Re: New GS in the box

[quadrajet1@aol.com (Quadrajet1)]

>>     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.

   I have seen at least 2 Mac II's with severe corrosion from a leaking
battery, so it can happen.  More likely with Alkaline or NiCad's, of course....

Raymond