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From: foucher@caen.engin.umich.edu (Bradley S Foucher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Smith-Corona 32K RAM cards
Keywords: HP48SX, Smith-Corona, RAM cards
Message-ID: <1991Feb19.214829.22315@engin.umich.edu>
Date: 19 Feb 91 21:48:29 GMT
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Hello all,

	My curiosity was aroused when I heard that a 32K RAM card
could be had for a mere $23, so I went to the local mall to find one
and try it out.  I found them at both Sears and Hudsons for $34.99
(I probably should have held out for Wal-Mart, but you know how you get
when you decide to spend money you shouldn't be spending - you want to do
it quickly!).  I told the guy at Sears what I was doing and he suggested
that I try them (he had 3) out there before I bought them.  The first one
I tried gave me "Bad Card Data" when I turned it on.  I tried to MERGE 
port 2 (where the card was) and the calc said port 2 was empty.  Dismayed,
I decided to try the next one.  This one also gave me "Bad Card Data",
but MERGE'd fine.  I then FREE'd it, removed it, re-inserted it, and tried
again, with no problems.  I then tried it as a "disk" by storing a file
to the FREE'd card, and that worked too.  
	I've had my card for a day now, and I've filled it, ARCHIVE'd it,
tested it, etc.. and have had NO PROBLEMS.  The only thing I could find
different about the two cards I tried was that on the one that didn't work
the instructions on the back of the card looked like they were printed on 
a piece of paper and then glued to the card, whereas my card looks as if
the instructions were typed directly on the case of the card.  Maybe this
is a newer version or something.  I may be wrong on this, so be sure to try
it out first, and don't blame me if your calc bites you.  I didn't even try
the 3rd of 3, so I don't have a good idea how many work - you'll just have
to try...

	Since I've had my card I've filled my calculator to the brim with
some of those huge programs that I once had to overlook.  The Phone Number
Manager, by Joe Ervin is a great program, as is the newly posted Gateway
version 2.6 by Eric Bryntse.  

	I must also comment on the recently controversial split proposal.
I agree with whoever said that HP users shouldn't be the ones to find a 
new home.  I wouldn't mind a split, just as long as it's the others that
leave, not HP users (seeing as how they're the ones who want the split in 
the first place).  When the South tried to separate from the North in the
Civil War,  they didn't say " O.K. We're going to be the new United States,
and you guys go and be someone else!"

Just my $.02

				Brad Foucher
				The University of Michigan
				Nuclear Engineering Dept.
				foucher@caen.engin.umich.edu