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From: akcs.kevin@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Kevin Jessup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: Soldered-in ROMs: 20/20 hindsight
Message-ID: <27d3cedf:2298.1comp.sys.handhelds;1@hpcvbbs.UUCP>
Date: 5 Mar 91 17:40:08 GMT
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Just a quick thought (feel free to flame me if you want!)...
 
What if HP had made the 48SX just a bit thicker and placed the entire OS
in a plug in card.  Then you could get ROM upgrades by simply sending in
your old card an getting the latest release on another plug in rom card.

I guess the added thickness of a third port would make the 48 just too
fat and ugly looking.
 
It would also make third party OS's possible and put the entire hardware
and packaging of the 48 available to anyone that wanted to change it's
functionality or even the entire purpose of the machine.  Bad idea, right
HP?