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From: berg@cip-s04.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (AKA Solitair)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: HP 28S Battery Replacement
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Date: 25 Oct 90 16:45:42 GMT
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Ken Linger writes:
>If I were to change the batteries quickly, before they went completely, is it
>possible to keep everything or should I just plan on losing my 32K?  Any ideas?

Sounds like you didn't practice it before.  Be sure to have a paperclip handy,
fold it out, make a tiny (2mm) right angle at the end.

Now open up the battery compartiment, stick in the paperclip, pull out the
batteries.  If you immediately replace them, then no memory should be lost.
I don't know how long the capacitor will last if the batteries weren't
full, but with full batteries it is known to last at least 3 minutes.
--
Sincerely,                 berg%cip-s01.informatik.rwth-aachen.de@unido.bitnet
           Stephen R. van den Berg.
"I code it in 5 min, optimize it in 90 min, because it's so well optimized:
it runs in only 5 min.  Actually, most of the time I optimize programs."