>Had another thought on that one.
>The TVs only have to get past the 90 day(?) warranty, and it wasn't
>critical if they did loose settings.
>In my app, we warranted for a year, more with "special" customers, and the
>nicad held not only the application program, but also stored transactions
>(AKA money)  A bit upsetting to loose. Figure 3-10 transactions at=
 $50-$200
>each? Mr Merchant tends to get upset when this goes "poof".

        10 transactions / day =3D 3650 transactions / year =3D 36.500 transactions=
 / 10 years

        Why not use an EEPROM instead? No battery, no nasty chemicals, smaller=
 board, etc?!?

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