The coin battery had been previously repaired/soldered by my pal Larry (the late great Larry) (the guy who gave me this and the desktop A4000) but it broke off real close, like flush, to the mobo. I could, I suppose, try to solder something to that tiny little bit of metal and maybe it would work, but as x-ray suggested, if these pins are sitting there marked "battery" I should be able to pop some kind of battery onto them and away we go. And the question was that since it appears they are not part of a recharging circuit, and since I have yet to find a similar battery, ie 3.6V etc, which comes pre-charged, would it be a reasonable thing to do to take this cordless phone battery which is a 3.6V battery, charge the thing on a spare cordless phone base, of which I have maybe 4-5 in the pile of electrical crap in this computer complex in my basement...*pant, pant*....and then pop it's little pluggy ends onto the pins which seem to be provided for this very event... But I was wondering if these pins ever had any specific battery in mind? Do any of the people who actually took part in the design of this board still breathe air and walk around, un-brain-damaged and with some of their memories intact so somebody with expertise could answer the question of what kind of process dealing with these pins would result in my having a one-of-a-kind A4000T/060 whose clock worked? sigh. Pretty simple. Somebody designed this board. Somebody knows what kind of battery goes onto these pins. I am unsatisfied with the soldered connection since I have proof that it can break off and spoil my day. It already has. Not a big deal per se, but like so many questions about the Amiga hardware, it's not easy to get an answer that refers to my personal Amiga sitting there with it's guts exposed and all it's potential unrealized. Like the Toaster 4000 in there, and maybe the AmaxII over there... and the ethernet card...None of which so far has actually been able to consistantly work. Not that Im angry or anything, seriously, but frustrated. My life is full of frustrations. I have a degenertive spinal disease which leaves me in a lot of pain most of the time. I have a son in a coma-state for the last 5 years. My daughter is 3 years into college and now they say her loans are maxed out. I have 5 Amigas and the (potentially) most exciting one has a busted battery and I'd like my files to be able to say todays date rather than "future"... and there are other issues with having no battery... and that's the story top to bottom. Dig it? Not pissed, just frustrated. I've had a couple of very smart men who can build a computer from scratch come in and look at it and neither had enough experience with Amigas to make a dent in it. They tried various things and then scratched their heads and said "Go on line..." and that's what I'm doing. Woof. I'm thinking about turning on the power and putting a volt-ohm meter across the two pins to see what the needle does, but since I don't really know squat about meters I'm not sure what I would do with the information... Gez I hate being ignorant. Clay and fire are my arena. I can build you a forge, a kiln, a foundry and make armor, tools, glass, etc. But I can't get a damn battery into this computer. grrrr. sorry. Yesterday was the 5th anniversary of my son being propelled thru a windshield and it makes me testy. Thanks for listening.
