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From: bson@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (Jan Brittenson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Help my 48 is going beserk!!
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Date: 3 Dec 90 00:59:51 GMT
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In article <425@lysator.liu.se> nixon@lysator.liu.se (Leif Nixon) writes:

 > A friend of mine had a similar problem. His 48 crashed completely, and
 > didn't respond to any keypress. As a last resort he inserted the
 > batteries the wrong way. The calculator unlocked, and he hasn't had
 > any problems since.

   I was going to suggest this when I read that someone left the
batteries out for several days: using a paper clip to short-cut the
contacts in the battery compartment might work just as well. I haven't
tried it, though.