Stan after Tim:

>With the 9x8 series, HP dropped the internal batteries in favor of
>an external UPS.  This was said to have been done because of the
>increased power requirements of the newer systems.  OTOH, I suspect
>it was to allow them to produce a cheaper machine for some sales
>situations .....

Probably the same type of reasoning that caused HP to drop
the "sector atomicity" feature from their disc drives two-three
years back....  Of course since they have now dropped disc
mech manufacture altogether, suppose this is a moot point....

Ken Sletten