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- From: mengwong@world.std.com (Meng W Wong)
- Subject: Re: Re: Re: 3 Re: AAA Lithium batteries with the HP-48SX
- Message-ID: <C0pt36.E8L@world.std.com>
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- References: <1992Dec30.025123.2386@schbbs.mot.com> <115340001@hpldsla.sid.hp.co <2b500d1d.2539.6comp.sys.hp48.1@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 00:23:29 GMT
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- In article <2b500d1d.2539.6comp.sys.hp48.1@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com> akcs.jwtrav@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com (John Wettroth) writes:
- >>what good would -40c batteries do in a calc with lcd...
- >Good point Steve. I design a lot of military equipment with LCD's. You
- >can design LCD's that work at such temps but the 48 display would
- >probably go away at zero c or so. I'll modify my last post to say that
- >they are totally useless.
-
- Followup note: I was using the HP in Beijing last week, where the air
- temp was around 3 C; the display was somewhat reddened, but the redness
- disappeared when it was switched on. Apart from that I didn't notice any
- difference. Is this a well-known phenomenon, or just a quirk?
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