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From: jfa0522@hertz.njit.edu (LabRatster)
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Subject: Re: Info on HP-48 internals.
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Date: 6 Jan 91 23:37:29 GMT
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In article <1991Jan6.213140.12952@uncecs.edu> cjl@uncecs.edu (Charles J. Lord) writes:
>
>
>PDL sounds great - but is it my imagination or is this finally
>what was advertised (but not included) with the serial cable?
....
>commands.  I bought my cable plus software back in August just for
>this capability and was really ticked when I saw that the software
>was severely limited (and available free on the BBS!).  
>
>Any marketing folks at Corvallis listening?  PDL should be offered
>at little to no cost to anyone that purchased the cable with
>software!
>-- 
> *  Charles Lord               ..!decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!cjl  Usenet (old) *

My sentiments exactly. Except, not only did I discover the "software" was
available free on the BBS, but the "software" was KERMIT which is available
less-than-free on my hard disk! All you had to do was tell me the 48had an implementation of KERMIT.... why all the hoopla about a PC interface??? C'mon...

As for the cable...you need the mating connector to make your own. As I wrote
on my customer service card...HP is *obligated* to supply a mating connector
with every HP48, in the box. This thing is a $350 hand-held instrument. Every
Chatillon, Ametek, Mitutoyo, etc... handheld I buy comes with a mating
connector *gratis*, and every *American* manaufacturer also includes the
necessary info about communication protocol utilized.

Seems like HP is letting customer relations take a nose dive.