Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!jarthur!bgribble From: bgribble@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Bill Gribble) Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds Subject: Re: Upgrading/Warranty Card... Message-ID: <10460@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> Date: 25 Jan 91 00:29:28 GMT References: <279f53e9:1765.1comp.sys.handhelds;1@hpcvbbs.UUCP> Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711 Lines: 28 In article <279f53e9:1765.1comp.sys.handhelds;1@hpcvbbs.UUCP> akcs.tyrone@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Tyrone Johnson) writes: >I just called Maryjo Hornberger (503-750-2574) at HP to find out if I >could send in my D version and get a brand spanking new E version. She >told me that the 'deal' had not be extended to D versions, at least not >as of yet! However, if someone finds out differently, then please post >so all can take advantage! >Thanks I hope this doesn't start a flame war, but here goes: I don't really think anybody with a D rom has the right to a free upgrade to E. The differences are minute, and the cost to HP (I think) quite high. Of course, I could be wrong: if it just involves replacing a socketed chip, then it's not expensive. But with the circuit density that must exist in the 48, I think the roms must be surface mounted, and this would entail trashing the calculator and sending you a new one, or at least a new motherboard. The flaws in the D rom (and the others, for that matter) were responsibly reported by HP and you could have read the errata sheet and returned the calculator immediately if they weren't acceptable to you. Asking for the new rom when your old one is outdated is sort of like asking for an upgrade to a 1991 Chevy when you find out your '89 doesn't have antilock brakes. But then again, a lot of people got mad at HP for offering the free equation library for a while. Just no pleezin some people. ***************************************************************************** ** Bill Gribble Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA ** ** bgribble@jarthur.claremont.edu Never heard of it? You're stupid. ** *****************************************************************************