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- From: akcs.joehorn@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (Joseph K. Horn)
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 03:40:02 GMT
- Subject: Re: Diff. between 48SX and 48S
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- csmro117@uoft02.utoledo.edu writes:
-
- > Would appreciate more info on the difference btween HP48SX and
- > HP48S.
-
- (1) The obvious difference: The 48SX is "eXpandable" (you can plug one
- or two cards into it, RAM and/or ROM, to expand its operating
- system and/or its 32K native RAM); the 48S is not. (Corollary:
- the 48S cannot run much of the best software written for the 48).
-
- All other differences are minor; here they are anyhow:
-
- (2) The 48S beeps twice as loudly as the 48SX. (A side effect, in
- more ways than one).
-
- (3) Every 48S (to date) is an "E" version 48; the 48SX can be found in
- five different versions from "A" to "E". (The 48S has *exactly*
- the same operating system as the 48SX rev E, bit-for-bit).
-
- (4) The port cover on the 48SX extends almost down to the rubber feet,
- and can be removed. The "port cover" on the 48S only covers the
- very top of the calculator, and cannot be removed. Their back
- shells differ accordingly.
-
- (5) There is a port number diagram molded into the back shell of the
- 48SX, between the upper two feet. The 48S has no such diagram.
-
- (6) The "[(hp)] HEWLETT PACKARD" logo on the front of the 48SX is a
- separate plastic applique, rising above the surface through a hole
- in the metal overlay (thus allowing card-customized 48SX's to
- sport their own logo). The 48S has its HP logo merely printed on
- the metal overlay in the same color as the "48" immediately below
- (because the 48S cannot be customized by plug-in cards).
-
- (7) The 48SX has "48SX SCIENTIFIC EXPANDABLE" printed above the
- display; 48S has "48S SCIENTIFIC". (Besides #6 and #7, their
- fronts look identical).
-
- (8) The 48S costs much less than the 48SX.
-
- (9) A TI rep at the Consumer Electronics Show stated to me that the TI
- 85 is trying to compete with the 48S, not the 48SX (which has no
- competition from anybody).
-
- -Joseph K. Horn- -Peripheral Vision, Ltd.-
-
-