Re: Battery Charger...

[Douglas Bridges <dbridges@ERC.MsState.Edu>]

Thinkpad 355,360, 750 -> Can use either dumb NiMH or the Intelligent Battery
      Pack I. It will not take advantage of the special processor on
      the Intellegent Battery Pack I.
Thinkpad 755 Cs/C -> Can use either the dumb NiMH or the Intelligent Battery
      Pack I. It does take advantage of the Intelligent Battery Pack's
      microprocessor.
Thinkpad 755 CE,CSE,CD -> Can only use the Intelligent Battery Pack II.
Thinkpad 755 CV,CDV -> Can use either the Intelligent Battery Pack II, or
      the new Litium Ion battery. It comes standard with the Intelligent
       Battery Pack.
Thinkpad 755 CX -> Can use either the Intelligent Pattery Pack II, or
       the Litium Ion battery. It comes standard with the Litium Ion
       Battery.

The quick charger for the Intelligent Battery Pack II just came out
about 2 months ago. The one for the dumb battery and for the Intellingent
Battery Pack I has been out for a while. I don't know about the
quick charger for the Litium Ion battery. I do know that it will not
work in the "Travel Quick Charger" that is sold for the TP 755CE.

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On Tue, 8 Aug 1995, Mark_Strawcutter wrote:

> >The part number for the IBM "Travel Quick Charger" I got for my 755CD
> >batteries is "85G1522".
> 
> I tried to order a Travel Quick Charger along with my 755CD a couple of
> months ago.  Ended up with IBM tech support who said the only quick
> charger available was for the 755C/Cs and it wouldn't work with Ce/Cse/CD.
> Was he lying, or is this a new model?
> 
> On a related subject, am I correct that the 360 and 755C/Cs use the same
> battery while the 755Ce/Cse/CD use a different battery (Intelligent Battery
> Pack II)?
> 
> The sales litterature (fax-back, www, etc) talk about two different batteries
> being available for the 755CD - a NiMH and an Intelligent NiMH.  Is this true?
> What is the difference?
> 
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