Ordered a new BR 2/3 battery from DigiKey a few days ago and it arrived. Easy installation and I noticed zero corrosion. The old battery has been in the machine since it was manufactured and originally sold. It measures 2.94 volts outside of the machine. Seriously, 30 years and still almost 3 volts!
I mainly wanted to comment that the "magic" to get into the monitor to change it from network boot to scsi boot for this machine ( ADB keyboard and v74 ROM ) is: Control - Left Alt - Tilde(~) keys combo as soon as the initial testing screen goes away. I saw other combinations on other posts that left out the Alt key, those did not work for this machine.
We still have never found a yellow Panasonic BR2/3A battery that has leaked. I've asked far and wide at this point.
Quote from: mikei on February 28, 2025, 04:38:16 PMI mainly wanted to comment that the "magic" to get into the monitor to change it from network boot to scsi boot for this machine ( ADB keyboard and v74 ROM ) is: Control - Left Alt - Tilde(~) keys combo as soon as the initial testing screen goes away. I saw other combinations on other posts that left out the Alt key, those did not work for this machine.
Thanks for the hint, i assume a lot of people have to exchange the battery in this time (after 30 years). Could be possible, that the control - tilde thing is used on non ADB keyboards.