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From: taber@ultnix.enet.dec.com (Patrick Taber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: 48SX ROM Versions & SYSEVALs
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Date: 29 Jun 90 13:34:06 GMT
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In article <6236@helios.TAMU.EDU>, n023el@tamunix (Robert Ellis) writes:
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> From: n023el@tamunix (Robert Ellis)
> Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
> Subject: 48SX ROM Versions & SYSEVALs
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> Does anyone know why Hewlett-Packard has already introduced so many ROM
> versions in the 48 when the 28C had only two and the 28S one? Could it
> be possible that the omnipotent calculator gurus have attempted to do
> too much too soon? 
> [ ...yadda, yada, yadda...]
> Perhaps I should also
> jump on the band wagon and begin worshipfully following the creators of
> this sacred tool who later get rich from writing after market user guides
> because the support literature that comes with the product is severely
> handicapped.
> 

Perhaps you should  jump to the point.

> There are still some of us who are capable of independent thought. 
[...yadda, yadda, yadda...]  
> Hewlett-Packard should be aware that most people who have had to save and 
> sacrifice to buy a high-end calculator, such as the 48, do not appreciate 
> having to spend an extra $20 here and $50 there in order to take full 
> advantage of the features for which it was marketed.
> 

Is the message here that you need someone to explain the calculator in
simpler terms
than those used in the manual?  What happened to the independent
thought?  So far, 
there has been precious little posted to this group that is not covered
in the manuals
as long as you understand that to use a tool you have to be smarter than
the tool is.
If you bought the calculator as a prosthetic device, then it's not going
to meet your needs.


> Please no comments from those narrowly focused individuals who have obtained 
> special favor status with Hewlett-Packard, and whose unrestrained praise is 
> far too often expressed in this news group.
>  

I have no special status with HP, nor has HP every given me anything
except my money's
worth.  

                                             >>>==>PStJTT
                                     Patrick St. Joseph Teahan Taber

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