From: STeve Andre' (andres_at_msu.edu)
Date: Thu Aug 24 2000 - 12:30:44 EDT
As I remember it, the company that had a way of making NiCD's work
again was kind of trounced by the emerging NiMH battery technology,
which was simply better than NiCD. Today Li-Ion are at least as much
of a jump as NiMH's were, so I don't think there is much interest in
NiCD stuff any more. Aggravating if you still use NiCD's, but I don't
think there is much of a commercial market. If you do electronics I
could probably find some projects for you, but thats it, unless there
are some expensive commercial options out there.
As for the carcass of a battery, the best bet is to drop it off at a recycling
station...
--STeve Andre
At 09:08 AM 8/24/00 -0800, Jonathan Berry wrote:
>1. The TP 701 was introduced in May 1995. Since then, we've come
>some way in battery technology, but the batteries I see available are
>still the same old ... has anyone come up with a 701 battery
>which is lighter or has a higher energy density (= keep the
>laptop running longer)?
>
>
>2. Mommy, what happens to batteries when they die? I have a
>dead battery, surely parts of it are worth something.
>
>
>3. I remember a few years ago a company was going to resurrect
>apparently dead NiCad batteries by applying high frequency charges
>to them and thereby break up the memory effect. It was written
>up in a major computer magazine. Sounded like a good idea.
>Did it happen? If not, was it just a dead-end idea
>business-wise, or was it a hoax? Or did it work, but not well
>enough to make a difference to most people?
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