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From: bson@wheat-chex.ai.mit.edu (Jan Brittenson)
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Subject: Re: HP-48SX marketing, etc
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Date: 30 Dec 90 21:27:22 GMT
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In article <277c16ec:1345.2comp.sys.handhelds;1@hpcvbbs.UUCP> 
   akcs.falco@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Andrey Dolgachev) writes:

 > Check Educalc for info on programming your own ROM cards, they offer a
 > service where you send in your RAM card w/ your program, and they send
 > you a ROM card (for $, of course).  They also sell a ROM programmer
 > and blank ROM cards.

   My request is not of great interest anymore. I'm not interested in
anything erasable. EEPROMs fade with time, and EPROMs sometimes forget
bits which is acceptable only for prototyping.  I was primarily asking
for masked/fused ROMs, not anything reprogrammable. The cost of $60
(about 10% off at larger quantities) for a 32k card is totally
ridiculous and equally unmarketable. Masked ROMs come at a fraction of
this, and at much better turnaround times.

   And, besides, I don't think EduCalc can be trusted to do anything
properly. Your mileage may vary.

						-- Jan Brittenson
						   bson@ai.mit.edu