On 11/11/2014 23:15, RussellMc wrote:
> 'This product is intended only for use with the high quality [tm] over-pr=
iced
> batteries sold by xxx corporation.' Which may be of merit in some cases :=
-).
> For some values of 'merit' R=20

My 5 years old D3ll notebook has already a very similar feature... in the
charger: if it's not original you can charge the battery and the laptop run=
s slowly.
They use a 1-wire 64 bit ID chip that has low security and can be cloned :-=
)
       Nic

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