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OLD BIOS BATTERIES
Name: Wolfe Date: June 20, 2002 at 10:54:22 Pacific
Comment:
Any one know of a good place to find hard to get older bios batteries and chips?I need a houiston tech HT12888A REAL TIME with a via VT82885N chip and a CR 1225 3V battery.Any help is very welcom.
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