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From: bill@videovax.tv.tek.com (William K. McFadden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: dead hp 28s
Message-ID: <6078@videovax.tv.tek.com>
Date: 10 Oct 90 17:37:44 GMT
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Reply-To: bill@videovax.tv.tek.com (William K. McFadden)
Organization: Tektronix TV Measurement Systems, Beaverton OR
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This is probably obvious, but I have had problems in the past with dirty
contacts on batteries and connectors.  Even brand new batteries have given me
funny, intermittent problems until I cleaned the contacts with a pencil eraser.

Try it, don't cost nuthin'.

-- 
Bill McFadden    Tektronix, Inc.  P.O. Box 500  MS 58-639  Beaverton, OR  97077
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Phone: (503) 627-6920       "The biggest difference between developing a missle
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