Why is one battery marked #1 on the Voyagers?

[rprosperi]

(01-09-2016 11:08 PM)damaltor Wrote:  Hi!

I noticed that on Voyager calculators on the backside, there is a diagram showing the three batteries so that the user knows how to insert them. The rightmost battery is marked #1.

As the old Voyagers had two plasic flaps, it is kinda hard to insert this battery first. Also, it should not matter which battery is put in first - so what did I miss, why is the battery marked #1?

Back side of the 11C:
http://www.hpmuseum.org/11cbk.jpg

Malte

It is only a reference to unambiguously document one side; there is no specific user requirement related to this battery (e.g. insert first or last, etc.) Recall that the Voyagers came from the HP of old, which was an engineering company making tools for engineers, and no self-respecting product for engineers would come without such an indicator.

All prior calculator models used batteries such that either the polarity didn't matter (for HP-supplied batteries that only could be inserted the 'correct' way) or it was marked (e.g. the 41C battery holder).