Re: New GS in the box

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:

>Phil Beesley writes ...
>> 
>> > > Hanna writes ...
>> > > >
>> > > > I have brand new GS with moniter and disk drive in unopened box.
>> > > > What is this worth?
>> > >  ....
>> 
>> I hate to be the one to spoil the fun, but you really should open that
>> box. The IIgs has a battery on the motherboard that will start to leak
>> eventually...
>>
>
>     Like after a few more decades, maybe. We have several old lithium cells
>around, including some on motherboards from the early 1980's. None shows any
>sign of leaking-- not really sure lithium cells ever leak.

They do leak.  I had a watch with a lithium battery that leaked
after the cell died for a few years.  Granted, watch batteries
are thinner so will leak faster, but the same process will be
going on in a computer battery.

>     But, if you open the box, try out the system, and discover the lithium
>cell is low, then, you have to either replace the thing or lower your price.

If it is a ROM 3, just take out the cell.  The company that
makes the battery still makes the same battery in a case
that looks exactly the same.