diff --git a/Source/HBIOS/dsrtc.asm b/Source/HBIOS/dsrtc.asm
index 7a882ebc..00fa4d89 100644
--- a/Source/HBIOS/dsrtc.asm
+++ b/Source/HBIOS/dsrtc.asm
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ DSRTC_IDLE	.EQU	%00101000	; QUIESCENT STATE
 ;
 DSRTC_BUFSIZ	.EQU	7		; 7 BYTE BUFFER (YYMMDDHHMMSSWW)
 ;
+;DSBATCOND	DB	0		; BATTERY STATE DETECTED AND SAVED AT BOOT
+;
+;
 ; RTC DEVICE INITIALIZATION ENTRY
 ;
 DSRTC_INIT:
@@ -181,16 +184,28 @@ DSRTC_INIT1:
 	CALL	DSRTC_END		; FINISH CMD
 #ENDIF
 
-	PRTS(" CHARGE=$")
-	CALL DSRTC_TSTCHG
-	JR		NZ,NOCHG1
+	PRTS(" CHARGE=$")		; DISPLAY
+	CALL DSRTC_TSTCHG		; CHARGING
+	JR	NZ,NOCHG1		; STATUS
 	PRTS("ON$")
-	JR		NOCHG2
+	JR	NOCHG2
 NOCHG1:
 	PRTS("OFF$")
 NOCHG2:
+	LD	A,(DSBATCOND)		; DISPLAY
+	CP	0E5H
+	CALL	Z,EE55
+
+	OR	A			; BATTERY
+	JR	NZ,DSBATOK		; CONDITION
+	PRTS(" BATTERY LOW$")
+	
+DSBATOK:
 	XOR	A	; SIGNAL SUCCESS
 	RET
+EE55:
+	PRTS(" DEBUG $")
+	RET
 ;
 ; RTC DEVICE FUNCTION DISPATCH ENTRY
 ;   A: RESULT (OUT), 0=OK, Z=OK, NZ=ERR
diff --git a/Source/HBIOS/hbios.asm b/Source/HBIOS/hbios.asm
index 9ee0452e..ffd4d3e1 100644
--- a/Source/HBIOS/hbios.asm
+++ b/Source/HBIOS/hbios.asm
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ HBX_BC_ITER:
 ; CALL A ROUTINE IN ANOTHER BANK.
 ; CALLER MUST ENSURE STACK IS ALREADY IN HIGH MEMORY AND HAS ADEQUATE SPACE.
 ; IF IM1 INTERRUPTS ARE POSSIBLE, CALLER MUST EITHER DISABLE THEM PRIOR TO
-; BNKCALL OR MAKE SURE THAT PAGE ZERO IN TARGTET BANK IS PREPARED FOR THEM.
+; BNKCALL OR MAKE SURE THAT PAGE ZERO IN TARGET BANK IS PREPARED FOR THEM.
 ; ON INPUT A=TARGET BANK, HL=TARGET ADDRESS
 ;
 HBX_BNKCALL:
@@ -840,33 +840,35 @@ HB_START:
 ;
 	DIAG(%00000011)
 ;
-; INSTALL PROXY IN UPPER MEMORY
+; CHECK BATTERY BACKUP STATUS BEFORE WE COPY PROXY TO UPPER MEMORY
 ;
+; IF A DS1210 POWER CONTROLLER IS INSTALLED AND BATTERY BACKUP IS NOT INSTALLED
+; OR IS LESS THAN 2V THEN THE DS1210 WILL BLOCK THE SECOND RAM ACCESS.
+; FAILURE TO COMPLETE TWO RAM ACCESSES BEFORE INSTALLING PROXY WILL RESULT
+; IN THE ROM ID BYTES NOT BEING COPIED CORRECTLY AND CP/M APPLICATIONS
+; WILL NOT START CORRECTLY WHEN THEY CHECK THE ROM ID VERSION BYTES.
 
-;X1	.EQU	$8000
-;X2	.EQU	X1 + 2
-;X3	.EQU	X2 + 2
-;X4	.EQU	X3 + 2
-
-;	LD	HL,(HBX_IMG)
-;	LD	(X1),HL
-
-;	LD	HL,(HBX_IMG)
-;	LD	(X2),HL
-
-	LD	DE,HBX_LOC		; IF A DS1210 POWER CONTROLLER IS INSTALLED AND BATTERY BACKUP IS NOT
-	LD	A,(DE)			; INSTALLED OR IS LESS THAN 2V THEN THE DS1210 WILL BLOCK THE SECOND RAM
-	LD	A,(DE)			; ACCESS. PERFORM TWO DUMMY READS TO RAM TO ENSURE WE BYPASS THIS FEATURE
-	LD	HL,HBX_IMG		; SO THAT THE ROM ID BYTES ARE COPIED CORRECTLY AND CP/M APPLICATIONS 
-	LD	BC,HBX_SIZ		; START CORRECTLY WHEN THEY CHECK THE ROM ID VERSION BYTES.
+	LD	DE,HBX_LOC		; RAM LOCATION FOR TEST
+	LD	A,(DE)			; RAM ACCESS 1
+	LD	B,A			; SAVE FOR COMPARISON 
+	CPL				; AND RESTORATION
+	LD	(DE),A			; RAM ACCESS 2
+	LD	A,(DE)			; RAM ACCESS 3
+	SUB	B			; A = 0 IF LOW BATTERY
+	LD	A,0E5H			; DEBUG
+	PUSH	AF			; SAVE FOR DSRTC DRIVER
+					; WE SAVE THIS PROPERLY
+					; WHEN WE ARE EXECUTING
+					; IN RAM.
+	LD	A,B			
+	LD	(DE),A			; RESTORE TEST LOCATION
+;
+; INSTALL PROXY IN UPPER MEMORY
+;
+;	LD	DE,HBX_LOC
+	LD	HL,HBX_IMG
+	LD	BC,HBX_SIZ
 	LDIR
-
-;	LD	HL,(HBX_IMG)
-;	LD	(X3),HL
-
-;	LD	HL,(HBX_LOC)
-;	LD	(X4),HL
-
 ;
 ; IF ALREADY EXECUTING IN RAM, BYPASS RAM BANK INSTALLATION
 ;
@@ -900,6 +902,8 @@ HB_START1:				; BNKCALL ARRIVES HERE, BUT NOW RUNNING IN RAM BANK
 ;
 	DIAG(%00000111)
 ;
+	POP	AF			; RECALL BATTERY STATE AND SAVE 
+	LD	(DSBATCOND),A		; IN RAM ACCESSIBLE BY DSRTC DRIVER
 	LD	SP,HBX_LOC		; RESET STACK SINCE WE DO NOT RETURN
 	LD	A,TRUE			; ACCUM := TRUE
 	LD	(HB_RAMFLAG),A		; SET RAMFLAG
@@ -3766,6 +3770,7 @@ HB_TICKS	.FILL	4,0		; 32 BIT TICK COUNTER
 HB_CPUTYPE	.DB	0		; 0=Z80, 1=80180, 2=SL1960, 3=ASCI BRG
 ;
 RTCVAL		.DB	0		; SHADOW VALUE FOR RTC LATCH PORT
+DSBATCOND	.DB	0		; BATTERY CONDITION FLAG. 0 = LOW
 ;
 STR_BANNER	.DB	"RetroBrew HBIOS v", BIOSVER, ", ", TIMESTAMP, "$"
 STR_PLATFORM	.DB	PLATFORM_NAME, "$"