• Win95 Notebook update

    From Ed Vance@1:2320/105.1 to Ben Ritchey on Fri Jul 29 23:35:00 2016
    Howdy! Ben,

    This evening I took the W95 AcerNote Light 370P apart to get to
    the BIOS/CMOS Battery.
    It uses a CR1220 which I will buy one tomorrow and then start
    to put it back together in Reverse Order of the steps in the
    Service Manual.

    I made photos of each step as I took it apart to help me out.

    After adjusting the BIOS Settings to what I have written down,
    I'll first try to see if the old HDD still Chatters, and after
    I play with that some I will put the larger HDD You sent to me in it.

    No, the check isn't in the mail yet. You know Me and My ROUNDTUITS,
    I will sent the Postage to You soon. Thanks.


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  • From Ben Ritchey@1:393/68 to Ed Vance on Sat Jul 30 08:04:49 2016
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    * On Friday 29 Jul 2016 211 at 11:35 PM,
    * Ed Vance said to Ben Ritchey,
    * about Win95 Notebook update ...
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    Another brave soul {chuckle} I salvaged a laptop once, was not something I want

    to repeat! I will stick to my desktops thank you :)

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    Keep the faith :^)

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  • From Ed Vance@1:2320/105.1 to Ben Ritchey on Sat Jul 30 22:25:00 2016
    07-30-16 08:04 Ben Ritchey wrote to Ed Vance about Re: Win95 Notebook update Howdy! Ben,

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    * On Friday 29 Jul 2016 211 at 11:35 PM,
    * Ed Vance said to Ben Ritchey,
    * about Win95 Notebook update ...
    *

    Another brave soul {chuckle} I salvaged a laptop once, was not
    something I want

    On the W95 Acer is a Program I really liked (and can't think of its Name
    as I'm typing).
    I've found another Program with the same name for the XP but it didn't
    have the same functions as the one Acer included with that notebook.

    The Program had a World Map that showed the TIME at 6 World locations (iirc) the user could choose, and it was as accurate as the Computer's Clock was
    set to.

    I got the CR1220 battery today.

    Last night I called around and found Walgreens had it available for a good price.

    Today before going to Walgreens We went to the K-Mart Stores that were
    being Closed, and I looked for a CR1220 battery but the stores We visited didn't have one.

    The closest size all their stores had was a CR1216 and ttbomk that ain't
    close enough to fit in the battery holder on the laptop.

    When I left the last K-Mart Store (in Kentucky) I saw a Big Lots Store
    across the street.
    They didn't have any Button Batteries ther, but a Sales Lady said
    Radio Shack used to have them.
    There are still a couple RS Stores in Louisville, KY, and I told the Lady
    one of them was on my way home to Indiana and I would stop by there.

    Radio Shack had the battery, $5.99, a higher price than Walgreens had
    told me over the phone last night, so I went to a Walgreens across the
    street from that RS Store and got one for $5.49 .

    Part of my lineage is Scottish and I do try to be thrifty.
    Some call it being a Cheapskate.

    to repeat! I will stick to my desktops thank you :)

    I'll say AMEN! to that!

    Desktops are easier to fool with, although I didn't mind learning how
    that notebook was put together.

    I wouldn't had tried it without the Service Manual.

    I had tried opening the Case before but couldn't find out how to get
    the sections apart.

    I learned that several things have to be removed first, such as the Keyboard, and then those screws on the bottom could be removed to separate the top
    and bottom pieces.

    ... I hunt flies with a sledge hammer....and get em!!!

    Reading that makes me think about not sending the check for the Postage
    to You yet............ HMMM

    I'm not that cheap, I will get a ROUNDTUIT.........

    ... Useless Invention: Sundial with glow in the dark markings.
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