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- From: ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca (ochealth)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
- Subject: Re: Non HP RAM Cards?!?
- Date: 13 Dec 1992 01:16:56 GMT
- Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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- In article <19279.2b261442@ecs.umass.edu> cail@ecs.umass.edu (Brian J. Cail, University of Massachusetts) writes:
- >I have a friend who has a HP48SX who recently purchased a Smith Cornna
- >type writer RAM expansion card (32K) for use in his HP48SX. It seems to
- >work fine but will is damage the calculator? If not they're a steal at under
- >$40 for 32K!
- >
-
- they work fine. I've had a Smith Corona in my HP48 for almost 18 months, with
- no problems.
-
- However, there is a caveat: the internal electronics is slightly different,
- and different cards and HPs might not me compatible electrically. (I have
- inserted my SC in nearly a dozen HP48s, with no problems).
-
- The electrical incompatability is with the voltage sensors. The SC card could
- theoretically detect a low voltage, and turn on clamping circuits on the
- address lines, driving them to ground. Left like this, the address/data
- bus (for a long enough time), the card or the HP could get damaged.
-
- So you are warned. Mine's worked fine for months.
-
- I don't worry about the clamping problem because:
- 1. it can't happen when the HP is off (all the bus stuff is shut down)
- 2. if it happens, it'll be when I'm using it, and I will see the LCD turning
- weird colors, and I can whip out the SC card quickly, making damage unlikey.
-
-
- There was a good article on this worst case scenario, maybe someone will post
- it again.
- >
- > Brian
- > <Cail@ecs.umass.edu>
-
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