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From: lishka@uwslh.slh.wisc.edu (Chris Lishka (eat cheese or die!) )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: ROM upgrades and high prices....
Message-ID: <1990May29.153729.15082@uwslh.slh.wisc.edu>
Date: 29 May 90 15:37:29 GMT
References: <543@uni2a.unige.ch>
Organization: Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
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delavier@uni2a.unige.ch writes:

>I *would* like veeeeery much
>to get my hands on the baby, but there seems to be quite a few bugging bugs  (?
>again). 

Actually, considering the size of the ROMs in the hp48sx, I would
characterize the number of bugs as "relatively few" or "remarkably
few", rather than the "quite a few" used above.  Every major piece of
software (OS's included!) have bugs, and so far none of the hp48 bugs
have been fatal.  Some of them are a bit disconcerrting (like the one's
that can possibly cause memory to be lost), but there are work-arounds
for those (like leaving the clock out of the display).

A question for the hp folks: will you be planning any sort of "ROM
upgrade" offer in the future?  For example, I mail in my hp48sx plus
the cost of the upgrade (say, $50) and in a week or two it comes back
with the latest, greatest ROMs installed.  Some sort of upgrade offer
would *really* be appreciated; although I *can* live with the
current bugs, it would be nice to know that my machine won't lose
memory on archive transfers because I forgot to disable the clock.
Besides, any major piece of software (on floppy or in ROMs) should be
planned with upgrades in mind.

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