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From: malloy@nprdc.navy.mil (Sean Malloy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: general 48sx stuff
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Date: 6 Dec 90 16:01:39 GMT
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In article <00940BEE.C00A4E80@pip.cc.brandeis.edu> st901745@pip.cc.brandeis.edu writes:
>3) I found a neat 'thingy' with the ON-D. I know it works on the REV C
>and D calculators. Type ON-D  <- (backarow) ENTER 9 (the top row will
>shift over a bit) type 9 again (screen gets dimmer) type 9 again (screen
>will turn all black and slowly (depends on battery life) the screen will
>"disolve." Once you are in this "mode" it is sorta hard to get out (you
>must hit ON-C several times). I would like to know if this is bad for my
>48SX?

First, a request. Place carriage returns in your postings about every
70 characters or so; some newsreaders don't wrap lines.

Try continuing to press the 9 key; I get a display with a number of
vertical lines of varying intensity. After a five more presses of the
9 key (after each keypress, the vertical lines move), the screen goes
blank. Pressing ON at that point will wake the calculator up after about
a second.


 Sean Malloy                                  | 
 Navy Personnel Research & Development Center | We'll get along just fine as
 San Diego, CA 92152-6800                     | soon as you realize I'm God.
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