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From: tim@fonda.ipac.caltech.edu (Tim Conrow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Great Cable Debate ( was Re: <None> )
Keywords: cable hp48
Message-ID: <1991Feb15.005007.3701@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 15 Feb 91 00:50:07 GMT
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In article <1991Feb14.152216@headroom.ncsa.uiuc.EDU> creiman@headroom.ncsa.uiuc.EDU (Chuck Reiman) writes:
>
>Which makes me wonder: Edu-calc seems to make a lot of accessories
>for HP48s, why don't they whip up cables? Any reasonably large
>company could custom order that kind of cable (IMHO). They'd 
>probably make a killing off of us, if they charged a reasonable
>price.
>

Actually, as luck would have it, I spoke to EduCalc just before reading
this post. They sell cables only (w/o the rest of the Serial I/O kit)
for $30. Presumabely this is still an HP cable, but at least it isn't $50.

-- Tim
tim@ipac.caltech.edu