Macintosh SE/30 without battery

[Wade]

Thanks for that link. I just bought one for my SE/30. Cheers!

 

[Anonymous Freak]

Or, if you really want to stock up... $1.80 each with free shipping on orders over $50. Yeah, if you have a big collection, 28 of these puppies would hit your $50 mark for free shipping.

 

[techknight]

I picked up abunch of those little buggers when radio shack was closing its local stores. 90% off. 

 

[Ferrix97]

You could try a supercapacitor instead of the battery, the size is similar and I'm sure you can "modify" the board to charge it when the machine is on

 

[Bunsen]

You could use Applescript to record you opening and setting the control panels for mouse, etc, then drop the script and an alias of the Date & Time CP into Startup Items.

 

[techknight]

Wasnt there an extension that would save all PRAM data, and restore it on startup? Sure no TOD clock, but mouse settings and everything else would be good. 

 

[Alex]

From what I understand, the battery delivers only a trickle when unplugged. If plugged in, the trickle is likely less. Keeping the mac plugged into the mains even if off for a few days shouldn't cause the battery to live short term.

I agree that removing the batter is best when the computer is disconnected from an outlet for several week/months