Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!shelby!msi.umn.edu!noc.MR.NET!gacvx2.gac.edu!hhdist From: TNA32@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU (FRINGE) Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds Subject: RE: My HP48sx Rev E replacement has STICKY keys! Message-ID: Date: 19 Feb 91 04:33:00 GMT Lines: 10 Return-path: To: handhelds@gac.edu X-VMS-To: IN%"handhelds@gac.edu" HP says they just toss the calculators. There is no way to get the case open, it snaps shut when they build them with 48 (i think that was the number) little snap clamps. The keyboard is actually part fo the case (the shole top half of the calculator is one peice) They just toss 'em, they don't even recycle the displays. When yours goes in for repair (it broke) or replacement (you've got an A or any of the others that they are replacing now) they chuck it and give you a brand new calculator. That's a big reason why it takes such a short amount of time to send out the replacements. Also why they tell you to back it up before you send it in. My E, a replacement for an A DOES have a different feel to it's keys, but I wouldn't call it "sticky" in the least bit. The tactile is still there, it just doesn't make any noise.