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Subject:Re: battery info requested [f]
From:Steve Johnson
Date:Tue, 4 Jul 1995 20:59:03 -0700 (PDT)

So Martha I-should-have-danced-all-night Rubin says:
> 
> Years back, there was a TV ad for a battery which had a special
> reserve (almost like a second battery within a battery) capability.
> The scene I recall was a guy's wife going into labor - they rushed
> outside to get in the car and go to the hospital, only to find that
> the battery had gone dead.  However, with this special feature,
> they merely had to flip a switch of some sort, which called upon
> the other side of the battery, and the car would start in
> an emergency.
> 
> Does anyone remember who made this battery?  Or if it is still
> being manufactured?

What's-a-matter Martha?  Did the rabbit die?  ;p

;)

Steven 

sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com

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