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From: jmunkki@hila.hut.fi (Juri Munkki)
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Subject: Re: HP Solve Card
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Date: 13 Oct 90 21:01:24 GMT
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In article <9096@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> jokim@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (John H. Kim) writes:
>To be eligible for the free solve card, you must return the
>coupon, receipt copy, and box top POSTMARKED by Oct. 15.
>So if you were planning to buy a 48SX because of the free
>solve card, it's pretty much too late.

You should have read the coupon more carefully:

	Envelopes must be postmarked by 11/15/90.  Not redeemable at
	retailer. Offer good only on U.S. purchases made between
	8/15/90 and 10/15/90.

We bought seven calculators and intend to try to get the equation
library card. The Educalc catalog didn't mention any restrictions on
international purchases and we should be eligible since we got the
calculators from the US and we are able to supply a US address for
delivery. If someone at HP knows I'm wrong, please mail me.

Educalc didn't send the coupons with the calculators. I had to ask
for them separately.

I bought myself an equation card and to be honest, I don't think that
it will be of much use to me. The equation library might be useful
sometimes, but it isn't large enough to be really useful. The periodic
table is great, but I'm not interested in chemistry. The constants
might be useful sometimes, but they are definitely not worth $90.

What I need for the HP48SX is a good spreadsheet program. It should
have the speed of the matrix writer and the added capability of
text and formula entry and evaluation. A card like this would be
worth about $100 to me. Most of the notes that I take are at least
somewhat in the form of tables, so a spreadsheet would be nice for
note taking as well as pure spreadsheet use.

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