Were batteries preinstalled in 32s 50th Anniversary?

[Jeff O.]

(12-27-2019 03:15 PM)David Hayden Wrote:  I've acquired a new 32s 50th anniversary limited edition. One thing really worries me: from what I read in the 32s manual, they came with alkaline batteries. Does that mean I have 30 years of battery acid inside the calculator? Is it ruined?

By the way, there's an excellent chance that I'll donate this as a prize at HHC 2020.

David, can you open it and look, or is it still in transit to you? I do not recall ever seeing an LR44/A76 button cell leak, so perhaps they were not as prone to do so as the larger cells are. Hopefully they will just be dead. Sounds like a good door prize for a lucky HHC 2020 attendee.