On Thu, 28 Jun 2018 18:09:44 -0700
Bob La Londe wrote:

Turn it into a corded screwdriver. Most of those electronics types
are sitting at one spot in front of a work bench anyway. If you have
a drawer full of them put one at each work bench.

not a bad idea may look at that

Most of those old things didn't have smart chips yet to prevent you
from buying third party batteries.

smart or evil
bad for the consumer and the planet