Stephen C. Hill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Help! boot TI2000
Date: 17 Apr 1992 04:01:31 GMT
Organization: MIPS Integration Products Group
Distribution: world
Reply-To: steveh@moosehead.mips.com (Stephen C. Hill)
NNTP-Posting-Host: moosehead.mips.com

In article <1992Apr14.132325.10044@cis.uab.edu>, hyatt@cis.uab.edu
(Robert Hyatt) writes:
|> In article <1992Apr14.082615.14997@news.Hawaii.Edu>
|> chen@galileo.ifa.hawaii.edu (Hua Chen) writes:
|> >Hi, I somehow screw the config.sys on my TI2000 machine, I cannot
|> boot
|> >from harddisk c:, and I don't have the external floppy driver.  Any
|> |> >suggestion about what I can do to reboot the machine.
|> 
|> 2.  use the built-in setup program (don't recall the keystrokes, its
|> in the
|> manual) and change the boot drive to d: and rebuild your hard disk. 
|> If you
|> want to save what's on the hard disk, you have a problem without an
|> external
|> floppy.

More or less the same thing happened to me. [blush]  Anyway, you only
have 
to hold down the ctl-alt keys as you depress the SET_UP key.  This will
put
you in the usual set-up screen, and then you depress those keys again,
which 
will put you in the Hardware Installation screen.  If you down-arrow-key
until the C: D: drive assignments are reverse-video's, you can hit a
space,
which will toggle the C: drive to come from the internal ROM-drive.

It only recreated the \DOS directory, and started a fresh AUTOEXEC.BAT,
CONFIG.SYS etc.  That was messy, trying to recreate them from memory,
but not impossible.  IT DID NOT REFORMAT THE DRIVE, so most of your
files
and directories will be fine.

Steve

-- 
Stephen C. Hill, CDP
{ames,prls,pyramid,decwrl}!mips!steveh  or  steveh@mips.com 
Integration Products Group
MIPS Computer Systems, Stop 6-03
930 Deguigne Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94086, (408) 524-7436         Fax (408) 524-7528

Time is Nature's method of keeping us from bumping into ourselves.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: segre@cs.cornell.edu (Alberto M. Segre)
Subject: Re: external floppy or harddisk, info needed
Keywords: floppy, external, harddisk
Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY 14853
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 13:30:53 GMT

crispy@space.mit.edu (Chris Pak) writes:

  >I am looking for a cheap external floppy or harddisk for my 8086 notebook.
  >My notebook has serial, parallel and a connection for external floppy.
  >Any advice?

brian@king.csd.mot.com replies:

  >Damark was (and probably still is) selling an external 20MB hard drive for
  >$299.  It connects to the parallel port.  Somehow you'll need to install
  >the driver for this on your notebook.  The driver comes on a floppy.

I bought one of the Damark drives to extend the useful like of my
T1000SE. It works quite nicely; the driver is installed at boot time
by adding a line to CONFIG.SYS. You won't be able to boot off the hard
drive, naturally, but once you boot the drive looks just like a real
harddrive to DOS. Reasonably fast, actually, although if you have
extra RAM you may want to use a disk cache program.

My T1000SE has 2MB of extra RAM I use as a RAM disk. I store the hard
drive device driver on the RAM disk and everything works like a charm.

-alberto

=====

Alberto M. Segre
Assistant Professor
segre@cs.cornell.edu
Department of Computer Science
Upson Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY  14853-7501

Tel (607) 255-9196 
Fax (607) 255-4428

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From: pollack@dendrite.cis.ohio-state.edu (Jordan B Pollack)
Subject: Re: Lotus Agenda 2.0 (LONG)
Originator: pollack@dendrite.cis.ohio-state.edu
Reply-To: pollack@cis.ohio-state.edu
Organization: Ohio State Computer Science
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 05:45:28 GMT

I agree that agenda is a nice concept, one which should be copied
by a heroic hacker in mock lisp, running under gnu emacs.

I was a happy enough user of agenda 1.01 for a while for my
schedulekeeping on a laptop, even though it couldn't print in
postscript.  Then one day when I had a real use for it, to automate my
annual beancounting report, I wanted to copy my planning file to delete
items which didn't need to be reported, and set up several new views
to print. The program first instructed me to create a "blank" file;
When I copied my file, the command was reverse  of what was
expected, and permanently erased my file on disk! 

Later, when lotus wanted to print some money, they sent me an
announcement for 2.0; since it had postscript support and macros
(which usually improve a program) I contributed to their profits.

