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- From: essam@gagme.chi.il.us (Essam Khairullah)
- Subject: Re: Coma mode?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.210834.6483@gagme.chi.il.us>
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- Organization: Gagme Public Access UNIX, Chicago, Illinois.
- References: <1992Nov13.220059.28251@news.uiowa.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 21:08:34 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov13.220059.28251@news.uiowa.edu> thieleke@icaen.uiowa.edu (Jeffrey Ray Thieleke) writes:
- >What is the Coma mode (ON-SPC) and what does it do? I read that it draws even
- >less power from the batteries than off. Can this be possible?
- >
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- Yes, it's possible! Coma mode turns off the HP's internal clock, so that even
- less battery power is used. Supposedly when you first buy a new HP48, it will
- be in coma mode so they have a longer shelf life (can you imagine having an
- expiration date on hardware?)
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- Essam Badi' Az-Zaman Khairullah
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