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- From: lenny@hobbs.hunt.inmet.com (Lenny Goodman)
- Subject: Re: Duracell advertising NiMH batteries
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.014922.1518@opus.hunt.inmet.com>
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- References: <PHR.92Dec22230558@napa.telebit.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 01:49:22 GMT
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- In article <PHR.92Dec22230558@napa.telebit.com> phr@telebit.com (Paul Rubin) writes:
- >The current BYTE magazine has a big ad from Duracell advertising
- >NiMH battery packs, allegedly soon to be available at retail outlets
- >everywhere. They look in the photos like snap-in packs for
- >notebook computers. I don't have the text handy but there
- >was no indication that loose cells would be availble.
- >I plan to phone them when I get a chance and try to get more info.
-
- I did phone them after I saw the ad in Byte and they said they were
- not marketing them in normal consumer sizes (AA,C,D,AAA,9V). They
- told me the batteries were for applications such as notebook computers
- and camcorders.
-
- -- Len Goodman
-