PM 6500 battery?

1. Michael L Kankiewicz - 26 June 2006

   Someone gave me a 6500/225 so I thought I'd fix it up to give to a very poor student I know. Getting the date/time gremlins, I pulled out the board to check out the battery. Never saw one like it. A big black cubeish thing, roughly 1" square, says Rayovac 840, 4.5 Volts, and seems to held in place with velcro(!) Could this be the wrong battery? I don't even know where to get one.

   Thanks,
   MK

2. Eric Karr - 26 June 2006

   Common battery for that time period. Rat Shack used to carry them.

   Lurch

3. Chuck Reti - 26 June 2006

   It is the correct battery.
   Available for $7.99 from OWC and other Mac online retailers. http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Ray%2DO%2DVac/MAC45V/

   Rayovac 841 or 844 are also ok as replacements for the 840.

   Chuck Reti
   Detroit MI

4. Michael L Kankiewicz - 27 June 2006

   On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, Chuck Reti wrote:

   It is the correct battery.
   Available for $7.99 from OWC and other Mac online retailers. http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Ray%2DO%2DVac/MAC45V/ Rayovac 841 or 844 are also ok as replacements for the 840.

   Thanks! Half the price of S***-Shack. It was the velcro attachment that really threw me. (I wonder if the new one will come with its own, or if I'll heve to make a trip to the ladies' sewing store.) :)

   MK

5. Mike Rosenberg - 27 June 2006

   It's standard for those batteries.

   Mike Rosenberg
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