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From: n233dk@tamuts.tamu.edu (Rick Grevelle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Melting 48 Display
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Date: 14 Oct 90 21:03:30 GMT
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I was hoping someone, perhaps at HP, could tell me what in the world happens
to the display when the following key strokes are executed?  It looks quite
disturbing, but seems to have no ill consequences; I've always believed that
in order to destroy my calculator, it would have to be done in ways that are
not readily available through user keys.

Rick Grevelle

i)   Enter the memory scanner: [ON] [D], [back arrow]

ii)  Go to address #00100: [ENTER]

iii) Melt the dispaly: [A], [B], [C]

iv)  Restore after melt: [ON] [C]