Sorry! I thought I saw your name was Scott as I read through the
older messages here. I feel like a boob, seeing that your name is
actually Christopher. I beg your pardon for that.
Anyway, there's a sort of boutique battery chain in my area that
probably carries that next-best part, so I'll be giving them a call.
Thanks!
--- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, The Old Crow <oldcrow@o...> wrote:
>
> Radio Shack loves to do this: stock a part, then discontinue it.
>
> The next-best solution is to just buy a CR2032RH battery. These
have
> solder tabs on them. www.mouser.com has them as stock# 614-
CR2032RH.
>
> Ideally, you want a CR2032RH1 (which Mouser lists but does not
stock),
> but the tabs of an -RH can be bent to fit just fine in the PCB
holes.
>
> ref:
http://www.renata.com/content/tabbedlithium/3pinshorizontal.pdf
>
> Crow
> /∗∗/
>
> On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, toorglick wrote:
>
> > Right now I'm waiting to see if I can get an old mobo from work
so I can
> > harvest the battery holder. Radio Shack apparently doesn't carry
the
> > part listed at the Old Crow's site these days (I went to a few
local
> > ones looking for even some left over stock). In the meantime,
I'll
> > start by cleaning the keybed and seeing if the dodgy patch #4
button can
> > be cleaned.