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From: frechett@boulder.Colorado.EDU (-=Runaway Daemon=-)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Death of an HP-48sx
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Date: 17 Sep 90 05:33:26 GMT
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I had to follow up on my own article because I found a couple things.  I found 
that my friend's calculator whines when it is on but if you enter the commmand 
line then it goes to alternating whine-hiss-whine-hiss....  When any key is 
actually depressed it will produce a steady hiss, and the most fun was when I 
got it to go whiiiiiiine-hiss-whiiiiiiiiiine-hiss....  and I realized that it 
was the clock.   Everytime the second hand changed it would produce a short 
hiss.  Basically, it would appear that any change will produce a noise.  This 
is ANY change.  I tryed tetris, and it produced the most amazing whines, 
clicks, pops, and shreaks.  In my last post I said that mine didn't do this.  I 
was wrong... after listening to my machine in better conditions, I determined 
that it does indead make noise but that it an order of magnitude lower in 
volume.  I am willing to bet now that most people's calculators do this.  What 
I want to know is why, and why is this one particular machine so damn loud.  I 
find it fascinating and a bit disturbing.

	ian

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