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Subject: Re: ON and SPACE key
Keywords: peculiar
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Date: 6 Feb 91 17:23:42 GMT
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In article <7413@uceng.UC.EDU> egraeler@uceng.UC.EDU (Eric S Graeler) writes:
[Re ON SPACE]
=+ The best I can figure is that this sends a signal to the micro-processor to
=+ halt exection, stop all clocks, and turn off the display.
=+ 
=+ Has anyone else encountered this or does this work for anyone else?
=+ 
=+ Eric Graeler
=+ egraeler@uceng.uc.edu

You have it exactly correct.   This is called COMA mode and is documented in 
Jim Donneley's handbook.  I do not know if it is in the regular manual or not.
It it used, if you plan on turning off your calculator and leaving it off 
for a LONG time and don't want to eat the batteries.  Put it in COMA mode and
it shuts down the system clock entirely leaving nothing running.  No alarms
will go off and there will be no activity at all.  Very useful little feature.

	ian

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