2.0 had a bad case of creepingfeaturitis, slowed down, took up 5M of
disk, and I havent been able to bring myself back up the learning
curve from my initial fear.

Hey, I noticed that Microsoft printed up oodles of money yesterday.  Only
governments should be allowed to release currency.  There ought
to be a law protecting software consumers who are forced to
buy these things- maybe a windfall profit tax on software upgrades?




-- 
Jordan Pollack                            Assistant Professor
CIS Dept/OSU                              Laboratory for AI Research
2036 Neil Ave                             Email: pollack@cis.ohio-state.edu
Columbus, OH 43210                        Phone: (614)292-4890 (then * to fax)
From: hyatt@cis.uab.edu (Robert Hyatt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Help! boot TI2000
Date: 14 Apr 92 13:23:25 GMT
Organization: University of Alabama at Birmingham

In article <1992Apr14.082615.14997@news.Hawaii.Edu> chen@galileo.ifa.hawaii.edu (Hua Chen) writes:
>Hi, I somehow screw the config.sys on my TI2000 machine, I cannot boot
>from harddisk c:, and I don't have the external floppy driver.  Any 
>suggestion about what I can do to reboot the machine.
>
>Thanks a lot
>
>-Hua 
>chen@galileo.ifa.hawaii.edu

1.  RTFM

2.  use the built-in setup program (don't recall the keystrokes, its in the
manual) and change the boot drive to d: and rebuild your hard disk.  If you
want to save what's on the hard disk, you have a problem without an external
floppy.

-- 
!Robert Hyatt                    Computer and Information Sciences   !
!hyatt@cis.uab.edu               University of Alabama at Birmingham !
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: mo@gizmo.bellcore.com (Michael O'Dell)
Subject: Re: AT&T/NCR Safari 3170?
Keywords: 
 
Reply-To: mo@bellcore.com (Michael O'Dell)
Organization: Center for Chaotic Repeatabilty
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 92 16:23:35 GMT

yes, it is astonishingly expensive.  *well* over 2x what I
think you can get equivalent capabilities for.  It *is* a
very nice packaging job, but only if "price is no object".

	-Mike

Bellcore? Bellcore isn't allowed to have opinions.  These are mine.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: terry@col.hp.com (Terry Thero)
Subject: TC 2.0 on T1000SE?
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 17:36:31 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division

Hi Fellow Laptop Owners:

   I have a T1000SE. I have been able to load
   TP on this machine, as well as JPI Modula2
   (not at the same time of course, but I do
   have the 1 meg mem card installed). 

   Has anyone out there loaded TP C++ 2.0 on
   the T1000SE? If so, what files do I put
   on the system (min. op sys, ovly, etc.).

   Please respond here on the net or e-mail
   me at:
         _____________________________________________ 
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        | Terry W. Thero:                            | 
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	|    The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday         |
	|____________________________________________|

   Thanks for any help (surely someone out there is
   running C on their T1000SE!)
	
					CU
					twthero

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From: dave@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (David A Rasmussen)
Subject: Re: batteries for laptops:
Originator: dave@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Reply-To: dave@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 18:17:46 GMT

From article <31579@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>, by gsisson@cs.ucsd.edu (Glenn Ellis Sisson):
>   Lyben Computer Systems  1 (313) 649-4500
>   ElekTek                 1 (800) 395-1000
>   ARTISTA                 1 (800) ARTISTA-4	(too many digits)

I replaced my Toshiba T1000 batteries with a pack from Fedco Electronics
in Fond du Lac, WI for $20.89 including shipping, about a year ago.

They can be reached at 414-922-6490 or 414-922-6750 for fax.
I think they have an 800 number but I can't find it at the moment.

-- 
Dave Rasmussen - Systems Programmer/Manager, UW-Milwaukee Computing Svcs Div.
Internet:dave@uwm.edu, Uucp:uwm!dave, Bitnet:dave%uwm.edu@INTERBIT
AT&T:414-229-5133 USmail:Box 413 EMS380,Milwaukee,WI 53201
From: gsisson@cs.ucsd.edu (Glenn Ellis Sisson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: batteries for laptops: summary
Date: 12 Apr 92 04:11:17 GMT

After my inquiry about where to buy replacement batteries I recieved
the following company names.

I only called Lyben and ElekTek, neither of which had the battery I
needed.  The store in town eventually received one and I bought from
them.

None of the names of the companies I recieved came with any
information about how good the companies may or may not be.

  Lyben Computer Systems
  1 (313) 649-4500

  ElekTek
  1 (800) 395-1000

  ARTISTA (?)
  1 (800) ARTISTA-4		(I know that that is too many digits)

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