At 09:40 PM 6/29/2002 -0700, John P Smith wrote: >I have an old 590. Does anyone know a source for the >the "tabbed" batteries? Your local "batteries plus" will put tabs on anything you buy from them, for free, by tack welding, instead of soldering. Soldering damages the batteries, even when done carefully. Their 5/4 A cells are pretty impressive.