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Computer batteries for Macs may be difficult to obtain. In September
1995 I returned from an absence of nine months to my Mac LC and found
its battery dead. I did what any reasonable radio amateur would do. I
removed the battery from the computer and went down to my local computer
store to buy a new one. The store did not have that battery in stock,
which I thought was odd, since it was a Macintosh dealer. "Oh, the LC is
an old computer. We wouldn't stock tose batteries any more" they told
me! I was upset because in my experience batteries only wear out on old
computers.
I went home and started to do my searching by telephone, ranging as far
south as Seattle in my quest. I was told by a couple of the places I
called that the battery was only replaceable at an authorized Macintosh
dealer, and that I couldn't buy one without paying to have it installed!