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- From: kolstad@cae.wisc.edu (Joel Kolstad)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
- Subject: Re: another battery drainage question...
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.195651.3448@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 00:56:51 GMT
- References: <TIM.92Jul24155209@nijinsky.ipac.caltech.edu> <1992Jul25.235416.2942@utagraph.uta.edu> <TIM.92Jul29100659@nijinsky.ipac.caltech.edu>
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- In article <TIM.92Jul29100659@nijinsky.ipac.caltech.edu> tim@nijinsky.ipac.caltech.edu (Tim Conrow) writes:
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- >Joel Kolstad wrote that he got another calculator to solve the problem;
- >good for HP's business, but a bad sign for the `48.
-
- Well, I still HAVE the 48... I still use it for the things the 32S II can't
- do. Also, a 32S II is probably a little less likely to be stolen than
- a 48, nor would I feel quite so bad if I lost the 32S II.
-
- >If a quick-on mode, such as I described in my original post, were available,
- >there'd be no need for another calculator.
-
- It's interesting to note that HP's RPL manual says that one of the
- distinguishing characteristics of a calculator vs. a computer is the
- "instant on" feature. :-)
-
- ---Joel Kolstad
-